Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-07
THE OHIO CAMPAIGN
Opened With Rousing Mass
Meeting in Cincinnati.
HALL CROWDED TO DOORS
Addresses by Senators Foraker and
Beverage.
ON GREAT DUTY OF THE HOUR
Representative Longworth's Bride
Heard His First Political Speech
Beveridge's Reference to Labor.
HALL CROWDED TO DOORS
ON GREAT DUTY OF THE HOUR

CINCINNATI, Ohio, October 6.--United
States Senators J. B. Foraker OF Ohio and
A. j. Beveridge of Indiana and Representa-
tives Nicholas Longworth and H. P. Goebel
of Ohio participated in the opening of the
republican campaign in this city tonight.
The Blaine Club escorted the speakers to
Music Hall. which was crowded to the
DOORS Senator Foraker, when introduced as
chairman Of the meeting. returned thanks
for the honor. congratulated the repub-
licans on their big mass meeting and on
their local ticket and then discussed more
fully the congressional ticket which he con-
sidered most important. He said:
THE county ticket Is important. the
state ticket Is important, but the most i'm
portant of all things connected with this
approaching election is the congressional
ticket.
You doubtless read In the papers the
speech of President Roosevelt at Harris
burg If SO you must have observed that
he served notice on the American people
that he is not more than half done with the
good work he has in hand. He referred
to the legislation that has been enacted.
then he appealed to the American people to
give him an Endorsement at the approach
ing election. not simply by republican ma
jorities. but by giving him republican
House of Representatives. That. my fellow
citizens. is the great duty Of the hour. If you
desire the second half Of the administration
Of Theodore Roosevelt to be as brilliant
and satisfactory as the first you must give
him a republican and not democratic
house. What would he do with a demo-
cratic majority In the House of Representa-
tives? Nobody knows what IT would mean
The democratic party has ceased to be an
object Of interest except only as 1t excites
speculation as to whether It belongs to
william J. Bryan or William r. Hearst.
And II Is the belief even among the demo-
Gratis that the party Is badly on. no matter
in which mans hand It may be. But we
duty is to send back to Washington to rep
resent US in the next Congress OF the
United States Nicholas Longworth and
Herman P. Goebel.'
The senator praised the work OF both
congressman highly.
Representative Nicholas Longworth.
whose bride. seated in the balcony. heard
her husband for the first time in a political
support Of his party principles. Representa-
tive Herman P. Goebel Of the second dis
trict the other of Cinclnnatfs two congress
sional districts, followed. and then Senator
Beveridge was introduced. -rrz- 49,.
Senator Beverages Remarks.
Senator Beveridge said:
There are those who seek to create the
impression that the republican party Is at
war with labor. Such men. II they are
republicans. misrepresent the party. and II
they are democrats, they Islander the party.
The only national laws in the interest Of
labor ever enacted were written and passed
by the republican party. The only organized
friend Of labor in our history has been the
republican party. 1t could not be other
wise. for our thirteen million voters are
nearly all laboring men.
1T was a republican Congress that en-
acted the first eight hour law in this coun-
try, and 1t was signed by a republican
President, Ulysses s. Grant.
There Is the law for the inspection OF
all steam vessels navigating the waters of
the United States. 1t is the work Of the
republican party. There is the law punish
Ing the man or corporation that tries to
influence his employees vote by threat Of
discharge from his work or ejectment from
a rented house-that law was written by the
republican party.
"There is the alien contract labor law:
the skilled labor law in the government
printing office; the law for payment of an
government employees for holidays; the law
for the Incorporation Of national trades
unions; the law prohibiting the contra citing
out of the labor Of federal prisoners: the
board of arbitration law: the territorial
coal mine regulation and inspection law:
the law for the commission to settle differ
ences between interstate railroads and
their employees: the indemnity law guar
anteeing the payment by contractors build
ing government buildings of all labor in
their employ-every one Of them enacted by
the republican party.
There is a law prohibiting railroads
from forbidding employees to enter labor
organizations or be members thereof or
discriminating against such employee on ac-
count Of such membership-that is republi-
can law. There Is a law absolutely pro-
hibiting the coming Of Chinese laborers to
America-that is a republican law. There
is the law creating the Department Of
Commerce and Labor, which today is doing
more for the uplifting of the masses than
any other three branches of our government
put tOgether-and that is a republican law"