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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-03-17

The report of the indebtedness of
Stark county, publishe in last Satur
days Repository, remin us once more
of the famous DemoCra ic 80 cent com.
promise. This is the 80 per cent bust.
ness the Demmycrat worries 80 much
ahou'.-Rep.
Another 80 per cent business in which,
it is estimated, there was about half a
million clear profit, engages not the at
tention of the first family Mckinley ed
itor. The Republican Fessler matter
was bad enough, but the gilt edged"
Macdonald & Co., was far ahead. The
Co. was James A. SaxLon, and his en-
dorsement rendered the notes gilt ed
ged," and the borrowed money was
about seven hundred thousand dollar8l
Paying that amount with 80 per cent
left margin in profit of near half a mil.
lion. What does the Rep. man think Of
thisP Was not son.in.law Congressman
McKin. .ey the legal adviser all through
In fact hereby hangs tale!
The last accommodation by Fessler
was ten thousand dollars of Stark coun.
ty's money to Republican concern.
Will the Rep tell us whether this has
been paid?
Again, it is due to truth, an article the
Rep. has little regard for, to state that
Stark county gets sixty per cent in-
stead of &c. as will be seen by the report
of the Auditor in this paper. The
bail pay 80 per cent and turned
over Fessler's property in addi.
ton, and this, with collections Of
claims, should make over rs per cent,
especially if that $4,000 is paid in full.
With Hartford estate and Macdonald
& Co., is it any wonder the first family
can publish daily2
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-03-17

The Pond liquor tax bill now pending
in the House at Columbus, having al.
ready passed the Senate, proposes to
tax on singular arrangement;
1t proposes to levy not according to the
dealers purchases, not accor ling to his
sales, not according to his profits, not ac-
Cording to the value or rental of the
property he occupies for the business,
but according TO the size OF the town he
lives in. The tax upon persons engaged
in the liquor traffic is gauged as follows:
In townships, $l00; in villages of less
than 1000 inhabitante, $500 in villages
or cities of less than 10000 inhabitants,
$500; in cities of TO- 900 or more, $3.50; in
cities of the frat class, $400. The man
who keeps little bar in the front of his
dwelling and sells $500 worth Of liquor
year, and the Wholesaler who handles
half a million per annum, must both
pay the same tax, provided they both do
business in the same city. The much.
praised liquor tax law of Michigan,
while very stringent, is essentially diff.
ferent. It at least distinguishes between
the different departments of the bust
ness; levying $65 upon the retailer of
beer and wine, 5000 upon the retailer of
spirits, and $500 upon the wholesaler.
Under the operation of this law over
on third of the saloons in Michigan
have closed since May, 1876 The beer
and spirit law of Great Britain is a Ii
cense law. Retailers of beer and wine
to be consumed on the premises pay "a
per annum, of beer and wine not to be
consumed on the premises, 93. The ex,
else payable by retailers of spirits is
graded according to the annual value of
the house in which they do business;
annual values being classified on regu
lar grades from Gl0 or under to $500 or
over and the excise ranging from "a 10
to ESQ per annum The dealers ask
upon what reasonable pretext is the
siz of the town in which man lives to
be made the basis for his taxation? If
we are to have liquor tax law, let its
scheme of assessment be equitable"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-03-17

HAYES sent ten veto messages to the
House during his four years. He vetoed
the Silver bill Feb. %, 1873; the bill for
holding a special term of the United
States Court in Mississippi to try timber
thieves, March 8. 1878; the bill to restrict
Chinese immigration, March l, 1879; the
Army Appropriation bill, with the meas.
ure prohibiting the use OF troops at the
polls, attached, April 20, 1879; the Mill
tary Interference bill, May 12, 1879; the
Judiciary Expenses bill, because Of re-.
strictions touching the employment of
Marshals at elections; the Special Mar.
shals' Appropriation bill, June 80, 1879;
the Special Deficiency Appropriation
bill which was destined to have the Dep.
uty Marshsls appointed by the U. s. Cir
cult Court from all political parties, May
4, 1880; bill regulating the appointment
Of Special Deputy Marshals at elections
June Is, 1880, and lastly, the Refunding
bill. or these, the Silver bill was passed
over the Presidential veto. Nearly ev'
cry veto was against relieving the cleo
tions Of partisan interference or to pro
mote the money, bank or corporate pow
or. Such is the brief history Of the
Hayes fraud administration.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-03-17

