The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-06-26


that ia accomplished by political par
ties ia not such party's exclusive prop
erty but ia participated in by all the
people. 10 claim that a political party
has had an honorable course, aud 10
maintain that aa q reason why men
should aiiiilliate with II, ia TO claim
that a man should constitute his diet
OF phyaic, because dose had proven
aalutary. The American body polite
Ia susceptible Of Improvement because
the inherent good Henae of tho Ameri'
can people 10 readily responsive 70
methods looking 10 improved condi'
tions. That bad men have succeeded
In gaining and maintaining themselves
in power ls due TO the ease with which
the floating vote can be controlled
under present methods, and the faeul'
ties these methods offer for political
bargains and combinations.
With the change of method the iloat'
or can no longer be a factor In politi'
cal struggles, and political partiSanship
will discuss those questions that affect
the well being Of the people, begetting
Independence of thought and action
and resulting In patriotic endeayor
thereby holding parties strictly to ae'
count for measures affecting the condi'
tion Of the people.
Although bad methods and the iloat-
or exist, and II is charged In responsi'
BILE quarters that q man who took
money from the treasury Of Pennsyl'
yania TO use for his own private pur
poses, and is notorlously q debaucher OF
women, 10 at the head Of q great party,
there must be other qualification why |
am a Democrat other than this,
Political independence must proceed
from reasons Of patriotism, Political
partisanship along altogether different
lines, and may be, because the reputa
ton OF a party 10 one OF reminlscence
and has had glory In IT, or may be from
surroundings, or from Inherent good
The Democratic party Is based upon a
principle OF government as enduring
as the word Of God-and that principle
the equality Of mankind-need dlstort
no historical facts 10 gain favor.
The Republican party called into
existence TO curb great wrong and
her organization perfected by the sub
lime tact and superb intelligence Of
Abraham Lincoln Is In thirty years
degenerated TO become the Daniel
Quilp Of politics,
Behold the spectacle from the ap-
peal TO the people In the Dred'Scott
decision and the Missouri compromise
affair and after settling by the arbi.
tralnent Of the sword that slavery
should not only not extend into the un'
occupied territory, but that II should
be altogether extingulshed in less than
thirty years, after having settled this
great question, II 10 the advocate Of In
dustrial slavery proposed through
the Mckinley bill.
Is II not sufficient justification to be
u Democrat, that the party Of my
choice appeals TO my patriotism by
promise and performance alike, whose
propositions are not the propositions
TO pay political debts regardless OF the
welfare of the people In the matter. To
inaugurate an economic policy which
proposes 10 stile competition by levy
ing tariff duties on foreign products at
the prohibitiye point, Is proposition
TO place the consumer and wage Garner
alike at the mercy Of the person or per-
sons who would engage In manufactur.
ing the prohibited articles. Such man
uiacturer, secure In his market, no
power on earth yet discoy'
cred can make him divide the
profits he receives, by ylr'
ne Of the tariff duties, with his work
men, who In turn by competition with
each other, force down the price Of
wages in their eagerness for steady em-
ployment, thereby placing themselves
virtually within the power Of the per
son from whom they receive employ
ment. Taking into consideration the
fact of the great intelligence and pro-
ductiVe capacity Of American labor
and machinery, and the boosted ability
Of the American manufacturer TO adapt
himself TO the wants Of consumers OF
his goods, the Mckinley bill, with its
doubtful benefit of free sugar and ita
encouragement to perjury and de-
bauchery OF the morality Of the people
by offering bounties TO the producers
of sugar, should be consigned TO obliv-
ion.
The ability TO compete depends
as a rule on the amount Of human labor
expended on given product, and al
though as a rule the wages Of the
American laborer is from two TO hvC
times greater than the wages Of his
foreign competitor that is no bar to
his entering into competition In the
markets Of the world, or holding the
home market against the foreigner
Four causes contribute TO the super
DIRTY Of the American laborer; First
his superior productive capacity coup
led with advanced intelligence and skill
n the use Of machinery, securing the
maximum of product ut the minimum
Of cost Second--lighter taxation fol-
both State and National purposes
secures for him greater freedom and
greater wages. Third-the production
Of cheap food; and fourth--lts distribu-
tion by the great railways and water
ways of the country. To enter into m
explanation Of these four causes would
take too much room and Imust reserve
II for a future paper. A single word Of