The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-11-04
Ye Editor Says a Few More
Words About the Chinese
DeGoIyer Party
Speaks About Protection and
Garfield, the Free Trader"
And Advises All Good and
True American Citizens
to Vote For
Hancock, the Patriot
Statesman and
Honest Man.

In the Rep of Friday last was a TRADE
of non59nse and bald assertion, signed
Jacob Miller, called out by our questions,
which Mr.. Miller refused to answer.
Why could he not answer squarely
and promptly, as did Mr.. W. K. Miller
and Mr.. Bolton2 The questions were
plain and direct, and not involved in
obscurity or doubt; 50 that "the petty
political end" to be obtained must have
been on his side.
The article talks about protection"
Does he not know that the candidate
who has declared against protection" is
James A. Garfield, the Chinese Candi.
date2 Does he not know that the Con-
gress has no right to tax the people ex-
cept for revenue2 Does he not know
that Garfield is one of the very few
American members of the Golden Free
Trade League Of old England? Does he
not know that such free trade journals
as the N. Y. Egening Post, Chicago 7rib.
,tne, Cincinnati Commercial &C., support
Garfield on account of his free trade
views?
Again: Does not Mr.. Miller, or the
writer, know that it was under Republi-
can protection rule that the panic came
i'll 1882 That it was under the same
rule that business ruin and prostration
continued for years?
How can men be SC forgetful or 80 dis.
honest? Do these men not know, too,
thai those industries that were most
protected" suffered mos after the bust.
ness collapse ? Need we refer to the
iron industry and woollen manufaC-
tures2
One steel rail firm in Pittsburgh last
year cleared $635OOO. This year it is
said they will clear 100000! They
advanced their laborers' wages ten cents
day How generous Call you this
protection to American labor" Mr..
Miller2
The above is about like Irish land
lordism. AS the leaseholders improve
their holdings, the rents are advanced
from time to time, and the tenants are
kept down to the starving point, that
the landlords may rpvel and spend their
millions in London, Paris and elsewhere.
1t is the same old story of grasping ava.
rice, mammon worship, iron oppression
of labor, robbery, arranging the people
into two classes, a few very rich and the
toiiers, poor and subservient.
This, Mr.. Miller, is not the state of
things we Democrats purpose to encour-
age. We want even handed justice in
legislation and equality before the law.
We also believe in another principle,
laid down by Thomas Jefferson, namely:
absolute acquiesCence in the decisions
Of the majority, the vital principle in a
Republic, from which is no appeal but
to force, the vital principle and essential
element in despotism."
This also supposes that each citizen
shall have the privilege of voting accor-
ding to conscience and conviction, and
that he shall not be CoerCed by inuenGo
threats and intimidated by the employ.
er's whip in any wayP Now, Mr.. Mil
ler, is not this right? The DEMOCRAT
Office has always been conducted on this
principle, and no Republican in our EN-.
ploy can say otherwise. We are salts.
fed that this is the rule in Canton. One
employer, however, running a small
shop, called his men together the day
before the last election, and applied the
business scare as a whip. We do not
care to give names, hoping the gentleman
will see his mistake and never repeat
such piece of presumption. The man
who sells his time, skill and muscle has
the same rights Of citizenship his en-
ployer has
Laboring men everywhere are becom.
ing alarmed at the Chinese cloud. The
appeal of the workingmen of California
in this paper, is addressed to each fellow
laborer in all this country. And they
are disposed to consider and heed. 1t
was Republican policy that brought the
Chinese to California. Garfield and the
Republican leaders propose to continue
the same policy. Hayes vetoed the bill
to restrict Chinese immigration passed
by Democratic Congress, and Garfield
voted to sustain the vetol Who, then
would protect American lsbor2 Surely
not Garfield.
We regret Mr.. Miller did not meet ul
in the proper spirit, and answer oul
questions promptly and fairly. We fully
appreciate the Buckeye establishment