The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1905-08-10

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The Ohio Republican platform Of
1887 came out more aggressively for
protection than any Of its predeces-
sors:
I'VE are in favor Of q protective
tariff, to secure to American citizens
the privilege Of supplying every arti.
Gle which can be proddced, a. we'll In
the United States a. In other coun.
tries, and sufficiently to supply Amer.
lean wants. Su:h a tariff makes a
demand for and gives employ ment to
the labor of American citizens, and
thereby aid in securing just compen.
sation for labor. We denouuce the
Ohio Democratic platform of "a tar.
III for revenue only and which de-.
mands an indiscriminate reduction In
all duties on imported goods, the ef-
feet of which would be to encourage
importations, thus giving American
patronage to foreign producers and
foreign labor rather than to our own."
The same platform patriotically af-
frmed I'VE favor liberal pensions
to the soldiers and sailors of the un.
ion, adequate appropriations for the
improvement of our national water.
ways and national aid to education.
We depreciate national strife and
divisions. We have placed the war
with its hates and revenges behind
us, but the settlement Of the war
must stand irrevocable respected,
honored and observed 10 every part
of the republic. More we have never
demanded. Less we will not have.'
On that platform Governor Foraker
secured a triumphant reelection.
The vote stood: Foraker, Republi.
can, 356, ,534; Powell, Democrat, $685..
2l5; Sharp, Prohibitionist, 29,700;
Seitz, Labor, 24,7l1."
The two victories won by Senator
Foraker we're achieved In the face of
a united Democratic party, encour.
aged and stimulated by a national
Democratic administration In power
at Washington, distributing enor.
nous FEDERAL patronage at the desire
of State Democratic ;e iders and for
the prom 'tion of party interests in
Ohio" r-retrr ntsr
In 1884 and az ,in In 1888. Governor
Foraker appear, d cOnspicuously In
the arena Of nati,nal politics, seeking
the Republican Presidential nomina-
tion for his friend, the illustrious
Ohio statesman, John Sherman.
John Sherman, a distinguished son
Of Ohio, was for m any years the Buck
eye State favorite for the Pre- sidency.
Born in 1923, he entered the House of
Representatives In 1866 and at once
a commanding position. he
was the Republican candidate for
Speaker of the House In 1859, but the
not having a clear ma.
jority, there being l13 Republicans,
101 Democrats and % members of the
party in its make up, a pro.
longed contest took place, ending In
the election of William L. Penning.
ton, of New Jersey. Mr.. Sherman be-
came in that Congress Chairman of
the Ways and Means Committee. In
1851 he entered the Senate. During
the war John Sherman was foremost
In financial and other measures for
the preservation of the union. His
lllustrious brother, William Tecumseh
rendered on the field of bat.
tie services of indescribab value and
nmtr rial renown to the country.
John Sherman was for several years
chairman of the important Finance
of the Senate. He took
prominent part in the eleetion of
Hayes to the Presidency, and
ln 1877 left the Senate to become Sec.
retary of the Treasury. His services
In that department were Of the high
est value, such In truth ~ to entitle
him, his legion of admirers all over
the country thought, to the Presiden.
tial nomination In 1880. There was a
protracted contest before the Repub.
lican National Convention. General
Garfield was Senator shermans pre-.
poser and did all In his power to se.
cure him the nomination. On the
thirty.hfth ballot Sherman got his
highest vote, 90, against 267 for Blaine
and Sl3 for 0raat. Blaiue's friends
attributing the defeat Of their favo.
rite In 1870 to John Sherman, refused
to throw in their strength with the
latter. TO defeat Grant, they voted
for Garfield, who was on the thirty.
sixth ballot, nominated BY 800 to 3Oe
for General Grant. In 1884 Joseph
Benson Foraker, chairman of the
Ohio delegation to the Republican
National convention, presented the
name of John Sherman, but Blaine
being the tavorite, the friends Of
Sherman gracefully yielded to the
Inevitable.
Blaine out of the running In 1883,
John Sherman's name was once more
presented by Joseph Benson Foraker.
30 much force, elequence and persua.
siveness did the Governor of Ohio en-.
ploy that on the second ballot sena.
tor Sherman received 249 votes, more
than double the vote cast on that bal
lot for any other candidate.
The temper of the convention show
ed little change until after the sew
enth ballot when the aeld combining