Show THE HE E SPECTACLE OF OHIO By y fh the returns from w we conc conclude ulc that the th inen flen of 0 that s state ate had in thought on Tuesday Something which set ct to words would have said i I A I. I plague on both their houses I i Ph The result resul points s to th the nom nomination nat n of or lore dora dori R Roosevelt sev lt for president and the great st state c cof of Ohio hio which boasts it i is s the mother of presidents which Claims for fOl itself sup superior riol intelligence and n nd d rat m on Tuesday made as disgraceful a spec spectacle J- J acle l. l a state did dill b because ca i in that that g m t t i tt with ith all Jl the facilities it has hits only r one third of or ore o he e voters took interest enough h lJ in iii what may na decide lc i 4 national ali nal election to go to the polls I. I I K Ev Kr Every t r. r state ought to have a Jaw In that when a Ot oter r c cannot n ot give a r reasonable excuse q for b being ing abt ab- ab tn t r om m t the e p polls on an n in important election Ul that I ab t hat l Voter ter shall be disfranchised for the then e elce- elce ion Our r the r will o country rests upon of the p peo o o. ile ileo f iy re rests rest ts upon the intelligent will of he hep people and nd when vJ p cn two-thirds two of the people f nc ne of U the Jor st l. l tes in the union j jh na UlO most t morta fj n J for the tough can call canie callIe au aue ie e bou bought ht to mak up t l of p po power to 0 ell lo- gic lL thc e lh they fit fito V. V to J f tho V 1 J franchise s And even Governor Go Haton Harmon who ha has lias done m much ch for Oh Ohio o much mitch for its much for its its' g good od order could not arouse arouse interest if V his own own neighbors enough to cause them m to go o ou out and vote A gift Sift that is not used o ought to tobe be if i its it ii is s a gift of importance t taken a away for voting is ii not an n inherent right to any people it is 15 simply a privilege and people who are arc given that privilege iI ge o ought t to exercise it or or it should be denied deniec them V. V An Ohio farmer who could not suspend his IIi planting corn for an hour long Jong enough nough no gh to togo to-go go and antl vote otc should not have another word to say about the th election this year ear for it is a plain case that lIe he is not a good American though a great marr many of the farmers in Ohio are sons sons' of men who gave four years rears of their lives livas and nd often n their lives e to pr preserve sor e this nation And Ohio Ohi has lias been gt gi- greatly atly honored by the nation her s sons nR have ha held hem more there high offices during the last forty five years than those those- of any other state V We Te believe that President Taft Tart would have done better bettor if instead of taking the stump shImp he had simply made mad rank frank manly statement in answer answer an nn- to Colonel Roos Roosevelt's s evelt charges and wound it up by say saying asin n-g n t that he held an office so high and nd so exalted that that be he could not afford to cast a slur upon it b by gelting ting out the and ge 01 t. t on stump entering into a blackguard campaign V VL L I. If we were to cast a 8 horoscope this morning we wi should say that the candidate selected at Chicago will be be- Colonel Roosevelt lt and the one at Baltimore V Colonel Bryan and it all reminds us of the toast of or the Kentuckian V VV V Heres to oh old Kentucky Thc Tho state where I t was WaR born tI ft The state tato that's full of c Js I jC t And nd the colonels full fun of corn orn p |