Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-09-28
traitor to the Democracy is preferable


traitor to the Democracy is preferable
to his friendship.
"His advocacy of any candidate at
once invites public inspection, and IL
he had said anything of a friendly ma
ture about Hoadly during the cam
paign, the latter's majority would net
have been so grand. His hatred of Mr..
Pendleton, growing out of some fancied
wrong done General Eazen by Senator
Pendleton, put the Democratic party of
Hamilton county in imminent peril,
and for weeks damaged the Democ-
racy in other parts of the state.
1T was not until the News Journal,
after patiently waiting for the party
to secure harmony, tore the mask from
the little bully and defied him, that or
der was restored in the party lines.
The election demonstrates that he is
not to be feared but on the contrary,
the surest way to political preferment
is to laugh at his brag and buster, and
defy his malice"
The Democratic Wheeling Register,
discussing the same subject, said: "The
disgraceful conduct and utter want Of
principle exhibited by John Mclean
of The Enquirer is his villainous and
cowardly assaults upon Judge Hoadly
and Senator Pendleton, threw a bomb
shell into the camp, whose explosion
seemed to threaten disaster and defeat,
to which he gave the adhesion of a
traitor, marplot, and snake in the
grass"
Comenting on this, The News Jour-
nal says: The Register overestimates
the traitors power in the case. When
the traitors true character is known
in advance, his opportunity for open
ing the gates to the enemy is gone, and
the traitor must 60"
The Dayton Democrat said on Octo-
Der 12, 1888 The course of the Gin
| cinnati Enquirer during the campaign
just closed has been simply despicable.
1t has been the meanest and most ma
licious enemy that the Democratic par
ty had in the fight, but, however, it
had little or no influence. 1t long
since became known as the bully or
bravo of journalism, ready to use its
| dagger anywhere that it was able to do
so. Hereafter an assault by it upon
any man will be a portend of purity
and respectabilily."
The Indianapolis Sentinel, the Dem
ocratic organ of Indiana, Oct. Is, 1888,
said:
I'm the notable campaign, which
places the Empire state of Ohio in line,
under Democratic banneds and leaders,
Democratic policy and precedences, the
Cincinnati Enquirer ranks with itl
distinguished correspondent and CO.
worker, 'Jayhawker.' 1t assailed with
Tibald falsity one of Ohio's most state
ly statesmen, Senator Pendleton. II
hunted him as hounds pursue antlered
stays; but the grand old man found
shelter in the bosom of the party that
has followed him, and when the battle
was over = IS the Cincinnati En-
quirer with. the impudence of a brass
jackass, has placed a whole page
rooster, as if it had helped in the vic
tory.
Within the entire realm of little,
warted, stuffed, pig-shaped, gilt-edged
infamy, there is nothing due The En-
quirers mucilaglnous mendacity; and
such is the verdict of leVel-headed
Democrats everywhere"
On Oct. 20, 1888, the Democratic
Portsmouth Tines said
The Enquirer continues its petty
and spiteful war on Senator Pendleton,
who did signal service for the party
during the campaign. The day has
gone by when The Enquirer can In
jure the party by abusing such Demo-
Gratis as Tilden, Hoadly, Pendleton,
Thurman, Durbin Ward and Hen
dricks, as 1t has in the past"
On Oct 26, 1883, Hon. l.. A. Drummer,
in the Democratic Wyandot Union. OBJ
serves:
"Butting your head aGAlnst the stone
wall las been pretty well exemplified
in The Enqulrer's personal spleen
against Senator Pendleton. That dis
tinguished Democrat can well afford
to allow such small potatoes as John
ME Mclean full sway 10 advertise his
ears.
These are but few of the comments
which the Democratic press OF Ohio
freely made on Mr. Mclean and his
methods two years before he left Ohio,
only to return last month. They rep
resent the history of part of Mr..
McLean's career VIII the old-line
Democrats who remember those days
and deeds so far forgot themselves as
to follow Boss McLean's leadership
this veae'