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plainly upon this question. It is not
one that admits of any equivoCation.
We would like to have the Neav Ma
tton or any other journal that ques-
tions the wisdom Of the Richmond
declaration, place itself on record
upon the several propositions it in
wolves. Right in this connection we
wish to notice the objection which the
NetU Nation raises. 1t Is one of ex-
pediency only, and of very question
able expediency at that. 1t asserts
what we doubt its ability to prove,
that 4Op per cent of the Peoples party
is opposed to prohibition, and that
the party would lose this support by
the adoption of the Richmond prop
osltion. On the other hand it figures
the straight prohibition vote as the
utmost that could be gained by its
Adoption.
Now we lay it down as a broad
proposition that the NeaV Nation will
find it difficult to controvert, that the
loss Of the support of the liquor power
itself, together with all it's saloon in
Auences and political machinery, will
IN itself be a gain to us. AS we have
before stated, neither the principals
or the agents of this liquor power
have any politics but interest; and
they never support any party unless
they expect to profit by it. A party
that succeeds by its aid will be con-
trolled by it, and will be powerless to
aid the people as against the avarice
of centralized capital, to which the
liquor interest is allied.
1t is true there are a great many
honest people among the masses, who
have questioned the wisdom of pro-
hibitory Legislation, and who have
probably voted against it without any
idea that in so doing they were vot-
ing in the interest of capitalism, and
not deeming that they were voting to
build up and sustain monopoly that
is aiding to grind them to the earth.
But here is feature of the case that
has probably never presented itself
to their minds, and here is also en-
tirely different method proposed of
dealing with the evil than that which
has before been presented to them.
These men, being honest, thinking
and reading men, are not going to
forsake the Peoples party because it
declares that "the traffic in liquor for
beverage purposes is inimicsl to the
public welfare and ought to be sup
pressed" especially as the method
by which the party proposes to deal
with the question still leaves it with
the people Of each state to say just
how far and how fast the work of ulti-
mate suppression shall be pursued.
But the NelU Nation underesti-
mates the gain to the party that
would result from an unequlvocal
policy upon this subject. The vote
of the straight prohibition party Is
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party upon the liquor question hal
been repeatedly shown, and has be
come so notorious as TO require nc
further demonstration. The party
has pretended to be the sole exponent
Of great moral ideas IN order to catch
the votes of the better elements o.
society, while its practices have fallen
so far short Of it's professions as tC
secure the support of the baser ele
ments, even down to the very slums
Thus the friends of deCencY and order
have been walking arm in srm with
those who hold the laws in contempt
in the great political procession. II
seems appropriate now that the good
people of Kansas should know some
thing of the service that has been
rendered to the cause of temperance
and morality by the late administers
tion Of Humphrey and Higgins; and
with view of furnishing the infor'
nation, we have made an examination
Of the charters that have been granted
by Mr.. Higgins during his term Of
Office.
It is a we'll known fact that since
the enactment Of the prohibltory law
club houses have been established al
over the state whore liquors have
been kept for the use Of members oi
the clubs and their friends. This
furnishes one illustration Of the fu
tilltY OF the attempt to control th'
liquor traffic by this method. But
while it is not presumed that absolute
and total prohibition is to be secured
under our present law, it might rea.
sonsbly be presumed that officers Of
the state government who are sworn
to support the constitution and the
laws, would refrain from licensing
their open violation. An examination
Of the charters on file in the Office Of
the secretary of state shows that ia
club houses have been chartered BY
Bill Higgins during his term of Office.
We did not extend our Investigations
farther back than the beginning of
his term, except by hasty glance at
the book in which these charters are
recorded; from which it appears that
the practice did not originate with
Mr.. Higgins. 1t seems to have been
the settled policy of the republican
party to charter anything that might
apply, regardless Of It's character or
purposes, 80 long as the fee accom-
panied the application. And right
in this connection we desire to say a
word in relation to these fees. The
legal fee for fling charters is 81, and
that should 90 into the state treas
ury. According TO Bill Higgins own
figures, from 50 to So accompanied
many of these applications, and this,
instead of going into the state treas
ury, vent into Bills pocket. A large
part Of these club charters do not
show the fee accompanying the sp-
plicstion, but by the light Of facts in
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tain their party allegiance. Two
things have happened recently that
the NelV Nation should make a note
of: First-The agitation of public
questions, the education of the peo-
pie upon economic topics, together
with the constant pressure Of unfa-
vorsble conditions, have weakened
the hold Of parties upon their sdher-
ents, and they will not be led blindly
to the slaughter as they have been in
the years that are past. Second
The temperance people have learned
and are still learning the hypocrisy
of the old parties upon this subject,
and they are ready to cut loose when
ever they have a place to go where
there is likely to be any sincerity and
honesty in the treatment Of it. We
fail to see, therefore, that the objec-
tions offered by the NetU Nation to
the Richmond declaration have any
real force, while on the other hand
we do see where it would most likely
call to our aid the very best elements
Of society.
AS to the method of public control,
of course the NeuU Nation would sup
port that part of it, and the argument
in its support must be directed to the
masses, We will only add a para
graph at this time upon the subject.
The naturalization of the traffic
would at once eliminate really the
only factor that insures it's continu-
ance as a great Corrupting ulcer upon
the body polite, and that is the ele-
ment of profit. Take the entire bust
ness of the manufacture and sale out
of the hands Of individuals and cor
porations, and the entire machinery
of the liquor power is destroyed. The
saloon and the entire control of the
traffic once out Of private hands, and
all the corrupting influences that
have been exerted through it's instru-
mentality would be removed. The
most vicious methods of politics
would cease for want of means for
their continuance, and our whole po-
lihcal system would at once be raised
to higher moral plane. The only
objection that it seems to the writer
can be urged against this proposition
is the stereotyped cry of paternalism,
and the enlargement of the power
and authority of the government.
This objection Is based upon the mar
row idea that the legitimate province
Of government is that of a policeman
who stands with q club to punish
offenders against the majesty of the
law. The more modern and humane
idea regards it as the legitimate
function of government to care
for the people, guard their inter-
ests, provide for their best welfare,
and to prevent rather than punish
crime. In harmony with this view
the naturalization of the liquor traffic
Is the most important step that can be
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-02-16
MUCH UNHAPPINESS PREVAILING.

