The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-03-11
A THEME Fon ooNsIprnArIoN.
Rev Plaitor's sermon, "communlsm and
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Rev Plaitpr's sermon, "Communlsm and
Workingmans thoughts thereon
EDTOR DEMOgRAT:--I lls'uoi last
sahoHtf eyrnlhB 10 the grand sermon
IN 'C0mmuni-m,' preached In the
PfsbylerlAn church, OF thi4 city, by
nv ID II Pluter, and rep 0duced In
me DEMOCRAT Monlay, which for care
fol lnyealig cation Of fac's. plain words,
simple truth and beauty Of execution
rxtels anything | have heard In a long
time. IL gave 10 "A great many persons
q theme for consideration, who perhaps
have never given the matter u single
th0ught-One OF the most mOmen tOns
In our country TO day, which IN ruled
by the banking and transportation
companies OF the land, and is virtually
an Empre except In name, brought
about by The marty which has had charge
ana run the Government for the past
quarter Of a century. This potent fact
The orator did not notice, but which Ia
nevertheless trnej and II IL time quick
remedy was res0rted 10, and One which
should b, nothing lesa than the destruc.
ton Of the National Bond Banking Mo.
nOpOllatic party, that engendered,
who have brought upon us our present
evlla, aud who TO day are nearly all
Republican party million aires, who
have brihed the voter, the Congressman
ana the Legislator, who inaugnrated o
system OF p llitical executive asaa sina.
lions In America on the European plan,
which made ita entrance IN revolution
, ana bids fair TO make It's exit In like
manner.
said We were an Empire except In
name; | Will prove II, To-day we have
more tenant farmers paying rents 10
" gllah or absentee landlords than all
England, Ireland, Scotland aud Wales
combined, Elgllsh noblemen are
quietly purchasing all tho land they
can, and our Senate aud COngTesa
allow them 10 do II. Go 10 the
nearest city you have (Cleyeland) and
you can sea any quantity OF liyeried
lllnkeys, danCing attendants at the car
rage with its family crest engraved
npOn the door, Go TO Poverty Barn al
night In the same city and witness the
herd Of humanity crouch aud crawl for
shelter from the fierce blasts OF winter.
Go 10 Euclid avenue In the same CITY,
WI tho Hhiho nlkH't hnu lOuh Nv lnb
pAlatial palaces OF the lights glintlng
through the yarlegated gase, and the
gay assemblage aud the loud laughter OF
the sh0ldy thrOng an II breaks upon the
midnight air, Mrs. Garfield, with half
million d0llHrs, and the Government
paying her besides t5 600 per year. taken
from those VINO lIbIr To live, while O
grand daughter OF that immortal states
man, Thomas ] iffs0n lives In almost
ahject poverty. What O shameful con-
traal
Our great cities are becoming angll.
cl2ed The millions In the mire. The
millionaire Qul Mug the Me Of Debonair.
Poverty, deep, devouring capitalism,
yampireism, morn TIL night drudgery
driven 10 death. The ferOcity OF com.
pelitlve etrlfe-cOrrupt and fostering
polltics--Jay Gould aud Vanderblltism,
inlemperance, harl0lry; a Republican
party snbeid d and venal press. These
are only some OF the mOnslrous evils
brought TO life by the most corrupt set
OF men since the days OF the pro-consuls
OF ancient Rome, ycept the Republican
party which is to-day with brazen im-
pudence forcing Itself TO the front for
political preferment. JOHN BRYAN.
CANTON, o., March 0.