The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1882-07-13
DURBIN WARD CRATES on
THE 4th AT HAMILTON, OHIO.

ubllNoIcu Ou luO tll at IIdhuAllOAB OhAOg |
an grafton worthy in all respects of the |
Golden time, when classic lore and plain |
spoken thought were leading features. |
The scholarly production properly and |
ably arraigns the evil practices of the |
times and admOnishes of the dangers. |
| Says the General: He WHO BRIBES TO
BE ELECTED is READY TO BE BRIBED AFT
Err HE IS. He also voices the sentiment of
every honest citizen when he says: "THE
USE OF MONEY AT ELECTIONS MUST BE
STOPPED OR OUR REPUBLIC CANNOT EN-
DURE."
1t is not only at elections that money
| is used; nominations are controlled by
the same corrupt means. Our law-mak-
ers are too often chosen, not because of
real merit, but because they will be the
tariff tools of corporate mOnOpOlies and
favored interests, regardless of justice
and right to the rest of the community.
By controlling the machine this cor
rupt system perpetuates itself. The
"bOsses" are continued in power, be-
cause of their serVility to the spOils-
plunder plan, of which they themselves
get a liberal share. The General shows
up admirably the working OF the ma
chine, and thus speaks of men chosen to
make and administer the laws:
How are officers made? The primaries
are held to choose delegates to cOnven-
tion. The primaries are manipulated by
the "bOsses," large and small of party
rings" Thousands of the best citi-
zens all over the country never go near
them. The workers" by personal i'm
pOrtunity, or influence over the bread of
the humble labOrer, or through the dram
shop, or by ready cash, can too often
control votes enough at the primaries to
put in their men and fix the convention
for their candidate. The 'BOss of the
Machine" becomes the master of the
party, and throws his tolls around all
public officers and dictates all public
policies.
Then comes the canvass and the elec-
tiOn. Whatever else may be involved
the ''spOils of office" are at stake. The
henchmen of the chiefs are looking for
their share of the booty; and why should
they not be? Have not most Of those
who have wished power for years past
gone in poor and come out rich? And
is not the labOTer who helps to make a
millionaire worthy of his hire? Do
they not know, does the country not
know, that few who have lately ruled
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to become rich? Money therefore be-
comes the motive power of the election.
And can you expect that in a community
whose ruling thought is haste to be rich,
condemnation will come to the candi-
date who stakes his all-and all his
friends can raise-tO secure a prize
where there may be millions to itP" My
friends, the use OF money at elections
must be stopped, or our Republic cannot
: endure. He WHO BRIBES TO BE ELECTED
Is READY TO BE BRIBED AFTER HE IS.
, But the evil does not stop here. Profit,
not honor, becomes the motive to candi-
dacy. The candidate must be rich
enough to bear his assessment, and the
capable poor must be excluded. High
craftsmanship is ended; personal ag-
, grandizement Is inaugurated The Of
, ticer must make back what he spent for
his election, and public taxes are his
! spOils. He lives by the machine" As
D of old, he shouts: "Great is Diana of the
: Ephesians." Patronage becomes power.
a An army of one hundred thousand office
: holders are taxed as their tenure of Of
{ flee, and they pay their assessments out
" or the taxes the people pay into the
g Treasury. Their assessments are eX-
/. pended in the interest of the "Machine.' -
The voter is the Vassal of the OfficehOld-
er. The OfficehOldeT is the Vassal of the
8 "BOss." The President is the Lord par
: amount of his mesne lord the Boss
: When Chief Magistrate refuses to a
BOSS" Senator the dispensatiOn of pat
rOnage in aid of his own aspirations,
s and in reward for the power of his
0 Ring" in carrying State and making
that Chief Magistrate, like the turbu-
| lent BarOnS of old he rebels, and indig-
nantly resigns his place in the Senate
! Under this new feudal system the work
! ers swear fealty to the Bosses" and the
2 Bosses" own the rulers. Still, this evil,
! great as it is, might be borne. Who
q holds the offices, if they be well admin
istered, is of small amount. Neverthe-
less, as men must be the agencies
! through which all administration is car
> > ried on, their ability and purity are
I matters of the first Importance. Even
to get good men into office, therefore
no patriot should hesitate to put an
everlasting end to machine" politics.
l ''Let," says General Ward, "the farm
ser, the mechanic, the business man, the
T industrious, producing and working
'men of the masses, who have virtue,
Courage, character and manliness
'cOme forward and guard Liberty from
"the siren voice of the serpent cOrrup-
. "tiOn aud rescue Labor from the raven
: "Ous claws of cormorant monopoly
Q Let the rings be smashed and the bosses
dOWned. Beware of the men who cor
q q rupt the ballot boxes! "The enemy is
"at home. Shun the miniOns OF
corruption and monopoly as you would
= "shun pestilence and famine. The spirit
"of the Republic is Liberty, Equality
: "and Fraternity Down with Machine
Politics with mOnOpOly-down
:, with party ssessments-dOwn with
bribery at the primaries and the polls
!. "'Let the people assert their sovereignty
"and snatch the reins of power from
'hands grimed with filthy lucre, ant
"rule the country in the interests of lib
# "erty, law and order"
n God sad-I tired of kingsl
suffer them more.
,, Upto my ear the morning brings
= The outrage of the poorl
Think you 1 made this ball,
jS A thing for havoc and war
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