The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-10-15
JOHN sHEamAN IN cAnToN.

Senator John Sherman made some
quite remarkable utteranceS In his
speech at the Tabernacle. He claimed
the present silver dollar, that has just
been denouced by the Chamber of Com
meTce of New York, is a real honest
dollar, because the Government stands
behind it. Then he proceeds to de-
n0unce free coinage because IL would
foist an 80 cent dollar upon the work
ingman. (John's heart bleeds for the
workingmsn).
Suppose we had free coinage Of sill
yer now, the same as We always had be-
fore the scoundrels demonetiZed silver,
we would have exactly the same amount
Of silver in the dollar as We have now,
aud the Governments stamp would be
impressed upon it, the same as now.
low then could dollar, just like the one
We have now,b dishonest dollar, when
tue present dollar, according to John)
" an honest dollar. OF course John
knows better than this. John Sherman
is opposed to the present silver dollar
lust as much ao he 10 to free coinage Of
silver. The less money there is In cir
culation the better it is for the million
aires like John Sherman, who have
money to lend,
Shermsn's talk on the Mckinley bill
was conceded to be very faint hearted.
OF course John 10 too sagacious busi-
ness man to believe in the Mckinley
bill. He does not believe in 1t for the
people, but as he stands in with the
monopolists, being one of the ablest of
the array, he is Obliged to commend it,
rs matter of course. Johns real
sentiments on the tariff as 1t touches
our commerce on the seas and oceans
of the world were we'll expressed in the
u. s. Senate June 8, 1868. This was be-
fore the Senate was under the supreme
control of the multi-millionaires, who
now control all legislation In their own
interest. Here is what John Sherman
said, in the pride of his mature and
more honorable craftsmanship:
Every advance towards free ex-
change of commodities, Is an advance Of
civilization. every obstruction to q free
exchange of commodities Is born Of the
same narrow and despotic spirit which
planted castles upon the Rhine 10 plum
der peaceful commerce; Every facility
to free exchange cheapens oommodi-
ties, increases trade and production,
and promotes civilization. Nothing
is worse than sectionalism within q
nation, and nothing is better for the
peace of nations than unrestricted free
dom Of commerce and intercourse with
each other"
When John Sherman uttered these
grand sentiments, he was In the full
maturity Of his Intellectual strength,
and spoke the sentiments Of all true
aud patriotic Americans. He was As
years old, and the party he repre-
sented was then unfettered and free
from the domination of trust sharks
and monopolists, and untrammeled by
| the greed OF the money kings.
Since then John Sherman has
become inordinately rich. While he
was Secretary Of the Treasury, under
President Hayes, he was also stock
| holder and director of the First Ma,
| tiorl Bank Of New York, and he kept
On depobit in that bank from S100, ,00O, ,O0C
TO Sl25,00000O Of government money
| or tax money belonging to tho people
Of the United States, on which the bank
did not pay the government one cent OF
| interest, but on which the bank made
at least S5,O00,00O ayear, or $20, 600 OOC
in the four years.
just how much of this money Sena-
tor Sherman realized on, we have nc
means of knowing, but that he Is now
a very rich man, worth many millions,
ne all DO know.
And now Senator Sherman, as multi
millionaire, aged 68 years, comes tC
Canton, out of all sympathy with the
struggling millions, and makes speech
for doarer money, harder times, more
| paupers and more miliionaires just like
himself. or course there We're plenty
Of idiotic chumps-men whose wage'
have been cut to make greed NOR;
thrifty and fat-to march In the pro-
ceosion, to.give eclat to the demonstra-
ton. 1t has ever been thus. In the ole
Save days before the war, the mer
who joined in the track Of the blood
hounds in the chase for Q runaway
slave, were the "poor white trash" (ai
the elaveholders called them) Of tn,
south, that African slavery had de-
graded almost to the level of the slave
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