Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-09-22
THE COMING ELECTION,
Democrats Hope to Win by
Republican Apathy.
THE OBLIGATIONS OF PARTY.
Why No Republican Can Afford to
BE Apathctic, Or Fail to DO His
Full Duty.

Why No Republican Can Afford Il
BE Apathctic, Or Fail to DO Hi
Full Duty.
Last year tho Republicans carried
Ohio by nearly 10000 plurality. The
Democrats Gun not elect Kilbourne
and send John X. Mclean to the Uni
ted States senate without overcoming
this. Their only hope of SO doing lies
in the possible indifference and apathy
of Republican voters.
II there be q danger to the Repub-
licans 1t is from this cause. The men,
ace of free silver being removed, some
voters may be inclined to give no at
tention to political affairs. The gold
Democrats may be expected to go back
to their party, for they all know that
Kilbourne has always been in favor OF
the gold standard. All these things
make it imperative that every Repub-
lican in the state shall be alive to pos
sible danger, and cast his vote for the
Republican state and legislative tick
etc. .
This is the presidents own state.
Els administration for the past five
ccssful as to reflect honor upon the
state of his nativity. Ohio is flourish
ing; her farmers, her workingmen,
her business interests of all kinds are
in superb condition. Were she to elect
Democratic governor and legisla-
turo-to thus seemingly rebuke the
president and tiout the splendid sue
cess of his administration-the Demo-
cratic party in every state would rise
with renewed vigor, feeling certain
that next year they could shaclsle the
Republican administration by gaining
control of the house of representatives,
and in 1904 secure control of the na-
tional administration.
Then would come another era OF
tariff for revenue only, such as we had
results would follow. We would have
idle mills, unemployed workmen,
miles of sidctracks blocked with use
less cars, and general stagnation of
industry. The dark days from 1893 to
1886 have not passed out of the men,
orics of the people. Democratic sue
cess would mean their repetition. That
party now grovels in the dust of de-
feat. The way to keep it there and
maintain the glorious prosperity of
the present is to defeat the Ohio De-
mocracy next November.
There are always in every political
organization a number of voters who
arc more or less dissatisfied. Some
feel so because their candidate failed
of nomination; some have other ex-
cusos; but ourt political system is a
government by parties, and party is
composed of men who, on certain
great cardinal principles of govern
ment, agree fully in their views. In
the essentials there is unity, in nom
essentials there is wide diversity of
opinion. But the Republican who
fails to give his party ticket his un-
swerving and enthusiastic support, be-
cause on some of these non-essentials
the majority of the party do not agree
with him, is doing q wrong to his par
ty in state and nation. The majority
of party must decide upon these
things, as does majority of voters at
an election. A man can not always
approve all the candidates of his party,
and he may differ on minor points in
the platform; but he does a party in
jury to rebel against the verdict of
this majority by refusing to support
its regular ticket. If every individual
were to insist that he alone Is right
andall who differ from him arc wrong,
there could be no unity of action, and
the party which might be in the nu-
merical majority would fail at the
polls simply because of the number of
these individual revolts.
Every Republican voter should care
fully consider these things. The pres
ent Republican state control has been
businecs-like and effective. The state
is practically out of debt. Were the
few outstanding bonds now duo, they
could be met at once without ifnperil-
ing the financial condition of the state
IlCuSGly'F All JlO othIC luEllIuIlUuS
are we'll and economically managed.
There are no scandals in any of them.
The taxation bugaboo which Tom
johnson is trying to make an issue Is
fake. During the past ten years of
Republican control in Ohio the reye-
nue5 Of the state have been increased
one-half through Republican laws,
which have taxed corporations by
methods which have been declared to
be in harmony with the state constftu-
tion.
The Republican party stands today
for revision of the tax laws which
will require all classes Of property to
bear their equal and Just share of tax
alton. 1t declares for such improve
ments in the machinery of equaliza-
tion as will correct error and Dote
changes in value. What Is there in
any of the issues trumped up by tho
Ohio Democrats in their desperate
endeavor to get away from Bryan and
the defeated silver issue, to cause any
Republican to vote for Kilbourne for
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