The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-06-13
THE ABSORPTION or our PUBLIC
DOMAIN,

The Chicago News expresses surprise
that Tx Governor Foster has failed In
his mission as minister pleRipOtentiary
aud envoy extraordinary to The Sioux
Indiana, II says
1--WE learn with surprise that The Sioux
Indians are getting stubborn, aud TO-
fuse 10 give up thnlr lands ~ the be-
hest OF lGX XGuyern0r Charley Foster
for the small prlGe OF 6l,2b an acre,
We thought "CalioO Charley" could
Wheedle anybody out Of anything,
Somebody ought 10 tell these untOrtur-
cd aaylgea how happy tho people IN
Ireland are, whose lands were taken
away from them and given 70 Others,
IL ought 70 DO demonstrated 10 them
that q alandltaa nation can ba just Ra
eonlenled ~ llah out Of water, every
biL"
Why Ia II that the Government Of
the United States II 10 day Offering the
Indians Of the fartheRt west Slgb
per acre for their landsY III is because
the Republican party has given away
the best Of our public lands 10 great
railroad corporations,
Here are some p0lnta worth noting,
The Central Pacific rail road cost the
government s2OOOIOOOO, out Of which
huntington Cr0Gker, stanford and
Hopkins made s1DOOO0JO apiece, Then
10 avoid tho Thurman sinking fund act
they built The Southern FaelllG 10 divert
traffic from thG Central Now the an
nua reports or these roads Just publish
cd show this state Of AFFAIRS The gross
carnlngs Of the Southern PaClIlc IN 1883
were elG,GuDOJO, operating expenses
3O,ihOGlO, net earnings. eln,WuuUO
Total earnings OF tho Central PaCillc
for the same time were Glb,his 600, net
eafnlnga nOthlug, OF course this Ia u
aWindt; aud one Of the chief benellc.
iaTea of the first 82OOOOlUJO Rwindle
ia Senator Stanford OF California, who
now occupies u seat IN ths senalt
Of the United states, by tho favor OF
tho Republican party, where he can do
loyal and efficient service for the giant
mOn0pOliea that have 80 enormously
robbed the people Of the United states
Another OF these public plunderefA N
q, l.. Huntington, now of New York,
who was one OF tho Doodle gang who
put up Il portion of the millions that
Quay used 10 make Harrison President
OF the United States, Now We win LET
that independent Republican Journal
the PlttsbuTg Dispatch tell about Mr.
huntington, We quote from The DIS
patch OF June Oh, lasgi
"fhe information that Mr., Coils J..
Huntington haas paid $4,000 for q
small lot on upper Fifth avenue, Now
York, on which hG built q million dol
lar residence, IN one Of the items which
tho newspapers Of that city are enjoy.
Ing, Residences costing q million ana
Il half for American citizens AFFORD q
rather strong contrast 10 the clfcumr
STANCES OF the common people under
the best circumstances, liul when the
corporation king who indulgoa IN that
GgttnialiOn has secured the wealth for
II from money luiurd by the Govern
mCnl, whiuu he refuses 10 repay The
matter assumes % 6tlll more uupleW
ant aspect. Mr, lluntIngt0u'a "millOn,
andu-hall palace ' UB nu U0mirug New
York CutrmpOrAy calls II, VIII do more
In the way of making socialists than
Herr Modt could ia u lifetime"
Having donated tho bull, OF tho pub.
llc domain 10 gigantic corporations
that are now busy mud have been busy
eating out the substance Of the people
We now propose % take the surplus
money IN the Treasury, that was uu
Justly taken from tho products OF labor
and land by u robbrf tariff, 10 bay gov,
crnment land from the Indians NJ el26
per acre,
Touching policy isn't ity Yes, u
touche1 us Hll on thoyaw