SAMUEL G. BOWMAN, member of the
State Board OF Equalization, has our
thanks for copy of the volume of the
valuation of the Real Property of the
State of Ohio"
From this volume we learn that the
total acres of land in Stark county is 359.
426, of which 4,040 is land in corpora.
tions; value of land $14 8l9 ,S55; average
value per acre $42, q; value of buildings,
etc, 5000, ,451; total value of lands and
buildings $l7,85O,3 ,3O6; average value in
cluding buildings $47 ,O3; value of city
town and village lots $2,613, 40; value of
buildings $780,, ,766; total value of lots
and buildings $6,416, ,2OSj aggregate value
of townships, cities and towns $24, ,246.
514; aggregate value on duplicate of 1880
$29 1853 $50; number of acres of arabic or
plow land 24l, ,784; acres Of meadow or
pasture land 81 ,2SO; acres of wood land
81, l,08S.
1t will be seen that the value Of farms
and farm buildings in Stark county is
nearly three times greater than the value
Of lots and buildings in the towns, show.
ing that, even here, farming is the lead.
ing interest in this country.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-03-17

TIE rush for Office at Washington is
terrible. Office seekers swarm at the
White House and in all the departments.
Each, according to his own story,
was the man who elected Garfield. 1t
does not allay anxiety to tell them that
those in Office are staunLh Republicans
and we're vigorously assessed three
times for the October and November
elections.
These patriots are hungry, and their
demands must be considered. They cry
for rotation in Office. This yell was
never more disagreeable than now
never more importunate. The present
rush is far ahead of what it ever was un-
der Grant or Johnson.
The stalwarts who opposed Hayes,and
who allege that he crammed the depart.
ments with the thieves, forgers, and per-
jurers Of the Returning Boards that
counted him in, demand a publication
which shall send them where they
properly belong. They mean business,
and refuse TO take no for an answer.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-03-17
TIE BoARD OF HEALTH.

Our late Board of Health acted very
sensible in resigning; but their preamble
and resolutions, passed by them just be-
fore resigning, were anything but be-
coming, and anything but sensible. These
will be found in the Council proceedings
in another column.
We confess surprise that the IN. D."
gentlemen, vino mainly composed the
Board, should have had the bad taste to
80 far forget good manners as to send to
the City Council such TRADE. 1t would
seem by their resolves that they have a
lofty opinion of themselves, and very
contemplate opinion of the City Coun'
Gil Well, good and lofty conceit OF
ones self is said to be a source of self
satisfaction.
With all due respect to the IN. D."
gentlemen of the late Board, we must
say that the report of the Judiciary COM
mittee of the Council last week, clearly
showed that they had misConCeived the
extent of their legitimate powers, and
had trsnscended their proper jurisdic'
tion. They claim to shave been annoy.
ed by persistent and ofiCious interfer'
enCe by the City Council" The citizens
of Canton appealed to the Council for
protection against sweeping, illegal de-
cree Of this grand council Of six, the
members of which were appointed by
this very City Council.
In their first resolution they claim
that "the Board of Health is an indie.
pendent organization" and "no way sub
ject to the whim, caprice or stupidity Of
the City Council" that "any interference
in it's affairs on the part Of the Council
is impertinent and misChievous," &c.
Could arrogance and presumption go
farther2 Could professional conceit be
more nonsensically exhibited We only
wonder some member Of the Council
did not properly ventilate the IN. D's,"
and their assumptions.
So, according to the IN. De-" the
Board of Health was an independent"
legislative and executive body, far above
any "impertinent and misChievous in
reference" from the Council that Great
ed them. This Board could issue their
sweeping DEGREES and ediCts, and these
must be carried out, regardless of law or
individual right, all over the city,
We dissent in toto from these IN. D."
gentlemen, and commend their one sen.
sible act, in resigning. We hope, too,
they will never in their practice, use
aught more dangerous to human life
than the odor from hog pen,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-03-17

