The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1885-09-03
JOHN SHERMAN ANSWERED.
The Democratic Campaign In Ohio
Opened BY
Congressman nm, who Meets tho gloomy
Predictions Of The Republicans by
"A Mastery Presentation ofthe
Oause which Has Won
Public Confidence,

| the Sixth Congressional district, who
was designated by the State Committee
10 sound the keynote In opposition 10
| Senator John Sherman, who spoke at Mt,
| Gllead on Wednesday. Mr.. Hill went
| purpOsely 10 Washington several weeks
ago, and spent considerable time n the
nepartmenta gathering data for hla ar
| gument, aud the results are emb0 lied In
hia speech to-day. Touching the change
In the national administration Mr.. Hill
said.
"Tne days of United States Marshals,
armed posses at the polls and Internal
revenue apies have, | r1st, ended Ia this
country forever lainly while we ha 0
n Democratic President, These r'f 6.
tons alone ara subjects OF cOngratula.
| tiOn. IL Ia no six months aimee the ad-
mini4iration Of the Federal GoverDm mt
chaugAd. whatever changes folio we'd
| have been wholesome. and In the inter
epta Of the ppOpe. The calamltiea
which our Republican friends predicted
have not come. All the dire calamities
hich q diseased imagination OF the
g0uty Republican ll'e holder, aided by
| hia long continued gorge OF power and
dsbaucheTy could Invent we're spread
through the country as official truths
But the people we're tired OF being do
ceived, aud they voted for change,
The change has begun SLOWLY hul
or r,dnally, cautiously, prudently, safely,
and fast enough
WHAT LAMAR HAS DONE.
Referring TO the changes In the In
terror Department, the speaker asked,
"Wh,t has the Interior Department
dOnep" To this question he gave the
following answer;
IL lssutd more pensions 10 union aOld
iers, and 6djuat,d more old pension
claims during the last quarter OF the
fiscal year, than were ever issued under
Republican rule In any quarter, He
has stopDed the cutting Of tim ber on the
alternate sections OF land belonging 10
the Government, by tho great land cor
porations. " has stopped the system OF
making the claims Of applicants for
pensions Especial" where the party has
influential friends [ kept IN extreme
aud palpably meri,orous cases. thus
putting all applicants upon eqlal foot
Ing, aud preventing favored men flom
| unllk Julhpnu hhohu VI NHihil1 utopiNN
lag invalds.
II has given all applicants for pat,nts
equal opportunities for attention, and
II Is no longer necessary 10 employ Cor
tain high priced lawyers In 0rder To 30.
cure pr0mptness. II opens Its doors
without form, ceremony or red tape TO
oil who have claims 10 urge, petitions
10 present, or questions To ask, and the
humblest lab0rer IL ~ certain Of patient
aud respectful hearing AZ any Congress-
man, Senator, Governor or foreign
| "grandee."
IL regards the public domain ~ prop
erly held In trust by the Department
| for the people, and not az a grazing
ground IN be fenced In by the cattle
Ring', or numbering bonanza to be
invaded by the wealthy lumber thieves,
or to be stolen by the great railroad cor
p0ra Ions.
II has resisted all pressure for the ap
p0lntment 10 responsible positions OF
men believed TO represent great land or
railroad corporations.
II haa saved many hundreds Of thou
sands OF dollars to Government 10 the
matter OF contracts for the coming
year.
" has saved more than 100000 In
the contracts Tor Indian supplies for
the present fiscal year, az compared
with the last years expenditures.
IL has adopted the policy OF strict ad-
herence and construction ~ regards
Indian treaties, and proposes 10 hold
the lndlans 10 their contracts.
H. hau laniahaH nr hanun IN ha lab
oil interlopers from the Indian reser-
yations, and In the execution of this
policy, will make no distinction be.
tween the vagrant frontier brawler aud
the herder OF hundreds Of thousands Of
cattle,
IL has restored, and 10 restoring, mil
lions OF public lands that are now GOV
cred by fraudulent entries or distorted
claims.
10 has saved over a hundred thousand
dollars a year TO tho government In the
cost OF beef and -four alone for the Chey-
enne and Arapahoe Indiane, by having
u new census taken OF those tribes.
IL has prevented terrible Indian war
on the Kaneas border by dealing fairly
aud firmly with the savages.
II has disregarded the claims Of thirty
millions OF capital that claimed the
right OF pastnrage upon the lands OF
these Indians, and ordered them to 70.
move the herds at once, and the Presi-
dent has announced his Arm determina-
tlon TO enforce the order.
II has placed the Yellowstone Park
and Hot Springs, Ark, reservation under
such control as will protect them
against the manipulation OF rings and
make them what Congress designed they
should be, blessing to our people for oil
time.
II has proclaimed the public lands tho
heritage Of the people, and ordered the
removal OF the fences that enclose mil.
lions OF acres OF the Government domain
In the interest Of vast mon0polles, cut
ting the settlers of from the courses,
ponds and best cattle pasturage.
This 10 but beginning Of the great
work OF the Interior Department alone
and this OF itself, II nothing else, is
enough TO Justify the people Of the Uni
ted States In the defeat OF Blaine and
Logan and the election Of Cleveland and
Hendricks.
But my fellow citizene, the good work
does not end with the Interior Depart.
ment.
Postmaster General Villas has iuade
good beginning also. Let us see
what he has been doing and Ia doing.
First In the postal service the savings
effected from April 1, 1885, to July 3,
1885, are:
Decrease IN star ecrvco. co..,,,,nnu,,,,no,g 90 lB9
Steamboat service. c.,,,,,,,,,,,.,...,,,,,,,, 7bBi0
Mall messenger sorvico co.,.,,,..,,,.,,,.,., 9B6yB
Total and not decrease In above named ser
.,,,,,,,,,s,,...,,....,,,n,, 1bO,pOS