Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-10-26
THE REPUBLICAN RALLY

Ii any one had doubts as to the
Republican Indifference in the
county this fall, that doubt must
have been removed after the at
tempted Republican rally Wednes
day afternoon. The meeting had
been advertised far and wide
through the county, and every ef-
fort possible made to get out a
crowd of country people, but all to
no avail. They simply wouldn't
rally. The day was ideal in every
respect, the roads the best of the
season; work slack on the farm,
etc. Taking all this into consider
alton, not over 20 or Is persons
were present from the country. AS
one Republican expressed it, the
dope" sent out heretofore, didn't
60 any more. After the band had
played for about half an hour, a
crowd was gotten together that
cleverly filled the lower floor of the
opera house.
On the stage besides the speakers
were c.. H. Fouts who presided;
and the other adornments, Miss
Effie Gregg, secretary of the Repub-
lican executive committee, and Mrs.
Grace Dye. Mote that not a one
of the Matson-Lyne gang was rep
resented.) The first speaker was
Carmi Thompson, Republican can
didate for governor. AS speaker
he proved a very great disappoint-
ment. His effort was a labored
one. He discussed tax matters at
length, but had no definite tax
proposal to offer, and gave his aud
%n 20
not count much on lower taxes,
should such a thing happen
touched on national affairs very
briefly, that was when he stated
that if we had ratified the Wilson
peace treaty we would have been
given the mandate over Armenia,
and therefore would be mixed up
in the Armenian trouble at the
present time. He knew, as did the
majority of his hearers know,
that had we been given the man
date over Armenia, there would
not have been the present trouble
with it's terrible condition of
slaughter and bloodshed.
He never mentioned Governor
Davis, or his administration. The
nearest reference he seemed to
make to it, was when nearing the
close of his talk he stated that
politics should not enter into road
building. The present highway de-
partment as it has been run is
past the stage of even apologies
from the Republicans.
Miss Rose Moriarty, member of
the Industrial Commission, a
woman of decided talking proclivi-
ties, made a brief speech, which was
principally TRADE against the
Democratic candidates. She ap-
peared to, have sufficient amount
of nerve, but yet had not enough to
state to her hearers that she was
one of Governor Davis appointees,
and as such is part of the iniquit-
Gus Davis administration.
Congressman C. Ellis Moore was
the last speaker. To him was the
task of defending the national ad
ministration. He made the de-
tense perhaps as well as any one
could, of the present tariff. Moore
nor any one else can stir up en-
thusiasm for this robber tariff bill,
the effects of which are already be-
ing felt in the purchase of the
necessities of life. He made the
statement that the national admin
istration had reduced the debt four
billion dollars. OF course he did
not mention anything about the re-
cent bond issue, which will more
than offset the sum he claims the
debt has been reduced. Neither
did he state that since coming into
power the Republican administra-
ton had spent over $2,O00,0O0 in
Investigations of the
Democrats during the war, and had
not been able to find, all told,
enough evidence to send a single
CRATER to the penitentiary.
Prior to the meeting the speak
ers and about 20 of the local
faithful" took dinner at the Ken
nebec hotel