Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1938-05-05
REPUBLICAN MEETING HERE
NOT VERY ENTHUSIASTIC

If the Republican meeting here
last Thursday night, in the h1gn
school auditorium, is sample o1
what is to be expected in the com
ing campaign, the Republicans are
not going to come any nearer car
rying the state this fall than they
have in the past. The 81 per plate
dinner, which was an excellent one,
was we'll patronized, in the neigh
borhood Of 26O being present. The
fact that 26O persons plunked down
q "berry'' for that dinner Cor per-
haps candidates and would-be can
didates may have been assessed SO
many dinners-there seemed to be
plenty Of tickets fioating ,as around aro
not SO hard or money SO scarce m
Morgan county as they would make
believe. The attendance at the din
ner was larger than the crowd at
the speech. The thousands who saw
4.Snow White and the Seven
Dwarfs," didn't apparently care 70
be bored by the political giants: 5"
Atty Clair A; Young assrI presided. sta1e he
Chairman, who many Republica as
conscientiously believe should be
ditched and they hold him largely
responsible for the poor showing
the Republicans have made in the
state under his management. En-
cellent music was furnished by
Dwight Richardson, xylophone, and
Bill Danford, piano, and the latter
also played piano selection; a
male quartet, w. D. Danford, W. r.
Sears, f. N. Gray and H. C. Betz,
sang several selections. One Sc
lection was something about Davey,
the tree trimmer, that trimmed one
said John Bricker to the tune Of
more than 100, 900 votes. When in
PRODUCING the speaker, Atty Young
told a story about some kind or
whisky, of which, due to the poor ac-
coustics of the auditorium. the aud
ience failed to catch the point.
little applause, Mr.. Bricker devoted
practically all of his time, con-
demning the national administra-
ton. He spoke of how the Japanese
were running the U. S. clay industry.
Mr.. Bricker evidently did not know
when he spoke, that Congressman
Secrest had introduced bill in con-
on foreign made pottery, the pur-
pose Of which is to remedy the
thing complained of by the speak
er. Too bad Secrest introduced that
bill, and in so doing, spoiled the
speech Bricker has at present. He
discussed but briefly state issues,
the reason of which was apparent,
since in mis- closing words candidate
Bricker said he wanted to return
later to Morgan county for meet
ing-after the platform was adopt
ed In other words he had no plat
form or issues of his own at pres
ent, and will have to wait until at
ter Chairman SchOrr says what the
platform is. Schorr will write the
platform, and no matter what it is,
Bricker will adopt it.
Mr.. Bricker spoke of contracts
being let in the state without COM
petitive bidding. This was the
wrong remark to make in rock rib
bed Republican Morgan county,
where the Republicans now rule su-
preme, and he was tramping Oil
toes.
Atty Werner Metcalf, Republican
candidate for attorney general who
had been advertised to be present.
was absent. Metcalf is a member
of the state senate graft investigat.
ing committee. People are wonder
ing if there could be any reason
why he might not want to discuss
graft. investigation, ETC., here In
Republican Morgan county.