The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-09-20

For the last month or two hardly q
u day has passed without some we'll
known citizen announcing tO his
friends that he can no longer support
the party OF dear clothes and free whla-
key, OF which party he had been an
earnest supporter IN lta palmleat days,
This great change has not only been
manifested IN Canton, but IN MaaaillOn,
Alliance, New Berlin, Navarro and
other llourlahing towns IN this county,
and also among farmers In the county,
not considering the Immense host which
II duly coming over 10 Democracy out
side OF the county, and throughout the
entire country.
During the Republican National Con-
yention At Chicago Mr. Peter Sailer, tho
proprietor OF the mammoth cigar man
ufaotory NJ Masalllon, stated that under
certain conditions he could not support
the Republican party, which party he
had voted aud worked for since h6 be-.
came OF age aud under which party he
has held number Of municipal Offices
Of honor, In the nomination Of Gen.
eral Harrison and the High Protective
hNNhhlO WV NNllhlNlbh NlbhN NHA hlf
Sallec win support Cleveland and Thur
man. Rev. DresbaCh IL another who
will support Democracy aud the elO.
quent tongue has, h, and will DO much
good. There are - others there who
have ren0nnCed Republlcanlhin but
owing 10 the bitter denunclatlon OF the
Republican press they request that
newspaper publicity be not given the
conversion. II IL the same throughout
the county. In New Berlin leading
Republicans denounCe the free whls,
key party, The ProhlbItlonists will
get the majority Of them but good
share falls TO Democracy, In Canton
Dr. A. j. Douds, I, q. NighmOn, A, j.
Dart several ministers aud leading pro.
fesslonal and business men, nnd
private citizens have renOunced
the faith of Republicanlsm which
they have looked up 10 since the form.
alton Of that party, The turn affairs
have taken In Canton has utterly be.
wlldered the Republican managers, and
what little enthusiasm they had man.
aged 10 muster up over the nomination
OF Harrison has crept, like the Arabs,
quietly away. "A number OF these con.
verts have been announced from time
TO time through the News DEMOCRAT,
but the unwarranted attack upon
Thomas Lathrop, because he had seen
III TO read, investigate and think upon
the matter Of tariff and finally 70.
nounce the bugaboo Of which he had
been an earnest advocate for years,
startled these other representative citi-
zens, and brought from them requests
that their change be not made public,
The NEWS DEMOCRAT had hoped TO
introduce these people 10 rs readers,
and II Is with sorrow that II thus has TO
admit the bulldozing tactics Of the Re
publican press.
The latest convert TO Democracy Is n
rev arrival In Canton, Ills name is
Edward nlce, recently q resident of
Pikaway, and he Is now employed at
the furnace nc the Dueber works, He
stated that four years ago Major Nc.
Kinley had made q speech In his city
prediotNg that If Grover Cleveland was
electedWhe smoke would cease TO roll
from the smoke stack Of the manufao.
turing establishments; that shops IN
which the hum of industry made glad.
some music throughout the country
would be but a memory; that the en-
trancing music Of the hammer on the
anvil would be heard no more through.
out the length and breadth of the land
and many more of the smooth sen.
tences and taking Illustrations which
the willy Major was wont to give his
hearers instead Of facts and logic. Mr.,
Rice believed all this as he had done for
years before, and without n trem0r he
voted his ticket straight, When the
news that Democracy had triumphed
reached their city he about gave up the
ghost and watched day by day for the
general smash.up which he felt sure
would follow. Days passed into weeks,
weeks into months and months into
years, and instead OF ruin he said
he saw the fires glowing In furnaces
that had not been In operation for years;
that the hum of industry was greater
than be ever knew II before; that with
this increase In manufacturing he
secured u better position and was soon
able TO clothe his wife and child as they
had never been clothed before, but as he
had long desired to see them. Other
changes for the better he saw and ex.
perienced and now that he has moved
to Canton and hears the same mislead-
ing war cry of the Republican party
that he had heard four years ago, he
correctly takes his bearings and states
that he will support hereafter the party
under which he sees his condition has
been benefited and under which he
knows what happy hreside meant.
Coming through Cardington, Delaware
md other cities he states that he met
many of his laboring friends who would |
take the same course rs he had,