The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-08-23
lFor the Democrat f .f.
FROM Mr.. MCCAIN, A WORKINGMAB.

The Editor OF the Repository has taken n great
deal OF palms to inform me that there is a law To
protect persons property, trunks, &C.. while trav-
cling, ana II appears to me that the Editor "a d.
Iermlned To make persons believe that the labor
ers OF our country are destitute of good oommon
sense will tell the editor here that have hoon
an observer Of the law aud have been aconaintsd
with It long before knew him, and shouId lie
him to point me out a case where this law bos
been put into force, for the simple reason that tbe
way the law stands II would cost the traveler more
to go through the course than his damage vonId
amount to- All wanted was something nn,ck
more to the point, If no other way would do. Ston
the train and take the case TO the Mayor or JuStic
of the Peace to decide But, that does not seem N
suit the editor, 1t suits him better to get on the
train with his free pass In his pocket and his bag
gage taken good care Of that is why he Is ready
to uphold and do all the dlsagreeable work for
the company as advocating the prIncIples az
menopolies Of our country against the interests of
the workingmen,
The editor also seems to think the rich do all
theusVellng' | wonder If he thinks folks ara
sily enough TO believe that, He had better 20 TO
the hallroad company and ask their opinion ON
tnaI' me- am sure, would find out that there arc
zen poor persons, as passengers, to one rich one.
But Inc poor have no free passes In their pockets;
they are not the iavorite class their influence Is
holnlhg 70 compare with the rlCh so their free
passes are minus
Inc editor thinks that we have no other reform
lhan iree passes and baggage reform. But we
Vnluk we can point out great many more.
Snail undertake to show him few now. l think
there might be reform in the paying of taxes In
"a Ia to. cf L., 81 l.,
officers salaries. There can be saved In the Audi
tors and Treasurers Offices alone, in. the State
the nice little sum of one hundred thousand dol
lars per year, and then, think, they would be
amply paid for their service as that would be
taxing Off OF each officer of the State each year,
little more than five hundred dollars, that
would be nice little sum to save to the tax.pay-
ers OF the state and nobody hurt. might 20 on
to the rest of the Offices but am afraid Of these
editors. don't like to be made fun of by them
either as understand that an editor called us
damned set Of ignoramuses. l hope he did not
say that l have been taking his paper for eight
years and reading II constantly and should think
that by the amount ofreadlng.m 1t contained
a person ought to know more than an ignoramus ::
but, some of us were born fools, / suppose. Il
seems to me- also, that S)me were born with large
amount OF brains which, after all, furnishes them
with comparatively little common sense
Now will my good friend be kind enough 10
tell the people of Stark County why there cannot
be reform in reducing the salaries of the officers
of the county and whether they are in propor.
ton to the poor laborers wages ask him to tell
us whether there has been any move In the last
ten years in the Legislature to bring about the
reform above mentioned; and then please to tell
us how many times the salaries have been raised
in fifteen years? If you will answer these ques-
tions you Will enlighten the people on Reform,
and what kind they have been having for fifteen
years. and tell us, also, whether there could not
be some Reformatory laws passed and save, at
least, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars
each Year, Have we not been promised year af-
ter year these reforms, but have never seen the
good time when they were to be brought about I?
| ask these questions because l know you have
more time to look them up than have, as am
laboring man. myself and my time is fully occu-
| pied, remain your friend, HIM.