The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1897-10-28
A TRICK CAMPAIGN.
Small Methods by. Leaders Of
q Once Great Party.


q Once Great Party. :
Tho Democratic campaign IN >
Ohio this year is one of tricks ami >
trickery. False dealings. false steps
and false statements characterize
every feature of the campaign and .
the operations Of the men who
manage 1t.
A citizenship in Ohio is assumed :
by the senatorial candidate Of the :
party by the trick of leasing resi-
dence in hecity and state he aban-
doned as home nearly Is years ago,
and to which he now only returns :
for this purpose.
The nomination Of the guberna-
torial candidate was made by .
trick after the men assuming to
lead the party had long and loudly
professed themselves In favor Of
other candidates
The state platform is exclusively
devoted to the support Of Free Sill
yer, and by trick its principles
have been abandoned and those
desiring to support them have been
excluded from participation in the
campaign.
An attempt is made to appease
the indignation of the friends Of
silver by the trick of putting for
ward General Warner as . nominal
senatorial candidate. while John
R. Mclean and his hsnchmen qu1-
ietly 60 on obtaining the absolute
contol Of the Democratic candidates
for the legislature.
Mr.. Mclean, himself. each week
performs the trick OF protesting
to withdraw from the senatorial
candidacy, following each with
drawap by renewed efforts to elect
his own men and own friends to
the legislature.
The disreputable and contempti-
BILE trick of publishing day after
day on the editorial page Of the
Cincinnati Enquirer statement
about Senator Hanna, which IL
known and proved to be absolutely
false and malicious. Is kept up
without the slightest regard for
. truth or decency.
Efforts to influence the labor
vote against Senator Hanna are
made by the trick Of reiterating a
single statement regarding his At
titude toward labor organizations,
which statement Is proven false
by the utterances Of labor leaders
in both parties, and OF thousands
Of men who have had the practi-
cal test Of years in his employ.
The attempt is made to prejudice
voters against the Republican par
sty by the trick OF charging that
party with the responsibility for
Pacific railroad transactions which
were authorized and practically
completed months before the Mo
lHnley administration came into
power.
Preparation to colonize voters
for the Democratic ticket 10 CON-
. cealed by the trick of charging col
: onization upon the Republican
party without such specifications
as to make 1t possible to disprovs
the charges.
The organization Of the Negro
Protective party" was attempted
by the trick Of putting upon the
ticket men not residents of the
! = state, or desiring to be members
Of that party. and its recognitioA
4 by the state oflcials was obtained
- by the further trick Of forging the
names Of white Democrats as sign-
ers Of the petition.
These are a few Of the tricks
and treacherous methods employ
ed by the men now managing tho
campaign Of the party which once
commanded the respect of the good
J citizens of Ohio. whether they
agreed with its principles or not.
1t is due the people of the state.
of whatever party, that the facts
be known % they may be ON
their guard against q repetition
i and continuation of these coward {
ly and contemplate methods
which are te be continued with ac-
CELEBRATED activity and shameless !
, ness until the last vote is counted
ON election day.
Are the men who are thus delib- !
erstely seeking to deceive voters,
destroy characters and disgrace !
] the Democratic party for their own !
selfish purposes, worthy of pablic
support?