The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-10-08
JOHNSON AND CLARKE
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES HOLD
ROUSiNC MEETINGS.
Great Campaign Tent Wouldn't Hold
the People at Chillicothe-Hanna and
Foraker RoundIy Scored johnson
Too Swift to BE Hit by 31ud.

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the People at ChiIlicothe-Hanna and
Foraker RoundIy Scored johnson
Too Swift to BE Hit by 3lud.
Before an audience which w6s much
greater than the capacity OF the CAM
| paign tent, Mayor Johnson and John III.
Clarke made their initial appearance III
Ross County at Chiliicothe. The crowd
was declared by Mayor Johnson 10 be
] the greatest of The campaign. greater
even than the opening meeting at Akron.
| Before speaking commenced every seat
was occupied and the standing room in
side the canvas WAS crowded To its ex-
treme capacity. Crowds were still strug-
Cling at the entrances and Mr.. johnson,
who was the first speaker. ordered the
sides removed i'll order that several hun
dred more might be enabled to hear him
before he entered upon his discussion.
At least 5000 persons were enabled thus
to listen TO the Mayor and MIR. Clarke.
Mayor Johnson and Mr.. Clarke each
/ spoke for more than an hour. Mr.. john
sons speech was devoted TO a general
discussion of the issues and he referred
but incidentally TO the Republican open
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''watchword.' Mr.. Clarke. on the other
hand, dealt in some detail with the
speech of Senator Hanna upon the occa
sion of the opening. \ feature of Mr..
| Clarkes speech was his manner of deal
| ing with the remarks of Senator Fora
ker at the Republican opening. He said
that the Senator was merely covering
his tracks" Mr. Clarke declared that
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lighted man IN the State of Ohio in the
event of his (AIr. Clarke's) election, as
he would thus be insured, during the con-
tinuation of Republican national ad
ministration, of the distribution of all the
patronage in Ohio.
Il am glad that in Chilicothe.' COM
menced Mayor Johnson. I'VE are having
| the best meeting of the campaign. l
would rather have the sober thought and
quiet attention of meeting such ms this
than any kind of parade with brass
bands or circus accompaniment. Parades
are good enough for party with ma
jority of 100000 in the State.
Senator Hanna's refusal 70 discuss
the issues of the campaign means that
he could not discuss them without ad
mitting that they are right. He recOg-
nizes that it would be pretty bad thing
to go into campaign aud admit at the
outset the truth and justice of the two
principal planks of his opponents plat
form. But for all this, it is not just TO
the people of the State that he ignore
entirely the charges which have been
made. If he does not care to associate |
with me, if he feels that he would be
contaminated by coming into the tent l |
am content TO allow him TO send some
proxy. | would prefer Senator Hanna |
himself, hut if he will not come l will |
debate with any proxy he may see fit |
to send.
Meanwhile we shall continue 10 go |
about the State in our endeavor to make |
1t clear to everyone just what are the /
questions to be decided. We shall keep |
on, also, in the hope that some time, |
somewhere, it will filter into Senator |
Hanna's mind that someone is making |
serious charges against him that cannot
be ignored"
Mr.. Clarke Speaks.
at is 4 very great pleasure to me-"
commenced Mr.. Clarke, "and yet great
er qualification to me, TO be here in your
city SO promptly TO reply TO the outrage
Gus attack made upon my party and its
candidates by the leaders of the Repub
lican party at their opening.
'In the FIRST place, before this open
ing, they declared that our platform was
a patchwork of fads and isms. This was
not enough, and at the opening they said
that our platform was anarchistic, pop
ulistic and socialistic. This is a very
serious charge. IL il is true no man
ought to vote for our ticket If II is
raise no man ought to vote for legisia-
i've candidate VINO Will cast his ballot
TO return Marcus A Hanna to the Unit
ed states Senate, man who has thus.
OF deliberate purpose. siandered one-haif
OF the people OF ONO, ms own neigh
bors, people who love their country as
well as he or any of his party
MI Clarke then went on to enumerate
the piaiiks OF the democratic platform,
nome rule, Just taxation, 2-cent steam
raliroau rare, ABOLITION OF lee system ana
others less important, all of which, he
SAID. were' according TO Mr. Hanna, an
archistic.
we are trying to present PLAN case
in plain way, said Mr.. Clarke. I'VE
are ready to accept the result OF the de-
cision of the people on Nov. 3, if favora-
Bile without eiatlon, II adverse without
complaint.
Our adversaries. 1t seems, do not care
to discuss these issues. Instead they in
tend TO carry on campaign OF ridicule,
against the issues and the arguments
which we have presented. We do not
desire that kind OF n canvass, but we do
not shrink from 1t. What do we think of
a party OF which senator llama is the
leader, purposins 10 enter upon cam
paign of ridicule: All that we have to
do is to repeat the words of Hanna HIM
self TO bring the blush of shame to the
cheeks of self-respectlng citizens who call
themselves Republicans. We do not de-
sire a campaign OF rldlcule, but one OF
argument and instruction. If necessary,
however, we VIII make occasional side
diversions to meet whatever ridicule may
be brought against us Because We have
eudeayOreu TO conduct n high minded