Evening journal., 1898-11-23
TINE VTNDICATlON HUNT.

ltit Nl4NuJlNkAluO4N HUM.
One OF the lading newspapers Of Ohio
thus exposes the shameful methods en-
ployed by President Mckinley, Senator
Hanna and other members of the Nc
Kinlcy administration TO influence cleo
lions in congressional districts where
they were afraid that they would not
secure the tindlcation which they were
so industrlously seeking:
Wednesday evenings Dispatch and
Thursday morning Journal confess
their shame and humiliation at their
inability to fool the people OF this dis
trict by their campaign Of venom and
falsehood against Mr.. Dentz They are
decelving their readers with the state
ment that Mr.. Lentz ran behind tho
Democratic ticket, when the fact is he
received 1892 votes in this county,
while the Democratic candidate for
clerk Of Supreme Court received only
16,47S votes, and the Democratic candi-
date for member OF Board Of Public
Works received 16,4S9 votes. All fair
minded men know that comparisons
are made by taking The name Of some
such candidate as that for member Of
the Board OF Public Works or clerk Of
the Supreme Court, against whom there
is usually no special fight made. In
this way only can the average strength
OF a candidate be determined. BY this
comparison Mr. Lentz is from 3 to IA
votes ahead Of his ticket, and all this
despite the persistent misrepresenta-
tion on the part Of the Hanna organs
OF Mr.. Lentzs record in Congress and
among his constituents
But when it rs known that a paymas-
ter of the army was sent here by the
Hanna administration to distribute a
corruption fund intended to be used for
no other purpose than that Of bribery
and when IT Is further considered that
two officers Of the United States Secret
Service, one an alleged Democrat and
the other a Republican, both of whom
had many years OF experience with the
police department Of this city, and
both OF whom used all their power
with their friends and acquaintances
TO defeat Mr.. Lentz, it is quite apparent
that he has been more than Endorsed
by the people not only Of this county
but the people Of the entire district
Two years ago the state went Repub-
lican by 10000 AT thie election it has
gone Republican by about the same
majority. and yet in spite OF it all Mr..
Lentz has increased his majority from
40 to sos, and he did il making his own
campaign without calling for the as
sistance OF any of the leading cam
paign speakers Of national reputation.
On the other hand the Hanna admins
tration brought into this district not
only President Mckinley, but also
Postmaster-Ge General Smith and Senator
Thuuston. who had the distinguished
honor OF being chairman OF the last
Republican national convention. Ne
sides all these influences the Hanna
machine brought home the Fourth
Ohio and made a demonstration, all Of
which was intended and expected by
the government at Washington to as
siet in the defeat Of Mr.. Lentz
IL is well known that in addition to
the secret service agents who were
here against Mr.. Lentz, quite a number
OF other government agents, who are
drawing their pay out of the treasury
at Washington, were here to carry on
the campaign Of falsehood and assassi-
nation, meeting men in the alleys and
the stables to bride and corrupt them.
Men were turned out OF the govern
ment printing office and out of the
Treasury Department and stationed
throughout the city to defeat the I'M
brlbed will Of the people
II may be all we'll enough for the
,fatf,
toms about its honor and honesty. and
TO complain OF the methods Of Demo-
Gratis In Southern elections, but never
in the history or the United States was
there greater corruption resorted to by
the government authorities at Wash
ington than in the reckless efforts TO
defeat Congressman L.entz on Tuesday
last Let the Hanna organs OF this city
tell the truth. and let them name, II
they dare, the men whom they know
10 have been here within the boundar-
les OF this city. resisting the cause Of
the people by falsehood and bribery all
the while, however. drawing their own
salaries out Of the national treasury
several of them being alleged Demo
Gratis who undoubtedly will continue
TO hold their places in Washington be-
cause OF their treachery to their old
friends and neighbors Benedict Ar.
mold sought refuge from his shame and
humiliation in England Let these
traitors seek their refuge among stran.
gers where their perndy may not bs
known. The people Of this district ar,
rejoicing that tnpurchased and unpur.
chasab,e manhood was able to over
come a campaign Of falsehood. bribery
and treachery, and the people Of tn,
nation viii rejoice with MS in having
fearless and honest representative no
only throughout the rest OF the Fifty
NTH Congress. but up to and until thu
9Th day of March. 1901.
The political enemies Of Unite,
States Senator Quay, Of Pennsylva
MIA, have p'aced him in an exccedincl,