The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-01-04
Tom johnson Redivivus.

One result of the November elections
has been little noticed, too little, amid
Democratic jubilation, and that is the
reelection of Tom l.. Johnson as mayor
of Cleveland Perhaps the reason why
that gratifying fact has been so gen
orally passed over is that it Is taken
for granted that he can carry Cleve-
land as candidate for mayor whenever
he chooses That is conceded to be
his bailiwick His right there Is none
to dispute in any substantial way.
This time he achieved his magnificent
triumph by greatly increased ma
jortv. The only reason / mention the
matter now is that when Herrick de-
feated Johnson for governor many
wiseacres declared that Tom was per-
manently done form fact, dead as the
men who lived before the flood. No
body who really knows the man be-
lieved any such rot, but while he is as
widely known in Il general way as al
most any man in public life 1t Is never
theless true that only comparatively
few persons really know Tom Johnson
or any other public man in any salts
factory way In the very nature of the
case. public knowledge for public men
must be Of the most superficial kind.
Those who know Tom Johnson inti-
mately know full well that he will not
be permanently done for so long as he
has breath in his body. He is a born
fighter of the Kentucky variety, of
splendid mental and physical endow'
ment. There is no man more thor
oughiy alive in all the land than the
brave and capable mayor of Cleveland.
He Is in the prime of life and has, let
honor before him. All who know him
rejoice ut his success aud expect that
he will climb still higher He is
worthy of any honor and we'll qualified
to fill any position. lie has given am
pie proof of possessing executive abili-
ty Of the highest order Even at last
the courts have come around to point
where they can sustain his main con-
tenton as 10 three cent car fare,
thing which he has been fighting for
for, 10, these many years. He is easily
one of the three or four most promi-
nent Democratic leaders in the United
States. He now fills the highest Office
held by any Democrat who has been
widely mentioned for the presidency.
There is an old saying that 'history
frequently repeats itself" In 1881
Grover Cleveland was elected mayor
of Buffalo. In 1852 lie was elected gov
ernor OF New York. In 1884 he was
elected president of the United States.
Cleveland is as great Il city as Buffalo.
Tom Johnson is and for years has been
q national figure, which most assured
ly Grover Cleveland was not until he
was elected governor in November,
1882. Tom Johnson has large and
positive following all over the country
by reason of what he has done and
what he has accomplished, which Gro
yer Cleveland did not have until he
sent to congress his message Oh the
tariff in December, 1887, which was In
the third year OF his first term in the
White House. SO, taken all in all,
Johnson is in much better position to
secure the presidential nomination
than was Grover Cleveland at this time
in 1881. Another thing about it: All in
telligent Americans know what Tom
believes on every important question.
Nominating him would not be the old
and condemned performance of buying
pig in Il poke, which was precisely
what we did in nominating Grover
Cleveland in 1884.