The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-12-08


pleasure In introducing to you Hon. ]. A.
Wakefield, of Plttsburg, whose wit and
| eloqucnce l know will please you. His
toast is, "Whers Am / ATT"
Mr.. Wakefield said: thank you very
much for the hearty welcome you have
accorded me. After the brilliant intro
duction get surprised and inquire not
"Where Am At" but "Who Am II" In
all ages of time significant social and
political parties have been before criti.
cising public for solution. and often non.
sense has played on important part in
their determination. Mr.. ToastmasteT,
upon the inquiry "Where Am At?nI am
reminded that am in the beautiful city of
Canton, though the home OF the silent
and glum protection potentate. (Ap-
plause.J He spoke of his former visit to
this city when the Republicans were in the
zenith of their happiness, and concluded
by saying "Where are we at tonight, and
where, oh where, are our Republican
friends who one year ago we're so proud ?"
| (Applause.)
Mr.. Wakefield here called up his muse
and gave birth to the following poetic
gem:
Oh the madness OF their madness when they re mad
And the badness OF their badness when they're bad
But the madness OF their madness
| And the badness OF their badness
Aren't In 1t with their sadness now they're sad.
He compared the Republican situation
| to that of club.man who returned home
late at night and a cyclone had fallen q
tree across his pathway. lie became
entaDRled in it's boughs and after walking
around and round, exclaimed ~ am lost
in an impenetrable forest" He couldn't
| hud his way. He referred to member
of the colored lime kiln club who asked
permission to absent himself from q
meeting to attend political jolliflcatiop.
| He was granted leave but admonished by
| the president with "Yes Giveadam Jones,
! you may go, but remember the next
morning you will carry had up the ladder
| just the same" Let US not forget that we
| as Democrats must carry hod up the
ladder just the same after our recent
victory. 1t may be we'll to
inquire where are our Repub.
lican friends tonight? On the night of
the election, about 8 o'clock, country
newspaper telegraphed to the New York
Tribune for $50 words message on the
| outlook, telling them just where the Re-
publicans were at. Mr.. Reid, mot Out
law Reid but Whtelaw Reid and his as
sistants were absent from the Tribune
Office. The Office boy received the mes
sage and designing the outlook, replied,
"There amt no $50 words, Everything
Is gone to the devil.n (Applause.) He
spoke of the Mckinley bin as n national
evil. after the Waterloo OF 1883 il took
considerable time to find out where we
were at, but this year we have found our
selves again." The speaker compared
the situation of the Democratic party as
being somewhat critical at this time. He
spoke ofthe Irishman who once crossed
the sea, He saw the able pilot swing the
helm and course the sbp along in its way.
He approached him and said: How easy
1t is 10 guide this mighty ship; why l can
do it myself. | am a pilot; give me q
show and you may turn into bed" The
worn out helmsman besought his bunk
and Pat took the steering apparatus in
, hand. The pilot told him to steer towards
a certain star and always keep it in sight
Pat kept the helm turning and the star
was sooD behind the boat; then Pat
became surprised and awakened the
, pilot and asked him for another star tc
steer by;so the speaker said the Demo
cratic party was at the turning point
Speaking OF the Republican situation ht
3 referred to the oft-told story of mar
3 passing along u thoroughfare where he
r espiied calt's tail protruding through
a knot hole. The proprietor o
the place approached him and said
D "What are you doing looking at m,
= placer" He replied: ~ am q pbiloso
= pher and | am trying to figure out in m!
poor finite mind how that calf crawleC
through that knot hole and got caught b!
its tall" Great applause,) The Repub
lican party is defeated because its leader
n have strayed from honest and patriots
b orbits. They have been worshipin
y strange gods. They have allied them
i selves with the plutocratic interests o
this country; they have betrayed the peo
pie to the monopolists; they have sough
to substitute money for manhood in tn
control of affairs; they have squandere
the substance OF our land in order ths
high taxes might exists which enormousl
benefit q favored few. Mr.. Wakefield
y gave the various Republican measures
It careful dissection and showed their falla
If cies in every respect. Mr.. Wakefield
I closed his remarka with fine peroratioI
- Az promised by the toastmaster, his W
10 and eIoquence pleased his auditor
10 nightly.
Is HON. JOHN II. CLARKE
was next on the programme, Hon, L.
ir Russell being unable to be in attendanc
D. and respond to the toast democracy
20 The absence of Mr.. Russell, who is a Car
ID ton favorite, was a disappointment,but
at was soon forgotten ia the midst of II
ty eloquent and forcible speech of Mr. CLARK
ly whose arguments were iuvincible. Nj
n. Clark was introduced by Mr.. Monnot {
y, follows:
at at was once Republican MahoninQ, bu
Do now it is Democratic MahonIng and v
in have with us Democrat from Mahonir
ss county, one of the ablest lawyers
It. northeastern Ohio, who will respond
a the toast "The Democratic Party, al
IN Young Men," Mr.. John II. Clarke
re Youngstown, Ohio"
fit Mr.. Clarke said: "As Democrats of NJ
e. honinG county we gave nearly 800 majo
OF for Grover Cleveland, and we haver
ed carried the county for Democratic ca
he didate for president before in 80 yesl
Why, we gave nearly thousand ma joTi
for IGirt. We changed our whole coun
ticket, so that you who have been talki
about benighted Mahoning, dry yup. "a
plsuse), Mahoning county with the rt
NV of the world is our oyster. But l dol
an know Of any place to discuss an oyst
ny better than a place like this,
n will try to add sauce, al
Ise pepper you have given Inc subject viii
ge surely carries that with it. The pride
MS the nation is in its young men," \
le' Clark spoke strongly against the Americ
we system and denounced it as fallacious
we every light "In this last campaign a
le- election the Democracy told the tru
nd The young men OF the country turned tn
w. backs upon this high prote ction stuff a