The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1901-10-01
GOVERNOR NASH.
No Fault Can Be Found With
His Administration.
The Real State Issues of the OHIO
Campaign Set Forth In Plain LAM
guaUp.

The Real State Issues of the OHIO
Campaign Set Forth In Plain LAM
guage.
No fault can be found with the ad
ministration of Governor Nash. 1t
has been wise. economical and just.
1t has been SO efficient as to stand alb
solutely without criticism. If there be
any critics of it in the Republican
party, it is from men who failed to
obtain the recognition from it which
they demanded. There are always a
dozen or more applicants for every
position within the gift of the state
executive. For every man appointed
there must be eleven disappointed ap-
plicants.
The last general assembly, was a
model, because it enacted only wise
laws, and guarded the public welfare
in every way The state institutions
are all controlled by boards composed
of men standing high in the communi-
ty, of excellent business ability; and
employees are appointed because of
their ability, and retained only be-
cause of their efficiency. There is no
scandal in any of the institutions Of
the state. Their management is so
economical as to excite the wonder of
those connected with similar institu-
tions elsewhere.
If only state matters, and acts of
the present administration were at is
sue, the Republicans could safely
point to the record and claim a verdict
, in thir favor. But there is more at
stake-vastly more.
First, the general assembly to be
elected this fall has devolving upon 1t
| the duty of choosing an United States
| senator to succeed the peerless For
aker, as well as the redistricting of
the state for representation in con,
gress. We have now two Republican
senators and seventeen out of twenty
one Republicans in the lower house.
| If the next legislature should be Dem
| ocratic, we will have but one senator
| and not more than twelve Republican
congressman; possibly no nore than
ten-that being the number the Re.
| publicans were allowed the last time
the Democrats gerrymandered the
state. This reduced representation
would be fastened upon the Republi
cans of Ohio. not only for the next
congress, but for the next ten years
making a total loss of not less thai
twenty-five congressional votes In
that period.
1t is this fact that gives the present
campaign its national character and
forces upon the people of the state the
consideration of national issues. 1t is
for this reason that every vote cast
next November will be vote for ol
against the administration of President
| Mckinley. This is as certain as
though he were again candidate
this year. The citizens of Ohio must
by their action at the polls, either en-
dorse his work and give him encour
agement, or discredit his record and
embarrass his efforts. This is the
presidents own state. In population
wealth, intelligence and influence she
stands at the front Ohio is the gate
way between the east and the west
Her voice represents the average sen
timent of all the states. When Ohio
speaks the nation hearkens. Her yer
dict at the polls affects the nationa
administration, affects congress, af
fects public opinion, affects nationa
policies, determines public questions
and either promotes or retards the
public welfare.
We have had unexampled prosper
ity for the past four or We years; bu
that prosperity can be undermined
and the first stroke in this work woul(
be given by Ohio were she to place
herself in the scanty Democratic col
umn of states. We have unexamplet
prosperity, but Democratic success il
Ohio would check it. We have expand
ed the national limits. We have as
sumed new responsibilities and takeI
the position which was ours of righ
long ago, as one of the great world
powers. Democratic ascendency il
Ohio would be the beginning of aban
donment, retreat and national humil
iation. This is not the fantasy of tn,
Imagination, but a serious fact. TIL,
verdict of Ohio rests with the individ
ual. If every Republican within he
borders makes it his sacred duty t,
go to the polls and vote his party
state and Legislative tickets, all will
be well. A failure to vote is half
vote against the party. Consider wei
| your duty, and vote for the continu
ance of prosperity, vote for progres
and for the perpetuity of Republican
principles in the national government