The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1884-08-21
THE INDEPENDENTS
a, FOrOlbIe Document From the Massa'
ohusetls Independents
ys,rtble Arrlgnmei iflhe rlumoi Knight
and the Republican Party strong
Call For All independents 70
support Gov, Cleveland

Tho Massachusetts State Independent
Committee has just issued lle loll9Wlng
address TO the voters OF the Olu bay
state:
TO THE VOTERS ON MASSACHUSETTS,
The approaching Presidential election
presants an issue which cannot be eVau,.
al. Nor the lirst time IN the history OF
nnr conntry We are brought face 10 lhce
win tho question whether the President
~ the United States shall be an honest
man. The character OF tho contest WAS
nndersto0d clearly by Henry CABOT
ToGSe when he said 20 the Massachn'
setts Republican convention III May
"The people will look above the plat
form at the candidate whom we piace
apOn II. The character OF our calGluale
is the only sure pledge we can give OF
the sincerity and rectiinhe OF our lnteh'
tiong, The political condition OF the
eountry IA such that the character OF the
candidates will have more TO 90 WIN
she result Of the election than has been
gne ease for many years. The
people demand only that we shall noml-
nate candidate OF unblemiahed char.
acter. sound aud honest principles ana
one capable OF cordially uniting all R''
publicans IN earnest support OF the com
mon cause
The man whom the people demanded,
and had u ri ght 10 demand, was well Oe'
seribed when John ID. Long, q MasHa'
ehnsetts delegate, said at Chicago.
lie must be imam whose tried lncor'
ynptlbllity, whose walk through the
ltOfms aud lres Of public life,
whose recognized capacity TO put n firm
and safe hand upon the holm, have q
Rold upon the public confidence. Hc
lDast be- one who will stand for what,
ever has been honest and OF good repOr'
ln our national history; . ana
ABOVE all, he must be- one whose nalhC
will carry In the coming canvass tha'
sense OF security TO which at each Presi
Genital election the country turns, as u
very rock OF salvation
We say that the candidate OF the Re
publican party Ia not such man, aIlI
That wa will not vote for him.
Ne are told that the past OF that part
ia glorious, and that wa are Therefore
bound 10 support It's candidate to-day
Ne Weld TO none In our pride nv ~
zreat achievements or In OurdeyOtl0n I,
ts principles, but when the lesson Of ~
Oast IL forgotten and ia principles ar
sbandonel, ita name alone cannot com
hand our influence. 49,,
The question Ia not what the Repnhli
con party has done, bit what II Will DO
not what IL was, but what II Is; no
ghether Lincoln and Seward aud sum
ner and Andrew and Stanton and Fes
tenden we're great man ana great lead
srs. but whether Blaine ana RD0eSOl
and Keller and Ekins aud Clayton an
Kellogg are men TO whom we can saiel
eonlde the future Of our country.
For many years corruption IN hlg
0lloe has been conspicuous. 10 ha
shown itself In every department OF th
public service, We have seen u vice
President driven into private life b
proof OF personal dishonesty asecretar
VI war impeached for
PARTICIPATION IN FELONY;
Secretary Of the Navy charged wit
eOrrupt practices, aud leaving Olllce ur
Ger cloud " mspicion, only q appea
1sa Republican leader IN the House {
REPRESENTATIVES; Secretary Of lhe III
Affecting his personal and Official char
acter; an Attorney General comprOn
.sed by evidence OF petty fraud. W
have not forgotten CotaX AMI Belkna
and Robson and DelanO aud William
IN the Treasury Department we hay
aeen prominent officers implicated I
'SanhOrn contracts" and suspected
completely IN the gigantic conspiroc
70 dpffaul the revenue known us III
sWhisky ring; and the private seer
,nry Of the President indicted as u COZ
gpiratOr white the minister who sOugl
30 punish criminals was dismissed frOI
Ddcp. In the PoslOihco Department v
have seen an assistant secretary col
gpirlnR with Senators OF the Unite
States IN Star route frauds, and the col
splrAtors boldly defying the cover
men'. which was powerlos 70 seou
Justice IN It's Town capital city We ha'
seen the prosecution OF these ollsude
denounced with unsplring abuse |
Che man whom the Republican pnr
sought for six Werks 20 mako SecrataI
OF the Senate, while the National II
publican Committee retained as It's sc
ietary tho most conspicuous Of the q
nnaed ana the counsel OF tho Unit
States consulted cabinet ministers
20 the effect on the party Of indictng
Senator We have seen the last Repu
lican Speaker disRraced by proof that
had shamefully abused his appointiI
power, and I'm fnce OF this eyident
which has destroyed the confidence
hls constituents, again the chosen en-
aidAte OF the Republican party for I
came high Office In the signal serYi
we have seen q superintendent, I'm I
treasury department chief clerk, al
iu other department. ,IuBtpa Oillte
gully ot stusliug The public mont
We have cen .lo guilty protected, b
Fo have ynt 10 see them punished,
We bNH H".I tl0 whole patronage
enc lp . nUJnl Used openly
elpp1r. , N.u,. .a R.iu,a, who
principle ~ reputation and who
methods violate every principle Of /
litica morality, We have seen the pl
he business neglected, the reform
Che civil service sneered nc, and pol
ieal assessments levied In defiance
party promises ana public Opinion,un
ihe wave OF popular indignation fore
reluctant Congress TO inaugurate
form, Inc Owls or deOaHed cuTTeu
have been dlsreg0rdedi our navy IL
monument Of administration u
the surplus, with all It's temptations
extravaganza remains substantial
lndlmlnished
Finally, we sec the Republic
party relying FOR It's continuance
power not on its own achleyemet
but on the mistakes Of It's oppOner
and We have seen It's leaders,
NOT SEEKING TO PREVENT,
out TO encourage these mistakes, in
der that thereby, at their country's
pense, they might be furnished with
guments for their own continuance
mower,