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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-09-09
EDMUNDs AND BLAINE.

During 1880, before the National Re-
publican convention met, citizen Of
Burlington, an intimate friend of Sena-
tor Edmunds, wrote to the latter for his
private opinion Of Mr.. Blaine as Re-
publican candidate. In answer to this
INQUIRY the Senator wrote that celebrst-
ed letter In which he described Blaine
as warrior ever ready to fight from be-
hind Jay GOuld's breastwOrks against
the anti-mOnOpolists.
This letter remained private property
for four years. Then 1t reached pub
licatiOn through very obscure and
roundabout channel. In 1884, when
the Republicans began to talk again
about candidates, this Edmunds letter
was shown to Vermont editor who was
supposed to be friendly to Edmunds'
This editor copied 1t and gave 1t to a
Democrat In Bennington by the name
of Childs. The latter has msnufac-
tory In Springfield, Massachusetts.
While there on visit Childs gave the
letter to the editor Of an obscure weekly
paper. It was published entirely only
in this paper. Other papers made the
paragraph from 1t which went the
rounds pretty generally, but not In the
official and convincing way that would
have resulted If the entire letter had
been copied.
Yet the letter was out. Mr.. Edmunds.
when asked to go into the campaign, re,
membered that this letter was
out and In Democratic hands.
He felt perfectly confident that he
would be confronted with 1t at his first
public appearance and that he would be
asked whether the letter was genuine or
not, and, If genuine, whether the senti'
ments contained In 1t were true or false.
Under the circumstances Mr.. Edmunds
thought his usefulness as an orator In
Blaine campaign was destroyed and
that be could render more service to his
party by remaining silent. This inter
estIng explanation has just been made
public by Mr.. Edmunds. II is not to be
wondered that he favOrs going to the
West for a candidate-far enough West
to secure q candidate who has never
been brought within the range of his
able and caustlc eplstolary criticisms.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-09-09

General James A. Beaver, who has
been nominated second time as the
Republican candidate for Governor Of
Pennsylvania, was born at Millersbnrg,
Perry county, In that State, on October
81, 1887, of good Huguenot stock. DE
was educated at Jefferson College, Can
onsburg, graduating In 1856, and at
once began the study of law. While
preparing himself for the bar, he Joined
the Bellefonte Fencibles, under Captain
Andrew G. Curtin. Young Beaver took
great delight in the FeDcibles, became
proficient In drill, and upon 6 vacancy
was elected second lieutenant Of the
company. Three years after his admis-
sion to the bar, when the Rebellion
broke out, Lieutenant Beaver went into
active service with his company, under
the three months call, and the time ex-
Diring July 26, was mustered out OF
service, but promptly re-enlisted again
In October, 1861, he helped to organize
the 55th Pennsylvania regiment, and
elected lieutenant colonel. When the
call FOR $1,000 men came, he was made
colonel of the Center county regiment,
the 148th, and from that time his mill
tRry career commenced. He was severe
ly wounded at ChsnCellorsvllle, but, be-
Ing removed to Harrisburg, took COM
msnd of Camp Curtin during the Gettys-
burg crisis. He participated In the bat
ties from Gettysburg to the Wilderness,
from the Potomac to SpotsylVania Court
House, Cold Harb0r and Gaines Mil to
the James. He was blown up by she'll
In front of Petersburg, and lost leg at
Reams' Station.
General Beaver then retired from ac-
tive service; was mustered out In 1865
and returned to BellefOnte, where he
engaged actively In law practice and
married. He took prominent part in
politics at once, and became well known
as a stump speaker in political cam
paigns. In 1880 he was the chairman OF
the Pennsylvania delegation to the Re-
publican national convention at Chicago
and was brought forward then for Vice.
President, but declined 1t, his own State
intending to put him forward for Gov
ernOr. In 1882 he received the nOmina-
tiOn for Governor, but, owing to party
revolt against the Cameron machine,
was defeated by the Independent candi'
date.
General Reaver was one Of the Com
mission to supervise the erection Of the
Insane Asylum at Warren, Pa, and for
years has been President Of the Board OF
Trustees Of the Pennsylvania State Col
lege, In Center cOunty-formerly the
State Agricultural College-snd MEM
Der of the Board of Trustees Of Jefferson
College and Lincoln University (cOlOred)
at Oxford, Penn.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-09-09

