The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-04-27
LET'S HAVE The VOTES, SIR.

The Wayne County Democrat lays some
stress upon the fact that Senator Thur
man did not vote for John Sherman's
Resumption bill. The Senator should
not be permitted to walk off with this
credit. He voted against the measure
because he considered it sham. He
wanted a real, earnest, "practical" " Re.
sumption bill - something that would
hurry up the cakes, SO to speak-and he
voted against Sherman's iniquitous meas
ures he knew it was impracticable.-Cin-
cinndti Enquirer.
You, then, admit that Senator Thur
man and Senator Sherman did not both
vote for this Resumption bill You ad-
init that Senator Thurman voted against
it. He was instrumental in defeating one
Resumption bill in 1874. OF course, he
is entitled to no credit for that. Of course,
he is entitled to no credit for opposing
and voting against the bill that provided
that the 500 bonds should be paid in
coin, because the Enquirer says he is
entitled to no credit for it. Of course
Senator Thurman had the sagacity to
see, aud the Enquirer had not that saga
city, that at the time when this Resulnp
ton bill was put on its passage it was a
sham "-"he knew it was impractical
ble,"-while the great self-constituted
guardian of the people, the Enquirer, did
not realize its impracticability until
months after its passage. The Demo-
cratic convention of last year-held seven
months after the enactment of the law
had not become sensible Of the iniquity
of the measure. If the Enquirer is so
much greater in intellect and statesman
ship than Senator Thurman, it should
Ger tainly at the time this " "iniquitour
measure" was put on its passage have
cried loud against it. Senator Thurman
did not want specie payments hurried
up; nor does he now want it hurried up.
All he wants to have is to have its de-
STABILITY recognized. Nothing more. He
undertook to have an amendment put
upon the Sherman Resumption bill to
the effect that a certain portion of the
custom dues should be paid in green
backs. He claimed that the adoption of
such an amendment would give some
character of practiCability to che meas
ure. For doing so, he was accused on
the floor of the Senate with an intention
of defeating the bill, as he had defeated
the Resumption bill of the previous ses.
sion.
Where were you, then, Oh, Enquirer !
that you did not rally to his support =?
Did this action of his look as though he
wanted Resumption bill "that would
hurry I'D the cakes, so to speak"
But this is getting away from the point.
You charged on the 9Th of April, that
" on all financial questions, our Demo
cratic Senator Thurman, always votes
with or on the same side as our other
Democratic Senator, Sherman" that
" Sherman leads and Thurman follows"
We asked you to SO far serve the pub
lie as to publish the votes of Senators
Thurman and Sherman where they are
in agreement on the financial ques-
tions,' and where those questions are in
conflict with the interests of the peo-
pie :" aud you answer in the language |
we have put at the head Of this editorial.
Come, now, sir, publish the vote as
called for and make good your charge
that Senator Thurman follows where
Sherman leads on all financial quues-
tions:" lest the public look upon you as
the malignant falsifer Of Senator Thur
man in this regard Wayan County Dem
Ocrdt.