The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1902-10-23
DON.C.W.BAKER
Delivers Address
to Democrats
IN THE AUDITORIUM
AT COLUMBUS,
Tuesday Evening, October e.
MY Fellow Citizens:

My Fellow Citizens:
This government OF ours is a govern
ment of and by the majority What
majority of our people want and vote
for. we have and get. AT its last analy.
sis that is what republican form OF
government means.
The Republicans have had unlimited
and undisputed power In national al
fairs. as In most OF the states. for the
last Ave years. This is because the
people voted so.
To-day we are confronted with
crisis In our affairs that Is accentuated
by the fact that coal is thirty dollars
ton in New York and beef thirty cents
q pound Things have reached such
pass that In Eastern cities coal ram
inc is imminent. which means suffer
ing and freezing for the poor, while the
high prices of not merely beer, nut
other noccssaries in the shape of food
products. betoken suffering the coming
winter such as our country never saw
Senator Hanna says that Baer, PreSi
dent of the Reading Railroad. lis
Democrat. say he is not Democrat,
nor men ike MIN. ana II ne IN 'hhSque'
aiding as one ne Is simply stea.'hE 'ne
livery OF heaven to serve the devil In
Republican politicians are fond OF
talking apout n'stress AIMING .ne p""' :
and especially among the workingmen.
| during Grover Cleveland's last admin
| istration. There may have been some
] want 10 say, however tlal all "'''
any distress during those '"u' ye"'
VIII not ne t''ne ol 'ne "Ied"''. '"'
ferlng the coming winter 'oleoou'''
The Democratic party TOT hVe year
and more mas neen warning t"e peop.e
! that there "oulo preSent'y o''''e 'u""'
tions precisely as are mere now "a'
the acts ana pollcy OF tne hepuo'ica'
party as dirtatod ny its po'''c'ahs
would necessarily reacn pu' one CIV"
That result Is mere. ana we nave 'ne
spectacle OF great army VI "r.'e,
ana their 1amiiics STARVING 10 uea'n u
the mountains or penhsy'Vahia' "h'.'
II seems ineV'taple tnat many pe"p''
VIII be troeHing 10 ueAth 'h many
the large cltles' WIN loou S"pp'ieS ~
costly as 10 ne peyoho the reacn
poor people save IN the MOST 'h",''i'''
ent quantitles ana at 'he n'"s' VI"
orbitant price,
Hut the people nave peen Vo''nk ~
exactly the po'icies ana .he ,"e"
carry 'hem o"t' ,hh' s'""" "'''''"'e'
LOT the S'ha''oh III "h'c" '"e '"'"''
now finds itself. The burning qneSiio
is whether a further and continue
r. 80 ,,oh ,,on ond eucb neas
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, ureS IL 10 ne lhe V''"''t o' t"e ""'''
box this fall. That rests enurely VII
our fellow.citizens. The Issue Is ne
S., ,i 70 ,o,o,t oonditiors o r
.. N ~ 80 II
{ 10 ne continued theh III" '"telS WI
, vote the Republican ticket. III no
tban tbnre must be right about fac,
.n, .ho.o l., no sioht ~ ro,,o, mr. soIv,
"''' '''''' 80 NV ''7''' ~ w,
/. tlon anywhere except III the SupPort
Democratic policies and Democrat
candidates
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N""' 'e' "S e"""ni,'e W. "'"'"e''
D the question rs To Where the reSp0nS
:. bilitv for nresent conditions lies
' on't' w. ~
3 We have had five prosperous yea
for como neonle The crons In Amc,
. ca have been enormous. vast sums
a gold the product of Alaskan mine
o ana on improved Hacnihery ethp'oy'
A In working at reduced cost the lo
arado oras md nIaoer sluicinos
. s'a"" WIS az. p-,
A our gold and silver states. have give
us mints Of money.
q "
a There has been "A long war In Aft
y that has drawn away from world CONF
q tition. our only serious rival in trade /,
a uanufoctures bns,dss furnishing us W,
80, o,.n ,nar,a, for fnna ,,,n,,,
q s'e"' u.s. , Nv, "" r.'
norSes. ihh'cs anu '"e p'ou"c's VI
y farm.
y The Republican party can not say III
q II has NOT had every material advanti,
a attending the trial OF its theories n
v nol,cias and at a time too most ravo,
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4 n'e i's " "'nh 'N'' '",NrS'", Wv
tion and results. iet touay' hIler u
years OF Republican control under
= most auspcous circumstances. we
. confronted with distress and distrust, u
with n sense Of INSTRUMENTATION and
3 ins,ics rambling am, smartInp I'm
a 49,. 90 ~, n,usso os n',r oi,tno
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