The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-10-17

I ONO ana musElngum, wnere the corner
stone of western civilization was laid in
1888.
From this time on it is the war of the
people against the bosses, and every day
since the crash Of the opening of the
battle, the people see more and more
clearly their duty to themselves, and
the bosses realize more and more clearly
that the halter Of public indignation is
tightening about their necks.
When in 1893 commercial panic of
Republican origin, falsely charged to the
Democracy, swept the land, the people
were divided as to the best methods of
securing relief, and disheartened re.
manned away from the polls, giving the
state to the Republicans by $4,000 plur.
ality.
The gang in control Of the party in
the legislature signalized their triumph
by wiping off the statute books the
CARRIER fee bill, which was intended to
keep the fees Of public officials within
reasonable limits, and adding between
0,000, 900 and $25, 900, 900 to the local
bonded indebtedness, as we'll as putting
through innumerable Jobs for corpora.
JlOns ana speculaJUrs.
In 1894 more than $4,000 people re-
fraired from voting and the Republic.
ans had plurality of 137,OOO This the
bosses interpreted as wholesale license
to plunder the people at will and they
proceeded to do it.
Through their reckless extravaganza
the state treasury had become penniless.
They borrowed $500, 600 on bonds of the
state, and when they were bought by
two millionaires they exempted them
] from all taxation The half million
they quickly squandered and enormous
deficiencies began to pile up in the state
treasury and still remain to heap enorm.
GUS burdens ON the taxpayers.
They cast covetous eyes on the Hook
ing canal, the property Of the people
worth at low estimate 81 500, 900, and
transferred it to the lobby for less than
one tenth of its real worth, and ther
the Republican leaders in the lcgis
lature openly Quarreled on the floor of
the house over the division of the bribt
money.
They so gerrymandered the judicia
districts as to make q mere partisan
machine Of the judiciary, disfranchisint
the Democrats and giving them les
than 20 Judges out of total Of 1875.
There was no form of legislative cor
ruption and jobbery that did not re
ceive the tendercst consideration Of tin
Seventy. first general assembly, whiJl
was more than four fifths Republican
in both branches and which reache,
the climax when it voted on party line
to pay $9l 900 IN salaries for which II
sort of service was performed.
And now the people have the resul
before them. A bankrupt treasury
enormous deficiencies, increased taxa
ton, scandals among public officials an
, George B. Cox, the vulgar boss Of Cir
cinnati, moving to take control of tn
state of Ohio as he has taken control c
} the county Of Hamilton.
= A knowledge of these things amonl
the people caused the universal uprisin
among the masses which manifested i
self in this city on the 28th ult.
The enormous proportions of this VI
rising, and the determination of til
people to strangle the strangers an
, bosses is what has thrown the Republic
{ an managers into panic. In the meal
time let the people push on the column
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