The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-10
POINTS TO PERIL
IN REFORM WAVE
Ohio's Defeated Governor Sees
Menace to Nation in Deser-
tion of Party Lines.

Columbus. Ohio, Nov. l0.-Governor
Herrick, defeated for reelection, last
night gave out the following statement:
THE people Of Ohio, BY . substan-
ernor. I bow to their will and trust
that their welfare may be. the only
aim of the new administration. This
overthrow of the republican party in,
Ohio was not caused by business de-
preston or industrial adversity. any
where in the state or nation; 1T was
not caused by any mlsmanagement or
corruption in the condition of the state
governments; it was not caused by any
discomfort on the part Of the people
with the record or achievements of the
republican party in the administration
of state affairs during the last four
teen years. ;,
NIt was shown conclusively in. the
last campaign that the business affairs
of the state had been well managed;
that all the state debts had been paid;
that there is splendid surplus IN the
treasury; that state institutions have
been honestly, effectively and ably
managed, and that nowhere in any de-
| partment of the state has there been
| any breath of scandal or official mis-
conduct. a,
People ''swept Away
| buC despite dll lucSS oiAot
people of Ohio have been swept away
from the moorings Of truth by wave
of prejudice and suspicion. Undoubt,-
edly there is healthy spirit Of moral
reform and widespread insistance
upon courage and honesty IN pubilc
offices, being manifested all over the
land. That spirit has shown itself IN
the election of Jerome in New York,
| the triumph Of Weaver in Philadelphia
and earlier the breaking down OF party
lines in Massachusetts and Missouri.
This fact and these evidences make it
easy to arouse the suspicion, in Hame
misstatements and excite the people OF
| Ohio. ,,:5>z.~. =. g. :
tEThe real issues Of the campaign
were forgotten and the passion that
was appealed to thruout the state was
to strike down something, destroy some
thing, avenge some fancled wrong,
avert some fancied danger. =
Great American "Danger.'' .;
"I wish I was the only sufferer from
this misguided impulse Of my fellow cit
liens, for then I could be content, not
only in the consciousness OF having de
served better treatment at their hands,
but Of having been the means of point
ing out a serious lesson OF the times.
The greatest danger now confronting
the American people is the readiness, IN
response to some sudden Whim or pre-
text, to desert party principles and fol
low some individual who claims, some
times with sincerity, often with hypo-
crisy, to represent a cause that is higher
than party fealty. This spirit, which
would decry party government and par
ty responsibility and establish indivld.
ual leadership in its stead, may advance
some personal ambitions, but can accom-
NJ m
cit offers the most fruitful field fol
the demagog and the iconoclast, anc
while some good men may be swept into
power upon popular wave that over
rides principles, the strain. upon, our II IN
stitutions and upon the Fundamental
truths which: lie at; the bottom i!of tou'
government will leave the structure
weaker rather than stronger.
Menace in Personal Ambition. .s,
"The individual who, in seeking self
advancement, is willing to allure thu
people from the principles and policie
of party to the glare Of popular lido
is an enemy of his country. The news
; paper which, in order to swell the re
ceipts of the counting room, is willing
( to pander to sensationalism, to decelv
, the people and play upon the credulit,
, of the unthinking, is an enemy of man
kind. -"
"But the success Of democracy il
; Ohio is as shortived as it is infreque1t
The principles of repubhcanism. ar
B eternal because they stand for truth
justice and progress. They will ris
y again in this state at the next election
D and they will have the support of man
( thousands Of voters who will return t
that party which they will find they ha
NO good reason to reject. ~"
~ discharged my duties as an execr
tive Of Ohio with an eye and purpos
h devoted to the best interest of all tn
, people. My conscience is clear. Wha
[ did with respect to the Brannock la
was done in the interest of justice an
morality and intended to strengthe
h that measure as a temperance, law. ..
, would do the same thing over again
The unconstitutional measures, Isvetoe
7 would veto again. The extravagar
appropriations that I declined to az
b prove, again would I decline to approx
y eff the people of Ohio defeated IN
because they disapproved my actio
with respect to those measures the
3 acted wisely for if 7 had been given
, second term I would have been actuate
by the same motives and T would hav
3 pursued the same course whenever tn
G occasion arose.