The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-10-28
THE PENNSYLVANIA CAMPAIGN.
Speech Of GOV. Allen at Pittsburgh.


PITTSBURGH, October 25.--It is estima-
ted that at least nineteen thousand peo-
pie assembled on the South Side tonight
to listen to the speech Of Governor Allen,
of Ohio. That portion Of the city is very
largely populated by working men, and
it was TO this class that Mr.. Allen direc-
ted the principal part of his speech.
After reviewing and explaining the right
of suffrage, and showing the supremeim-
portance of every man acting at the polls
according TO his own Judgment Mr..
Allen showed the necessity in this Re
public of representative form Of gov
ernment, and dwelt at some length on
the care which should be used in the Sc
lection of representatives. He then spoke
of the way taxes were lifted, and showed
how fraud had crept in among the Office
holders, and severely criticising the Ad-
ministration, Mr.. Allen said:
The Government for many years has
been run solely for the benefit Of the
rich, and solely to the crushing out ofthe
liberty and life of the many. [Cheers
1t is that which has brought these vast
multitudes together 1t is the Conse-
quences Of that fact which caused two
hundred and ninety.two Thousand Demo.
Gratis to cry out by the ballot for the re"
lief Of the poor from the ruin to which
they had been consigned | mean. In
Ohio, eighty-two thousand more men
cast the Democratic ballot on the second
Tuesday of October than they did two
years before for the same candidate.
[Cheers. Why? Because everybody
felt there, except a few bankers and
few otice-holders-and no few either
laughter and a few deflulters-"no
few of them either" Renewed laugh.
ter Everybody felt there that there
was something wrong; that in country
Of such tremendous energies among its
people, with a soil as fertile aid with a
bosom teeming with the richest minerals
in the world, that in this state of things
what would be impossible in the case of
the poor laboring man if his wages were
what they ought to be? [Cheers. Every
farmer felt that the Government was
taking too large part of his corn, his
wheat, his horses, his hogs, everything
that his farm produced, and leaving him
at the end of he year with very little
bacon and corn meal. They came up
and manifested their sense of their con-
dition by the sufferings which each one
told to his neighbor, including the manu-
featuring regions of the State.
Mr.. Allen then reverted to the result
of the Ohio election, and claimed that
the defeat Of the Democratic party was
due partly to the large sums Of money
brought into the State two weeks before
the election and used for corruption and
bribery, and partly to illegal colonization
of voters by the Republican party.
Mr.. Allen spoke Of the currency ques-
ton, and claimed that the promise of bet
ter times made by the dominant party
was simply a political device to catch
votes, and said that contraction ofthe
currency virtually meant a contraction
Of the working mans stomach. He was
frequently interrupted during the ad-
dress by cheers and laughter.
He was followed by Hon. James II.
Hopkins, who made very brilliant
speech, eliciting good deal of applause.
State Senator Wood also addressed the
meeting.
Governor Allen was requested to speak
at several other points in Western Penn.
sylvania, and would have accepted, but
was this evening recalled to Columbus,
his presence there being required for
official business on the Constitutional
vote, and it is understood that General
Cary will continue the canvass in his
stead