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Newspaper
The Ohio Democrat
Location
Logan, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1887
Page
4
A partisan polemic urging voters to back the Democratic ticket and denounce Foraker, labeling prohibition as mythical and attacking Republican and Prohibitionist shifts. The piece rails against tax increases, questions past pardons, and claims the Gazette misreads statutes while urging votes for J. B. Special and allied candidates.
The text asserts that if Foraker is elected governor, Ohio would adopt the Foraker Brown use bill No 517 to oppose any real estate revaluation. It expresses a Republican leader’s stance on preserving property rights and highlights sales conditions as a factor in valuation decisions.
A dangerous natural gas blast occurred in Pittsburgh on Wednesday as the Natural Gas Company connected a main to the Alley Marie hotel. A leak ignited by a lamp blew through the hotel and adjacent buildings, injuring several people and causing extensive damage estimated around 800,000 dollars.
A public message argues protective tariffs harm farmers by not boosting farm product prices while monopolies profit. It questions Republican reasons, notes short crop yields, and claims Mayor Steinman seeks cross party votes. Democrats pledge to vote straight ticket and oppose Republican and Prohibition influences, urging trust in Democratic governance.
The piece denounces prohibitionists for harshly labeling opponents while hiding flaws in their own ranks. It mocks their calls for strict law and order and predicts their public shaming when faced with criticism. The tirade portrays prohibitionists as hypocritical and sensitive to scrutiny.
The Labor Party in Hocking County has filed four tickets in nomination. The editors urge open competition and call on Labor Party members to explain their legislative aims for aiding the poor and boosting wealth for the laboring class. The piece labels the party extreme and unnecessary and questions its ability to address labor and capital.
Gore Oklahoma October 21 a grand day for the Odd Fellows of Gore Hamlin Lodge was out in force The afternoon featured a grand parade and addresses in memory of P G Sire Wildy and his com Rev J W Seabrood of Straiteville and Rep A H Wilson of Logan spoke with attention A social supper followed at the lodge hall for about one hundred fifty guests The lodge shows growing activity aided by generous hospitality from local families and guests
Mrs Aplin visited her son Dr C F Aplin this past week. Mids Tillie Brady of Zanesville visits her Parents this week. Mrs John Shonk leaves for Indian Territory to spend two or three weeks with her mother. Sunday school teachers held a picnic for the young folks last Saturday. Tom Hinton had a painful mining accident last week struck on the log by a piece of detonating which will cause him trouble. Circuit Court convened on Saturday the 8th inst with Judges Bradbury Clarke and Cherrington on the bench. Case of Lambert & Gordon versus Ogden Furnace Company taken up, argued by Hon H S Neal Ironton, Judge Welch Athens, Hon Geo K Nash, Judge Joseph Olds Columbus, Col Welcy. Cause remanded to the Court of Common Pleas for a new trial. Court adjourned.
The Democratic Executive Committee of Hocking County lists campaign speech assignments with venues and dates. Palmyra School House October 22, Bloomingyville October 24, Poling's Grocery October 25, Salt Creek Township October 25, South Perry October 26, Laurelville October 27, Gibisonville October 28, Millville October 29, Tresboro November 9, Marion Township November 1, Haydenville November 2, Gore November 8, Murray City November 4, Carbon Hill November 5, Logan November 7.
The undersigned offers for sale a well improved 160 acre farm two miles northwest of Webb's Summit in Marion township Hocking County. It features a new two story seven room house with cellar a bank barn other buildings two apple orchards seven never falling springs and suitable fields for stock raising. For particulars and terms apply to Busey or Teagan.
A political critique argues that Democratic strength rests on genuine elections after the end of military rule. It cites past Republican fraud, Foraker’s "moral treason" label, and states that enfranchisement and a final shift in voter behavior have led to quieter, more orderly elections and a free ballot with a fair count.
A reader argues against high protective duties urging fair pricing for sugar imports and woolen blankets. He compares duties on quinine and matches, questions revenue impact, and critiques tax shifts from whisky to general family goods costing families about 30 dollars per hundred.
In a Nashville column, John Sherman condemns Civil War era Republican policy of reconstruction and states that postwar misgovernance robbed Southern taxpayers. He accuses Foraker and Sheridan supporters of opposing national unity while defending wartime excesses.
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