The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-01-12

Is q general favorite. Everybody wns glad
to see him when he alighted from his ape
cial car which the Pennsylvania company
had provided for him. His address was
a departure from the generality of ad-
dresses delivered on such occasions. The
toast assigned to him was: "The family
aud its relation TO the state.n He called
attention first to the fact that the RNpub-
lican party isn't dead and that the Dem.
ocratic party cannot hope TO glide on 10
successes without considering it's footsteps.
He then discussed Andrew Jackson's
home life and made OF him an example
as to- how men should treat their wives.
He thought that to love ones wife was an
essential element nf greatness, and said
that mo good on earth can be expected OF
n married man who does not love his
wife.n The peace and prosperity OF the
ration. In the speakers opinion, rests up.
on that foundation. The ladies were par
tculsrly pleased with Mr. Brooks ads
dress.
JOHN O. wELTY
was on the programme but could not be
present, He sent letter explaining why
he could not be In attendance. The letter
was read by the toastmaster. Letters
were also read during the evening, from
John II. Clark of Youngstown, who wants
a graded income tax, from Sam Pbipp of
Youngstown, who predicted DR.. ISirps
and from John NJ. Webb OF Youngstown.
G. NJ. Schmick OF Leetonis, sent tele-
gram.
HON. A. J. wooLF.
OF Youngstown had subject which pre-
cluded the possibility OF q political or
partisan speech. "Our Republicn was
the theme of his we'll prepared address
and be sounded the gloro OF pr raise and the
nation eloquently and entertaiDingly. He
ended with n story which put everybody
in good bumor.
HON. W. s, POTTS
of New Lisbon, editor OF the Ohio Patriot,
made au excellent address on the subj ect
"The Democratic Party Is There to Stay.u
His closing words were:
The Democratic party Is there to stay,
because 1t is ever watchful of the peoples
rights and the peoples wants. Whenever
the Constitution of the Union under it
need defence, whenever personal rights
need an advocate, whenever liberal ideas
seek refuge from oppression, whenever
free thought and free speech are strug-
Cling for utterance, whenever honest
labor seeks bread for its toll, then IL is the
mission of the Democratic party to be as
the shield of protection to the right and
the sword OF destruction to the wrong.
HON. JOHN E. MoNNoT
was eloquently introduced by the toast.
master, as young man who Ia talented
and ambitious and worthy of trust. He
was very cordially greeted, the ladies
taking very active part in the reception
tend red him as he arose to speak. After
the Introduction and the applause which
followed Mr.. Monnot gpoke as follows:
"Mr. Toastmester, aides and Gentle
men: Senators Sherman OF Ohio, Morrill,
of Vermont, and Representative Holman
ofIndiana, will be tue only members Of the
next Congress who were in Congress- at
the breaking out of the civil war.
or the generation who then conducted
the business of the country, both public
and private, scarcely an individual is in
active service today. Thirty years
hence not merely those who now are
prominent in the conduct Of the govern
ment in its various civil and military de-
partments will have passed away; but
almost all who are now doing the greet
never ending work of life, from the
highest officers of the government to the
humbiest OF toilers, will have ceased to
exist. But the great work is to go on the
government 10 TO be administered, laws
are to be enacted and executed, peace
preserved and war levied, the will of the
people to be expressed at the polls, and
the industrious action of 100 million
people, in oil their thousands of occu-
those now employed in this great work
are to cease from it and others to take our
places just as we have silently taken the
places of those who worked and toiled
thirty years ago. The young Democracy
OF today will be the old Democracy of
thirty years hence. We look with some
what OF wonder at q political revolution
which sweeps from power one political
party and installs another; which, in the
government OF the old world changes the
succession from one family 10 another.
Here Is revolution, however, which
prostrRtes not one man, nor one family, in
a single nation, but every man in every
family throughout tho world; which bids
an entire new congregation of men
to start into existence and action
which fills with new incumbents not one
seat OF royalty but every post of active
duty and every retreat of private life,
Silently, gradually, impercepsibly does
the change steal upon us the old are re-
placed by the young, aud the young in
time grow old, and gently crowded,
worn out and useless, OFF the busy scenes
The young Democracy is always the
product of the old Democracy, bone ot
their bone and flesh of their flesh. Ia
very many respects we are all like our
fathers but in nothing do we follow SC
closely as in politics and religion. Our
fret political Impressions, were received
from our fathers just as our religious
duties We're inculcated by our mothers
We sit Mt their feet and learn lessons OF
wisdom from their experience. While we
have been fashioned and moulded by
their hands we have unconsciousIy both
to them and to us become strangely diff
erent; our surroundings have been differ
ent; the young man of today knows
nothing OF the bitterness of politics OF
thirty years ago. The issues which now
separate the two great parties appeal fAI
less to passion thod did the slavery issue
The generation which prosecuted the war
has now almost passed away and with il
hos gone the bitterness and Prcjudics Gu
oendered by it.. The first election OF
Grover Cleveland was the beginning oi
the dawn of a new era and his second
election uohers in the full morn
ing OF new political life IL
our nation with its new questions, new
cares and new responsibilities. The
issues of the war lie buried with it and we
enter today upon new work that lies be-
fore US. As our fathers did their work
and did 1t we'll so we must do ours and dc
il well.
While it is true, as Carlyle so well said
shat II is upon lands OF our fathers till
age with the stubble OF their harvest stil
upon II that we must work." vet we hayG
a work of our own to do. We can no
hope to win political battles today by
fighting over again the old and worn ou
issues settled quarter OF century age
by the dread arbitrament of war. Their
this il a new occasion, and shall we no
| remember the words of the poet, that
'New occasions teach new duties,
Time makes ancient good uncOuth
They must upward still and onward,
Who would keep abreast of truth.
10, before ms CLEAN her campfres,
We ourselves must Pilgrims be.
LRuncu cur ay Flower and steer boldlyi
Through the desperate winter sea,
Nor attemptthe futures portal,
With the past's blood Iusted key.