The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-12-11
For the Eaton Democrat.
A THANKSGIVING Dinner.

Mr.. EDIToR:-In as much as the
of the several Townships
of Preble county have each had a
Publication to express their gratitude
for the glorious victory achieved by
the people, over the great and power
ful standing army Of professional
politicians OF this country, except the
little rural Township of Casper, it is
deemed proper to give you an ac-
count of a din:er pr, pared by a. j..
Donahoe and his better half, or
Thanksgiving day, to which his
bors and their families responded to
the invitation to the number OF fifty
and rartook of the sumptuous fare
with which the little table was load
ed, with a relish. 1t was II OF the
most enjoyable ncighborliood gail err
ings W. eve met. Everybody was
happy. Mr.. Donahoe enlisted in the
army in Indiana and served three
years, and was mustered out of the
service at indianapolis, and he says
that Thomas A. Hendricks delivered
a speech 10 the soldiers OIL that occa
sion that eXccllcd anything he ever
heard for patriot SIN and good will to
The soldier, and having heard that
great Statesman and patriot Sc base
ly belied and slandered by the Re.
publican party, and having been
elected Governor OF his state, and
twice to the Vice Presidency, thus
triumphantly over all the falsehoods
and ISLANDERS that have been heapeil
Upon him, it made him feel so good
he had to call his neighbors together
to rejoice with him.
Mr.. Donalioe says he wentinto the
army a Republican and came out a
Democrats, believing the Democratic
party to be the poor mans friend, lie
being a poor man and having a large
family to support by labor he can't
sec how a protective tariff can posi-
bly, benefit him. Having a family oil
ten to provide for, and consequently
consuming twice as much of the
articles that duty is levied upon as
the man that has a family o ffive per
sons, and consequently twice the
amount of this indir. CT tax to pay,
and his rich neighbor who pays but
half as much, as he may be worth
$1,000 600 and he not worth $500. He
is not much in favor of having q tas
levied on his children more than is
absolutely necessary to defray TIE
expenses of the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
cally administered. He can't SCI
any benefit to him in ha:ing collect
ed from the people $100. 000.0 900 more
annually than is needed. II his share
of that was left III his pocket he
could use it. He says that if thu
capitalists don't quit taxing poor
men so heavily, poor men will quit
raising boys to make soldiers to pro
tect their wealth. in time OF emer
gency. He also says that some OF
his fellow soldiers express surprise
that he should tote the Democratic
ticket. He thinks perhaps, it may
be because he is blessed with 4 bet
ter recollection than some ct tbs m
He recollects that when he volunteer
ed, the contract was that he should
he paid off in coin, but h. had u
take deprecia' ell currency. But wher
the wealthy men of the country pur
chased the $40 bonds paid in cur
rency. which cost them but about g.
cents Oh the dollar, and some per
haps less,-and the contract WAS thai
they should be paid in ~greeabacks
were they required to comply Will
The contract? Oh, no they were
privileged class. All they had to
do was to knock at the door of n Re,
publican Congress and ask TO have
The contract cancelled, which request
was granted, and the bands were
changed for others payable in coin
That is the way our millionoires
were made. Did that satisfy Ties,
Shylocks? Oh, no. The next stel
was to knock at the door Of q Repub
iican Congress and ask that angus,
body of statesmen for another little
favor. They sail the silver mines
were yielding SO benntifui that they
feared very much that there would
be an ovcr supply of money and yop
just grant us the little favor of tic
moaitizing silver and pass a resump
tion act and pay us in gold, which
was done. All this Gid not fu~llyisatis
~ them. Still a:otller little. favor
was asked very modestly. Another
little favor and we will be satisfied
Just require the Secre airy of the
Treasury to call in tile greentacks
and burn them and we think we car
get slong! He says he has vivid
recollection o. the panic that follow
ed. Values were unsettled, hundreds
and thousands of honest hard WORK
ing people were bankrupted and the
country filed with tramps, in conse
quence of being thrown out Of en-
%p!oynent, all of which he believes tt
be the legitimate result Of special oil
class legisl tion. He says he has {
very distinct recollection how this
great disaster was remedied. The
distress Of the people was so grea'
that Republicans assisted the Demo
cracy in electiag a Democratic Con
gress, and that Congress, true to thu
interests of the people. Immediately
remonitized silver and required the
Secretary to put in circulation thu
reserved greenbacks which relieved
the country. A GUEST.
Look at the Mems Suits we will sci