The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-11-12
FAT TAKns ron CANTON REPS.


Mckinley win now be able TO find fat
takes for his many faithful Canton
friends, who have stood by him so
faithfully for years and years. We
hope he will do It. We like man who
is faithful to his faithful friends.
There are soon to be at the disposal
of the Major-excuse us, we should
have said Governor-some 10000 offices,
and all will be at the supreme and ex-
elusive disposal of the Governor.
In the penitentiary and State House
alone, there are almost one thousand
takes to deal out, most of them are
"fat." Then there are the four great
insane asylums, that hold over 800 good
fat takes. The Idiotic Asylum, the Re-
form School for Boys, the Girls Indus
trial Home, the Soldiers Home at San
dusky, the Xenia Orphans Home, the
new Epileptic Asylum at Gallipolis, the
Blind Asylum, the Deaf and Dumb
Asylum, and other public institutions
are all officered from basement to gar
rett. Governor Mckinley will have the
disposal of these 10000 offices.
In Congress he was allowed his share
of the government patronage, but with
his long service in the House was only
able to take care of about l50 of his
Stark county friends, in the entire 10
years of his valiant devotion to their
cause.
Now, Just think of ten thousand
offices, al in heap as 1t were for his
devoted friends in old Molly Stark, be-
sides the 125 soft places to be dealt out
in the coming legislature, to say nothing
of the new offices they will create. The
last Congress created over 2,0O0 new
and useless Offices, and the people of
Ohio have endorsed this by a large
majority. This makes it safe for the
| legislature to do likewise, as the money
is raised by taxation, and according to
Major-ah, Governor Mcknight don't
cost anybody any thing. 1t is true that
our Ohio tax money is not raised by
tariff, which the people have just de-
cided the foreigner pays; but 1t is just
as easy to believe that additional state
| taxes is an evidence of prosperity as to
believe that farm mortgages are evil
dences of prosperity, and all the Re-
| publican farmers believe that, because
| the Major-confoundit,G ii, t,Governor-said
so. The more offices the more taxation,
and the more taxation, the more pro-
lection and prosperity, hence If the
10000 offices are not enough to go
around, why create more. This Will
also stimulate production and help the
! home market. All the new officers will
be consumers, and help consume the
butter, eggs, cabbage, hogs, beef, lambs
and wool of the farmers. Hence II 1t
| does cost the farmer more in taxation
to pay the salaries of these useless otli-
GERS he will get his money back in the
disposal of his products, right in the
"home market"
We think we have made this matter
plain, right on the lines of Protection
| and the American Home" There may
be some trouble however on disposlng
of all these ten thousand offices, on the
| home market, in the order of merit. IL
is understood, however, that the fol-
lowing gentlemen have each been slated
| for fat takes" Allen Carnes, Presl-
| Jackson of the Colored Mckinley club,
President Seton of onr business coun-
| Gil, w. X. Miller of life long devotion
TO McKinley's career, Geo. h. Baldwin
leading orator OF the campaign, Chair
man Webber of the Committee, who
| paid out in both silver, currency and
| checks for the success of great moral
ideas in politics, j. j. Grant, Geo. b.
| Cock, julius Whiting, Jr, who is to
udNO blllnB llC doho loi, uhA iAS NO
serves at least three of the fattest
takes In the political larder.
Larry Alexander is suggested as State
Insurance Commissioner, and we hope
he will get it. George b. Frease of the
| Evening Rep. is seriously thought of
| for state Librarian. His knowledge of
the English language, and his studied
familiarity with Italian and Hun
literature amirably fit him for this sine
cure. This would not take him away
from his work at home, as the faithful
! deputy can do the work, and handling
the monthly check for the salary would
he all the manual labor connected with
the Office.
We have not yet fully recov-
cred our serene equilibrium to go
through the entire list of local patriots
that seem 10 call for reward, but there
are other days coming when we can do
the subject more ample justice.