The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-10-08
THE SPEECHES.


The speech made by w. 1. Chamberlain,
OF Summit county, was intended as a
boom for Mckinley, but turned out to be
n boomerang. II was stated there would
be no politics in the affair, but from start
10 finish he talked protection and against
the free and unlimited coinage of silver.
II was admitted on all sides that he made
very weak protection speech.
NIB. Ashley,
or Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was the next
speaker. He Is prominent among the
farmers and made a very fair address. He
said that IL he came to Ohio 10 make Re-
publican speech, what would be good Re
publican doctrine in Iowa would not do
in Ohio or New York. The West is for
free and unlimited coinage OF silver and
there is no politics in IL, l believe in the
free and unlimited coinage of silver.
(Applause.)
When Mr.. Chamberlain said that things
being cheaper today than formerly, was
due to protection, he lost sight of inven-
ton. II we adopted free coinage, 1t would
force Europe to come into harmony with
US.
FARMER BEN coLvIN,
or Michigan, then stepped forward and
was loudly applauded. He completely
Knocked out everything said by Speaker
Chamberlain, and il was plain to see that
the crowd had little use for protection.
His remarks were received with the
greatest enthusiasm.
He said: The price OF wool always ad-
vanced under low tariff, and was al
ways lower when there was high tariff,
The Mckinley bill is a cramp in the bow
els of the Republican party, and they
will find IL out next November. BY put
ting tariff on goods, it builds up monop-
olies and allows them to charge what
they PLEASE. Behind a protection wall the
people are robbed.
Wheat, oats, barley and wool have gone
down under the tariff, while taxes and
insurance have gone up. You have gone
oil on mortgages under the tariff. Mr..
chamberlain talked about the so cent dol
iar. II be will bring me 1000 of them /
will give him SO cents piece for them, in
gold.
We can bold the Republican party re-
sponsible for every law, of which we now
complain, and l challenge any one to |
deny IL. At the close of the war there was |
$o2 per capita, now there is S4.9l. 1t takes |
2,752, AZ, $40 more bushels of wheat now /
to pay the public debt than it did when /
the war closed, although we have paid
- 900, 600 on it. / ask you to get out OF
the Republican party.
Two years ago they talked wool, last
fall 1t " as free sugar, and now they want
,.Ip r put tin tne Of fArme5s MORTGAGES
in Stark county, which would seem to
show that we need more money.
The speaker showed a silver dollar Il
which he said contained 42O grains OF sill
yer, and was not worth cent, while dol
dar containing only 412% grains was worth i
81. He then said he would give any man
q $40 bill, that he could not show his posi-
ton on the money question was right. de
offered $40 to anyone who could hhow MIN
the time when paper dollar was not
worth dollar, and $40 TO anyone who
would show him when a gold dollar was
worth more than dollar. Il
Charles Il. Stokey, Republican, wanted
to know who would be the judge, ana
Farmer Colvin, said he would leave II TO |
Mr.. Stokey. This silenced the man who /
wanted to be recorder.
Farmer Colvin closed by saying ne
would be glad to debate with anyone.
After he had finished he was loudly ap- /
plauded and Mr.. Stokey sought him out
for little quiet talk. The plain old
farmer, soon foored the Republican poll
tician, and the crowd laughed heartily.
The speech Of Farmer Colvin was lis
tened to attentively by the farmers, and
his position against the tariff and on the
money question, met with approval. The
Republicans are now sorry that MIR. Cham
berlain talked politics. Farmer Colvin is
too much for the politicians.
There was an immense crowd at the
fair, over 20, 900 people being in attendance
yesterday. They came early staying until
late in the evening. The crowd was 30
large that it was with difficulty that the
track could be cleared for the races. The
people from the country greatly enjoyed
the excellent music furnished by the City
band. The summary of the races was as
follows:
800 TRoT, PURSE $3.50.
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Beaver ...........................,g
Billy m.........-..s..-- --ss.s.......ss......O L
Tims-26e, 2:45 2:42.
In the first heat the sulky behind Billy
M, broke down, throwing Lou Miller to