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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-12-24
ELKINs IN THE CABINET.

There never has been a President be-
fore, from George Washington down to
the present Hoosier, who could have
worked himself down to the low grade
of selecting a man of the record and
type of Steve Elkins for Cabinet min
lister. It,indicates the drag of Doodle
politics. Even as radical Republican
organ as the Buffalo Express fails to
condone the offense to public Gecency,
with tho eloquence of silence. Here is
what the Buffalo Express says:
"Ihe Express finds nothing 10 COM
mend in the Elkins appointment.
Mugwump and Democratic journals
will discover much to condemn. If
any Republican organ knows aught to
say in defense of The appointment it
cannot be SAID too soon"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-12-24
Dedication at Paris,

Sunday was an important day for the
members of the Reformed congregation
at Paris, for then their handsome new
church was dedicated to the service of
God. The structure is a very neat and
commodious frame building and was
erected at total cost of $500. At the
service yesterday morning there was a
large crowd OF people, filling every foot
of space in the building. Rev. e. P. Her
bruck, of this city, preached the sermon,
and delegation OF eighteen or twenty OF
his members were present also. After
the sermon an effort was made to wipe
out the remaining indebtedness of the
church, which was entirely successful, re-
sulting in the raising of 81, 200. This was
$3.50 above the required amount. Pastor
Gonser and his people have every reason
to feel gratified over Sundays work.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-12-24

AN0NG those who seem to have no
raspeal@l purpose in life but to travel
about the country to tell what Blaine
will Do, Colonel \. L. Conger, of Ohio,
Ia easily foremost, Within. the past
month he has declared at least dozen
times in Chicago thas Blaine would
certainly write letter indicating a
7Eill gness to run. "Then," the colo
-nel a'Rays adds, "he will be nominated
5y r-clamatiOn." The colonel ought to
go isome and keep still. If he is really
in B.aine'B confidence he has been abus-
ing 1t shamelessly, and if he isn't, he
has already acquired from the assump-
ton all the cheap notoriety possible
Chicago Herald, =.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-12-24
sROuREp HIS WALLET.

While Paying His Taxes p Marlboro
Fa1 msr In Relieved OF His Purse by a
Bold Ptckpocket.
Milton MILESTONE of Marlboro came in
Monday to pay his taxes. There was a
great crowd Of tax payers in the Treasur-
er's Office, but he at last succeeded in get
ting to the pay window. He took out his
wallet and extracted S55 to pay the
amount assessed against him. The wallet
was again placed in his pocket, but when
he camo TO look for il he could nowhere
find it. The wallet had been neatly pick
ed from his pocket while he was paying
his taxes. Those who enter the Office
should exercise the greatest care, as Can
ton is infested wjth thieves. 1t would not
be bad plan to have a special officer en-
gagged to do duty during taEpaying time
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-12-24

A dispatch from Washington dis
closes the tendency of tariff legislation
at this time. 1t is to the effect that
leading Republican senators of West
ern States nave told leading Democrats
in the House that if they would present
specific tariff bills, instead of framing a
general tariff measure, they would re-
ceive support in the Senate which
would guarantee success for almost
every separate tariff bill passed by the
House. This means a good deal. 1t
means that the more sagacious Reput-
licans see the hand writing on the wall
and only await chance to emasculate
the more odious features Of the in
famous Mckinley bill.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-12-24

ONE by one our popular idols are
smashed How we have idolized Jerry
Simpson, as the soCkless Socrates of
Medicine Lodge; and how he has made
the groundlings of the Nation sing
peans of praise to his rugged
back-woods simplicity. And now
Jerry himself disSolyes the delusion.
In recent interview, since he has en-
tered the society of the plutocrats of
Washington, he says: ~ never made
a speech without stockings on in my
life and never pulled up my pants to
show what kind of stockings l wore.
The story was sent out by an Anti
Alliance newspaper correspondent to a
paper in my district. 1t was made out
of whole cloth and it was instigated,
l suppose, by the remarks that l made
concerning my opponent who was noted
for his fine dressing and his expensive
and aristocratic airs. called him
"Silkstockings Hal" and may have
said that farmers could not afford to
wear stockings of that kind"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-12-24
TIE sudden death of Senator Plumb,

