The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-06-18
m,K1NLEY,s TRIUMPH AND PERIL.

TRIUMPH AND PERIL. |
Major William Mckinley, Jr., our
fellow townsman, has |
been nominated for Governor of Ohio. |
There was no factional opposition to
him whatever and his nomination by
acclamation indicates to us that he was
the only Republican that could be
found in the state that was willing to
be led up to the altar of sacrifice.
Major Mckinley is one of the most
Republicans in the country and
the idol of his party in Ohio. His mag.
nihcent appearance upon the stage
while addressing meeting generally
captivates an audience, and with the
inspiring strains of his fervid elo-
quence he can always thrill his admir-
ers, and make them enthusiastic for
the principles he advocates. No man
can better muster the Republican forces
and marshal them against the Demo.
Gratis in solid phalanx than Mckinley,
and no Republican has as large person
alfollowing in his immediate locality.
If Democratic peace shall fail to pacify
the Democratic belligerents in Cincin-
natl in their Kilkenny fights, before the
early tints of autumn shall come, Ham
ptou county will be placed at the bot
tom in the construction of the Republi.
can pyramid in the State of Ohio.
Such is the aspect of the Mckinley
campaign as it presents itself upon the
surface; but there are other and more
sober considerations, which will efface
Mckinley before the fall winds shall
sound a requiem to summer, and they
only tend to widen and deepen the un-
certainties of politics.
Mckinley must now go before the
people as the champion, advocate and
exponent of high tariff taxes, because
the convention unqualifiedly endorsed
the new tariff law which is notoriously
the spawn of monopoly greed. The
farmers are everywhere opposed to Nc.
Kinley's tariff. Here is his peril:
In no State will the farmers fight to
the finish as in Ohio. They will show
their hand In Ohio as they did in
Kansas and Nebraska last year
Heretofore they have been
very slow to wake up to political &C
ton, but it is now evident that they
will be powerful, if not controlling
factor, i'll the Gubernatorial contest
this year. 1t is an open secret that the
farmers of Ohio are not in sympathy
with the Republican standard bearer, /
or his robber tariff. With their brawny,
sun-burnt arms, they can scarcely
grind out a subsistence on their mort
gage ridden acres, and today they are
struggling like drowning man clutch
ing to straw. They have seen them
selves taxed from the cradle to the
grave, and they have also seen their
universal taxes multiplied by extra
taxes imposed by trusts and combines,
the true and fostered children of the
bill.
They have seen their farm lands in |
Ohio diminish in valuation nearly two |
million dollars within the last |
decade, and at the same time they |
have seen mortgages increase, until |
now they reach the appall |
ing sum of one hundred millions. |
They see now what has caused this uni
versal wreck, amid the most bounteous
gifts of generous Providence, in rain
and sunshine and rich harVests, and they |
are seeking a remedy. They are organ
iziug against trusts and combines, and |
the Protective tariff robbery, and they |
cannot longer be fooled with delusivs |
platform promises, and the reminiscent
oratory of the war period.
Up and at the Plutocrats and Protec-
tionists is their war cry.
This potent influence will defeat Nc |
Kinley.
Should the farmers conclude to put |
separate ticket in the field, party lines |
will be snapped like cobwebs and they |
will be apt to produce such an eruption |
in politics as to make things close and
doubtful. But If they should conclude |
not to put separate ticket in the field,
the farmers will then choose the least |
of two evils and cast their votes with
the party that is the most favorable to
their interests, the Democratic party.
We concede Mckinley to be very
slick article, as political organizer and
but he is now out with |
the farmers of the country, East, West |
and South, and there is an influence
now felt everywhere among the farm
ers of Ohio, that his defeat is demand
ed by the best interests of the farming
classes. This influence cannot be
smotbered by brass bands, and hired
delegations of shouters, and free rail-
road excursions. Neither can it be
purchased with the ill,gotten Doodle of
the men who are the beneficiaries of |
the robber tariff.