The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-06-24

of the Golden Club then became q re-
proach to him. For the position he was
seeking he forgot his manliness, 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 GOD
den Club when he permitted himself 10
be made a member Of it, The name OF
the club was not sufficient notice to him
of its pos Last summer he voted
for the soldier in the army bill which 10
now on the statute book, providing thal
troops shall not be used as a police force
to keep the peace at the polls. Ihls
winter he ran away to Ohio to escape
voting on a similar provision, while all
the followers whom last year he mad
led to vote with him, voted the other
day at the command of Roscoe Conk'
ling, and the other stalwarts of the Sem
ate.
GARFIELD'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 irmer hearted Of the party
can always frghten him back to the
ranks. This element would control his
administration 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
the De Golyer pavement, and he will be
with them again whenever they demand
it. He may know better, but his fears
guide him. He lacks character. He is
of that soft, habby nature which spreads
over men like a poultiCe and draws the
weak and wicked to him. He is like a
great package of flabby wool which gath
ers 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 Republi-
can visiting statesmen at New Orleans.
The loLal rascals found a more useful al
" in Garfield than in all the others
combined. He was as cunning as they,
and as consCienCeless. If the true his
tory 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 one of the Returning
Board scoundrels, for the d~isfranchise-
ment of ten thousand citizens Of that
State. It was easy for him, after the
work in which he engaged in New Or
leans to take part in the Electoral Com
mission, which completed the fraud.
The country knows of the disclosure of
his participation in the Credit Mobilier
scandal. 1t knows, too, of his persistent
efforts during the present Congress, as a
member of the Ways and Means Com
mittee, to stihe all tariff legislation, He
has acted as one of the agents of the pro-
teCted %monopolies of the country. He
has been the constant adviser of the two
pulp men who came to Congress to pre-
vent the paper trade from having free
pulp and lower paper, He is not averse
to lobbyists. This is the kind of a man
the Republicans present to the people as
their candidate for the Presidency. If
the people accept him it will be because
they have become so ~debauched, that
they no longer admire character, and
because they care nothing for personal
integrity and purity, ID. l.. N.