The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1899-01-12

Ohio, is authority for the statement that
there will now be no formal conference
Of the so.called leaders Of the Hanna
wing of the party in Washington or else
whore, for the purpose Of determining
for the Republicans Of Ohio who shall
be their candidate for Governor next fall.
Such conference had been called and
was to have been held in Warrington
during the present week, but the outcry
Of the Republican press Of the State
against this assumption Of authority by
. few self.constituted, had the effect of
causing those so-cslled leaders to aban-
don their original plans and purposes,
and the signs are now hopeful that the
rank and file Of the party, through their
chosen representatives in convention,
will be permitted to perform this duty
themselves. There is disposition in oil
parties to call halt on bossism, and the
unanimlty with which the Republican
press Of the State has spoken out against
this proposed conference, was but the
expression Of the righteous indignation
Of the people, who, it would seem have
submitted to party Dictatorship and
bribery and corruption in politics q long
- they propose to do 30, without at
least entering word Of protest. The
great mass Of people in all parties be.
lieve in the will Of the people ruling,
and the determination on the part of
Republicans of Ohio to return to the
old method of allowing the convention
to name the ticket, is manifesting itself
in oil sections Of the State, - reflected in
the editorial expressions Of the unpur.
chasable press. These self.constituted
bosses have been aggressive and persist.
emit simply because the press has been
either Indifferent or entirely silent. Un.
der the first fire they made . hasty
though orderly retreat, and = soon -
they could get word to the front they
caused the announcement to be made
that they had abandoned their original
intention of holding Q eonference.
Whether they will seek to regain and
occupy the lost ground remains to be
seen, but it is hoped that theywill have
the decency to remain in the background
where public opinion has driven them.
Time alone will determine whether an
other attack by the press with their thir.
teen inch guns will be necessary to Inn.
press upon these wouldbe dictators that
Spani. oppression Of free and independ.
ent political action on the party Of the
people in Ohio is no longer to be toler-
ated.
FATHER AND SON.
As an indication of the complete SUBJ
serviency Of some people to the will Of
a party boss, the answer made by State
Senator James R. Garfield a few days
ago when asked by q Columbus news
paper man whom he favored for Gov
ernor furnishes most striking example.
Senator Garfield said: ~ do not know
who Senator Hanna will favor" Ihave
In my library little volume entitled,
"Garield's Words" It contains great
many truths and q great many wise say
ings. l have great reverence for the
memory OF our martyred President and
had the most profound respect for him
during his life time. He was one of the
great men of his day. When read this
interview with the son, ! sought this
little volume to see whether the father
in his life time had given expression to
any sentiment which reflect his opinion
of bossism in party. On page 81
found these few lines: "The men who
succeed best in public life are those who
take the risk of standing by their own
convictions"
On the same page found another par
. graph, which contained these words:
"It has been fortunate that most OF our
greatest men left no descendants to shine
in the borrowed lustre Of great name"
And my mind reverted to Washington
and Jefferson and jackson, whose names
and deeds viii live in history = long -
time endures, with nothing to tarnish
the former, or 10 detract from the siories
Of the latter. And with my mind rum
ming back into the centuries thought
of Oincinnatus and then ! thought Of
Hanna, and ! wondered Who had called
the latter to the dictatorship Of Ohio,
and when he would return TO the plow.
THE WORLD esrTINa BETTER.
Thsologians contsnd that the world b
getting bettsr. viii mot take issus
with them. have the greatest respect
for both them and thsir calling and the
most profound rsversncs for their teach.
ing. but I am afraid they live to much
In one atmesphere. MiniLteu should
become Parkhursts for lew days and
got down In the slums Of politics. and
they would then ~ the need Of mission-
aries ct homo = we'll - abroad. am
certain that thay woald mot maintain
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