If any man could be chosen from the State of Ohio to advocate in the American Senate the principles of the Democratic party, there is no man in Ohio, or in the United States, more deserving of that honor than Allen G.
Sherman expresses his belief in the qualifications of a fellow Democrat from Ohio for a Senate position.
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I have given my views, speaking for no other man, frankly and fearlessly, and I will stand by them now and in the future.
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