icans to the opposition to prohibition. It grew out
of the demand of a portion of our people for free whisky and no
Sunday. THey were opposed to the liquor law, and believed it went
too far, and voted the Democratic ticket.

A few days after the election I went with two friends to Lawrence,
Kansas, arriving about the 15th of October. I have always retained
a kindly feeling for the people of that state since I shared in
the events of its early history. With each visit I have marked
the rapid growth of the state and the intense politics that divided
its people into several parties. This was the natural outgrowth
of conditions and events before the Civil War. As usual I was
called upon to make a speech in Lawrence, which, in view of our
recent defeat in Ohio, was not a pleasant task. However, I accepted,
and spoke at the opera house, chiefly on the early history of Kansas
and the struggle in that territory and state, which resulted in
transforming the United States from a confederacy of hostile states
into a powerful republic founded upon the principles of universal
liberty and perpetual union.

From Lawrence we went into Texas, and for the first time traversed
that magnificent state, going from Denison to Laredo on the Rio
Grande, stopping on the way at Austin and San Antonio. On the
route I met Senator Richard Coke and his former colleague, Samuel
B. Maxey. I have studied the history of Texas and its vast
undeveloped resources, and anticipated its growth in wealth and
population. It is destined to be, if not the first, among the
first, of the great states of the Union. We returned via Texarkana
to St. Louis and thence home.

CHAPTER XLV.
STEPS TOWARDS MUCH NEEDED TARIFF LEGISLATION.
Necessity of Relief from Unnecessary Taxation--Views of the President
as Presented to Congress in December, 1882--Views of the Tariff
Commission Appointed by the President--Great Changes Made by the
Senate--Regret That I Did Not Defeat the Bill--Wherein Many Sections
Were Defective or Unjust--Bill to Regulate and Improve the Civil
Service--A Mandatory Provision That Should be Added to the Existing
Law--Further Talk of Nominating Me for Governor of Ohio--Reasons
Why I Could Not Accept--Selected as Chairman of the State Convention
--Refusal to Be Nominated--J. B. Foraker Nominated by Acclamation
--His Career--Issues of the Campaign--My Trip to Montana--Resuming
the Canvass--Hoadley Elected Governor--Retirement of Gen. Sherman.