The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-11-02
MICHAEL D. HARTER /!
Evening in the Opera HCTe.

AN ABLE AND EFFECTIVE
SPEECH.
TIden, Hendricks & Reform.
The speech of Mr.. M. D. Harter in the
Opera House on Monday evening was
one OF the most full, comprehensive and
complete as wellas effective that we have
heard this campaign, The Opera House
was full to overhowing, and graced with
quite an attendance of ladies. Never did
an audience remain and give better at'en
ton, for we do not think one person left
till Mr.. Harter concluded. The only in
terruptions were the frequent outbursts
of applause at the happy turns, hits and
points of the speaker.
After several tunes by the Mozart Band
and a couple of Tilden and Hendricks
songs by the Nilsson Club, Mr., johnson
Sherrick stepped forward and said, Mi.
chael D. Harter, in Canton, his native
town, where he is 80 well and Familiarity
known, requires no formal introduction.
He was glad to see so good an attendonCe
and he would give way for the speaker
of the evening,
MICHAEL D. HARTER,
who was greeted with hearty applause.
Mr.. Harter was gratified that so many
honored him on this occasion-he felt
the country was safe when the people
took so much interest in public AFFAIRS
he was no office seeker nor Office holder
but would share as any other private
citizen the benefits to be derivsd from
Tildeu's election. Applause.
The speaker said he would gladly re-
ceive interruption or listen to question.
1t was approaching century since the
great contest between the Federal party
under Hamilton and the Republicans
under Jefferson, and near half century
since the war between the U s. Bank
and Jackson. We are now too, years
away from slavery and the late war, and
all people South as well as North accept
the results, and the situation, and the
Constitutional amendments, Loyalty
then was no question in issue. He saw
a Republican banner the other day that
read-"The Democratic party is rebel all
over" He thought the Democrats had
served in the Union army as well as Re-
pubicans. If the Democratic party was
rebel all over Democratic and Republi-
can counties in Ohio would show it and
he would read from the Adjutant Gener.
als report. When the draft was ordered
Stark was not as much behind in enlist
ment as was Summit-Crawford ess than
Medina-Franklin, Democratic county,
was only 81 deficient, while old Abolition
Ashtabula was 231-Wyandot 80 and
Lake 5OO-Henry 7S and Carroll 179. 1t
seemed then Democratic counties were
more prompt in rallying for the flag Of
the Union than Republican. Loyalty
then was not question. Applanse.l
Bnt rebel claims would be paid if Dem
ocrats got in power. No Democrat fa-
vored payment and Mr., Tilden's letter
set the question at rest. Of the rebel
claims presented in Congress at the late
session over half were presented by Re-
publican members and James G. Blaine
more than any one else. The Republi-
cans had already paid twenty millions of
rebel claims and the Democratic Con.
gress but $4,000, This then is not a
question hut mere stuff. The problem
we haye good and lawful gov
ernment2 shall rights be protected |
shall honesty prevail? or shall corrup-
tion continue to rule. [Applause.
We want no more bloody shirt-that
piece of Republican linen has been
swung long enough. Reform is what we
want-our taxes are too high-our gov
ernment is too costly-we have no King
by arrangement of Church and State as
in England-we need no monster army
and navy and our taxes ought always be
Highland yet under Republican rule we
pay per head more than Turkey or Spain
and three times more than in 1850.
Mr.. Harter referred to the hard times,
shops and idle workmen-he
said nations were like individuals and
would suffer evil results from bad man
agement-an extravagant AID corrupt
government will always produce such
Do Republicans rejoice
in this condition of things? Will they
march to the polls like sheep and vote
for this administration He referred
severely to Boutwell, Richardson and the
other in beetles who had been managing
affairs at Washington. Things there
would tax mans capacity if he had any
capacity to tax, daughter ahd applausel
By accident BristOw got in but soon had
% step down and ont.
Republicans said Belknap was Dem
)crat But why take such fellow from
he Democracy when they had plenty
ike him in their own party? The Re-
publican U. S. Senate decided they had
Jurisdiction and Belknap acknowledged
lis guilt and yet they acquitted him He
eferred to the villainies and robberes I
n the navy department and sketched {
secretary Robeson and Cattell & Co.
The fact is the Republican party needs t