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Whitacre Says the Democratic Party
Be True to the People
Congressman Who Managed Senator Pomerene s Campaign Speaks Against Harmon '
Following is a special dispatch to the Cin
cinnati Enquirer: Canton, Ohio, January 2, -Declaring
that Governor Harmon, if nominated
for the presidency by tho democrats, would load
his party to defeat and disrupt It, as tho republi
can ranks now are, Congressman J. J. Whitacre,
of this city, today said In a public statement that
a progressive should bo the nominee.
Mr. Whitacro expressed his views on tho presi
dency when considering the question of becom
ing a dologato to the presidential convention.
Ho said If his views coincide with those of tho
district ho would accept, otherwise refuse,
Congressman Whitacre opposed Harmon, he
nays, because of his reactionary tendencies, his
rolatlon to big business, and adding that tho
governor's entire lifo ha's been spent with in
terests who want to bo "let alone."
"Governor Harmon is fixed or sot in tho
public mind as representing the extreme of con
servatism, the Wall street or 'big business ele
ment of tho country," declared Whitacre.
"Governor Harmon refused to sign the public
utilities bill, enacted by tho last legislature, by
which tho 'big business Interests' were put under
only such reasonable restraint and control as is1
demanded by all fair-minded men. By this re
fusal to approve this very reasonable measure
the governor plainly indicated his reactionary
tendencies and character.
"Ho justifies the charge of Mr. Bryan that he
is a Wall street or big business attorney or rep
resentative. The democratic party tried one
campaign under the leadership of Judge Parker,
tied down to and financed by the 'interests.'
"Tho question now presents itself of whether
we shall again incite an overwhelming and de
served defeat under the leadership of another
attorney for the reactionary element.
"Governor Harmon is fixed in the public mind
as a reactionary; his entire life has been ono
long service as lawyer in the employ of those
who would be 'let alone,' and his nomination
will result in disrupting the democratic party
along tho same line and for the same reason
that tho republican party is now in the throes
of dissolution.
"This reasoning is exactly the same as that
which brought about the election of a United
States senator last year this time. The same
reason exists for the defeat of Governor Harmon
for tho presidential nomination as existed for
the defeat of Mr. Hanley. The principle is the
same and Is enduring, because it is a principle
and not a more desire to get or hold office or
to gain and have favor -with those who possibly
may get office.
"ptia rononHnn accorded Senator La Follotto
by the peoplo of Ohio ought to warn the re?
actionaries of tho democratic party, at least, if
not those of the' republican party, that there fa
a progressive element in the state that must
bo taken into account.
"The line of division between the peoplo of
the state and union is no longer indicated by
the words democrat or republican. The division
is really three-fold, and crosses both the old -,.
political parties. '
"There are radicals In both parties, repre
sented by Mr. Bryan In the democratic party and
Mr. LaFollette in the republican party. These
men think alike and talk alike, and the word
republican, as applied to the one, and democrat,
as applied to the other, gives no indication of
the principles advocated by either.
"These men are not satisfied with the existing .
order, and in many respects they are right, but
in others they are radically wrong.
"A second element in both parties is popu
larly known as the stand-patter reactionary,
represented in the republican party by Cannon
and Aldrich and in tho democratic party by
Judge Parker and Goveror Harmon. These men
are the extreme conservatives, who refuse to
recognize any evils in our present order.
"Ostrich like, they put their heads in the sand
and affect to believe that no readjustment or
change ought to be made. They represent the
so-called big business, which demands to be
let alone.
"Between the radical and the reactionary
standpatters is tho great body of the level
headed, genuinely progressive conservatives or
the moderates. These men refuse to subscribe
to the doctrine that the government is all wrong,
that public principle is gone, that private
honesty is gone or fast going, that society is on
its last legs and a time of general ruin is
upon us.
"They also refuse to subscribe to the other
doctrine that the times are all right, and that
conditions as they are now should be continued,
and that the railroads and general public service
corporations and the immense, overshadowing
and overpowering private trading and manufac
turing corporations should be given a free hand
unlimited and unrestrained.
"These moderate conservatives believe that
business must continue to be conducted in the .
corporate way and in the largeness demanded by
principles of economy in production and distri
bution, but always under such reasonable re- N
striction and control as may be necessary to
protect the public against oppression."