CHEAP sugar is the rule in all parts
Of the world. In England granulated
sugar is selling at cents per pound,
while crushed sugar sells at Wholesale
at 81 cents per pound. A citizen Of
Montreal states, according to the Mon
treal Herald, that he bought recently in
Glasgow pound of clean sugar for 2
cents. Similar prices would be pOssiel.
in the United States il they were not o.
tifcially kept up by our tariff, vic
imposes custom duties on all impInsj
sugar ranging from IA cents per pon"'
for the lowest grade or refining sugar
to cents per pound for refined LOAF,
crushed, powdered or granulated su-
gsrs. Even with these duties the aver
age price Of said sugars for refining has
fallen off from little over 81 cents
per pound In 1884 to Az of q cent per
pound, while granulated has been sold
as low as 6 cents. But there still re.
mains a wide disparity between the
price of sugar In Great Britain, where
this important article Of domestic con-
sumption Is admitted duty free, and on
the continent of Europe, where the i'm
prOvement made In the manufacture of
beet sugar has brought 1t into direct
competition with that from the cane,
the production Of beet sugar last year
amounting to 2.C55,0 tons, and that of
cane to 4,137,0OO tons, or but little more
than double that from the beet.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-09-09
RING DAY
10 tho Public Schools Of 0hlO--Parents
Made to Ante Up
Double Prices for School Books and Sup
plies for Their Children by the
School MOnOpoly--Other
State News.
Special to the Enquirer.

COLUMBUS, OHIO, Sept. 6.-This was
one of the anniversaries on which Van
Antwerp, Bragg s. Co., were heartily
blessed by the masses of our people. 1t
was the opening Of the fall term Of
school, and red letter day Of school
ring j0bbeFy. When the children came
home at noon they brought with them
printed slips requiring their parents to
buy books and supplies amounting from
81. .25 to $3.50, according to grade. When
the parents came to examine the thing,
they found hat not only the books, but
all the supplies" were sold by a mo-
nOpoly and at double prices, as for in
stance, no one Is permitted to supply
his children with q lead pencil unless
stamped Dixon H." or IN. H., rs the
case may be. For this he must pay FIVE
cents. He can buy better pencil, for
the alleged purposes for which 1t Is
used, for eight cents dozen. But the
ring pencil Is equired In all the schools,
although 1t is u .erly worthless as COM
pared with the ordinary pencils which
are retailed at one cent piece.
A ring composition book must be
bought at cost of fifteen cents. A bet
ter book for the same purpose can be
bought at thirty cents dozen. But the
ring book must be used In preference to
the better and cheaper one. And SO on
with all the books and all t. supplies.
Tley are merely examples of ring rob-
berry, made D. .s3ible by preventing the
commercial competition of stationery
stores.
The ENQUIRER asked Assistant Clerk
Fleming, of the State Board of Agricul.
ture. about the alleged discrepancy be
tween the tickets on the railroad and the
admission tickets to the fair. He said
that that matter pertsined solely to the
treasurer, who was furnished with
certain number Of tickets, which were
charged to him. When he settles he
must account for all Of them with
money or unsOld tickets. There were
about 10000 season, exhibitors and
stand tickets and free passes, none OF
which would show up In the ticket
boxes, and would account for pretty
big discrepancy between railroad and
admission tickets. The matter, however
the EIqulrer was assured, would be
thoroughly looked into and all the facts
given to the public. A ticket taker could
put tickets in his pocket and stand In
with the treasurer and knock down lots
of money, but no one suspects that. ,
The contracts for furnishing paper to
the State for the ensuing year were to-
day awarded to the following firms
Central Ohio Paper Company, denny
5 95 100 cents per pound; double aatcap,
10 SO 100 cents; cover paper, Z "a 10C
cents. Chatfield s. Woods, fatcap, II
34-1OO cents per pound. Ohio State
journal, denny, II 81 100 cents pei
pound. Wilstach, Baldwin & Co., I'm
perial, 1874 cents per pound; linen folio
1871. Cleveland Paper Company
medium, 12 23-10O cents per pound; man
lila, 8 SO 100. Louis Sniders' Sons
manila, 5 70 100 cents per pound. The
contracts thus awarded, combining thu
bids of all bidders, will cost the State
this year about $35, 900.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-09-09

