Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1932-11-03
RALLY HERE
WAS A GREAT SUCCESS

WAS A GREAT SUCCESS
Notwithstanding the steady down
held here Monday evening in the
opera house was largely attended,
The hall was filled, with many
standing throughout the entire pro-
gram, which in all consumed abou;
three hours. The attendance, ir
spite of the weather, was fully
! three times .as large as that of the
Republican rally held last week ir
the opera house. Auditor Harry
w. Gordon presided After a cor.
cert by the Rube band, America
was sung, led by Judge L. J. We
ber, and this was followed with thc
invocation by C. A. Gaylord.
With SO many speakers our limit
ed space forbids us reviewing the
many excellent points touched upon
by the various speakers. The first
speaker was Hon. John McSweeney
director of public welfare in Gov
ernor Whites cabinet, former cor
gressman and World war veteran
McSweeney is a splendid orator, and
delivered a most mastery address,
entirely free from abuse. He point
ed out the great Importance of hav-
ing the proper sort of officials, as
they concern our various correction
al institutions. Concerning the
criticism that Governor White had
not given jobs to all those who ap-
piled, he stated that the matter had
been in the hands of the local wei
fare committee, since they could the
better determine those to whom
work should be given. He called at
tention to the fact that Governor
White had promised economy in the
discharge of his office, and that
that promise had been fulfilled. He
spoke of Governor Whites great it,
terest in education, and of the fact
that the governor was responsible
for many millions of dollars going
into the weak districts.
Senator Bulkley spoke of the
depressed conditions of the coun-
try. He is on the very important
committee of finance and banking,
and is a recognized leader. He
took the president to task for fail
ure to act when the depression
started Had the president then
called a special session of congress,
the speaker stated, he believes that
proper measures would have been
passed to have avoided the crash
finally adopted-the Relief Fl
nance Corporation, which stemmed
the tide of bank failures, was
Democratic measure, that it was the
renewal of the War Finance Cor
poration which was Woodrow VIII
sons idea. President Hoover can
take no credit for this measure.
Senator Bulkley pointed out incon-
sistencies and misstatements in
Hoover's speech in Detroit and else
where. He said the president failed
to balance the budget, due partly 10
the fact that he reduced income tax
to the amount of millions. (We
might add here that it is those
millionaires who received the in
come tax refunds that are now con-
tributing heavily to Hoover's cam
paign fund.- The speaker stated
that expenditures are still increas-
ing, and the country running fur
ther in debt. The administration
he said, has not made good on its
promises of four years ago. He
in the two platforms, calling atte"
ton to the plain easily understood
Democratic plank, and the long
evasive plank in the Republican
platform, into which any sort of q
meaning might be ~woven-or as he
said, 'no meaning at ALL" The sem
ator repeated it several times, and in
no uncertain language, that he was
absolutely opposed to the return Of
the saloons. Speaking of the high
tariff, he said that other countries
had retaliated, closing our markets
to foreign trade. He also mention
ed how woefully the administration
had failed to help the farmer. He
spoke too Of the attempt through
the country by employers, to coerce
and to intimidate their employees in
to voting for Hoover.
State Senator l.. j. Eberle made
a few remarks. He is on the econ
omy committee of the Ohio legisla-
ture, and promised further real
economy if returned for another
term.
AS soon as Senator Bulkley fin
ished, he left for GAINESVILLE, where
he addressed a rally, and Governor
White and Hon. Robert T. Secrest
who spoke at GAINESVILLE earlier in
the evening, came here, arriving
about 9:30. Secrest made one OF
his usual characteristic, forcefu.,
clean, able and fearless addresses.
He began his address by stating
that no place in America is safe SO
long as the rural sections of our
country are not prosperous. He
spoke Of his record in the general
assembly: of the measure he had a
leading part in passing; paid Gov
ernor White splendid tribute. for his
carvicaS. called attention to the