THE sudden death of Senator Plumb,
of Kansas, removes from the Senate
one of its able5t and best men. He
was emphatically a man of the people,
and, although a Republican, could never
be counted with the plutocrats who now
control the Senate. He voted against
the Mckinley bill and warned his Re-
publican colleagues of the Senate that
the bill was framed in the interest of
monopoly and would wreck the Repub-
lican party. Good men of all parties
will deeply regret the death of Senator
Plumb. He was a man whose honor
and integrity was above suspicion and
the people of Kansas will not look upon
his like again.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-12-24

No educated gentleman can feel at
home in the Democratic party.-Sandus-
fCy Register.
had rather take the opiuion of pud-
EiIer on an economic proposition than a
college professor, crammed with only
book learning. g.-Wm. Mckinley, Jr.
Comment is not necessary. If you
want to make any, write us and we will
observation-disclosures.
To which valued contributor con-
tributes the following:
Major, avoid the improper use of had
1Eor would. An attempt to parse had
take" will show the inaccuracy of this
very common error. People sometimes
will take quail on toast, but 1 never
heard of any one taking college pro-
,sessor on an economic proposition.
LYMAN BEECHER, JR.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-12-24
Tur uartford (Connl Times touch,

THE Hartford Conn Times touches
up the notorious Steve Elkins, as a man
of penitentiary political methods, as
follows:
"'Elkins has got it. The New Mex
leo miner and West Virginia politician
is to be secretary of war. Mr., Harrison
sent his name to the senate today. If
Steve is as efficient in administering
the war department as he is in coloniz-
ing West Virginia with negroes, run in
a week before election from Maryland
and Virginian for voting purposes, he
ought to make very powerful cabinet
officer"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-12-24
The Blgamise APraigned,

James Pratt the man brought from New
Philadelphia to answer to charge of
bigamy was arraigned before Justice Rim
gle last evening. He entered a plea of
not guilty and waived examination. The
court bound him over to common please
court and being unable to furnish $500
bail he was placed in the county bastile.
Pratt claimed to the justice that he had
just been living with the New PhiladeI-
phia wife without being married but those
who claim to know say there is nothing
in that statement and it looks as II Pratt
has become too we'll supplied with wives.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-12-24
A RING of Republican manag

A RING of Republican managers
have just completed new congression.
al gerrymauder for Ohio which gives
the Republicans 10 districts and the
Democrats g. This is about what we
may expect. OF course it may not be
adopted, but something equally unfair
is quite likely to go through, In this
apportiCnment Stark county is in the
18th district with Columbiana, Carroll
and Harrison. The new district con-
tiins ISL ,595 population and 5000 Re
publican majority. This suits Morgan
of Alliance, as the two leading states
men of Mahoning-King and Jones'
cannot be III it.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-12-24

IT is evident Sherman and Foraker
have no understanding, and that II will
be a battle to the death between them.
1t was only before election that they
Pittsburg Post.
There is a mistake in the first SEN
tence. Sherman has q perfect un-
derstanding that Foraker Is rabble
rouser, a dress parade, Dominick
rooster, with very red gills, but with
bass wood spurs; while Foraker
has a perfect understanding that
Sherman is back number, a fatted
dotage, and tool of Wall street.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-12-24
FRAUD AND FAILURE.
The Mckinley Bill and Its Operations,
Cutting wages-Reduoing Production
and 1njurinR Manufacturing,
tFrom the Plttsburg Postl


