partial to the factions and true to
the great interests of American labor and American production.
Such a light shining from Louisville will be a star of hope, a
beacon light of safety and prosperity to the extreme bounds of our
country. Why not try the experiment? I hope that my visit among
you will be a message of good will, and I thank you with all my
heart for your kindly reception."

The "Courier Journal" was much more fair to me on this occasion
than the Democratic papers in Ohio. In consequence of this I have
always entertained a kindly feeling for its editor, Henry Watterson,
who, notwithstanding his strong political opinions, is always bold,
frank and courteous in his criticisms.

On my return from Kentucky I spoke to a large meeting at Wilmington,
Ohio, on the 7th of October. I had frequently addressed meetings
at that place and always received a very cordial and hearty welcome.
It so happened that John Q. Smith, one of the leading citizens of
Clinton county, who had been a Member of Congress, had changed his
political relations and become a warm supporter of the administration
of Cleveland. He had prepared a large number of questions, to be
put to me, which were printed and scattered broadcast in handbill
form. I was glad of the opportunity to answer his questions, as
they gave me a text for a general review of a Democratic administration.
I said that the handbill was issued by a gentleman whom I esteemed
very highly, and for whom I had the greatest good will and friendship,
one of their own citizens, who had served in the legislature and
in Congress with credit, and had been a representative of our
government abroad. I then read the questions one by one and answered
them, and, as I think, clearly showed to the satisfaction of my
hearers, that, although Mr. Smith was generally sound on other
matters, he was a little cracked on the question of American
protection. My answers were received with great applause by the
audience, and I think my old friend made nothing by his questions.

After making a number of other speeches in Ohio, I spoke in Grand
Rapids on the 18th of October; in Indianapolis on the 21st; at Fort
Wayne on the 24th, and at the Academy of Music, Philadelphia, on
the 27th. I closed my speaking in this campaign at Toledo on the
30th. The time of the fall elections had been changed to the first
Tuesday after the first Monday of November. During the period from
my return home after th