The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-09-11
MILITARY AND MARSHALL.

MILITARY AND MARsHALs.
We are at direct issue with the Rspub.
liCansin this respect. They are the aid.
ers and abetttors of the unlawful use of
the army, and it is their only hope. The
American people, seeking au economi-
cal government, have determined upon
a change in the administration of public
affairs, and the last resting place of the
Republicans is the use of the army. The
issue we are bound to stand upon. We
have said that the army shall not come
near the polls; the military shall not be
allowed to interfere with the sacred
right of casting free ballot.
We have said more It is our deter.
mination that the appointment of Uni.
ted States Marshals, with no other OBJ.
ject than to hinder citizens from exer
Cising their constitutional rights, snail
no longer be submitted to. speak
from personal experience when | say
5h&t at the last election seven hundred
and fifty of these Deputy Marshals were
appCin ted in the Eastern district of the
State AZ an enormous expense to the
Federal Government, for the purpose of
intimidating the voters in my own dis
triCt-a place as peaceful then as now,
and as quiet and orderly as this Assem-.
blage. But that district, true to the rec
ord which extends from the period of
my early manhood, stood nnWavering
still and showed its fidelity by an in
creased majority.
A Democratic Congress found a sys.
tenn in the choice of jurymeu by which
men utterly incompetent were packed
upon juries to decide questions of prop.
erty and life, and Democrat seldom
gained admission to the jury box. But
an the fight 10 remedy this abuse the
Congress gained signal victory, and
good men, instead of the ignorant and
depraved, can be got to take mems caus.
es into their hands. Hayes has signed
the bill, and we have decided not to
give one dollar for the employment of
partisan marslals, and, so help me God,
l hope we will remain steadfast to the
end.
ECONOMY IN GOVERNMENT.
Another issue that you will more
readily understand is the economical ad-
ministration of the Goveroment, which is
Just as necessary to the we'll being of
community as well directed industry in
to the private'citizeD. The citizen who
squanders his own money, however, has
only himself to blame, but the public
officer who has the spending of your
money and mine should have all his acts |
most carefully scrutinized. Such scruti-
ny has been badly needed over the Re-
publican party, for its tendency has been |
in the direction of extravaganza.
l may again refer to the Declaration |
Of Independence, pointing out the pass
age that says the King has sent hordes
of oftice'holders to prey upon the peo-
pie. How truly may the same be said
now, when there are hundred thou
sand Office. holders under the Federal
Government Igive you my word, from
my experience at Washington, that if
any good business man among you were |
conducting the same affairs, he could do |
the work thoroughly with half Of that
number.
1t is the proud boast of the RepubE-
can party that the market signs OF re.
turning prosperity in the country are
due to the resumption ofspecie payment,
which that party claim to have been in
strumeDtal in bringing about Weclaim
that tbe revival now 30 preCeptible is
not at all due to resumption, but rather
that resumption is the natural conse'
quence Of start on the return to prosper
ity. Let me tell you what has caused
this start. and is now keeping the ball
rolling. First, the economy of the For
ty-fourth Congress. During the four
WQQra khok tho &c bo 10 had non.
troll Of the lower house they have effect
ed sayingof $S4OO0,0O0 in comparison
with the total appropriations made dur
ing the previous years Of Republican
control.
But l may give as the main cause of