The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-11-01

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Democrats, tho supreme hour is come,
The time Is hero when you must decide
byyour votes whether you plead guilty 10
every vile slanderuttered against you and
your party Your opponents are hrulally
plain spoken They toll you frankly that
" you vote their tieket you vote for your
own Disgrace For lol these many years
they have boldly proclaimed that tho
Democratic party consisted chiefly oi tho
Ignorant and criminal tho poorest and tho
yiest that ID was unfit 10 hold power aud
incapable of governing tho country that
II was reasonable and lawlesR, and that
Democratic rule would be rain 10 the best
Interests of tho country, Is there Demo-
eFpt who believes those ehargeai
II there ls Que, he should now vote Tor
Harrison,
Whyi Because by 80 doing he would
lndorse the old alander
Democrat plaln, honest man, II you arc
heaitatlng at this moment, thlnhQg of
voting any part of tho Republican tolset
consider this fact such vote nov ID y
plain confession that tho Republicans told
tho truth whpu they made these charges
Remember that for a Democrat 70 vote
agaluat his party now Is very different
indeed from the same act by Republican.
The Republican, by changing his vote,
would simply acknowledge that ho had
been mlRtaheui tho Democrat would IN
fact plead guilty 10 the yilpst charges
made aguluRt him and hls party,
They told you four years ago aud eight
years ogo and mauy other times that
your party the party which comprises q
majority Of the american people, had not
sense and honesty enough 70 administer
tho government even four years, II you
plead guilty, vote for a Republican, They
charged that Clweland'a success would
lnjure laborlng mon aud paralyge busl'
ness Has II done lty II you Say yes,
vote Tor Republican, They taunted you
with bolug In a reasonable association,
an enemy Of tho Union, despher Of tho
lag u hotor OF tho veteran soldier,
traitor 70 truth aud patriotism Il you
plead guilty, vote for q Republican, Tho
very man they now present for president
declared repeatedly that Democrats were
unat for public trust, and hia main sup
porter tho piun who viii run him" II an
adjective proyllenco makoa him president,
hurled all tho optAola Of "bulldoser"
"yoto thief" "baliot box studer"
"traltor, "whlahy party" against pomo
Gratis, II you cay ho was right, vote Tor
u Republican, Cor IN no other way eau you
nay u 40 effectively
We call attention 70 thoao things be
cause there la q rro3t cry Just now that
Democrat hers and there 10 almost per
auedod 10 vote lust thla tlmo" for the
other party Just this time 10 tho yoiy
time for you 20 emphasize your verdict
against tho old elandor, -Four years ago
tho people made q Democrat president A
vote against him now simply means thlal
III confess that wo 90 u party aro u fallurei
| confoea that wo aro aa mean 40 the
enemy said, confoss that our president
Is not TO bo trusted, aud that hia odmin'
atraton han been bad" DO not mistake
tho Issue. Tha u Just what II mcaus
Remember that between parties the con.
dltIons are not equal, A Republican cen
now Ion tho Democrats with tho highest
honor, end nany Thousands Of them have,
because the old Issues arc eottlod but tho
Democrat who deserts hl1 party now
maEoa so humIllotlng q confession that ho
Emat bo deaplscd aud 0uocrod at oven by
those ho Gcryes
Thank God. thoyu Nro fow. very few do.
Gogtea, Tho old raul,s Oro Intact. and wo
have thousands Of now oohycrta, All we
need now 10 u full vote, Lot every Demo.
orat consider himself rallyiug tommlt.
tco, Remember that the Republican party
has fallon under tho control Of ita worst
clements, that its aucccso this tlmo 10, not
40 somotlmci merely the success OF one
policy rather than anolhcri but II Is The |
success OF bosses mud combines. trusts"
and monopolloa. II la not iho success Of |
q Lincoln. u Summer orGn Arthur. but the |
bucooaB Of o BlaIuo oad on Elklua a Quay |
and Warner Miller Of monopollsu
greed and party aryugonco, Success at |
this election would 10 strengthen the |
rlngl that many years Of misrulo might |
pass before o lucoogsful effort could bc |
mado to dltlodgo them, Now 10 tho time |
for you to decide for many ycorg |
perhaps Tor all the future, whether
our government oholl bo administered |
on tho principles Of jefferson ond
Is, that all doubts bo 70.
solved In favor Of tho plain pooplo-or
whether centralized wealth and power
shall override tho poor.
Our opponents alwGya have much to
say Of Democratic mistakes, and Dono.
cratO, being human. mako mistakes ocea.
bionally In government, But hero 10 the
great distinguishing principle between
tho purtoG Democracy aims at tho good
of tho plain people, tho toillng masses,
md In their interest II 10 never ashamed
10 admit whoro II has erred aud start
ngain on another line, but always with
tho same object, This 10 tho bed rock
principle Of your party; this is what you
nro 10 sustain at this election.
Consider, then, wo repeat, that II thcro
have boon occasional orrors, they con and
will DO iightodi that u failure 10 voio tho
Democratic tlckot now 10 M acceptance
of al tho vilo accusations made against
you that tho party Is now only aiming to
secure Justice and liberty for all, ospe
,ially tho poor and tho laborors that his.
Lorlcally II Is tho party Of labor; that II
viii continue In tho future as In the past
70 war against all monopolica; TINT, nc
matter wlat wealthy corporations, subsl
lisod editors or Republican orators may
PROMISE, II is always safest In tho long
'un to trust the party Of tho plain people.
md with nll these Ia mind, not only vote