Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-09-21
GOVERNOR NASH.
No Fault Can Be Found With
His Administration.


Campaign set Forth In Plain LAM
guage.
No fault can be found with the ad.
ministration Of Governor Nash. II
has been wiso. economical and just
Ii has been so efficient as to stand alb
solutely without criticism. If there be
any critics Of II in the Republican
party, it Is from men who failed to
obtain the recognition from 1t 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 ipstitu-
tions elsewhere.
If only state matters, and acts of
the present administration were at is
point to the record and claim verdict
in thir favor. But there is more at
stake--vastly more.
First, the general assembly to be
elected this fall has dcvolving upon 1t
the duty OF choosing an United States
senator to succeed the peerless For
akcr, 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 not more 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-
cars of Ohio, not only for the next
congress, but for the next ten years,
making a total loss of not less that
twenty-five congressional votes in
that period.
1t is this fact that gives the present
campaign it's national character and
forces upon, the people of the state the
consideration of national issues 1t is
for this reason thai" t"every vote cast
next November will be vote for or
against the administration of President
Mckinley. This is as certain as
though he were again a candidate
this year. The citizens of fiOhio must,
by their action at the polls, either en-
dorse his work and give him encour-
agcment, 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 cast and the west.
Her voice represents the average SEN
timent of all the states. When Ohio
speaks the nation hearkens. Her ver-
dict at the polls affects the national
administration, affects congress-, af-
fects public opinion, alfectsr national
policies, determines public questions,
and either promotes or rctards the
public welfare.
We have had unoXampled prosper
ity for tho past four or vc years; but
that prosperity can be undermined, |
and the first stroke in this work would
be given by Ohio were she to place
herself in the scanty Democratic col.
umn of states. We have uneSampled
but Democratic success in
Ohio would check it, We have expand |
ed tho NATIONAL limits. We have as
sumed new responsibilities and taken |
the position which was ours of right |
long ago, as one OF the great world |
powers. Democratic ascendency in |
Ohio would be the beginning Of aban- |
donment, retreat and national humil- |
iation. This is not the fantasy of the |
but a serious fact. The |
verdict of Ohio rests with the individ |
ual. If every Republican within her
borders makes it his sacred duty to
go to the polls and vote his partys |
stale and Legislative tickets, all will |
be well. A failure to vote is half |
vote against the party. Consider well
your duty, and vote for the continu-
ance of prosperity, vote for progress
and for the perpetuity Of Republican
in the NATIONAL government.
Reciprocity is part OF protection, its
natural sequence as McKinleys bread |
vision sees and as the Republican |
national platform declares. The
"Deutsches Tages Zeitung,' OF Ber-
lin, truly says of his Buffalo speech
that there is absolutely no occasion to
suppose that President Mckinley isl
ko,,f ~ al, tho 4a,tep