The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-09-16
MoKINLEY's CHEEK,
He Grossly Abuses His Privileges at q
Soldiers Reunion.


Soldiers Reunion.
The last issue of the Carroll Chronicle
fires the following hot shot into Nc.
Klnley for his gross abuse Of the pro-
prieties of the occasion while address,
Ing gathering of old soldiers In Car
roll county:
Major Mckinley ls a great mana
very great man-gTeat like the old Dutch
Doctor who "thrOwed everything into
fits and cured them," because he was
hell on fits" Mckinley is "hell" on
Protection and always cures all ills of
the bedy polite by the panacea Protec
ti0n-a panacea that kills but never
cures policy that has made more
milliOnaires and paupers than any other
policy pursued by our government.
Last Thursday, while addressing
Soldiers Reunion at LeesVille, Major
Mckinley abandoned his pet theory and
grossly abused his privileges as pub
lie speaker and the occasion very much"
by pitching into the Democratic admin
istratlon and especially criticizlng Pres
ident CleVeland's VetOes Of fraudulent
private pension bills. II was never so
disgusted with a speech In my life,"
said George +. Spencer, Perry town
ship veteran Of four years. Myself and
two other soldiers left as soon as Nc
Kinley commenced his cunning lies"
said another Democratic soldier, while
minister Of the gospel who never
voted Democratic ticket expressed the
words first quoted in this paragraph.
These Republican politicians have the
morals of pirate and the audscity of
the devil. A machine with 40-tOn Ca
pacity for throwing manure couldn't
excel them In dirt-thrOwlng. II Rev.
Hahn, McKinley's prohibition competi-
tor, had at the same meeting made o
Prohibition stump speech and called the
two old parties "Whisky parties," the
crowd would have hissed him down.
Why didn't they hiss McKinleyp Prob
ably because Democrats are accustomed
to such political scaVengers, and don't
care to fight them with their own weap-
ons.
There Is a method In the madness Of
the Republican politicians this year on
the pension business. They are seeking
haven of safety In the coming storm.
Equal to the cuttle-fish In cunning they
muddy the waters so as to be safe from
Dursuers. Republican management of
the Pension bureau is being dragged to
the light of day and receiving q merci'
less exposition.
The Pension Department under Re-
publican rule was run as Republican
electiOneering machine. 1t contained %
clerks who were Democrats and 1472
who were Republicans. This was a
good example Of snivel surface reform.
Many of these clerks travelled over the
country as electiOneering agents, and
the department records show it, although
eighteen letter books have been entirely
destrOyed-nOthlng left but the indices.
Pensions were granted to applicants in
close States and In close congressional
districts, to the neglect of all others,
however worthy. Dudley, the chief of
department, made his famous Soap"
campaign in Indiana In 1880. Tell-tale
letters from Senators Sherman and Cul-
lOm and Congressman Alph Hart are
still on file to show how this sacred
pension trust was run In perfidy and
shame. For instance: list Of names Is
on file to whom Congressman Hart said
ut was necessary to be Republican to
get a pension" Could infsmy go
furtherP
All this is being unearthed in the Pen
sion Office to the alarm Of the Republi.
cans and they seek to throw dust In the
eyes Of honest inquirers after the truth.
Hence McKinley's partisan fury at a
social celebration.