The Iowa State Register, the central
Republican organ of Iowa, has not re-
covered much good nature since the
November cyclone disfgured the g. o..
p. 80 fatally. 1t is not even as we'll
pleased with President Harrison as it
was before the cyclone. Here is au eX-
tract from an editorial in the Register,
which measures the sullenness of the
prevailing discomfort:
Benedict Arnold made a no more
ignoble betrayal of the nation, when he
sold himself for British gold, than
President Harrison has made in prosti-
tuting the highest court Of the people
to the domination of the rebels who did
their utmost to destroy the government
during the the war of the rebellion.
Arnold betrayed his country for pelf.
Harrison has attempted to betray his
party and the nation in order that be
might find a lifelong position fer a
fossilized friend, or to gain revenge on
the members of his party whom he has
basely attempted to hold responsible
for his own defeat"
All this, and more, because President
Harrison appointed an able Democrat,
and irst-class judge to the Supreme
bench.
When We read such utterances as
this 1t makes one think that the pre-
vailing Generalization in the ranks Of
the Republican party is liable to be-
come chronic.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-02-16
THE CENTRAL ORGAN ON JUDGE GREs
HAM,


The Illinois Stale Register, pub
lished at Springfield, the central organ
of the Democratic party, makes the
following editorial remarks on the
selection of Judge Gresham for the
leading Cabinet chair:
Prom political point of view it
will be the most remarkable innovation
of the century. Four years ago Judge
Gresham was candidate, with his CON
sent, for the Republican nomination
for President, and had he been nOmi-
mated would have been the Republican
President instead of Mr.. Harrison, for
whom it is understood he voted. If
Judge Gresham is still in sympathy
with the Republican dogmas of 1888, he
cannot be Democrat. The mere fact
that he voted for Mr.. Cleveland for
President in 1892 does not make him a
Democrat, for thousands of Republi-
cans did that who will utterly repudi-
ate the idea that they had any sympa-
thy with the essential Jeffersonian prin
ciples of Democracy. The State Regis
ter, therefore, repeats that the appoint
ment of the judge to the premiership
in the Cabinet-a place that carries
with it, under the law, the possibility
of the Presidential succession-is from
political point Of view the most re-
markable innovation of the century"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-02-16
zANEsVILLe GETS A BLACK EYE.


