The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-11-21
MlLLloHAIans ooHsIpHRnD.

MILLIvnAIans oonhipnhnp,
THERR are milllonairea and million
aires. There arc some who are
tho benefaet0rs OF thelr fellows
and there some who thrive upon alb
aorbing tho substance OF thelr fellows
We have millionairea IN the Senate OF
the United States, and In the HOUSE OF
Congress, There is public sentiment
arising in this country that we have
too many legislators who are leglalat'
ing for the millonaireh, ana against
the millions OF tho people, This sentl'
ment is healthy and Ia based upon JUS
tlee. We have had a quarter OF q cen
tury Of public robbery by law, which
has resulted IN creating monled
aristOcraey I'm this country, aLd
the millionaiTes are sitting In the Heata
of law, 10 prevent the enactment OF
equal ana just laws for tho benefit OF
the maaaes. The senate OF the United
states once the depository Of the great
est minds, produced iu the conflict OF
opposing economic systems, and the
forum Of great debates, has degenerat
ed into q hospital for deerepit million
aires, who are there 70 vote IN thelI
own Interests, and against the interest
Of the leOple,
Everybody knows that the lumber
tariff is q robbery, God made the
forests for tho " ~ OF man, and yet the
trees Of God arc taxed, and every child
Of tho Republic who 10 housed In a
house, or who sits down 10 a table, OF
sleeps In q bed ifltaxed by u law, which
Ia robbery, for thebenedtof not q dozen
men, who hold monopoly on Goda
great forests,
And six milllonaIFea, who made thelI
millions on tbla lumber tariff, are To-
day sitting In the Senate ot the United
statca TO vote on tho lumber tariff and
against free lumber for sixty millions
Of Americans, The people are now
getting theireyes opened 10 the dangers
that now threaten Democratic lpalitu'
tions by this concentration Of the
forces Of monopoly IN the Senate Of the
United States,
On account of this condition the cry
goes up from The MASSES, beware Of The
milllonalrea,
Here let ua step and ponder Lot ua
not make q Wholesale raid on all men
of wealth, because few men Of greed
have purchased seats In the Senate Of
the United States, In order to protect
their own interests,
Wohaye milllonarea who afehumnn'
itaHana and brneiactora We have
millionRlrcs whose wealth has been
honestly earue6, aa the steady result OF
ability thrift aud good luck, Ihero ia
no brighter name than that Of Peter
Cooper, among Oll the great names OF
our public boneiaclorS, All Of us are
striving for wealth, and none OF us
should make q raid ON those who have
succeeded beyond our own ondeayora,
unless that wealth has been won by
undue greed, or dIshonor,
A millionaire saman with q million,
A man with a0aI0OO Is not o million
aire.
Let us not condemn the one and ap.
paud the other, because OF the dollars
Of each, but Judge Of each upon his
respective merits OF manhood.
We are about 10 elect United
States Senator from Ohio. A wild
eyed cry goes up against any million
aire for this high trust.
We say, give us q man, and we care
not whether he owns q hundred dollars
or a million, 80 that he 10 the best man
TO represent the masses,
Let us make no raid upon a man be-
cause he is rich, or because he 10 poor.
candidate Is rich We shall closely
scrutinize whether he has grown rich
through Congressional legislation, or
through legitimate business and hon
est endeayor,
Let us not make an Issue Of either
poverty or riches.
Some mighty mean men are very
rich, and some very poor men are as
worthless as they are poor, Let us be-
hold the man and bis attributes, no
matter about hiS possessions, II he is
worth $4,000 that is no BAR and II,
through good luck and long and pa
tient endeayor he has nvO times as
much, that Is no bar,
Give us man who has no special In.
terest Of bis own TO serve. Give us a
man who is not interested In any item
of the so.called Protective tariff. Give
us a man who loves justice and hates
inequality, and we care not whether he
be !ich or poor.