TIE late Preside ltia fraud talked long
in his speech at the reunion at this place
last September, of the absolute impor'
tance of educating the negro voters
South. President Garfield In his inaug.
ural harps on the same subject. Minis
ters from the pulpit are appealing in be-
half of the ignorant, not to say danger
ous, negro voters
The scheme is to get up an educational
bureau at Washington, send an army of
teachers, male and female, south. in the
pay of the general government to do
political work, rather than honest edu.
cation.
When we consider that our youth
here, as rule, only remain at school
long enough to get smattering; that
they leave school generally when from
twelve o fourteen, before they have sd'
vanCed enough to realize the Importance
of education, or to revel in the delights
of knowledge; when we consider this,
our "loyal" teachers and preachers might
give some attention to the Borroboolah
-gha in our own midst. That beam in
our own home vision might be consid.
cred.
But the important point in all this, is
to have each locality attend to its own
legitimate business in respect to schools
and education. Capable and generous
people are to be found in all localities to
promote this work.
Home rule, the peoples rule, in their
localities, and in their states, is the true
plan, the American plan, to attend to ed
ucation. 1t will be better done this way
than by means of centralized power at
Washington, with its army Of paid in.
struments to do their political bidding,
and aid to continue the power that gives
them place. An established educational
hierarchy over and throughout the Coun.
try, would be as dangerous to the liber.
ties Of the people as ever was an estab.
lished church, with its lord bishops, vi.
cars, e., to shout, "the king can do no
wrong. God save the king"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-03-17

FRYE of Maine, Angus Cameron of
Wisconsin, and Judge McDlll of Iowa,
are the Republican Senators to fill exist.
ing vacancies, The first two are known,
Cameron having just finished six years.
term, to which he was elected in 1875 by
a coalition against Matt. Carpenter. It
was a bad investment for the Democrats,
for Cameron showed himself a narrow.
minded seCtionalist. Judge McDill, who
takes Secretary Kirkwood's place, has
served a couple terms ia Congress. He
was born in Ohio. The Minnesota va.
Cancy has not been filled, and the Gov.
ernor, it is said, inclines to appoint Coy.
Ramsey, but for the fact that Ramsey
and Senator Mcmillan both live in Saint
Paul. Locality is against him.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-03-17

THE late Democratic Congress passed
a 8 per cent funding bill to relieve the
tax burdened people, and Republican
fraud President vetoed the measure
Democrat.
But this is not all. The Democratic
Congress also increased the public ex-
penditures to relieve the people Rep
The Mckinley first family sCribbler
lies-under mistake, as the records of
Congress abundantly show. The Chi
nese organ should try and tell the truth.
The Republican party in Congress has
opposed economy; resisted reform in the
civil service; defeated the per cent fun
ding bill that would have saved sixteen
millions a year, and relieved to that ex.
tent the tax burdened people. "Tell the
truth AMI shame the devil"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-03-17

SENATOR PENDLEToN,' last Friday, sub
mitted to the Senate the list Of the
Standing Committees as agreed on in
caucus by the Democratic members.
Baysrd is at the head of the Finance as
before, and Davis of West Virginia of
Appropriations. Judge Davis of Illinois,
takes Thurman's pace at the head of the
Judiciary Committee. Mcpherson of
New Jersey, is Chairman of the Naval
Committee; Grover of Oregon, of Mill.
tary Affairs Ransom Of North Carolina,
of Commerce Maxey Of Texas, of Post.
Office, and so on. The Republican sena.
tors make factious opposition, and will
reorganize as soon as they get power.
No business can be properly done until
tIe committees are appointed, for the
rules require all appointments to be con.
sidered and reported on by committees.
Mahone's status is still undetermined
although it is intimated the Republi.
cans are unwilling to make the Conces
sions demanded by the Vlrginian as the
price of his vote. In that case he may
act with the Democrats, but will proba.
bly, vote for his Republican friend, Cor
ham of California, and editor of the
Washington Republican, as Secretary Of
the Senate, thus oustlng, if the arrange.
ment works, Burch of the Nashville
american. Senator Davis of Illinois de-
Clines the position of Chairman Of the
Judiciary Committee.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-03-17

