The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-06-02

confidence and attention OF progressive
people until we cease our political Jug
| glery, our playing on words, our political
COMMUNICATING, until we eliminate the
| disposition TO straddle and evade the real
question at issue, upon which the people
desire information, In our platforms and
in our political speeches. The four years
of glorious Democratic administration
have taught the people, have settled the
question that the furiso fire eaters, and
cheap war sentimentalist must 60; what
the mass of She people want Is directness
and fairness. Hamlet took the wind out
of the sails of set OF sleek liars by saying,
"Be even and direct with me ~ so say an
outraged people to the political dema-
gogue who, fearing to show his true col
ors, speaks in conumdrums and goes into
muddy Mysteries over the rights OF the
dear people. So says the inquiring voter.
Be even and direct with us they say. Let
us have no more Sphinx-like riddles, no
more Elmira speeches on the silver ques-
ton. Out upon this sneaking expediency,
l say, II cannot come to good; IL Is not
enough to say, no backward steps may be
taken in tariff reform, for we may take no
backward step and stand still. Every
Democrat will say, and the masses of the
people are saying all over the country,
there must be no standstills. We have
stepped forward, and we say to our halt
ing brethren who claim to be protectionists
Regulus said in the Roman Senate, Scar
thago delenda est" We substitute more
odious word, and say, "TariR delenda
est" Let us be even and direct and hon.
est with the people on that question from
this on, and let us not be DETECTED from
our righteous purpose. In matters polit-
ical, dissipation 10 the one vice, and con-
centration the one virtue. Let the Democ-
racy in the coming Presidential campaign
and from this day on say, that upon the
great fundamental issue OF unjust taxa
tion, there be "inoculated no scion alien
to the nature OF the original plant.n This
Gorgon horror must be held up in its orig
iual ghastliness. An espousal of this cause
will lift us out of the mire Of political
jugglery. /, for one, say, let us throw the
possibility of defeat to the dogs, IL IL re,
quires us to sacrifice one iota of this great
principle. Let us resolve to put up with
no temporary expedients. l for one here
and now resolve to speak upon no other
question, to take issue upon no other
question, either with friend or enemy, un.
til this question is settled and settled
right. This is the only cause which can
win in New York; 1t il the only cause
which can win in Massachusetts, in Con-
nectlcut, IN New Jersey. 1t is one Of the |
causes which can win of itself in Indiana,
and II is the primal cause of the victories |
in Wisconsin and Iowa and Illinois two |
years ago, and recently in Massacbu. |
sets and Iowa. But l am one of |
those Democrats who do not believe 1t |
exactly legitimate to reason this way. |
II 10 the success of the cause we are after;
it is not the question upon what issue can
we elect the President and secure the
otnces IN the National government, but by
what means can we achieve the success of
the Democratic issue what candidate will
give most weight to this issue, which
,ontend IS the primal principle upon
hlPh DnnOnranu In /
secure complete and absolute reforma.
ION OF the tariff and place it upon an abb
olutely revenue basis, eliminating the |
idea completely, we shall, as a |
'olitical party, become the common bene-
actors OF the human race and of our own |
ountry' 10 lift the burdens Off the
'eople, to secure to them the highest |
commercial liberty, to open the sources of
Vealth to the rich and poor alike, is a |
more important question than shall we
old the Offices. and l contend that an :
spousal OF this cause, for this cause
lone, for the love of the cause of human
", is the surest way and the only sure !
'ay OF securing the National administra.
on to the Democratic party. The Nation.
leader OF the Democratic party, there =
're, ought to be man who is not a pro. | d,
'ctlonlst, and who believes that the tariff 4
laht to be ground down to a revenue '
Asis. Ihis, may say in passing, is not ,
III
is an avowed protectionist, one of the I
w things upon which he has unqualified a
declared him self in his speeches. While
S political shiboleth is II am a Demo- 4
at, 1t cannot mean Democracy on the .
l am reasonably convinced that this e
eat revolution will never be wrought by D
g Office seekers and schemers, the in is
Ruers for power, who 60 about seeking | o
,atchy ana coaxing issue-thousands of
em-by which they can vault into office, a
Inc victory OF Democracy here in our u
IN blessed land, if woD at all, will be C
IN by arunited people, disinterested in hi
spoils OF Office and the spoils of unjust
tatlon. 1t Will be won by the work of ca
CARNATIONS of men, knit together by W
tough cord Of one idea, one purpose, L
g molly, sacred cause, that can be unknit III
q loosed only at the moment of the II
'nival OF complete victory. 1t is a ev
'tter of organic alton and education aud su
animity; concentration of all Jc
energy upon the one mo.
ntous issue, by nominating some
N who is deeply and unqualifiedly in
'mony and representative of this prin. he
Ie' come he from the east or come he ST
IN the west. DI
may say in passing, however, that sti
over Cleveland is undoubtedly the on
ice OF the great masses of the people, m,
in nearly all the Democratic conyen. Nj
1s outside of the State of New York he th
received the unqualified Endorsement flu
the organic atoms Of the Democracy. 40
is, OF itself, is an indication of the All
lper OF the Democratic party upon this Nj
at issue and is the best possible evil ua
ice of the fitness OF Grover Cleveland fip
our leader. nj,
is said of old, "Beware of the man of ee' e'
idea" Well may we warn our tn,
nds, the enemy, and say, "Beware of | ey
party of one idea," purpose and a eli
Sc that has behind il the best intel. in
uality of modern times, the best man. ly
ID of the country, the highest and most | yo
pable historical facts, the most irresist- no
logic and truth, and Gods eternal ties
inviolate justice. to
CHAs. KRICHBAUM. thi
anton, Ohio, May 26th 1892. toe