RECRUITING for the Mormon church
among the poorer and more ignorant
classes Of Europe will receives check
If the New York immigration Commits
sioners are sustained by the courts in
the action which they took last week.
This Ia strict application OF the law
against pauper immigration, requiring
bond of $500 In the case Of every i'm
migrant who arrives destitute Of the
means Of support. OF the last importa-
tion of three hundred Mormon proselytes,
one hundred we're discovered to be In
this class and are now held and will be
sent back to Europe as psupers, unless
the required bond Is given for each.
The gentleman named Elder Mormon" +"
to whom these poor creatures refer as
responsible for them, will fnd long
purse necessary for the prosecution of
such business.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-09-09

The Cleveland Leader shows the great
disparity In wages between workers In
woolen factories In Germany and Amer.
lea. As usual that sheet leaves out an
important fact, namely, that Germany
has a protective tariff as we'll as the
United States. In free trade England
wages are higher than In protected
France and Germany. The same wage
comparison could have been made under
the low Democratic revenue tariff Of
1s46.
The better wages then In this country
Is not owing to the inlquitOus protective
tariff. Under the low Democratic tariff
wool got better prices than under
protection. Why do not protec'
tectiOnists meet these pointsp Mil
llOnalres and pauperism have increased
under protection enormously. Aad the
protected Industries have suffered from
depression and collapse. Let the Blaine
organs explain all these, or shut up.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-09-09
SLIGHT SHOCKS
Still Continue to Disturb the People OF
Charleston, 8. @.

Still Continue to Disturb the People OF
Charleston, s. O.
CHARLESTON, s. G.. Sept. 5.-There was
another shock at HOS tonight. II was
not severe, and the duration was about
two seconds.
The prevailing belief here tonight is
that the worst is over, and that the in-
habitants are reasonably secure from
further Visitati0ns OF earthquake. This
belief is based mainly upon the assur-
ances OF scientists, who say there is not
the slightest probability of recurrence
OF the more fearful shocks after the
lapse Of 80 much time.
With the feeling Of comparative secur-
1ty thus rendered, persons who left the
city In hot haste to elude danger have
begun to return, and visitors and sight.
seers are putting In an appearance.
Four times as many people were regis
tered for dinner at the hotels to-day
than at any time since the visitation Of
the earthquake, and all the available
rooms at the various h0stelries are en-
gagged for tonight. Few II any of these
rooms would be occupied In case OF an
| other shock, and that may come with the
pressure of the tide at midnight. Very
few Of the regular inhabitants will re-
turn to their homes during the week
In fact, 1t Is the most daring of the
strangers who yet venture inside Of
building, and these do so because they
have no true appreciation Of the effect
that a severe shock would have at this
time, when the houses hang together
by slender threads.
All Of the one or two hundred incom.
ers Of to day expressed surprise at the
en0rmousness of the destruction.
Why" said one from Washington, az
had no Idea that what read was true.
The accounts In the press are read with
great interest, but no one has any idea
Of the true condition of Charleston" In
this condition 1t is proper to state that
no reports have been received here Of
material misststements by newspaper
representatives. Difficulty would be en-
countered In attempting TO exaggerate
the condition Of Charleston st this time.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-09-09
SCHOOL HOUSES IN CINCINNATI.

The model school house Of 1888, propa-
eating Its kind by multiplication, has
produced fifty-seven buildings, some Of
which are palatial In size.
Our school rooms, taken together, have
floor area Of about twenty acres, on
which vast field an army Of over thirty
five thousand boys and girls are drilled
for the campaign Of life. Thlrty-6ve
thousand would suffice to populate
gOod'sized city.
Instead of the twenty-five teachers
who, In 1880, taught all the children In
the public schools at an average salary
Of lees tllan $3.50 per annum, we now
count regiment Of nearly seven hun
dred teachers, at an average annual cost
Of more than $780, The pupils In the
schools are instructed at cost to the
city Of only $16 each, about the price of
q cheap suit Of clothes or dear spring
bonnet.-[C Commercial Gazette.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-09-09