ETERNAL vigilance is the price of lib.
erty," is the trite and true statement.
And "liberty" is not liberty unless justice
prevaiie; and justice involves equality of
rights under and before the law.
The eternal struggle between the rights
Of the people and the encroachments of
corporate and money power, goes on.
These desire to centralize more power
in the General Government. The Re-
publican party is the organization to &C.
Complish this wicked, revolutionary
work. 1t is the party to do the bidding
Of the money power, of capital and of
privilege. The leaders Of the party are
the champions of favoritism in legisla.
tion. They may call i protection; may
claim it is to help labor and all that; but
the object is to rob and enslave labor and
honest business.
The true object of honest government
is to secure to honest labor that which it
earns. Good government takes care of
the poor as we'll as the rich; and takes
especial care that the rich shall not rob
labor under color of law, and under the
pretense of protection"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-03-17

MUCH gush has been expended the
last four years over the Hayeses exclud.
ing wine from the White House. Some
have been bold enough to attribute it to
stinginess as wines are dear drinks. On
this point, the we'll beloved and trusty
Hslstead of the Cincinnati Commercial
gives this information:
They, the temperance zealots, have
been bowling like wolves around Men.
tor, urgent that General Garfield and
Mrs. Garfield shall Danish wine from the
White House at State dinners. They
are not likely to succeed. General Gar
field is not total abstinence man. He
has been guest at hundreds Of Wash.
ington dinners and never refused wine.
On the contrary he has used it in mod.
Grafton, and all the persons he has been
in the habit Of meeting at Washington
know the fact.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-03-17

The horrid murder on Sunday last of
Gar Alexander H., Of Russia, shocks
the sensibilities of all good people. He
is succeeded by his son, Alexander I'LL,
born 1S45. We cannot think assassina-
ton is the way to revOlutionize the au-
tocrstiC system Of government in Russia.
1t must be admitted that wrong begets
wrong. An evil system Of oppression
leads to retaliatory violence. This is the
trouble, and this accounts largely for the
violence that prevails in many lands.
Equal, even handed justice is the only
safe rule; and it is best for all.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-03-17

THE third termers complain Of shabby
treatment, not being recognized by Gar
field as they expected. Grants visit to
Washington may have something to do
with this. OF the seventeen Republi-
cans elected to the new Senate, the only
third termer is Platt of New York, In
Garfeid's cabinet there is but one Grant
man, Lincoln of Illinois, and he is not a
great force in politics. President Gar
field undoubtedly prefers second term
for himself to a third one for Grant
Conkling, Cameron and Grant must do a
deal of inward swearing.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-03-17

The decision Of the Garfield govern
ment is, that the National Banks that 80
hastily deposited greenbaCks to redeem
their circulation, cannot back out and
lift their greenbacks, under the law.
These institutions that were so ready to
precipitate panic, alarm the public and
stop the machinery of government, and
tighten the money screws upon the in-
dustries of the country, are not permit
ted to recall their deposits and renew
their circulation. That is right.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-03-17

ON Sunday last Alexander II. Gear of
Russia, was fatally injured by a bomb
containing nitro-glycerine, that was
thrown at his feet after alighting from
his carriage A bomb had previously
exploded beneath his carriage, causing
him to alight. He died that afternoon
at 4:30, near two hours after the injury.
Alexander NiColoevitch, Scar Of all the
Russias," was born April 20, 1918, and
consequently was nearly 63 years old.
He was the son of Nicholas 1. Emperor
of Russia, his mother being a sister Of
the present Emperor William Of Ger.
manV
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-03-17

In the United S ates Senate on Mon.
day the ball opened in good earnest, as
will be seen by reading the proceedings
on our first page. Mr., Pendleton called
up his resolution to organize the commit
tees. This is always the first business,
but the Republicans fought, in order to
delay, hoping to have the maj ority when
the vacancies were filed. 1t seems by
the developments the little Senator Ma
hone from Virginia has gone over to the
Republicans, and this makes the Senate
a tie, politically, and Vice President Ar.
thur having the casting vote, makes the
Senate Republican. Senator Hills ar
raignment Of the little Senator was able
and severe, The proffer Of the official
patronage for Virginia, by Garfield & Co.
was too much for Malone to resist. In
his squeaky voice Malone said in reply
to Hill am beah, sah," bending his
knee and extending his hand toward
Hill, and thereupon the radicals on the
floor and in the galleries applauded.
Don Cameron has had Malone in train.
ing, and has found a willing follower.
But read the debate.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-03-17

