The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-01-10
WAGGONER's PLAN.
How TO Cure Tramps and Vagabonds-
views of Mnumee Essayist, His
tOriau aud Prophet.

How TO Cure Tramps and Vagabonds-
Views of Mnumee Essaytst, HIS
torian aud Prophet.
EpIToR DEMOCRAT: | send you few
pointers for publication over my my
own signature and address, probably too
plain and pointed for a popular political
party publisher to publish editorlally;
hence my signature relieves you of the
responsibility of fathering the sentiments
if you should not feel inclined to do so.
Most of us citizens of this once great
country are not oblivious to the real
condition that now exists throughout
the whole country, and the magnitude
of this country necessarily affects sur
rounding countries and causes suffering
there also. We have a country now IN
which crime of all kinds exists to an eX.
tent truly alarming. The cities, towns,
hamlets and rural districts are swarming
with tramps and vagabonds of the worst
stamp, and our laws seem to be made
uuate TO meet the emergency,
when as is shown in the recent
investigations in New York city,
Judges and other alleged and supposed
peace officials ere as shown covering
crime of the worst type to crafty their
greed for lucre and satisfy their sensual
and damnable desires, and we have an
abandon in the political press that is too
bad to consider in its real nudity, in their
publishing political poison too putrid
for print in the basest bawdy districts,
and in the increasing of their vile politi-
cal paltroons who bold high political po-
sitions and defy punishment.
Now comes the question, what is the
great cause of all this? can unhesitat.
ingly say, without fear of truthful con-
tradiction, that it has emanated from
the outrageous glass legislation of the
Republican party during the last 33
years, which legislation has caused a
decrease in all values, that should benefit
the masses, and an increase in all things
that benefited the few favored unprin-
cipled specimens who are hourly rODbing
the masses and impoverishing the labor
ing classes, reducing the value Ofallreal es-
tate, among the farmers more than one
half their value since the worst class legis-
lation commenced, and the prices of
farming commodities speak for them
selves; and cast an eye askanCe over the
values of the National banking stock
throughout our country as compared
with agricultural stock.
Now we have money problems sent
iuto committee rooms in Congress for
solution, and we have witnessed the
most outrageous proceedings in our Ma
tional legislation headquarters for the
past years on one of the simplest prob
lens ever propounded, viz: The Tariff.
Why can't our people see the effects of
comparative free trade upon Great Brit
ain since 1916, after 500 years of "pirati
cal protection. England had become
reduced to aTistocracy and serf.
dom under this delusive pi-
racy protection" Now how
is it over there? The government of
Great Britain is now under the influence,
the richest country on the earth. They
have the currency of the world, the
navy of the world, the shipping COM
merce of the world and we, the United
States, are financially beholden 20 Great
Britain and in fact they have for years
carried the U. S. in their pocket. Query,
what's the remedy? Why the simplest
of all things. We should have COM
mon sense sufficient to simply pattern
after the course pursued by Great
Britain on tariff and currency. Let our
Congress send a committee to London
and then copy their tariff laws and also
their banking laws and when enacted en-
force them, and then our President, ,rbe he
Democrat or Republican, and our Ma
tional legislators be honest and carry
out the wishes of their constituents, and
villiany, vagrants and trusts will vanish
comparatively.
NJ. o. WAGGoNER, Toledo, Ohio.