The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-10-05
THE REAL ISSUE.

Larry Neal States IL. With Truth, Foroe
ana Telling Effeot IN Great Speech In
Toledo
in his speech at Toledo the Hon.
Lawrence L. Neal closed as follows,
amid great applause
"I say to you, my Republican friends,
and call upon some of your trusted
leadtis % bear me witness, that we
hsv, never had, In the history of the
Or state Government, more Ito say
til east) unfortunate administration.
", nave had scandals In almost every
d. partment of the state government.
" have seen public officials, entrusted
" tn the care and keeping of the un-
fortunate insane, indicted for man.
slaughter, for killing the unfortunates
under their charge. We have seen one
of the officials tried before the attorney
ger eral, auditor and treasurer OF the
state and upon his own confession
convicted of having embezzled and
stolen outright public moneys commit
ted TO his keeping. Investigations
were made covering q period from
Sept. l, 1892, to April ], 1893. and The
result was that he walked into the ex.
ecutive chamber at Columbus ana paid
to your governor $6,400 of the stolen
N IOCO Nv Woo BhNOhNO hAth AOA
that money, and yet that self-convicted
thief and embezzler was permitted
to 20 out of that Office as free a man,
as free as you and l. want to
say to you here tonight, that If any of
you believe that l, as Governor OF
this great state, would allow any pub
lie official who had violated the law
and embezzled the public money to
come and return the amount to me and
then 20 unpublished, that L am not
worthy of your confidence for this high
office. In such contingency would
feel 1t my sworn duty to oroer that
man under arrest and see that he was
indicted and imprisoned like any other
criminal. [Cheers.]
"Then look at your legislation. Even
Republican newspapers are ashamed OF
it. "A laugh.l 1t will pass into his
tory as the cheapest legislative body
that ever assembled in the capitol of
our state. [Renewed laughter.l
"What did they dop They Imposed
bonded legal Indebtedness OF over
$30,0O0O00 upon US. They increased
your taxation. The tax duplicates will
amount to $46,0O000O for the coming
year, a. against $41 500 900 for the year
just y"ue by, and the appropriations
made ~ that body are $64OOOO IN ex-
ces % the receipts and revenues from
al .vurces for the coming year: No
wonder, then, that Governor Mckinley
his 81 ,rdship as chief magistrate of
Oh.o. Laughter.1 Now, 1 invite him
to :! H.. They are very fond of calling
D.. i free trader. There is nothing in
| that name that frightens me. Laugh
teri But / am protectionist in one
thing. am in favor of protecting the
people of Ohio from corrupt and ex-
travagant legislation. [Cheers.
"Arouse yourselves and shake of
| any feeling of indifference you have,
as the magnitude of this great ques-
| tion cannot be overestimated. Be wise
| today; realize the dangers that confront
and surround you before they over
whelm and destroy you. Don't permit
yourselves to be reproached when 1t is
too late with the thought that you
| could have remedied these outrageous
wrongs and would not. The only hope
| for a revision and reduction of the tar
| iff lies in the continuance of the DEM
ocratic party in power. Your vote in
| November next will be received as
full and final decision upon this ques-
tion of protective taxation. The over
throw Of Mckinley and McKinleyism
| In Ohio will confirm the verdict of the
people last year In favor of tariff for
revenue only, and It will encourage
that trusted leader of the party, Grover
Cleveland, who possesses In the highest
degree the confidence of the whole body
of the people regardless of their polit-
ical affiliations. 1t will help the party
| to carry out the instructions of the
/ oa annAAnd fn than II ANIMAL
to you to vote the Democratic ticket.
Can 1 appeal In vainP 1t Is for
you to answer, but In answering 1t /
beg you to remember that the Demo-
cratic party Is the party Of the people;
that it has always been the party Of the
people, that 1t has at all times and in
all places and under any circumstances,
In sunshine and In storm. In adversely
and In prosperity, in peace and In war,
watched as guardian angel over the
liberties of the people. Applause
But whether the Democratic party wins
or loses in Ohio this year, 1t will con-
tiuue this contest for tariff revision.
reduction and reform until 1t will break
the strong hold of the protectionist
and monopolist from the throats of the
people and give them something that
will be Just and even to one citizen and
to another and secure to .us all the ut
most freedom from the burdens..of taxa
ton consistent with an honest, wise and
economical administration of the forces
of this country. [Cheers.]
/ thank you, my friends, and espec-
tally my fair lady friends, for honoring
me with your attendance this evening,
and 1 wish you one and all, good
night" Loud and continued applause