The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-07-26
A LABORING MAN
Discusses Matters Political in Very
Vigorous English.
Good Advice to Fellow Laborers- Hon.
j.. Z. Monnet Endorsed for
Congress.

Ed. NEws-DEMoCRAT: l noticed In
the weekly issue of the Democrat, July
10, that George W. Thornbugh had been
nominated at Alliance for Congress
man on the Union Labor ticket. Now
that vas a piece of folly, nonsensical.
and "Loves Labor Lost" Without a
doubt, it pleases the great apostle of
Protection, who is looking for another
term 10 Congress. He played it rather
slick in the same city two years ago in
order to prevent the Democratic dele
gates endorsing Charles Jenkins, the
nominee for Congress by the Knights
Of Labor, who would have been elected
without a doubt. But a plentiful sup
ply of Protection doodle knocked the
scheme III the head. Phelps was nomi,
mated, and of course, defeated.
* divided party can never WIN, and
it would seem that the working men
have had enough experience in that
line. They rant and roar about hard
oinles, &c, heap curses on the monopo-
lists, which Mckinley has helped to
create, by voting year after year for
Protection" Now, why has not Nc
kinley, in the many years he has beeu
II Congress, introduced a bill to check
the grand rush to America of all the
paupers, criminals, riff-raff, rag-tag and
scum of King ridden Europe. But he
never will. He works for monopoly,
who want cheap labor and free immigra,
ton. Last year eighty-three thousand
italians landed i'll this country. This
recollect, of one nation, who are like
the Hungarians-nearly as bad as the
Ohinaman.
The siren song of Protection, HIS
served to mislead the American
voter for years. Education, however,
is having its effect, and will be more
%preceptible this fall than ever, especial
ly after the election in November.
| take no stock in these different So
called Labor Parties. They can accom-
piish nothing, and can only make a
laughing stock of themselves. The
writer wandered off with one of these
Labor parties, but has repented in sack
cloth and ashes, and returned to his
fathers house and his first love, j. g.,
the old Democrat party. And l intend
to stick to it.
1t is the only party of the common
people-the only party of popular gov
eminent; and it will stand as long as
the country does. The Republican
party expects to get votes this fall by
opening up the old sores of the civil
war of twenty-five years ago and by
shouting Protection" TO the first l
would call their attention to the late re-
union of the Blue and Gray at Gettys-
burg. To the second / would say that
Protection is the gospel of pillage. Its
catches and signals constitute the cant
OF the religion of thieves.
The scheme is good only for those
who get their hook into it. For the
masses it is a highway robber, collect
ing toll of everybody who is not in the
brotherhood of Protective freebooters
by the deXterous use of an act of
congress.
Lev us bid Mr.. Mills and his col
leagues a God speed and to be of good
cheer. The country is with them. and
the more they are abused the more they
will be loved by the common people.
Let them not be discouraged. 1ntelli-
gent men are not to be duped by the
din of Chinese gongs, imported direct
from the land of that gigantic Wall,
which is the most enduring and fitting
monument of protection" on earth.
The painted harlOt whistles to keep
her courage up, but presently we shall
old bones to a hospital, there to die an
outcasts death.
Let us demand that taxation, like
the dews of Gods bounty, shall fall on
all alike.
Before l close l want to nominate a
mar for Congress in this district who
can be elected. l nominate John 4.
Monnot, of Canton. Every working
mar will vote for him. His record in
the Legislature says so.
JOHN BRYAN.
Corbin, KY, July IS, 1888.