The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-12-17
JOHN SHERMAN.
Resolutions Deuouncing Ills Caudi-
dacy, Passed by the
National oitissrs Industrial Alliance Of
Stark County.


At the last regular meeting of the
National Citizens Industrial Alliance, held
in the city OF Canton, the following reso-
lutions we're unanimously adopted:
WHEREAS, Capital is secretly as we'll as
openly organised against general business
and productive interests, and waginQ an
aggressive warfare against organized
labor, and its paid agents are strong in
the national Legislature to secure desired
legislation;
WHEREAS, The late election was mere
ly trial OF strength between paties with
out regard 10 the choice OF the people for
United States Senator, which is left en-
tirely to the representatives Of the sue
cessful parties;
WHEREAS, John Sherman is entirely
out of sympathy with the great plain
peoplen as is shown by his opposition to
the bills to exclude the Chinese and to
every bill introduced in behalf of the
laborers OF our country, and was the
champion of the bill to make an appro-
priation to establish bureau to promote
foreign immigration;
WHEREAS, John Sherman introduced
been the special champion of the monied
interests, and is now a stockholder in
three national banks in the city of Cleve-
land alone, the Union National Bank, the
National Bank of Commerce and the Com.
mercial National Bank of Cleveland and
is thus disqualified to legslate for the in
terests OF the people, according to the de-
cison of the Senate during the third Con-
gress, which passed the following resolu.
tion with but two dissenting votes and
which was signed ty George Washington
President, and john Adams, Vice Presi-
| dent, viz: Amy person holding
any office or stock in any institution in
the nature OF bank for issuing or dis.
counting bills or notes payable TO bearer
or order, cannot be a member OF the
House whilst he holds such of[le or stock :"
WHEREAS, John Sherman has already
been honored for about a quarter of a
century with the highest gift in the prom
ise Of the people of Ohio and has be.
come several times millionaire on a sal
airy of 5000 year by misrepresenting
them, therefore be it:
RESOLVED, That we, asi members of
the National Citizens Industrial Alliance,
of Stark county, recognize in John Sher-
man, the embodiment OF the policy that
has oppressed the business and industrial
interests of this country whereby more
than two hundred thousand business
| firms have been driven into bankruptcy; (;
| millions of our industrious, energetic and
economical people, forced TO become bor-
rowers, slaves to the lender and thous-
| ands Of our brothers driven into volun-
tary idleness, poverty and despair, while
at the same time concentrating the great
wealth of our country within the control
| of few thousand persons; and we de-
nounce him as the champion of specula-
| tors, monopolies and trusts, the opponent
| of all measures introduced for the amel-
| ioration OF the conditions of the business
| men, farmers, mechanic and wage.earn-
ers and the enemy of the principle of
equality and the administration of justice,
| on which alone republican institutions
depend.
RESOLVED, That we urge upon our
| Representatives and Senators to voice the
| sentiments OF the business and industrial
| classes, outside of banking and other
monopolies, by selecting some one for
United States Senator from Ohio and one
who is in sympathy with the demands OF
the individual business men, farmers
mechanics and waGe-earners and thus de
feat the efforts Of Wall street to secure
another representative from our State.
RESOLVED, That a copy OF these reso,
lutions be sent to each Representativ,
and Senator elect, and that they be fur
nished to the general press OF the STATE
with the request that they be given tn,
widest circulation.
T. j. MEALS, Sec'y.