The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-10-03
SEMI-W EEKLY

Dy Ine signal, but noble victory in 1874.
Ihere was an oasis in the Republican
dlstrlct or CuyahOga which gave your
honorable citizen, Henry B. Payne, to
the Nations official service for a brief
period. (Applause.) 1t is much more, L
say, at the end of this half century, to
know that you occupy the field of battle
as permanent VictOrs; that you have
come here to stay in the majority per-
hsps for half a century to come, and all
that is needed to insure your continued
triumphs for period of equal length
with the Whig and Republican majOri-
Ties Is moderation in the enjoyment of
victory and its employment for the pub
lie good. Of this we may be certain
from the knowledge of the manner in
which you have used your power since
first intrusted to you by the people.
Two great parties are before you,
claiming your confidence, claiming
your votes. The Democratic party comes
as the champion of Governmental econ
Omy and personal liberty [applausel; Of
Governmental economy, for in the first
session during which 1T held power in
Congress 1t was able to reduce appFOpria-
tiOns by S22,OOO,OOO, and in the next by
more. In the first session of Republi-
can power they restored, and much more
than restored the expenditure to the
wasteful point at which Democratic
economy had checked it. The Demo-
cratic party is the guardian of popular
rights, and has at all times been the
champion of the National honor and the
author or its development. Louisiana,
Florida and California are the jewels 1T
has added to the nations diadem. At
the same time its submission at all
times to competent legal authorities is
complete witness of its acquiescence
of the Electoral Commission, infamous
hon E, ~.
hand, the Republican party have no
guiding principle of any kind which
binds its members together, by which
its actions can at any time be fOTetOld.
Composing nearly One-half of the people,
made up mostly of good citizens, its
members seek the public good and since
the adoption of the Fifteenth Amend
ment it has been bound together, not by
principle, but by party interests only.
Hence we are not surprised to find, even
in counties in the same State-as, for
instance, Hamilton and CuyahOga-
some on one side of division of princi-
pie within the Republican party and
others on the other side-a division of
principle, repeat, not merely factiOus
division of one as to the choice of all
men.
The speaker went on to state that it
was no wonder that millions of the peO-
carry election in Indiana and elsewhere.
Seward, Chase, Greeley, Sumner, Cassius
Clay, ,Trumbull, Gideon Welles, and thou
sands of others who were identified with
the Republican party on the slavery is
sue, are the company in which | am
proud to be called a renegade. Never
faltering, as they never faltered in de-
yOtiOn to the principles of hostility to
American slavery, when slavery ended
m a ri fn arfu Of
youth, the party of popular government,
the party of economy. (Applause.) The
Republican party of Ohio today comes
before the people with incOngruities
and cOntradicts my platform.
Judge HOadly said that, in regard to
the question of temperance, the same in
cOnsistencies could be traced to the Re-
publican party; that the Republican
party of CuyahOgR is in favor of the
Scott law or the Second Amendment, OF
both; that the Democratic party stands
squarely upon its platform of anti
sumptuary legislation, and in favor of
a graduated license as soon as cOnstitu-
tiOnal authority can be had for that pur-
pose; that the Republican party in Guy
ahOga county is supporting men for re-
election who voted against the Scott
law, while it is advocating the Second
Amendment, the carrying of which
would work repeal of the Scott law.
He favored the license system because
the control of the traffic would be more
complete than under any other plan,
while at the same time adequate pTOtec-
tiOn would be furnished the dealer.
The speaker stated that the Republi-
can platform approved the submission
of the amendment, but at the same time
evidences that the party is in favor of
taxation of the liquor traffic, both as a
means of revenue and a measure of tar
iff. They are in favor of taxation, that
is the Scott bill. At the same time they
are in favor of submitting the Second
Amendment. the object and effect of
which will be to forbid the traffic. 1t re-
minded the speaker of the story of the
monster. as given in Mrs. Shelley'5 novel
of FTankenstein; man created a mon
ster, and breathed into it the spirit of
life, and then the monster strangled the
man.
Judge HOadly further said: But if
the Scott law be considered a finality,
why submit the Second Amendments
If taxation is the cure for intempeT-
ance, why resort to prohibition? for tax
alton and prohibition are incOngruOus
ideas. A business forbidden by the Con-
stitutiOn can hardly be recognized as a
subject for taxation. | will not vote for
the Second Amendment, and l don't be-
lieye Judge Foraker will"