The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-20
FIGHT is ON IN OHIO
,rprBLICANs OPEN THEIR CAM
pAIGN AT CHILLICOTHE.
HANNA THE CHIEF SPEAKER.
ruER PROMINENT POLITICIANS
MADE ADDRESSES.


.;es and His Followers Socialists.
election in Ohio Skirmish Battle
COR tOO4-Says Absolute Free Trade
would Close 20 Per Cent. of COun-
,ries' Manufactures.
Cbilucothe, O., Sept. 19.-The Republi-
can campaign in Ohio was opened here
.o-dav with an unusually large parade,
followed by a meeting in Yoctangee
parl, at which Gov. Nash presided and
snaecbes we're made by Senators Fora
par and Hanna, Myron T. Herrick, can
didate for Governor; Warren G. Hard
ING candidate for Lieutenant Governor,
and others.
In the parade the Blaine Club of Gin
cinnati. with over 500 uniformed men,
had strong rival in the Ross County
Rough Riders, every township in that
county being represented by delegations
an horseback. The Tippecanoes from
Clevel9nd. the Rail Splitters from To-
ledo and the Buckeyes from Columbus
ranked next.
Mr. Herrick, in his speech, devoted
himself largely to what he called the
"untried socialism" of the Democratic
marty. He said it seemed the first duty
of citizenship ''to raise a warning
against drifting in that dangerous dl-
rection." since the Democratic guber-
Material candida te had declared that he
Favored socialism in moderation"
Mr.. Herrick denounced the single tax
system as advocated by Tom Johnson
as unjust and burdensome.
Foraker on the Philippines.
Senator Foraker delivered an Ella
borate defense of Republican national
policies. He gave much attention to
the Philippine question asserting that
the government of the islands outside
the constitution was the only posi-
bic method He opposed any llmita-
ton of the power of the courts 10 IS
sue injunctions as demanded by those
who demand the restraint OF gov
eminent bv Injunction" and upheld
the judiciary as the conserVator OF our
Institutions
Mr. Foraker concluded by appealing
for the election of Herrick this year
TO help insure the election of Roose-
welt in 1904.
Hanna Is Optimistic.
senator Hanna devoted the intro
ductbry part of his speech to state AZ
fats Touching upon national queS-
tions he said; MIR. Clark, whether he
did it thoughtlessly or intentionally.
in a public utterance made this state
ment: This country is on the verge OF
financial and industrial collapse. He
sounded that note of danger. Why,
God only knows. But to my mind it
was a criminal act, because it is not
true AS far as the financial and in
1f hi lr
concerned, they never have been In
any better shape than to-day. There
is nothing to interfere with the on
ward progress of this development ex-
cept one thing and that one thing is
to shake the confidence of the people
in the principles and policies exercised
by the party in power.
IF it were thought that the heresies
of Tom Johnson and his socialistlc fol-
lowers could make any impression up
on the people of Ohio, so as TO
change the political conditions here
will tell you what would happen. The
men who control these great industries,
the men whose power and money are
moving all this enormous trade. the
men who are associated with them as
partners, together with the men who
work with their hands in this great
business development. would be the
first ones to take notice of that change
If it were imminent, and they would
act upon the hypothes that it is better
to wait and know the truth than to
surmise it and speculate upon 1t.
All Eyes on Ohio.
The whole country has its eyes up
on Ohio, knowing that this is the Skin
mish battle for 1904 and l join with
Senator Foraker in making the appeal
TO our people, under these circum-
$50 ~ nd
confidence to the young President at
Washington and let him see that Ohio
never falters in the right
When l hear the men who are pre-
lending to lead the Democracy of Ohio
to-day talk about capturing the labor
Vote-well, ] smile. If, through ignor-
ance of the true conditions or through
any undue excitement created during
The campaign the laboring men of this
state should be led away from the par
" and the principles which have done
SO much for them, it would be serious,
because that element which leads and
dominates the Democratic party to-day
stands not for tariff for revenue, but
absolute free trade.
Dangers of Free Trade.
Mr., Clark qualities his position on
the tariff by saying that he would take
the tariff entirely off of every article
manufactured by trusts. WndI uOeS
mat mean? Every iron and steel in
oustry in the United States, every
lhlng connected with the metal trades,
with the cotton trades and in fact, all
OF our great industries would come
within the scope of his proposition.
Is there any intelligent man among
IHe workingmen of this state who
Goes not know what would be the re-
SUIT Of that policy? Absolute free
uaie, through all the schedules of our
,drH, would shut up IS per cent. of the
Industrial institutions of the United
states until we could get labor down
10 the price where we could compete
with Europe.
he questions have not changed, the
principles have not changed, the re-
suIts have not changed and you stand
mere to-day Just exactly where you
5000 years ago IN this state. when
under the leadership Of the gallant
man who believed In protective policy
ana m safe money, you followed him
~ me polls and year after year reg
stored your verdict that that was the
p'ley for the working class OF this
State and country"