Jno. Corby, Mo.; Jno. T. Maloy, Mo.; Sadie
White, Mo.; E. L. Fells, Va.; J. H. Burton, Cal.;
G. T. Kerfoot, Kan.; T. A. Stephenson, Wash.;
Goo. B. Isenberg, Ore.; E. W. Morris, W. Va.;
Dr. Albert Fouch, Cal.; C. P. Rinsenmault, S.
D.; H. L. Roush, W. Va.; M. A. Miller, Pa.;
P. E. Kennedy, Mo.; R. G. Mitchell, la.; W. L.
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Fagley, Pa.; S. G. Smith, la.; A. C. Tullis, Mo.;
A. M. Buckner, la.; J. J. Corey, la.; W. J.
Richmond, la.; S. J. Johnson, Kan.; Frank D.
McKendall, R. I.; Guy Condon, Mo.; J. F.
Henderson, O.; Sarah Bell, Pa.; P. B. Shinn,
Conn.; C. F. Michael, Conn.; C. N. Staley, Cal.;
Sven Smith, Wash.; F. H. Ray, Mont; E. A.
Davidson, la.; C. F. Uasteel, Tenn.; A. J. Anders,
la.; J. S. Moon, la.; H. W. Fristoe, Mo.; Jos.
Squibb, Ida.; G. W. Swalles, la.; F. E. White,
Okla.; H. M. Hagerman, Mich.; C. E. Pring
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J. B. Hatfield, N. Y.; A. Wheeler, N. Y.; Geo.
Bainer, Mo.; R. E. Tillotson, N. Y H D
Mellon NY.; Ed. Shallenbaum, Kan.; Geo'.
Brubaker, O.; D. J. Davis, Wash.; W. L. Find
ley, Pa.; Jno. S. Long, Wash.; Jno. Scofield,
w;, ?e?,ry Jhode Ia- A- Galley, Pa.; J
Welsh, Mo.; R. S. Chaney, 0.; F. W. Bigger, Pa.
L, H. Baker, Wash.; W. F. Corley, 111.; J. 6
Plum, Md.; Dr. D. L. Mitchell, Mo.; F. Allen,
la.; W. H. James, Mo.; W. H. Lanning, O.;
A. L. Moreland, Mo.; E. Catlett, Cal.; J. W-.
Kirby, Mo.; Jos. Cavins, O.; J. A. Banneck,
Wash.; R. C. McBride, Mo.; A. P Sharp, Mo.;
L. F. Haynes, Tex.; W. H. Raferty, 111.; H T.
Carpenter, Mo.; W. C. McCurdy, la.; E. L.
Sopp, 111.; Geo. M. McLaughlin, Mo.; J. B.
Shively, W. Va.; J. J. Cubon, Neb.; Jno. W.
Hannay, Cal.; Clyde Hutchinson, Wis.; M. G.
Rollins, Me.; C. P. Abbott, N. D.; Clarence
Hushbeck, Cal.; G. P. Teesgarder, O.; A. O.
Ramer, N. D.; J. H. Haughawot, Neb.; A. H.
Wood, Kan.; A. B. Cochran, Kan.; L. P. Lewis,
Mo.; D. C. Cooper, Tenn.; A. H. Johnson, Nev.;
Chas. Perry, la.; A. W. Peterson, Mich.; G. H.
Eilors, Ore.; Geo. W. Howard, la.; Geo. Mc
Mains, la.; F. A. Banks, Kan.; W. W. Cbesley.
la.; J. W. Boring, N. D.; S. J. Lowe, Wash.;i
Jno. Stanmeyer, la.; T. J. Miller, Cal.; A. B.
De Haven, Ind.; Geo. Thrash, Ind.; J. W. Spof
ford, N. Y.; Joe Crawford, Colo.; Andrew JV
Berdahl, S. D.; Geo. R. Batt, Cal.; M. B. A,
Donohue, Wash.; B. A. Black, Pa.; Fritz Hoa
tettler, Alaska.; J. B. Slnarer, N. D.; L B
Amway, Wash.; Geo. H. Dewing, HI.; E C
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Mont.; Mrs. Kate Weisenberger, Neb.; Lewis
Myers, Pa.; F.-E. Hole, O.; Mrs. Jesse B. Hays.
Colo.; B. P. McNulty, Pa.; Jno. Holden, Wash.;.
D. J Smoot, W. Va.; G. W. Callier, Mo.; W T
Buckner, Ky.; Jos. H. Dandy, Md.; P. '
Richards, Pa.; Geo. H. Darland, Wash.; Wm,
Widdows, Kan.; A. L. Zacarias, Canal Zonf
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