The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-10-27
THE DOODLE CAMPAIGN.

lue pIostnb EOopuOllCdu campaign IS
the most bold, fsgrant and shameless
ever known TO the American people,
Every Federal Office holder has been
heavily assessed to swell the doodle
fund and every Cabinet officer is home
working his own state for the party of
intrigue, coercion and spoils.
A gigantic Doodle scheme concocted
by Chairman Carter of the National
Republican Committee, has just been
unearthed in Tennessee. This was the
payment of $4,000 to Buchanan, the
Alliance candidate, to deliver the third
party vote to the Republicans and split
up the Democratic vote in that state.
The Republicans no longer disguise
their Doodle practices, nor do they deny
that their consciences are blunted and
their practices utterly depraved. So
long and successfully have they prose-
cuted their nefarious trade as to re-
joice in their own shame, as witness
Secretary Charles Foster, in his Doodle
confession, After setting forth the
uses and abuses Of money in carrying
elections,and with the assertion that it
cost the Republicans al 100000 to elect
Harrison. Foster says:
That does not sound very well, per
haps. but when you get into politics
you find that every one in doing the
same thing aud your conscience is
likely to be blunted after time I've
been approached in almost every cam
paigu by churches and asked to sub
scribe TO funds on the assurance that it
would help me politically. [ don't see
much difference between the saloon
and the church in that. And it does
help man to cultivate the church.
On the other hand it is the degreda-
ton Of Republican politics, to system
of spois and pluuder, that is takil 6 the
best men out of its ranks, each day
swelling the numbers of those who
renounce Harrison and will vote for
Grover Cleveland. Here are some of
the stinging rebukes administered by
protesting Republicans and ex-cabinet
officers:
BY JUDGE Waller Q. GRESHAM,
Men who contribute money to buy
votes and to bribe the peoples repre-
sentatives, as well as those who dis
purse it, are deadly enemies of the Re.
public. Their greed and love of power
are greater than their love of country.
They impair popular respect for law,
which is the only safeguard for life and
property, and it will be an evil day for
the nation when its preservation de-
pends upon their patriotism and cour-
age. They may masquerade in the
garb of right BUSINESS and address the
people in the language of patriotism,
but their virtues are assumed they are
hypocrites and assassins of liberty and
would welcome a dynasty rather than
shed their blood in defense of popular
government.
BY CARL SCHURZ.
Indeed, we have reached the point
when the raising of big sums for use in
elections is officially recognized as a
high political function deserving signal
recognition.
Look at Mr.. John Wanamaker, whose
only title to rank as a statesman, when
he was made a Cabinet Minister, con-
sisted in the collection of a large cleo
tioneering fund, to be spent where it
would DO the most good by his brother
statesman, Matt Quay.
BY WAYNE NIAovEAGH.
l declare to these gentlemen who
contribute the money for the corrup
ton of our politics that as between the
two crimes l would much rather place
money in the hands of burglar to
bribe watchman to allow him to rob
bank of some of it, surplus wealth
than to contribute money to be used in
"politics" by Mr.. Quay or MIR. Martin
or Hackett.
] distinctly allege that they are now
making themselves parties 70 a syste
matte corruption of the ballot in the
hands of the American voter, and that
whoever collects or contributes money
for such purpose is morally guilty of
treason to the institutions our fathers
founded, and upon whose continuance
in their strength and purity the welfare
Of our children depends.