The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-11-06
BEN = Tier on SHERMAN. N

Likewise Few Of the FrauddIEaef RepuhIt.us
Pretenses Concerning RsEsmp In and Pres.
perity,
Ben Butler was asked in New York.
the other day, what he thought Of John
sherman's speech last night in Pate
son. He answered:
II think the great criticism to be mad
upon Mr.. Sherman is, that nembsr
the Cabinet should not be goihe ia
erson' to make aspeech upon a
cal election. There are nothiu I0s
cal State officers to be eleol That
seems to be state of things has
never been practiCed before. Sre
a single instance it might be passed 1y
but Hayes and Wheeler have and alIths
members of the Cabinet have been 0n
the stump this year. That was IeYeK
done before, either in local electiSn ol
any other. 1t seems to be a persiBtent
and organized Federal interference With
State elections, tends to centraliz ION,
and ought not to be submitted to-"
With reference to the claim made by
Sherman in his Paterson speech, that
the present financial policy of the count
ry is the cause Of our National prosper
ity, Gen. Butler said:
II think Mr.. Sherman's claim that
good times have come, in consequence of
the financial policy Of the Republican
party, is rather far-fetched. Returning
prosperity comes from the fact of our
raising five good crops in succession.
This years crops is the very largest.
"But even that would not have brought
prosperity and started business, if there
had been nobody to buy the crops.
"God in His providence saw it "a
bring famine upon large part Of Eu-
rope, so that there is a market for our
products, and gold is coming in upon us
at the rate of three or four millions
week. This initiates the currency. It
no matter how it is inhated-the prices
are rising, and we are prospering now
Although the Republican party ClsimG
the credit under these circumstances,
would they have done 80 if it had pleas
ed Providence to send the famine to us
and the plenty to Europe2 Suppose we
we're 30 poor that we had to sell out ev-
erything; would Sherman have taken
the blame for the fall in prices2 think
Mr.. Sherman would have claimed that
it was dispensation of Providence, and
not the curse of Republican finance.
again, when Mr.. Sherman talks Of
the Republican party furnishing these
bright and shining silver dollars in ex-
change for greenbacks, he is mistaken.
AS matter Of fact, that measure to sup
ply these silver dollars was passed against
the votes of almost the entire mass 81
RepubliCans--Certainly against the votes
of the majority of Republicans in botli
Houses of Congress-"
Speaking OF that part of Sherman'H
speech wherein the Secretary says the
people of State may shoot each other
at State election, without the interfer-
ence of the Federal Government, Gen.
Butler said:
II dissent from that part of the speech.
say that if the people of any State
get to shooting at each other, and the
State Government does not stop them, it
is the duty of the General Government
to interfere. The United States ought
not to allow citizens to shoot each other,
because they may be wanted to perform
the duties of citizens"
Gen. Butler is in good health and spir-
it's, and speaks confidently of his hopes
of success in the campaign in Massachu-
setts.