No sane man advocates giving the
banks dangerous privileges Rep.
Twelve Republican, members Of Con.
gross were sane enough to vote with the
Democrats for the 8 per cent funding
bill; and Hayes was in sane enough to
veto the measure, and the Rep. and other
fool crazy journals endorse Hayes, But,
go we go, with this Republican show.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-03-17


WAYNE MACVEAeH was not one of the
visiting statesmen of the first, or sher.
man sroughton class. He did not 90 to
Louisiana until after Hayes had been
counted in. Then he went at Hayes's
request as the head of the so-called Com.
mission that carried out the bargain with
certain Southern Democrats, by break
ing down the Republican State Govern.
ment. 1t was for remuneration for The
travelling expenses Of Mr.. MacVeagh and
the other visiting statesmen Of the sec.
ond class that Mr.. Hayes importuned
Congress in the last hours Of the session.
when it was refused.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-03-17
WHAT THE LAST VETO COST.

Hayes vetoed the Funding bill-let us
see what his act cost the people. Ac-
cording to ex.Secretary Sherman there
are now outstanding, in round numbers,
$40 100000 five per cent bonds and
S2l7 100000 skies, falling due this year,
and proposed to be refunded into three's
by the vetoed bill. This annual inter-
est account at the two rates is as follows ::
s2l7 100000 OF per 0200 900
100000, ,060 ats per cent.."G..."..-... $500 600
Total interest ,oIO IVY
S687 600 900 at per cent"".......".." 8O,6lOOOO
Annual saving vetoed by Hayes. 9lO, 900
So much for the general saving made
absolutely certain by the Funding bill if
it had been permitted to become law.
SiGteen millions of dollars gear!
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-03-17

The Ohio man comes to the front
again in the person Of Judge McDill Of
Iowa, recently appointed to succeed Sec.
retary Kirkwood in the Senate. He was
born at Monroe, Ohio, was educated at
South Salem Academy, and graduated at
the Miami University at Oxford, Ohio
in 1858. He studied law at Columbus
Ohio, was admitted to the Bar in 1856
and removed that year to Iowa.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-03-17
TIE Pittsburgh Commercial Gasetts in

The Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette in
speaking of the Pond Liquor bill, says:
"The view is undoubtedly correct, that
a high license fee will very materially
reduce the number of saloons, although
II win not lessen the amount of liquor drank"
So, restricting the use of liquor is not
the object of this Republican temperance
Legislature of Ohio. If the Pond bill
will not lessen the amount of liquor
drank-what is the use of bothering
with it9
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-03-17

The temperance people of Canton
complain that the city officials do not
enforce the laws against liquor selling
Alliance ReUieaO
If any of our temperance friends
knowing any violation of the liquor laws,
will make the proper affidavit, "the city
officials" will "enforce the laws against
liquor selling" The chief duty of mag
istrates and officials is to enable citizens
to complain, and have the laws enforced,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-03-17

TIE National Banks that threw up
in order to bulldoze Congress, and defeat
the per cent Funding bill, cannot get
back their legal tender, and so must
commence de nOvO-that is, as new banks
The decision is not what they expected
at all. They are greatly disappointed,
not to say, surprised.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-03-17

TIE Michigan Democrats, last week
in State Convention at Lansing, nom:
mated A. c. Baldwin for Justice Of the
Supreme Court, and George V. N. Lath.
rop and Henry FroliC for agents Of the
University. They refused all conneC-
ton with the GreenbaCkers in any way
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-03-17

DOES President Garfield know that
there iS such county as Stark in the
state of OhioP And that Alliance, Mas
sillon and Canton are important towns
in said county, Gov. Foster ought to re-
member the same.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-03-17

HAYES was once elected Governor Of
Ohio on the cry of danger to the public
schools" In his message to the Legis.
lature he never mentioned the school
business. Garfield was elected Presi.
dent on the tariff protection cry, but he
forgot all about that subject in lis in
augural. Who and what will next dupe
confding voters?