The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1908-10-29

The farce of the nomination was gone
through with and now the question
arises, what claim has Mr.. Douglas to
receive the support of the Republicans
of the District? Ordinarily where men
90 into a convention and have an oppor.
tunity to be heard and are heard and
OF the party thus represented are in
honor bound to support the ticket.
No such condition exists here today.
Mr.. Douglas was warned over and
over again that he must not repeat the
performance of 1906, and he over and
over again promised that he would not,
and yet today he stands silent and per-
mits the voice of the Republicans of the
District to be strangled and himself
seeking to be the beneficiary of the
outrage. Has it come to this? Are the
Republicans of this county of Athens
and this Congressional District to be
dsfranchised; absolutely disfranchised :?
There is not single position of a politi-
cal character that any citizen of Athens
county can get. or be recommended for,
unless his claims are o. X. d by a single
individual.
There is not a condition of bossism in
all Ohio that begins to compare with
ia in Nv cd,
1t is more than bossism it is tyranny
1t is more than abolition of rights it is
an attempt to use by force, as it were,
the instrumentality of machinery which
was wrongfully and dishonorably seized
upon by a single individual for his own
private purposes and which he does not
hesitate to use.
The bossism which was said to exist
in Ohio in the famous campaign of 1905,
was not "A circumstance in comparison
to the present situation in Athens coun-
ty and in this District. That condition
became so intolerable that Judge Taft
came into Ohio on the very eve of the
election and demanded the defeat of the
ticket in Hamilton county, denying that
anybody was bound by the pretended
nominations down there, and urged
Republicans to defeat Mr.. Cox and all
his measures. And the Republicans
responded with great unanimity and not
only beat the county ticket of Hamilton
county, but made the Senate of the
State Democratic and turned down the
bossism of George r. Coz and turned
over the Governor Office to a Demo
crat.
1t is said that Judge Taft is proud of
what he did; that he believes that the
Republican party in Ohio is stronger
now and freer of bosssm than it was
before his actions, and surely it would
seem that the people of Ohio appreciate
and approve of what he did, inasmuch
as no man since Mckinley has been sup
ported with such enthusiasm by the
Republicans of Ohio as this same bolter
is being supported for the highest office
in the hands of the American people.
If the Republicans of this district desire
an example to follow. they have it in
the action of Mr.. Secretary Taft when
he hurled the shafts of his condemna-
tion against bossism and usurpation in
all its force and led the Republicans of
the State to victory over bossism, al,
though at the cost of single Republi-
can defeat.
"We say in all frankness to Mr..
Douglas and his managers this situa-
tio1 will not be tolerated longer. He
can heed the voice of friends warning
him of the situation and he can remedy
it, or he can 90 straightforward and
reap the reward of his devotion to in
triguing politicians, seeking self aggran-
dizement rather than public good But
when the evil hour shall come Mr.. Doug
las need not cry out that he was taken
by surprise. The situation has been ad-
mitted by him over and over again and
he will not be heard to say that he had
no notice or understanding to the situa-
tion which exists.
'What can Mr.. Douglas do2 What
ought he to do? The path of duty is a
plain one and the path of wisdom is
blazed upon the trees and he who runs
can read. Let him come to these men