The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-10-30
Get OUT EVERY VOTE.
Ohio, the Only State Election
National In Its Possibilities.
Every Republican Should Do His Duty
In This Campaign Against Social
Chaos-let Anti-Johnson Democrats
Add Their Strength - Absentees
Boost the Common Peril.

Cnaos-let Antt-Johnson Democrats
Add Their Strength Rbsentees
Boost the Common Peril.
Ohio Is the only state whose eiec-
ton this year may have decisive
voice in the presidential nominations
and election next year. should Ono
stand by Roosevelt and his admins.
tratlon. that will greatly encourage
the movement for his denomination.
This fact affords a fine opportunity
for all the Democrats who have been
saying pretty things about Roosevelt
TO make good their words by voting
the way that Roosevelt would like to
have them vote.
Still more important 10 the Demo
cratic party may be the Ohio outcome.
Should Johnson by any means beat
Mark Hanna" and materially reduce
Herrick's plurality. all the pretense
that IL was n campaign for only mere
local issues would be thrown aside
and a great national Democratic vic
tory would be claimed at once. Imme-
diately all the devices known to poll
tics for the promotion Of a candidates
nomination for president would be
started. Johnson having completely
captured the Ohio Democratic ma
chine. would ride roughshod over all
the 'renegades" to capture the nomi
nation at the head of the national
ticket. Though IL might split the
Democratic party. even at that 1t is
worth while to be named by a great
political organization as its standard
, bearer for president OF the United
States. AS n member of the United
States senate for six years, from
March 5. 1906. Johnson would be a
greater power in the party II he had
also been its candidate for president.
The natural sequence of this situa-
ton is that Ohio Republicans owe 1t
TO themselves to do their utmost to
set back Mr.. Johnson's ambitions.
Nothing can help him so much as Re
publican negligence at the polls Nov.
Bird, and Republican overconhdence
Herrick will be elected beyond doubt.
but the bigger his majority the more
certain Johnson's retirement from the
political stage. He is not going to be
grasp at everything that looks like en-
couragement in his political game. He
has money enough saved from his tax
es, and patent monopolies, and street
l railroad franchises. to stay in the
game until the votes of the people
\ against him show up SO strong as to
\ convince him that they have found
him out for what he Is and will have
l none of him.
This brings it squarely UP to the Re-
publican voters of Ohio first of all.
/ to see to it that their fullest vote is
| polled. Speeches and publications
have done their work. Now 1t is all
| q question of getting out the vote. 1t
i is no longer a matter of cities and
| counties and districts. but of precincts
| and subprecincts, and most of all of
/ the individual voter. Every Republi-
i can stay-at-home may look upon him
self as boosting Johnson. The cam
paign involves questions affecting the
safety OF every home. the possession
OF all property. Johnson's doctrines
carried to their ultimate conclusion
mean the destruction of all rights OF
personal ownership. the overthrow OF
all industries and the complete over
turning Of the entire social system,
Now and here are the time and place
to check these threatening theories
before they can go any further. Not
merely defeat for Johnson is the need
OF the hour. but defeat so overwhelm-
ing that its meaning can not be mis-
taken.
Thousands of Democrats agree Will
the statements openly made in the
Johnson state convention that tbs
Johnson platform is socialistic. The
principal Democratic papers of tbs
state in the three largest cities are al
on record to the same effect Multi
tudes of Democrats thinking this way
will prove it by their vote against
Johnson and by their vote against
Clarke. and in favor of Herrick anC
| Hanna, because Johnson has declared
that Hanna's defeat Is what he wants
most and the election of a legislator
to do his own bidding. Democrat,
who are Democrats are determined u
do their utmost against him. for tn
best good of their party by shaking
him OF. and for the general welfare
Republicans must not depend upol
the anti-Johnson Democrats, however
and thus fail in their own efforts. Ev
cry Republican vote is needed to maxi
the result m1st emphatic. Then le
, the dissenting Democrats add he
, ballots against johnson and Clarke
Ohio has before this borne the brun
OF crises national in their conso
, quences. Never has the Buckeye stat
, failed to do her whole duty when thu
called upon. Never was a call NOR
urgent. more insistent upon ever
voter, than at this very time.
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