Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-06-25
Sounded the Kew.
note.
Said the InsuIar Decis.
ion Must Stand.
Handed Out Roasts to the Demo
cratic Party.

Foraker, as temporary chairman of the
sounded the keynote at
the opening session Tuesday afternoon.
He said in part:
Gentlemen of the Conventions: Our
approaching election will be the most
important held this year in the United
States. 1t is but state election in
name, but it will be distinctly nation
al in both character and importance.
The administration of Gov. Nash
has been so wise, so economical SO
just, and so efficient that it stands alb
solutely without criticism. There is
no issue with respect to it, and none
can be made.
The last general assembly was n.
model. 1t enacted only wise laws, and
In every way guarded the public well
fare.
Our state institutions are all in ex-
celent condition, and the financial af-
fairs of the state were never more
satisfactory.
If, therefore, only state officers and
state questions were involved, we
could be safely content to point to the
record and claim the peoples verdict.
But more is at stake-vastly more
and therefore we see the signs of COM
ing battle and must expect determined
opposition.
The legislature chosen this year will
be charged with the duty of electing
a United States senator and redistrict-
ing the state for representation in
Congress.
We now have two Republican sena-
tors and seventeen Republican mem
bers in the house of representatives.
Ii the next legislature should be Demo-
cratic we will have but one senator
and not more than twelve Republican
congressman, and probably not more
than ten-the number we We're al
lowed the last time a Democratic legis-
| lature gerrymandered the state-and
this reduced representation in the
national house of representatives
would be fastened upon us, not simply
for the next congress, but for the
next ten years, making a net loss to
us of not less than twenty-five votes
in congress for the next decade.
1t is this fact that gives the cam,
paign upon which we are entering it's
national character, and thrusts upon
us, whether we would have it so or
not, the discussion and consideration
of national policies and national cues,
tions; and it is for this reason that
every vote cast in our state next No
vember will be vote for or against
the administration of William McKin.
ley, just as certainly and emphatically
as though he were again our candi-
date this year as he was last; for we
must of necessity, by the action we
take, indorse his work and give him
encouragement or discredit his record
and embarrass his efforts.
His first administration was trium-
phantly successful, but it could not
have ben so had it not been supported
by Republican Congress. His second
administration can be, and will be,
even more illustrious than his first
If we give him that same support, but
1t cannot be, and 1t will not be, IL
we withhold it.
All this might be truthfully said as
to the election of members of Con.
eress from any State, but II is partic.
ularly true when spoken OF Ohio.
This is the Presidents own State
In population, wealth. intelligence aud
influence, we stand in the very fore
front. Ohio represents the average
sentiment OF all the States. When she
speaks the whole country gives heed
Our influence affects the President
affects Congress. affects public opin
iop. affects public policies, determines
public questions and promotes or re
tards the public welfare.
The achievements of the past foul
years are still in large measure incom
plete and insecure.
We have unexampled prosperity
but a Democratic wave would blight
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We have unheard of combinations
of capital, against which the rights OF
the people must be guarded without
destroying our industries or retardine
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