and 1njuring Manufacturing,
LFrom the Pittsburg Postl
We have continued news of the cheer.
ing effects of the Mckinley tariff. The
last Is the recent heavy reduction in
wages among the employees of the
American Hosiery Company at New
Britain, Conn. This is one of the most
highly protected industries in the whole
tariff list. Under the tariff of 1883
there was a uniform duty of 40 per
cent on Dtton hosiery. The Mckinley
till divided it into four classes, and
added specific duties to the ad valoren,
50 that the equivalent rate ranges from
50 t. So per cent; and now, just as we
we're fancying ourselves happy, comes
this cut in wages. The hosiery com.
pany serves to keep i'll countenance the
glass works at Anderson, Ind, which
made reduction of 20 per cent in
wages the other day, glass being
also one of the particular pets
OF the Mckinley tariff. The Amer.
ican Wool and Cotton Reporter
of December 18th mentions still
another reduction of wages in the
| cotton industry. 1t is in the well
known New York mills. "The cause
of the reduction" says the Reporter,
"is the depressed condition Of the mar
ket and the slow sales" The numer.
Gus reductions Of wages in and about
Pittsburg attract little attention be
cause they are becoming 50 common.
No industry got a more deadly stroke
from the Mckinley tariff than the car.
pet industry. The following picture,
drawn by the Boston Journal of Com
| merce, is not exaggerated:
The carpet manufacturing industry is
apparently i'm deplorable condition, with
no immediate prospect Of its being bet
ter. 1t points inevitably to the stoppage
of a considerable amount of machinery
in the near future, more than what is
already idle. The prices at which carpets
are now offered are below the cost of
manufacturing and marketing. They
represent loss that may be edenominated
almost perilous, which the richest corpor-
ations soou must seriously consider II 1t
continues much longer. That there ID an
overproduction must be admitted, and
this condition will be deeply impressed on
the industry IL no relief is derived from
the late reduction in prices, by which ak
ministers can be bought at S1,20, brussels
mt 92% cents and ingTains at 52% cents
per yard.
The wool situation is peculiar one
as relates to carpets. No carpet woods
are produced in this country. Hence
the increased tax imposed on them by
the McKinly law has not even the sane.
ton of the protectionist theory. For
the nine months ending October |, we
imported 7OOOO,OOO pounds of heavily
taxed carpet woods, against 100000
of clothing and 100000 combing. If
carpet wool was on the free lot the cost
of production would be cue down so
that we could become large exporters
of carpets, as we excel all nations in
their manufacture. This would relieve
the carpet makers and enable them to
pay better wages. AS it is, taxed as
they are on raw material, their only
chance is to restrict production and cut
wages, both of which they are doing.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-12-24

TIE appointment of steve" Elkins
to place in the Cabinet is one that
may well make the President hesitate.
People will be extremely loath to be-
lieve that he would consent to any ar
rangement, having for its object Mr.
Elkia's elevation to the Cabinet as a
condition of Mr.. Blaine's abandonment
of the Presidential field in his behalf,
Such compacts are generally very un-
popular, as savoring, if not of cOrrup-
ton, at least of a sort of partitioning
the United States among few promi.
nent policicians.--[ Boston Transcript,
Rem
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-12-24
THERE is a disposition to criticise

THERE is disposition to criticise
speaker Crisp because Roger O. Mills,
,8t Texas, has not been made chairman
Of the Ways and Means Committee,
Ne can see no solld reason for such
criticism. Mills was entitled to the
Spsakership on account of his long and
distinguished service to his party and
country; but he lost the prize. Had he
won 1t, Mr.. Crisp would not have been
made chairman of the Ways and
Means. Bynum, of Indiana, would
probably have secured that high and re-
aponsible trust. But there is another
reason why Crisp did not put Mr.. Mills
70 the front as leader Of the House, and
the reason has force. A Southern
Speaker and Southern leader would
have been siezed upon by the malig-
aants of the Republican party to preju-
dice the masses.of the North against the
Democratic party, on the ground that
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-12-24

MIR. j. C. ROGERS, Of Wsynesburg,
and j. H. Barnes, of Mahasky county,
iowa, called at the DEMOCRAT office on
Tuesday. Mr.. Barnes is leading and
yell informed Democrat of the newly
ssnverted Iowa. He says tariff reform
Is growing in the Hawkeye state, and
with Governor Boies on the ticket for
Vice President next year it will be
safe to put Iowa in the victorious
Democratic column by from 5000 to
10000 plurality.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-12-24
GEN. PALMER FoR PRESIDENT.
A Movsmont to B oom the Grand Old Man
Started In Washington.


WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.-There is a
movement organizing to boom Gen. Pa
mer, of illinois, for President. There is
feeling that Hill will have New York
solid and that it would not be wise to
nominate Cleveland with New York
against him. A Western man would do
better, President Harrison, Secretary
Blaine General John NJ. Palmer and Sem
ator German stood close together for a
momensin the senate chamber at the fun
eral of Senator Plumb, and the remark
was made that this group contained the
next President of the L. S. There is
great deal of talk throughout the capital
about running for President the grand old
man of the West, Senator Palmer. The
feeling is that the defeat of Mills has hurt
Cleveland, and that Hill possesses power
enough to iDjure his New York rival but
not pow er eno1gh to nominate himself. 1t
is claimed that the party should now look
for its candidate in the west, and that in
nl9 the west there is bot one ideal man,
Senator Palmer. They perceive that he
is strong with the masses OF the people,
strong with the laboring element, strong
with the I rmers, strong with the soldiers.
Men from Wisconsin, Minnesota and
Iowa declare that those states can he
carried for him, and all Illinois Demo-
Gratis feel that Illinois can be carried for
him by a large majority. They say he is
as strong in New York and the eas, as any
other candidate, as strong as Cleveland in
New England and stronger in New York,
while in the west he has an advantage
over any other sugeestefcandidate.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-12-24

