The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-02-02
Ohio Politics,

The political pot in Ohio boils al
motion. 1t Is some ten months until
the glbernatoriul election. but things
are so hot out there that General
Charles Dick, Junior United States sell
ator, who aspires to be the Buckeye
boss, has cast his senatorial duties to
the winds and has fastened to Colum-
bus as fast as steam can pull him.
His friend, Governor Myron II. Her
rick, Is in danger. IIerrick wants to
be reelected, but unfortunately for
him both the temperance people and
the saloon people are fighting him. It's
the old story. He tried to please both
and pleased neither. George b. Cox,
the hoodlum chief Of Cincinnati. has
indorsed Herrick, but that does not
satisfy General Dick, so he wends his
way a la the star of empire to take
charge in person. His eggs are in the
Herrlck basket; hence his anxiety. In
the meantime it may be taken for
granted that Senator Joseph Benson
Foraker has finger in the pie. He is
anti-Herrick and anti-Dick. He is for
Joseph Benson always and in all
things.
If congress passes bill to cut down
the number Of Panama canal commits
sioners from nine to three and to put
the three to work there will be such an
outpour of tears as to cause phenome-
nal flood in the Chagres river, but the
taxpayers will not shed them.
All parties In Panama have protested
to our minister plenipotentiary, Hon.
John Barrett, against our scheme to
consolidate the two offices of minister
plenipotentiary and governor of the
canal zone into one, which with us is
a matter of economy. OF course the
real reason why the Panamans do not
want that done Is that it would reduce
the bigwigs by one. Loss of dignity
and prestige is the reason, they allege
President Tuttle of the Boston and
Maine railroad says that President
Roosevelts plan for congressional ecn.
troll and regulation of freight rates, II
carried into effect, will cut down the
wages of 100000 railroad employees
In that connection he declares that last
year the average dividends on railroad
stocks was less than 3 per cent OF
course that includes watered stocks
though he failed to say so.
Woe is me! Woe is me! Some person
without the fear of God before his
eyes, but instigated by the devil, is pro-
testing to the president against the ap-
pointment of Mr.. Whitelaw Reid as
ambassador to the court of st. james
vice Mr.. Joseph III. Choate, who resigns
under compulsion. No greater calamity
has Happened lately to Mr.. Reid. Per.
haps the country can stand it.
One United States senator out of for.
ty-five Is now under indictment. II the
same percentage of our entire popula,
tion were similarly situated, there
would be about 100000 indictments
pending in the courts; but, thank heav,
en-, the percentage does not hold W
outside "the most august deliberativs
body OH earth"
Revenge is sweet" says Byron, oi
words to that effect. "The whirligig OF
time brings its own revenges' is an
other way of expressing the same idea
"Time at last sets all things even" II
still another. All of these may occur tc
Mr.. Speaker Cannon when he comes Il
place General ]. Warren Keifer on
committees in the Fifty-ninth congress-
None Of them may occur to him, but
Mark Twain says that human nature
is very strong and we all have a hear
Of 1t in u.s." General Keifer wher
speaker honored Hon.. Frank Hiscoch
Of New York oyer Uncle Joes head anc
made him chairman OF appropriations
Perhaps Uncle Joe will be generous.
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