The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1884-01-16
Y, OHIO, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1884.

rams, Paiges and Le Feyres will there
obstruct-in the interests OF protection
and mon0pOly-the will of the Demo
cratic majority!
That Ia the coming issue and II must
be met We look TO Messrs. Carlisle,
Morrison, Hurd, Tucker OF ali to draw
the lines.
Let II be the free trade practicable
the FREQ trade that a tariff for revenue
may permit; and lot protectionists and
monopolists 20 into the Republican
party, where they belong. No more
juggling, Janus.faced Ohio platfOrmAl
There Is u protection needed, but " Ia
of the people against the PlutOcracy.
This Columbus debauch IL no surprise
TO ns. For years we have seen the evil
trail OF these monopolies and corpora
ti0ns In Cleveland, debating our Demo-
cratic local politics while preparing to
grasp the state organization, and In the
end TO clutch at the very throat OF the
Democratic party In Its national" con.
yentiOn. We have witnessed how the
money power welded lash and bribe
till an independent, manful Democratic
politician OF prominence In this city is
a rarer bird than u white crow or u
swallow In winter.
SO we are not surprised that Senator
Williams OF this city, who, when n0ml-
mated, was a declared free trader and
friend OF Durbin Ward-so II has been
publicly stated-was converted AZ sud-
denly M Saul OF Tarsua, and donned the
Standard Oil collar AZ gracefully an our
Mayor Farley hhs ever worn II, who,
while v0ciferous for party discipline. IL
now proved to have placed moneys OF
the last Democratic campaign fund 10
the use OF a boiling, "lndependent-Re.
publican" Democrat, TO defeat his 0ppO-
nent, the regular Democratic nominee
OF Allen county for the Legislature. Mr.
Farley was a member OF the Democratic
State Executive Committee, and this
course was pursued because the regular
Democratic candidate, g. W. Hull, Of
Lima, was a friend OF Senator Pendle-
ton.
Similarly surreptitious uses Of this
fund were made throughout the state Ia
the interest OF the Mclean. Farley.payne
combination for the Senat0rship, with
Mr. Payne In grooming for the Presi.
dency as the objective P0int--Mr, Book
walter Is TO replace him In the Senate.
A iar-fetched dream, but the money lay.
ished upon II has at least sufllced TO
wreck the Democratic party In Ohio.
Mr.. Armstrong Of the Cleveland Plain
Dealer-collogued with the McIeans
and Myerses Of the Cincinnati Enquirer
end Of the line-yery glibly tells US that
tho people will forget all this by the
time OF the next State election. The
politicians may, but we beg leave To
doubt that the people will. A twenty
thousand Republican majority will be
the minimum of that parlys success NJ
the next falls election In Ohio.
For what honest, fearless Democrat
will pretend to claim that Standard Oh
Legislature, or IT. further doing, as his
own--as the record and acting out OF
Democratic princlplesY
Why, at one fell swoop that Columbus
caucus has repudiated every active pol.
Icy upon which the 0hioan or any other
Democracy could with decency, consis-
lency, or reason OF being, come before
the country
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM HAS BEEN RE.
pUDlATED.
TARIFF NIouITIEs HAVE BEEN CON.
D0NKD.
MONOPOLY HAS BEEN MADE KING,
And the yilest uses OF money and OF u
organized 10 defeat the express.
sed will OF the people. have combined 10
cruelty the natural leaders and the
great majority OF the Ohio Democracy.
Thurman, Pendleton, Ward-all this
class OF pure leaders, the men who pre-
served the party principle and party or.
ganlzation In the teeth OF u reign Of Re.
publican terror, or later when the odds
were still fearful, have been dismissed
with contempt and contumeli0usly told
TO disappear from public life
Let US wait and see.
The sp0ils were az bottom OF all this
scandal and mischief almost irrepara
ble-reparable only by u distinct repudi.
alton on the part OF the true Democracy,
tho country over. OF the men and meth.
DDS and c0nsummati0n at Columbus.
The spOils rung In u One.hundred guns
salute when Garfield was elected -as
last night they belched the triumph of
the spoils at C0lumbus-but the apoils
now avail nothing to the dead NJ Lake
View. History has passed upon his
record,
Aud as certain u political death will
In the end oyertoke-h0wever long their
span OF natural life--the men who have
sold for present mercenary advantage
tho honor OF the party whose livery they
wore, the high office OF the United
States Senatorship, and rights Of tho
electors OF this commonwealth .,ss
with tho dismal betrayal OF these high
trusts the so'called Democratic party or.
gnni2ati0n OF Ohio can claim no allegi-
lnce from the Democratic voter. II IL
Itself ip revolt against the party princi-
Plies.
We had hoped that the Republican
party would 10, but IL was not for tho
purpose OF eupplnnting II by n machine
mlsnamed Democratic, with men and
Republican. Az Democrats.
we are not responsible for Republican
ma lfeasance, but we would properly be
held responsible were we 10 become even
passive accomplices In Democratic
wrong'doing, and pass over In silence
tho shameful Ohio situation OF to-day.
Furthermore, ~ We really believe
Democratic principles TO be- the saving
political creed OF the country, we could
not IN patriots observe without alarm
and denunciation tho violation Of these
Whigh aIOup aiIOrd n pOuupr.
yntive, Constitutional channel for tho
redress OF grievances which otherwise
will 0nd u dreadful future vent In
which II will no longer DO questions OF
parties, and innocent aud guilty would
Alike suffer.
The disclosures In detail Of the brlb.
pres and deals In Columbus are sure 10
follow In time. II has been the ease In
pyery similar instance, What IN al.
roady made manifest bus NO shocked The
sense OF honest communities that good
may come out Of the present evil, and