REPRESENTATIVE FLICK1NGER, Of
Toledo, must be thoroughly modern
statesman. His friend Isaac d. Smead,
a prominent Foraker Republican, says
of Flckinger: "He is not yet pro-
nounced himself on the Senatorial
question. He will vote for the man
who promises him the most, at the last
moment" We think we can safely as
sumo from the above that John Sher-
man will get Flickinger.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-12-24
TO SUBSCRIBERS.

The year is rapidly nearing an end
and we desire to have all subscribers,
owing for the paper, 70 call aud settle
ElIeir accounts. II sou are not coming
10 Canton soon, send US postal card
iDQuiring about your account aud we
will send you statement. You can
safely send paper money in a letter.
Address your letters to THE DEMO
GRAFT PUBLISHING Co, CANTON, o.
n26hw
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-12-24

TIE Mansfield News, edited by the
aggressive Cappeller, a Foraker advo-
cate from the start, has the following
touching paragraph: whats the mat
tsr with that erstwhile rampant Sher-
man organ, the Cleveland Leader? 1t
has not contained single line of edi-
torial reference to Sherman for the past
Three days. Has some one been pulling
tie string on its damaging kind of sup
gsort to the senator, or is it getting
sE ady to flop"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-12-24

A great many persons who have found
no relief from other treatment, have been
Pain Balm. Do not give up until you have
tried 1t.
II Is only 30 cents per bottle. For sale by
Durbin, Wright d Co., southeast corner
public square; l.. Sollmann, "a North
Market street; II. II. Ink, GA Eas. Tuscan.
was street,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-12-24
TERRIBLE AFFAIR IN BELeIuM
A Dynamite ExplosIun n Which Kills Thir-
ty Men,
Dy Cable to the News. Democrat,


ANTWERP, Dec. 23.-Whilc tho French
luggcr plato was discharging her cargo
into lighter in the harbor this morning,
there was terrific explosion which
startled the entire city and caused many
to believe an earthquake had occurred.
Investigation showed lighter been com
plctely wrecked and sunk by an expio.
sion Of dynamite. All of her upper part
was blown into fragments. There were
twenty men at work on the lighter. The
horrors Of the scene were indescribable,
fragments of human srms and
legs were scattered in all dir, C.
tons. 1t is impossible 10 tell how many
persons were killed, Men we're either
killed outright or blown into water and
drowned. 1t is thoughts a package of dy'
Mantle which the men were handling
dropped on deck of the Lighter and caus-
ed the explosion, 1t is estimated thirty
lives were lost.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-12-24

the Confederate brigadiers were IN the
saddle, and leading the party Ibis
game was worked against us In the
campaign of 1888, when the Mills bill
was the issue. 1t is wisdom therefore
for Mr.. Crisp to put Northern man
like Springer at the head of the ways
and Means Committee,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-12-24
WARRINGTON.
Three of the Important House Commit
tee in hull.

tses in hull.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.--[Special THE
following house committees were an
nounced today: On Election, Chas. t.
O'Ferrall of Virginia, chairman, More,
Cobb, Painter, j, b. Brown, Lockwood,
Lawson, Gillespie, Johnston, Haughten,
Taylor, Doaue, johnson, Reyburn, Clark.
Ways and Meons-Springer chairman,
McMl!eu, Turner, Wilson, Montgomery,
Whiting, Shively, Cochran. Stevens,
Bryan, Reece, Burroughs, McKenna,
Payne, Ddlzsll.
Appropriations-Ho chairman,
Forney, Sayres, Breckenridge of Ken
lucky, Dockery, Mutcher, Breckenridge
of Arkansas, Compton, O'Neil, Living
ston, Henderson, Coggswell, Bingham
Digley and Grout.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-12-24
That Ia Just What We Are at.
From the Warren Democrat.

