The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-04-01

A workingman Dilatss On Jay Gould an'
Protection.

A Worklngmnn DiiatsS ON Jay uouid ana
Projections
FFp DEMocRAT.- present critical
and nnaettled condition OF the country
Ia Genlorable In the extreme. The great
Iahor revolt Throughout nearly the
eUbole Unl0n IA evidence OF gigantic
wvon ga thai labor has suffered for many
.veaTa through the maehinaiions OF dis'
honeat politicians with diahOnest cor
pOrate wealth. l.,
The most conspicuous figure to-day ls
Jay Gould, who, twenty-five yearH ego,
ran a tanneTy and peddled BOOKS
through town along the line OF a Penn
sylvonie railroad. Of which tho writer
was conductor Of train, and who 10 day
IA Teputed 10 ba worth more lhen any
other man In the whole world No one
pretends TO say he got II honestly ~ ~
his methods OF dealing with politicians
was exposed IN 1873 through y railroad
1narrel In New York State, when no
said: III 10 not know how much l PAID
towards helping friendly men. we had
fonr statel to look after and we hai 10
anIt onr pOlItiCs 10 circumstances ia u
Democratic district was Democrat W
a Rennhlican | was Republican, and
in n doubtful | WAS doubtful. bul IN
avery district and AZ all times | nave a.
ways been an Erie man" The state OF
things unearthed by that Investigation
was AMPLY astounding, showing Gould
20 be scoundrel OF the hrst water' as az
ills bribery and plunderlng OF
the E ie road In company win Jlm
Fisk, IL fully Disclosed. Aud ever since
In hls rapacious progress he hada llttle
difficulty interpOsed ny law. No power
ia 40 dangerous TO society nor 40 har1 10
restrain as that Of great accumnlallons
in individual hands. II ls not necessary
Ia multiply words or TO present proof OF
Ihe almost lnylnclble power OF money
with the living example OF the. Roth.
achllde. the Jewish bankers OF the old
world, where none OF ite nation could de.
clare war, make or modify ita financial
and Industrial institutions without hrst
consulting these deepots,
The curae and blight to this country
was the advent TO power Of me Republl
can pArty, who, by its prac'
tlces, haa created by Legislation
grants OF monstrous proportions,
AZ the National banking system,
The Gould system, ayndlcates, corpora,
tiOn monopnllsts and God knows what
NOT, until al last the putrld and Tester
InQ mass has broken out oil over the
land by Iis false teachings and corrnp'
ton: aud the lab0reT who for years
mas supported the Protection" party
by his vote when pressed to the wall for
A bare subsistence strikes, and then IL
confronted by the military, who, under
the guise OF law and order, are prepar'
cd 10 shoot them down like dogs. He
has placed the bonds and yoke upon MS
own neck and has only himself 10
blame,
Jay Gonld has made the assertion that
there will be change In this govern
ment. He says: 1--WE shall shortly be
living under Monarchy, would
give a million OF dollars TO see Grant
back In the White House." This was
before Grants death
The American people have more
patience 10 the square Inch than any
other nation on earth, but when they
realize that the towers OF liberty are
tOppliDg; that the sacred bulwarks OF o
free civilization are reeling TO their fall
they viii arise 10 their might and maj.
esty. The men Of great deeds are not
all dead; only sleeping. The suppressed
spirit Of the masses, that the Emperor
OF the Rail and his marahala have not
considered, let them weigh II well, for
In the day OF triumph and sp0llation the
wrath Of the people will come upon
them like blast from the desert, while
the man on horseback, who lies now
quietly at Riverside will never again
help them. JOHN BRYAN
CANTON, March 20,h.