The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-10-14

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Philadelphia, October 9.
Hon. William L. Scott-Twenty thou
sand merchants, manufacturers and bu'
siness men of Philadelphia are now in
session, presided over by Henry B. Tat
ham, the head of the largest lead house
in the country. They protest against
the assertion that the business or hnans
cial interests have anything to fear from
the election of Hancock, but on the con-
trary, his election is the only way to
bring peace to the whole country and
permanent prosperity to all business in
terests. LEWIS CASSIDAY.
The following dispatch was received
this morning;
Erie, Pa, October 10.
Hon. William L. Scott-At the busi>
ness mems meeting here to night Judge
Galbraith, of the Erie Car Works and
the Burdette Organ Company; Hon. Or
aDge Noble, Of the Noble & Hall Boiler
Works; J. P. Harrington of the Erie
Works John H. Bliss of the Erie City
Iron Works, and large number of BUSH
ness men, mechanics and laborers of
Erie were present at the Republican
headquarters and ready to discuss the
business issues. After considerable con-
fusion a pretended chairman of the
meeting declared the same adjourned.
The business men, mechanics and la
boring men then proceeded to SCOTS
Hall and elected J. H. Bliss Of the Erie
City Iron works, chairman; P, Harring-
ton of the Erie Forge Works, Hon. Viii.
liam Henry of the South Erie Iron
Works; Hon. Orange Noble of the Noble
& Hall Boiler Works, and James Nc
Garter, Vice Presidents, and R. Brown
of the Observer, and Thomas F O'Brien
of the Evening Herald, Secretaries. The
following resolution was adopted:
Resolved that the business men of
Erie, assembled without distinction of
party, are decidedly opposed to the par
tisan efforts being made by politicians
to involve the business and manufactur
ing interests of this city and Of the coun>
try at large in this Presidential canvass
aud, further, that we most earnestly depN
recate continuance of sectional preju>
dices and hatred between the North and |
South, the mere partial cessation of
which has recently so largely increased |
our Northern trade, commerce and mans
ufacturers and in no place more than in
our own city, as shown by its daily in
creasing trade with the Southern people.
Great indignation is felt here among the
mechanics and laboring men at the at.
tempt by Republican politicians under
the guise of business meetings to bull
doze and frighten them. The whole talk
here among the mechanics and work.
men is about the fact that in the calls for
business meetings of the Republicans
the mechanics and laboring men have
cen totally ignored.
GEORGE A, ALLEN.
New York, October 10.-The indigna-
tion at the Misrepresentation that bust
ness men are opposed to Hancock is as
great as in Philadelphia and Cincinnati.
Yesterday the following was circulated
upon the Produce Exchange and within
an hour the signatures ofthree hundred
leading business men of New York were
obtained:
The New York produce Exchange be-
ing purely commercial organization
political questions have never been in
troduced into its manage nent or delibe-
rations up to the present time and the
undersigned regret that some of our
members are endeavoring to convey the
impression that our Exchange, as such,
is in favor of a certain political candidate
for the presidency and we also desire to
repudiate the idea that our members as
a body have any uneasiness as to any in
furious effect upon our business prosper.
ity in the event of the election oi Gener.
al Hancock. We mainly advocate the
election of General Hancock aud at the
same time discountenance the introduc.
ton of politics upon the floor of our Ex.
change.
Chicago, October "a number of
Democrats of this city, well known in bu-
siness circles, have signed an address to
the public, which will appear in the /
Times to. morrow, claiming that the elec. {
tion Of Hancock will not endanger or dis. ,
turb the business interests of the coun- {
try. They refer to the causes of the t
hard times following the panic of 1873
and the eventual return of prosperity, q
and say that the latter is due to natual c
causes The conclude:
"Hence the claim that the coun. /
try owes its prosperity to the party !
In power, or that it will 60 to ruin il that
party is turned out of power, is an au.
dacious one, and an insult to the intelli- g
gence Of every business man." The v
'igners are as follows: Levi q. Letter |
e. A Kohn, Robert Law, Clinton Briggs c
Perry H. Smith, Conrad Seipp, Charles I
1ossage, John H. Prentiss, Chas. Hem d
rotin, D. A. Hewes, George L. Dunlap, ]. f
< ! Gisher, W. D. Kerfoot, John A. King, Il
W Ii. Skinner, Best, Russell & Co., A. q
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