The fair visage of sister GAINESVILLE
has just been disfgured with a black
eye, the result of McKinleyism. All
the newspapers down there are deplor-
ing the blow. The Signal says:
"The high tariff has given GAINESVILLE
another severe blow. In the first place
it enabled the window glass manufac-
turers to form trust to uphold prices
and decrease wages. Then to reduce
production, the trust shut down the
smaller firms, of which the GAINESVILLE
concern is one. and not another step has
been taken. The factory here is to be
permanently abandoned and all the
glass business concentrated in a few
large plants"
The GAINESVILLE Times Recorder (Re-
publican organ) says:
THE formation of the United Glass
company and its absorption of the fac
tory meant just what this statement
proves 1t did mean-the discontinuance
of the factory ia this city, together with
other small factories joining the com
pany, trust, monopoly, or whatever
term properly represents this organiza-
tion. Where once was located one of
the most thriving industries of this city,
now stands deserted, decayed build
ing filed with rubbish, the ghosts of
former scenes of activity"
This inspires the NEWS DEMOCRAT
to repeat former, formal utterance.
Shoot the robber tariff.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-02-16
Corbott Talks Right out.

MILWAUKEE, Feb. 18.-"I accept
Peter Jackson's challenge with thi.
proviso, that this acceptance is void if !
succeed in arranging a match with
Charley MITCHELL" said Corbett last
night. my manager and my trainer
will meet Mitchell on his arrival in New
York. They will have $4,000 of my
money, which they will deposit in that
city. Mitchell must cover it in ter
days or forfeit all right to a match with
me. Should Mitchell fail to cover the
deposit | shall consider that he has been
indulging IN one of his periodical bluffs,
and will then consider that my accept.
ance Of Jackson's challenge is binding.
The only stipulation which make in
regard to the fight is that it shall take
place next December.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-02-16
DIR. SCOTT ON THE CHOLERA.

The Plain Dealer publishes an inter
view with DR.. W. j Scott Of Cleveland
on the cholera, which is interesting
reading. We quote:
"He said that his entire experience
taught him that cholera epidem cs
covered period of two years, He had
no doubt whatever that cholera would
come to this country unless the quaran-
| tine regulations were vast improve
ments over those of last year. DIR.
Scott subscribed to the germ theory in
a modest sort of way. He is not a
radical on the subject.
"IfI had my way" said he, would
restrict steerage immigration alto
gether. We have had enough of IL
anyway. The government should have
absolute control of the quarantine, l
am thorough believer IA the efficacy
of the hygenic and sanitary regulations.
If the city Is in good sanitary condi-
tion 1t will resist the influences OF
cholera immensely. l believe that a
great many people are in
INJURED Ia themselves from the
ravages of disease. Their systems
give no opportunity fer the
disease to fasten upon them. Else why
didn't everyone In Hamburg get the
choleraY / do not think would get
the cholera should 1t come to CleVe-
land.
"a person in good sound health aud
with a vigorous constitution need have
no fear of the cholera. The British
army In India established a canton near
the banks of a river. They drew their
water from wells and nearly 10 per
cent. of them died from cholera They
got the cholera when 1t was not preya-
lent in any other part of India and
finally things became 80 bad that they
decided TO draw their water from
the mountains. The result was that
scarcely per cent Of them died from
cholera thereafter. That shows what
good hygiene will do"
IL is a source of great satisfaction TO
every citizen OF Canton TO know, that
we have the purast water OF any city OF
our size In the United States. Now II
our Board OF Health Is efficient, and tho
hest OF sanitary conditions are es-
tabllshed, We have little to fear from
cholera,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-02-16
NoRVIN GREEN Dad.
Close OF the Career of the Western
Union Telegraph Co.'s President.

