The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-07-22

nv where with delight, and he was MAD
a member of the Golden club n &C.
cepted his election. When, however, ne
was a candidate last winter for the SEN.
ate, it was plainly intimated to hlm that
Ohio would send no one as her represent
tative to the Upper House except an
avowed Protectionist. His membership
of the Golden club then became q re-
proach to him. For the position he was
seeking he forgot his m~anliness, he sur
rendered his honor, and he deliberately
told an untruth when he said he had al
WAYS been a Protectionist, and that he
did not know the character of the Cos
den club when he permitted himself to
become a member Of it. The name OF
the club was not sufficient notice to him
of it's purposes. Last summer he voted
for the soldier in the army bill which is
now on the statute books providing that
troops shall not be used as a police force
to keep peace at the polls. This winter
he ran away to Ohio to escape voting ON
a similar provision, while all the follow
ers whom last year he had led to vote
with him voted the other way at the
command Of Roscoe Conkling and the
other stalwarts of the Senate
GA~RFIELD's CHARACTER SUMMED UP.
Mr.. Garfield has given proof of his
Cowardice whenever, following his Bet
ter thoughts, he has stepped beyond the
lines of party discipline, The smaller
minded but firmer hearted Of the party
can always frighten him back to the
ranks. This element would control his
| ad Illustration should he unfortunately
be elected President. Conkling and the
old Grant ring would revive. The Re-
publican candidate has been with them
before, notably when he sold his con-
science to Shepherd for $4,000 to aid in
laying the streets of Washington with
De Goyler pavement, and he will he with
them again whenever they demand i.
He is of that soft, labby nature which
spreads over men like a poultice and
draws the weak and wicked to him. He
lacks character, He is like a great pack.
age of aauby wool which gathers to itself
all the impurities that are floating about
in the air, Way down at the bottom he
is a bad man. He was one of the most
cunning of the Republican visiting
statesman at New Orleans. The local
rascals found an ADLER ally in Garfield
than in all The Others combined. He
was as cunning as they, and as conscion.
less. If the true history of the days
when the Louisiana conspiracy against
free government was perfected should
ever be written, it will be found that
James A. Garfield is as responsible as
any of the Returning Board sCoundrels
for the Acknowledgement Of ten thous-
sand citizens of that State. 1t was easy
for him, after the work he engaged in
New Orleans, to take part in the EleCto-
raj Commission, which completed the
fraud. The country knows of the dis.
closures of his participation in the Credit
Mobilier scandal. 1t knows, too, of his
persistent effort during the present Con.
gress, as a member of the Ways and
Means Committee to stife all tariff legis.
lation. He has acted as one of the agents
Of the protected m%onopolies of the coun-
try. He has been the constant adviser
of the two pulp men who came to Con-
gress to prevent the paper trade from
having free pulp and lower paper. He
is not averse to lobbyists. This is the
kind Of a mar the Republicans present to
the people as their candidate for the
Presidency.
If the people accept him it will be be.
cause they have become so debauched
that they no longer admire character,
and because they care nothing for per-
sonal integrity and purity. H. L. N.