In the NEws-DEMocRAT, Stark
county Democracy has champion that
is worthy of its confidence and support,
and the latter is given ungrudgingly.
The NEWS DEMOCRAT last week moved
into a four-story brick and stone build
ing erected for its sole occupancy, and
from its new quarters will issue paper
that is second to none in the state.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-12-24
Death of Mrs. Philip Euerhard.

Mrs. Philip Everhard, q most estimable
lady living at No. 1853 North Cleveland
avenue, passed into the great beyond at
6:30 o'clock this morning after long i'll
ness of more than ayear's duration. De-
ceased was sixty.seven years of age and
the immediate cause of her death was
dropsy. She was well and favorably
known in Canton, having host of friends.
She was the mother of five surviving
children, G. j. and Ira II, EveFhaTd of this
city, Mrs. T. A, Howard of Cleveland, aud
D. p. and A. II. Everhard of South Dakota.
The funeral services will be held at the
re sidence at2 o'clock Thursday afternoon.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-12-24

THE great business boom on account
Of the Mckinley bill, that President
Garrison mentions SO uspiciously in
his ufAsage, has struck Akron quite
SoTcibiy several times recently. 1t hit
her again with a dull audFheavy thud
op Tuesday. E. W. BriDkman, an
lskv2n shoe merchant, was closed up by
The sheriff. His liabilities are $1,000.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-12-24

\ Circ,eville preacher asked all in h!~
congregation who loved Wm. Mckinley
more than Jesus Christ to rise to their
feet, and three Republican sinners i'm
mt diately arose. The fool-killer is
negiecting his business at Circleville.-
Western Reserve Democrat.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-12-24

GAIT. I. F. MACK, Of Saudusky, will
be candidate for Department Com.
mander of the G. 4. r. of Ohio, next
year. Mack was a good soldier, and he
is an active &. A. r. man. Perhaps we
may have candidate for that honor in
this section.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-12-24

TIE friends of Foraker are pushing
the Senatorial fight with a "vim and
vigor" little dreamed of by the Sher'
man crowd a few weeks ago, 1--WE are
going to down old John and wind up
his career" is the way the Foraker
chaps talk.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-12-24

GOOD women of the WOman's Relief
Corps, suppress your unbecoming ire.
Suppress it now. Patriotism, charity
and fraternal love,ar glorious trinity,
1lat should lead you high above all an
cry strife. Stop it nov or the corps
will soon be spelled with the final "e."
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-12-24
IMPORTANT oaAIRMANsH1Ps.
Ohio Gets Two Imp ortant Chsirmanships
---All the Important Committees

Ohio Gets Two Imp ortant Chsirmanships
---All the Important Committees
Named.
WASHINGTON, Dec. Special. l-Itis
now considered almost. certainty that
the Speaker will announce the committees
or the house tomorrow. The Speaker
has, however, so far progressed with his
work that the chairmanships of twenty
commiuees can be given. This list which
follows may be changed in one or two in
Stances before noon tomorrow, but this is
not considered likely. As at present de
termined upon the cnairmanships will be
given rs follows: Elections, Charles
L. OFerrall, OF Virginia; Ways
and Means, William M. Springer,
OF Illinois; Appropriations, HOl-
man Of Indiana; Judiciary, David L. Gull
hertson of Texas; Banking and currency,
VIM. q. Haynes of Ohio Coinage, weights
and measures. Ricnard p. Bland Of Mo. {;
Interstate and foreign commerce, Il. ..
Aills of Texas; Rivers and harbors, New
ton G. Blanchard of Louisiana; Merchant
marine and fisheries, Amos j. Cummings
Missouri; Foreign affairs, James z.
Blount of Georgia; Military affairs,
Jos. II. Outhwaite of Ohio; Naval affairs,
Hilary A. Hobert of Alabama; Public
lands, T. G. McRae of Arkansas; war
claims, +. L. Beitzhoover of Pennsylvania /;
District of Columbia, j. j. HemphIll of
south Carolina; Pacific railroads, JAS. E..
Riley ofPennsylvania; Columbian expo
sition, L. G. Durburrow of Illinois; cx-
penditures in post office department, X.
p. G. Wilson of Missouri. Ohio fare S
well. She gets the Craftsmanship of two
very important committees.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-12-24

DURING the past week Gov. Foraker
has made some gains, and it seems to
be the best judgment of those who are
in position to know, that be has now
better chance to succeed John Sher,
man Than John has.