LOUISVILLE, Feb. 13.-Norvin Green,
president Of the Western Union Tele-
graph company, died at his home in
this city yesterday. His death was
caused by bowel complaint, from which
be had been an acute sufferer for one
week. DR.. Green, as ne was known by the
people Of this city, his home had not
been well for several years. Six weeks
ago he sought rest in the seclusion of his
Louisville home. One week ago he was
taken suddenly i'll with diarrhpa and
failed steadily.
Norvin Green was born in New
Albany, Ind, just across the Ohio river
from Louisville, April II, 1918. He re-
ceived a country school education, was
graduated from the University of Louis
vile with the degree of NJ. d. in 1910
and married Miss Martha English, of
Carroll county, in the following year.
He had hardly attained his majority at
this time. He gained some political in
fluence, and in 1853 was appointed dis
bursing agent for the custom house then
in process Of erection here. His inter
est in telegraph matters began year
later, when he formed syndicate to
purchase the almost bankrupt People, 8
New Orleans and Cincinnati Telegraph
lines. His fine organizing ability was
soon shown by the payment of divi-
dends, the first ever declaIed in the
telegraph business. He directed the
Western Union deal, which merged
every American line into that company.
Upon the death of President William
Orton, Norvin Green was chosen unani-
mously to succeed him. Ever since
that time, 1877, he had continued to fill
the position. He leaves a widow and
six children.
The funeral will take place here
Thursday. Vice President John Van
Horn, General Manager T. I. Eckert
and the board of directors of the tele.
graph company, thirty in number, will
be present. The interment VIII be in
the family lot in Cave Hill, this city.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-02-16
FoRAKER's HOSTILE ATTITUDE.

A dispatch from Columbus an
nounces that Gov. Mckinley IL both
surprised and annoyed that eX-Gov.
Foraker has declined the position of
trustee of our Ohio University, made
vacant by the death of the late eX-
President Hayes.
Gov. Foraker Is O man in the prime
of life, with vivid and enduring mem
ory, and he remembers the contest for
United States Senator of one year ago,
in which Gov. Mckinley used the ofli-
cial patronage of the State to boost
John Sherman.
Foraker's summary declination of an
Office that has nothing in it but honor
is notice to the Governor that his
heart is not mellow with fraternal love,
and that there are chickens with steel
gatfs on, that may come home to roost
in 1893.
The reelection of Gov. Mckinley
this year means great deal to him. 1t
would make him the most conspicuous
Republican west of Chauncey Depew,
and leave him without q rival in Ohio.
But if Mckinley should be defeated
then some ten or a dozen other popular
Republicans would poke their heads
above the dead SEA of their disaster,
and with open mouths and lungs of
forty jackass power, proclaim the death
of McKinleyism and new departure.
And the greatest of them all would
be Foraker.
In other words, the defeat of McKin-
leyism in Ohio in 1893 means an abGn-
d0nment of the high tariff idea, and a
reorganization of the Republican party
on new alignment.
And the situation would demand
new leadership.
Any Republican, with half as much
brains as Foraker, can see this,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-02-16
MCKINLEY ON SILVER.

On Saturday last we published a
brief interview with Mckinley in New
York, which was telegraphed by our
N. Y. correspondent. In this interview
Mckinley thinks the Republicans will
carry Ohio this year because the Demo-
Gratis are split up on the silver question.
Artemus Ward used to say of his kan
GaroO. "He is an amoosin' cuss" When
we reflect that Governor Mckinley has
been on all sides Of the silver question,
in the last three years, We zee! like
quoting from Artemus. He is IN
amoosin' cuss. Last year, as will be
remembered well (oDly four months
ago. John Sherman was On the stump
In Ohio, defending his law, aud pro-
claiming it as the substance of the
financial wisdom of this generation
Governor Mckinley was .a!so on the
stump In fourteen states, prociaimiug
the Sherman silver law as the happy
and enduring solution of the silver
question. The wisdom of the MAJORS
saws on this question, was only
equalled by his far seeing
looks and awe-full pose, when elucldat-
ing the wondrous wisdom of that law,
that John Sherman voted last week To
repeal. And now the Major, without
an idea In his head on the silver ques-
tion that he Is liable to hold for thirty
days, goes down TO New York and
predicts u Republican victory In ONO
this year because the Democrats are
split on the silver question.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-02-16
ohio,s Mammoth OIL VOL.