IT Is interesting to note that volcanic
phenomena have lately occurred in the
north Of France, where nothing Of the
sort have ever been seen before. A whole
chain Of hills In the department Of
Msyenne has been violently shaken, and
from numerous assures In the earth,
according to local reports, flames have
been seen issuing. The men Of science
Of the region pronounce the phenomena
undoubtedly volcanic. With such occur
rences In northern France, and fatal
earthquakes in part of North America
where none have been known before, q
relative weakening of the earth's crust
would seem likely.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-09-09

THE Blaine campaign in Maine de-
velops fresh humorous features every
day. The laboring men seize every
OCCASION to express their contempt
for BlAine's deliverance on the ques-
tions which especially concern them,
and some Of their speakers make
exceedingly effective retorts upon him.
Ralph Beaumont Of New York evoked
hearty applause from q gathering Of
1000 knights Of Labor In Maine the
other day, when he contrasted Mr..
Blaine's praise Of protection with the
wretched condition Of the miners In the
celebrated Hooking Valley region, and
said: "For twenty-five years we've had
this protection Mr.. Blaine offers us, and
we have made more millionaires and
more paupers under that system than
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-09-09

THE New Orleans Plcsyune, uuder the
head of Poisoning Our News" asserts
that "the so-cslled special kilograms
from the City Of Mexico and along the
lines In that Republic have been Of late
the most unmitigated lot Of lies that
have ever been imposed upon the
American public" And it charges that
these shave been engineered by jay
Gould and the capitalists that have rail-
road and mining interests in the Repub-
lie of Mexico" The dispatch containing
charges against the accredited agent Of
the United States, Mr.. sedgwick, the
Plcayune refused to receive, through
distrust Of Its source, and 1t declares its
belief that "the men who made 1t part Of
the Associated Press news knew that 1t
was libellOus and false, and put 1t out
as such with a view Of affecting public
opinion"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-09-09

AFTER all the fears Of pestilence from
imported rags and all the loss and Vexs-
tion caused to dealers by regulations
requiring dislnfectiOn, q committee Of
the Boston Board Of Health reports that
there is not a particle Of evidence that
cholera is ever carried In rags. They
have come In abundance from India,
the home of tho cholera, and though not
dislnfected, never caused case of that
disease. Neither were domestic rags
ever known to have carried 1t. The only
disease disseminated by them, Of which
there Is any proof, Is small pox. 1t is
another instance Of the way people
make trouble for themselves by consult
ing their fears instead Of facts.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-09-09

TIE Republican managers seem to be
already very sick Of the vile suit brought
against John Mcbride, as witness the
following from the Columbus special
dispatch to yesterdays. Commercial:
ut looks as IL there was very little,
If anything, In the case filed here yester.
day against John McBride--certainly
nothing Of a political character. y
Mrs. Neiswander denies the story OF
her husband In the strongest terms,
and all interested In the case testify
against the man bringing the suit. II
Is believed that the case would not
stand minute could 1t be got into
court for hearing"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-09-09
EARrHoUAKE literature Is In deman,

EARTHQUAKE literature Is In demand
now. We get our learning chiefly from
dissertations which show the want Of 1t
Prof. John Mines recently published
treatise on earthquakes In Appleton's
International Scientific Series, the
latest and perhaps the best authority on
the subject, describes an earthquake as
"an uncompleted effort TO establish a
Volcano" 1t Is the generally accepted
theory that the conVulsion Is caused by
the internal crumbling Of the earth's
crust, due to its gradual contraction
from loss of heat. But there are other
theories. 1t came very near to being q
volcano at Charleston. Why the failure,
and how 1t will be some other time, is q
fruitful theme, the discussion Of which
will add not little to the general and
specific knowledge Of the whole subject
Of earthquakes and related phenomena.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-09-09

grace, Venezuela scandal, San Domingo
job, carpet.bag government, plundering
the south, frauds In the pOstofiee de-
partment, printing frauds. frauds In the
construction Of public buildings, frauds
In the pension Office, in the department.
Of justice, Sherman's pet bank, the De
Golyer swindle, SanbOrn frauds, back
pay steal and black Friday scandal, and
last, but: not least, the great crime OF
1875.
We might cite further wherein the
government has been swindled by pecu-
lating Office holders. This wholesale
stealing was not done by Democrats.
No, the Republicans controlled the gov
eminent during the regime Of the thiev-
ing rascals. Republican Office holders
and their friends did 1t all. In the above
successful schemes to rob the govern
ment there were more than 10000 office
holders, their friends and henchmen
interested. Nearly 9O0,OOO,OOO Of public
lands we're voted as subsidies to rail
roads In which the Republican office
holders shared with the corporations.
More than. $15O.OOO,OOO in one way and
another was. stolen under cover Of ap-
propriations for internal improvements
aud subsidies of various kinds.
OF course Republicans generally are
not guilty, but ring of office holders
and their accomplices have brought
that party and the nation into disgrace.
Let the g. o. p. organs remember history.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-09-09

