The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-02-06
MASSACHUSETTS BULLDozING

II is amusing to see the Republican
journals trying to wriggle out of some
of the startling revelations concerning
the Republican bulldozing in Massachn'
sets. They pretend to be quite jolly
over the soCalled absurdity of the charg'
es made against Massachusetts RepubIi'
cans, but their iollity is not very deep or
hearty. The facts are against them. 1t
cannot be denied that there were at least
forty thousand Republican Greenbackers
in that State, who, if not inundated,
would have voted for Butler for Cover
nor. In 1874 the Democrats carried
the State and elected CASTOR for
Governor. In 1875, by a super
human effort, the Republicans managed,
in Presidential year, to carry the State
by majority less than 10000. In 1878
the Republican vote, diminished as it
was by its $1,000 Greenbackers, was in a
hopeless minority as against Butler It
was then that the scheme of bulldOzing
was seized upon as a forlorn hope to
save the control Of the State to its "intel'
lgenCe aud wealth." By the most dev.
ilish ingenuity, Greenback and Demo
cratic workingmen were inundated by
threats of discharge and by moral du-
ress, and the Republican bulldozers tri-
umphed. The election in Maine showed
how the Republican party was shattered,
There was no great Greenback leader in
Maine, bnt in Massachusetts,, Butler, as
able political leader as there is in the
country, marshalled the anli-Republican
hosts Without a leader the opposition
defeated the Maine Republicans led by
Blaine, their white -plumed Navarro. In
Massachusetts, the majority of its voters,
led by Butler, their white plumed Ma
varre were defeated by leaderless Re-
publicans The result can only be ex-
planned upon the theory of outrageous
corruption and shameless bulldozing.
This sort of thing must be stopped. II
must he stopped now! The Republicans
want Southern bulldoZing ended, but
we will 60 a step further. We demand
that both Northern and Southern inter.
ference with the right of franchise shall
stop World.
Especially glad are we that the Blaine
inquiry has at last found the funds to en-.
able it to proceed with its investigation
Of bu.ldozng But that inquiry must not
be one sided. The Massachusetts and
New York cases must be carefully exam
ined along with the South Carolina and
Louisiana cases and when the facts are
all out let the country judge them both
The mission of the Democratic party will
not have been accomplished until the
humhlest citizen of the Uuited States is
as free to vote in Massachusetts as he is
in Connecticut-New Haven Register.
If the arstocrats of New England may
march their employees to the polls like
sheep to the slaughter, and punish them
for political infdelity to the cause oil
their employers, then indeed the battle
for human rights has been fought in
vain, and civilization is played opt We
are HOJ pTcpdICu W bdy llhJ VIC lllu6
has come for putting force bills in opera
ton in Massachusetts (although Boston
Common is an uncommonly fine place
for an encampment of troops, and the
State House is handy for officers lar.
ters;) but the culture of Massachusetts
must remember that they cannot 60 on
forever with violations of law of the
land and affronts to enlightened senti-
ment." ."-PhiLa. Times.
We give notice now, that we shall OPP
pose to the bitter end, any attempt to
overthrow the State government Of Mas.
sachusetts by Federal military force, be-
cause of the Worlds discoveries of bull.
doing there. Massachusetts is one of
the original States of this Union, and
had the right to take care of herself be-
fore there was any Union. She never
surrendered that right, and it still be.
longs to her, and if she does not choose
to have the proper sort of government
she must get along with the sort she has.
Anybody who does not like it, and who
cannot get enough Massachusetts people
to Join him in making change, can EN-.
igrate.- Wilmington (Del.) EUsry Erening.