Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1942-10-08
DEMOCRATIC RALLY
HERE WEDNESDAY

What was supposed to have beel
merely stop-over meeting whel
John McSweeney, Democratic candi
date for governor and a number O.
other candidates, touring the 15tl
district, stopped here Wednesda.
afternoon, proved to be a real Dem
ocratic rally. Scheduled to arrive
at 3 O'Clock, all candidates were
present right on the dot, coming
from Marietta They were greeted
by our splendid M. & M. high school
band, which played concert or
the court house steps, where the
speaking was to take place. Atty
C. A. Graham, state central commit
teeman in this district, presided
and introduced the candidates.
The first speaker was Charles w.
Lynch, candidate for congress. He
spoke briefly, in which he said he
felt very kindly of this county for
it was here he received the nomina-
tion for congress. He said he knew
he had big, job following Bob Sc
crest. He stated that as an attor-
ney so percent Of his practice had
been With the farmers and he felt
he knew their needs and under
stood their Problems, and would
work for their very best interests
if elected, and assured his listeners
that he would do all within his
power to secure defense projects for
this district. The big issue, he said,
is to win the war, and his pledge to
the people was to support the war
efforts to the limit, and to work
for a lasting peace.
Hon. T. j. Duffy, candidate for
the short term, supreme court
judge, to succeed the late Judge
Bettman, was next introduced He
is real orator. He called atten-
tion to the importance of voting the
judicial ballot, stating that thou
sands of voters fail to vote it. He
tribute, and spoke particularly of
his services in World war one,
when he was wounded three times
while on the firing front, and called
attention to the fact that Mr.. Nc
Sweeney holds the most honorable
decoration any soldier can have.
InYshA Arf n,,Ii lott
for state senator, in this district,
when introduced pledged the peo-
pie that if elected he would repre-
sent the best interests of the people
OF this district. Mr.. Smith is an
experienced legislator, having been
Washington county's representative
in the general assembly.
When introduced, Mr. McSweeney
expressed his keen appreciation to
Attorney Graham for his splendid
cooperation as state central COM
mitteeman, also to Judson Young,
Democratic central committee chair
man of this county, for his fine
reviewed the Democratic state plat
form as it related to labor, the
farmer, business man, child well
ware and old age pensions. Here
We would state that it was Mr.. Nc
Sweeney, more than anyone else,
who put into operation the old age
pension system of the state. He
criticised the present governor in
his lack of cooperation with the
federal government in the matter Of
old age pensions, stating that the.
federal government matches the
state government in the payment
of pensions, and the state is per-
mitted to pay as much as $40, in !
which event the federal government
would match it with like amount. /
Mr.. McSweeney paid our boys in /
the service a splendid tribute, STAT
ing they are fighting for Americas
existence. He deplored the fact
that Governor Bricker refused to
call the legislature in brief ses-
sion, in order to enact measure
whereby the soldiers in the army
could vote. He stated that two
years ago when the present gov
ernor was a candidate he did not !
stop to consider the expense of call /
ing an extra session of the legisla- !
ture to separate the state and the !
national ticket, which was for his
benefit.
Concerning the boasted surplus i
in the state treasury, the speaker
stated that at the coming election |,
271 districts In Ohio are voting on
bond issues, in order to carry on
schools. ETC.. which would not be
necessary were the sales tax money
distributed to those districts where
1t rightfuliy belongs.
The entire program here occu-
pied but an hour, and 1t was
brought to the audience by Mr.. !
Earle Eyeland's loud speaker sys-
tenn. From this place the party
went to Caldwell for meeting at
s O'Clock, and in the evening big
rally was held at GAINESVILLE.
THE WEATHER