we're ever made In q civilized country
on the earth In the same time before"
While the labor orators are thus ridi'
culing his nOstrum for the cure OF the
labor troubles, Blalne's temper is aggra-
waited by the reception which the press
Of the country has given Senator Frye's
famous "smirch" speech at HOulton ten
days ago. He Is represented BY re-
porter OF the New York Sun, writing
from Houlton, Me-. to be very angry
with Frye, and poor Frye In his at
tempts to explain has been forced
to have recOurse to the familiar old
Blaine dodge Of claiming that he
was misrepresented
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-09-09

REPUBLICAN conventions throughout
the country are arraigning the Demo-
Gratis In one breath because they have
"emptied the Treasury" and in the next
berating the President for not paying
out the surplus faster In redemption Of
the debt. If the Republican Senate 'nad
been given it's way there would be no
surplus to quarrel about. New taxes to
raise an additional $4,000, 900 or $780,
100000 Of revenue would have been the
order of the day.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-09-09

OF course Mr.. Blaine In his speeches
in Maine appeals to base greed, and
claims that the protective tariff Of his
party has done wonders for their towns
there, giving them work and so enab.
ling them to live. Did not the people
Of Maine live and prosper before the
Republican party existedH Did they not
live and thrive under the Democratic
revenue tariff prior to the WARP Dur
ing that time labor Jared better than 1t
has under Republican protection.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-09-09

1T Is said that the limit Of human ge-
MUS has been reached in devlsing ways
to evsde the prohibitory law In Iowa.
But the common way, according to the
Burlington Hawkeye, is to repair on
Sunday to some leafy dell and drink all
day, a fOur-gallon K eg Of ale being the
usual form of stimulant. One brewer,
it is asserted, sold 24S kegs for
Sunday drinking, say nothing Of the
more ardent drinks.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-09-09

For pure adsmsntine cheek in the
construction of platform, the Missouri
Republicans are entitled to the prize.
They denounce the Democrats for hsv-
ing failed to reform the tariff" al.
though their own Representatives in
two Congresses voted solidly against
even the consideration Of the subject,
which two-thlrds Of the Democrats IA
vored. The Prohibition troubles are
making the grand old partisans crazy.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-09-09

The prolonged turmoil In the Indian
apolis Congressional district has been
adjusted by another Democratic district
convention, and the denomination Of the
present member, VIM. D. Bynum. he
was elected in 1884 by majority Of
1,245 In a poll of $4,000 votes. Two other
districts in which there are Democratic
Wrangles remain to be adjusted.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-09-09

A basket picnic of Pennsylvsnians, to
which all those born In Psnnsy lvanis,
residents Of Stark county, their children
and friends, are invited, will be held at.
Lake View, Meyers Lake, Wednesday,
the 22d inst, the purpose Of which is to
perpetuate friendly relations among
those who are natives Of the "Grand
Old Commonwealth" and their descend
ents. II Ia proposed to effect perma-
nent organization to meet for purposes
Of social intercourse annually, and 1t Is
hoped all who are eligible to member
ship may be specially enrolled.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-09-09

THE Plain Dealer makes the following
assertion, which is without doubt en-
tirely true:
at is well known fact that when
Francis Murphy was labOring In CleVe-
land last fall. he and his son were work
ing for Murphy g Co. from the rostrum,
and when not laboring they we're put
ting In their best licks for the Republi-
can party.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-09-09

IT used to be New Hampshire that
stood first on the list Of States that
stocked other States. Now 1t Is Yer
mont. More of her natives reside else
where In the country than any other
State, the last census showing that IT,
576 Of the 42s,688 white natives, or
nearly AZ per cent. Of the whole number,
had settled In other States or Territories,