The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-09-07
MAJOR MCKINLEY,


Mr.. Mckinley is respectable gentle
man, a young lawyer of fair ability, who
located in our city some ten years ago,
In 1869 he was elected Prosecuting At
torney of Stark county, beating Mr..
Lynch, who was running for his second
term. In 1871, however, Mr.. Lynch laid
the Major out handsomely, since which
time Mr.. Mckinley has kept docile, till
this fall, when, after an active canvass,
he took the nomination from Woodwork
and Hartzell. 1t was remarkable in the
nominating canvass to see the Republi-
can papers in Canton, Massillon and AL
lance, come out week or two before
the Republican delegates were chosen in
Stark, and urge McKinley's nomination
for Congress. This was thing so unu-
sual it excited no little surprise and COM
ment.
Major Mckinley is Republican of
the straightest sect, believes in the infal-
libility of his party-in the purity of the
Grant Administration, including drunk
en- Zach Chandler, Grant himself, Boss
Shepherd, Belknap, Babcock and COM
pany, SO far as their political action is
concerned. He, of course, sides with
the Administration and the United States
Senate in their opposition to the Reforms
of the Democratic House, by which
the Public Expenditures of the Govern
ment were cut down for the coming year
near thirty millions of dollars. The Ma
jor, along with his party, Grant.Hayes
leaders, despises all such Democratic
work.
Major Mckinley, we observe, is on the
stump. He spoke at East Liverpool last
Friday evening, and he is this week in
Mahoning county. We have not had
the pleasure of hearing Mr. Mckinley in
full speech. His few minutes splurge
in the convention, after he was nomina-
ted, was, of course, made under the ex-
element of the moment, and his faunt-
ing of the "bloody shirt" there could be
excused, it being cheap and easy elo-
quence. On that occasion he offered no
explanation of the action of his party in
Congress in abolishing the legal tender
silver dollar; neither did he vouchsafe
word as to the action of the convention
which nominated him, on its ridiculous
course on Mr.. Walter Campbel.'s resou-
ton, demanding the restoration Of the
silver dollar. We do hope in his speech
es over the District he will condescend
to define bis position on the silver ques-
tion-on the late investigations and the
noble reforms of the Democratic House
of Congress-in the general need of re-
form in the Administration Of our cor
rupt public affairs-in fact, on the gener-
al need of reformation in men and things
The Major is church member in good
standing, and active in temperance and
all the requirements of the M, E. church,
We hope Mr.. Mckinley will not hesitate
to speak out on great moral questions,
even if his remarks should reflect upon
party leaders, The fact is, that party
arrangements and personal ambitions too
often stife or suppress the nobler senti-
ments of the heart. large proportion
Of the members Of the Republican party
do not look upon Morton, Chandler, and
even Grant himself with eyes of admira-
ton They well know the habits and
characters of these men, and the disgrace
the party bears on that account, to say
nothing of others high in the party. 1t
becomes serious question, one which
we should also like Major Mckinley to
touch upon, whether or not Republican
ism is Grantism; and Grantism Repub-
licanism. The Republican National and
State conventions having endorsed fully
and cordially Grant and his Administra-
tion-are fighting this Hayes campaign
on that basis. The convention that
nominated Mr.. Mckinley took the same
position. The Major therefore approves
and defends the iniquities, delinquencies
and Corruptions of the Grant-Republican
Administration. Let us have a fair,
square issue, and appeal to the jury of
the People. The Democracy is praCtic-
al party, and believes in wOrkS, rather
than professions, as witness Tilden in
New York, and the Democratic House of
Congress. The tree is known by its fruit.
If Major Mckinley could also find time
in passing, to touch upon Babcock and
whisky rings, Belknap and selling out
offices, the President and brother Orville
in the same business; Credit Mobilier
with Colfax, Garfield and other radical
leaders; Black Friday and the haul made |
by the Presidential gang, and Carpet |
Baggery and fraud generally-States con-
trolled by the military in time of peace |
for mere party purposes-Bristow and |
others turned out of office for trying to
be honest and make others so-we say if |
the Major could touch little upon these
and other similar party matters, it might
have an enlightening effect, for
TRUTH must we teach to save sinking land
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