The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-10-25
A FAMOUS eorvner no DoMoc
nAoY,

Every Intelligent leAdef OF news
papers haa heard OF tho Hon, Geo, II
Wedding, QUO OF tbe most eloquent aud
fascinating orators on the platform
Mr., Vending will be remembered also
az one of the nblest defenderH OF the
christian iNllh, against the assaults OF
Bob lngeraOIl, The high christian
character of MI Wendliug, bis pro-
found scholarship aud continent wide
reputation aR orator, humanitarian aud
scholar make his o0nyerslon 70 Demoo'
raoy a moat signal pointer on the dflll
Of the best thought aud influence TO-
wards tho Democratic party, MI
Vending made u speeeh at his owl
home In shelbyyille, Illinois, In whist
he gives his reasons for desertng the
Republican party ia this campaign, and
no one who knows hin can doubt HE
sincerity, After paying glowing trib'
ute 10 Lincoln aud Grant, aud the OLD
lime leaders OF Republloanlem, MI
Vending takes up the convention thai
nominated Gen, Bon Harrison for PIes'
ident lie says
III have seen a convention OF hepuD'
llCan politicians, ledtby Foraker, MI
leF, Alger and other names, almost IN
known 10 the Republican maaaeh, noml-
nate a gentee and ahrewd corporation
lawyer for president on u platform
which bellies the convictions OF
hlee fOurtha OF The hrpublieali
party 10 ls u pleehood 10 say
that Republican y0tera would pIele
lntaxed whIskey 10 u low tarlil, Ito
publican leaders At Chicago belled tlell
followers aud betrayed them when thev
pledged the Republican par lor rem v
The tax from whlakey aud tobacco
rather than lower other Federal taxes
That pledge was adr0itly won by thu
manipulatlOna of millionaire mOn0pO
lIata. IL was not aud IN not the voice
lf that great body OF moral aud respect
ble men who made the Republican,
party u thing Of power ana Influence
Nevertheless the pledge has been sol
amnly made. Therefore must follow
these latterday politicians who, ~ years
after the war, pledge o party OF oOOQOUu
voters TO war taxes IN Time OF peace,
Ven at the expense OF untaxed whiakel
N must vote for Grover Cleveland
No politician, no convention, no admin
Istration shall ever have u mortgage on
NY heart aud brain, TO God, to nv
own conscience, aud 10 my own sens
Of patriotic duty do ! stand amenNblt
ior my use OF the treeman's priceless
weapon, the ballot, No man but
coward or beggar for party fayo
fears q party lash That ~ one reason
why / respect Clinton Flske and Gov
.rnor ~, John and the Prohibltionlst
ut large, Whether right or wrong, they
dre not towards
Mr.. Vending then discusses The
Chicago platform very vigorously, ano
denounces without stint the atroclous
doct Inc that We shall take The tax OF
The vices OF life and keep the war tariff
on The poor mans necessities lie the
tells the country what he intends 10 do
Aud here is what he says;
~ am for Grover Cleveland. ] am
'or him, not because he Is q Democrat
nor because he Is the nominee OF the
g. Louis convention, but because
believe he Is as unselhsh aud devoted Il
patriot as Abraham Lincoln, 0s saga
lous politician as William II, Sew
ard rs simple and inC0rruptible ~
Roscoe Conkllng, and because he
combines all these shining |
qualities with the iron will anu
the iron nerve of Andrew Jackson and
took by the throat the greatest enemy |
10 human labor and human freedom
that the world has ever known since
human slavery went down before tht
emanclpatly IN proclamation, i hal
Grover Cleveland as the emanCpatol
of labor from the chains Of protected
monopoly. greet him In the millions
OF tOilers In the mines and factories, on
prairles and 10 the forests, as their
iiberator from the subtle aud cruel
bondage Of an insidious tax
alton which drains tnelr resources aud
would keep them and their children a
race of hirGlings. | believe such men
as Cleveland are sent for high and
special purpose. | see Washington
confront unllinchngly the power OF q
British king; I see Jackson with the
righteous rage anu strength Of Sampson
throttle the United States Bank; ] see
Lincoln with divine strength In his
troubled heart and divine compassion
In his sad face strike down slavery; ]
see Cleveland shifting with the power
Of q giant gigantic wrong, the last
relic OF feudalism on our continent, and
then | see that God reigns In the his
tory of nations and raises up great
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