TOLEDO, Feb. 13.-There is consider
able excitement in the oil fields oVSi
another big gusher which was drilled
Saturday in what was supposed 10 bS
dry territory, The well Is on the Hogan
farm, Middletowp township, twenty
miles south OF Toledo, IL Is howing
over 1000 barrels day and cannot be
shut in, The oil is running all over the
country, The pressure 10 30 strong roth.
ing can be done TO save II, No tankago
had been placed, as tho prospoe,ora
did not expect much Of a we'll. "A VOL
almost as great was drilled In Saturday
n tew miles south Of this point. Th03s
wells extend tho field 90 an extont nutl.
eient to keep the drill going all the sum,
mer.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-02-16

BRUSSELS, Feb. I'm. Allard, Bel.
gian delegate to thomonetaly conference,
has addressed to his fellow-delegatc, Il
pamphlet explaining the compromise
plan which he submitted on Dec. s. lie
advocates the purchase Of silver at the
market price, tho issue in exchange foI
it Of treasury notes expressing gold
units, the notes to be of constant value
and to circulate at par with gold, which
is to remain the only international
standard. This proposal does not coun-
tenanCe the use Of silver certificates or
warrants. He urges that the export
ment be tried for a short time, a. it
would not interfere with any existing
money system and might be dropped
without Inconvenience if found i'm
practicable.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-02-16
EFFECTS OF M'KINLEYISM.

The strike Of the four hundred pearl
button makers against reduction Of
wages is still in progress, the men and
women declare they cauuoG return 10
work at the starvation wages offered.
This Industry is one Of the new indus
tries fostered by the Mckinley bill, and
the workers were chiefly imported from
Austria. The lowest wages were paic,
and yet with this the manufacturers
pretended they could not compete with
their foreign rivals. A device was
practiced whereby the buttons were
imported without the holes being
drilled 60 save duty, and the American
labor was being reduced TO simply
drilling the holes. The Americans
engaged in the industry were threatened
with reduction if Mr.. Cleveland was
elected, ard urged to use their efforts
in the opposite direction. 1t is claimed
by the men that the present attempt at
reduction is made by the manufactur-
ers only to carry out their threats, and
there is no necessity for it. They are
remaining firm and are not afraid of
their places being filed at the scale of
prices Offered.-American Industries,
FEBRUARY f.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-02-16
A GOOD LAWYER AND AN UPRIGHT
JUDGE.
From the Mansfield Shield.

Judge Albaugh leaves the bench with
the best of personal feelings prevailing
and the members of the Richland
county bar wish him tn success in his
retirement that he hiss attained while
on the bench in this, the Fifth, circuit
Always courteous, able, affable, fair
minded and easy of approach, his rela-
tions with members of the bar Through.
out the circuit have always been of the
most pleasant character.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-02-16
NEW FACES IN THE NEXT CONGRESS.

The New York World of Feb. 8, pub.
fishes illustrated sketches of some OF
the new faces of the next Congress.
Among the members we note our new
member, DIR. George z. 1kirt OF East
Liverpool.
The next Congress will contain
more new members than any Congress
that has ever met before.
The biggest man in the. next Con
gress is j. Q. Cockrell of the 18th dis
trict of Texas. He is six feet two
inches tall and weighs in lighting con-
dition 800 pounds. The biggest man
intellectually has not yet been
measured.
We print the Worlds sketch Of DIR,
Ikirt:
"George p. Ikirt, who carried the
Mckinley District of Ohio last
November, is described by a friend o.
one of the Democratic wheel horses
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-02-16
A Tnr ON nnr SiIrer.

TORONTO, Feb. 13.-Bapkors are tax
ing the initiative in a movement to pre-.
vent the use Of American silver coin and
bills in Canada. In the Canadian border
towns, such as Windsor, fully one-
quarter Of the currency in circulation is
from the States. The banks do not care
to use the silver again, and it costs some
thing to ship it back to the States
They hold that the impending silver
crisis in the States makes it all the more
desirable to keep American currency
out of Canada, and will ask the Do
minion government to pass an act to
levy a tax Of 10 per cent on all Ameri-
can money paid out by the Canadian
banks.