The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-10-17
REPUBLICAN, HARMONY.
Great Activity in the Ranks Of the Part!
of Fraternal AmIty.

of Fraternal Amlty.
With the republican party so com
placently claiming that it will score a
sweeping victory at the next national
election, there Is an interest outside of
that felt by the ordinary student of
current history in exploring the family
affairs of our friends of the opposition.
Details would require volumes and
only cursory review can be taken.
In the state of New York, which
aspires 70 the honor of naming the next
presidential candidate Of the party,
the Platt and the anti-Platt factions
are all going about with sword canes
or other double-edged cutlery of
deadly nature. In the great state Of
Pennsylvania Boss Quay is in command
Of one wing of his party while the
other Is in that harmonious" frame
of mind which impels man TO shoot
on sight,
In Ohio the situation has an added
element Of humor. Here is the re-
doubtable Mckinley, who served in
congress as long as he could be elected
10 that body, made signal error as q
governor, who tried TO attend to every
thing else in the country except his
official business, and now wants to be
president. 1t Is certainly beautiful to
see the affectionate manner in which
he and Foraker purr and Caress as they
pose for the public eye, yet every man
who has the least conception Of what
is going on knows that each of these
statesmen carries saudbag in his coat
tail pocket and the first one that leaves
! t.. l.. l. 1
out. They are as irreconciliable as oil
and water, and It is only question Of
which will get the drop.
OF Michigan 1t is scarcely necessary
to speak. 1t Is pretty well understood
that there Is q machine here of consld-
erable magnitude and power. 1t Is
just as much matter Of common
knowledge that the opposition to the
machine is Of the most determined
and vindictive character. We feel too
safe in asserting that there is di-
vision In the republican ranks Of our
own city, There may be a disposition
to deny 1t, but not a day passes but
what some circumstance points to In
ternal trouble. Though the support
Of the mayor for a fourth term may be
spontaneous there is pretty good
reason for thinking that it is not unan.
imous. Indeed he has himself inti-
mated that there are some republicans
in Detroit Of whom he does not ap"
prove; but by courtesy Of the fact that
this is our own city we are willing to
admit all the harmony that is alleged
by those in the republican ranks.
But it remained for Chicago to show
to what lengths republican "hormony'
can go when 1t really cuts loose. There
is a split in the committee there; IN
fact, it is cut completely in two, The
two sections met the other day to dc
business and they did it in a way that
led the Inter Ocean, of their owr
party, to say Of the meeting that 'ir
bitterness and intensity it exceeded
the auti-Graut fight of fifteen years
ago. A dense cloud of tobacco
smoke was the most respectable fea
ture Of the whole affair. Beer, whisky
drunkenness, profanity, fighting anC
, recrimination made up the programme
The county clerk, acting as secretary
, was rendered unfit for reading by
= crack in the jaw. Alderman Buck Nc
Carthy, the Caliban of his ward
: knocked the teeth out Of an ofloer
who was taken to bed in the Grea
r Northern hotel, where the "harmonl
Gus" factions met. There was four
: hours session, during which blacl
= eyes aud misft noses were passec
? around pTomiscuously aud the dis
t patches now announce that q murde
D may result. Then an adjournmeu
= was had until two harmony" commit
= tees could patch up truce. Rattle
I an active party after all,--Detroi
n | Free Press,