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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-11-19

man must be old and gray before he
knows anything.
In all the heroic ages, the COM
mand of armies and kingdoms have
been conferred on men in the prime
of life. Look at the whole calendar of
warriors for its celebrated names. From
Caesar TO Bonaparte, the great military
achievements, have required young men.
Alexander stood on the PROSTATE world
and wept for new conquests before he
bad attained the age of eligibility to the
first office under our Republican form Of
government. Charlemange swept all
before him at the same period. Cesar,
the very master spirit Of all antiquity,
with the energy of demon, the genius
of Apollo and the bravery of Mars, was
yet young when he passed the Rubicon
Bonaparte's campaign in Italy was the
victory of youth over age; of young
France over Austrian fogyism; and with
his sword he had broken his mountain
path to fame before the fossils of this
country would have began to perceive
his capacity, And his marvellous cam
paign in Egypt over Marad, and the
mamelukes was the work Of man under
thirty five, and what is true of warriors
is true also of men in civil life.
Thomas Jefferson penned the greatest
document that ever emanated from the
mind of man at 33. Bryan wrote the
grandest poem of the country at 20.
Judge Story was only 32 when he occu-
pied seat in the highest judicial
tribunal of the world. Douglas was the
intrepid lion of the senate at "a. These
are historical facts and they should not
be lost sight Of by the old fogies who
oppose men on account of their youth.
We DO wish to be understood as being
against old men or their ideas. Age
does not necessarily make an old fogy.
There are men in this country who are
weighed down with the load Of cen.
tury who are not old fogies. In them the
lights of genius, patriotism and exalted
talents, will to the last hour light up
their shattered and feeble frames. The
old men of our party who controlled the
fortunes and destinies of the country by
the force and talents of the highest
order, do not deserve the epithets of old
fogies, and we fillially support the totter-
ing footsteps of the sinking patriot and
honor his inhrmites.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-11-19
A BARBAROUs SURGICAL OPERATION
For the Cure of Piles.

Is not only painful, dangerous to life
and very expensive, but In the light OF
modern medical research and since the
discovery Of the Pyramid Pile Cure sur.
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II you have any doubt on this point kindly
read the following letters from people
who know that our claims regarding the
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out by the facts.
From n. A. Sell, Ridge Road, Niagara
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have been so much benefited by the
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From p. A Burton, Llano, Tex: Gen
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The Pyramid Pile Cure Is prepared by
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the number Of testimonial letters received
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All druggists recommend tbe Pyramid
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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-11-19
THE REPUBLICANS AGAINST BI-
METALLISM.

Among those prominent in the victori
GUS party Senator Chandler, of New
Hampshire, seems to be alone capable Of
reading the signs of the times. He see:
in the present triumph of the Republi
can party no promise of future success
He sees that future success is dependent
upon the ability of that party to give
our people prosperity. A bimetallist at
heart, he tnrns to bimetallism as the
remedy, suggesting all sorts of vague
ways in which the Republican party can
bring about the restoration of bimetall.
ism. But the Republican party is no
longer a party even leaning to bimetall-
ism. 1t has planted itself squarely on
the single gold standard; it was gold
party, and in consideration of its advo.
cacy Of gold that the sinews of war that
saw it through the past campaign, and
to victory, were secured, it has adopted
as its badge color signifying gold, 1t
has had the timerity to make up its ban,
ner by adding fourth color, yellow, to
the national colors. The party that has
been carried to victory on the contribu-
tions made by advocates of the appreciat
ing gold standard, and in consideration
of its unfinching advocacy of such
standard cannot abandon its advocacy
of gold as our sole measure of value.
Nor are these who control the party
inclined by their surroundings to take up
with gold monometallism. Their inter
ests prompt them to maintain the gold
standard so as to enhance the value OF
money and thereby increase their power
to command the fruits of others toll. Mr..
Hanna and those who surround him
have no sympathy with the toiling
millions. Their interests lie with the in.
terests of the money-lenders ofLombard.
Threadneedle streets. They are no more
inclined to surrender the enjoyment OF
the unearned gains which accrue to them
from the appreciation of gold than are
their British brethren. The Republican
party will do nothing looking to the
restoration Of bimetallism. Mr.. Chand.
ler's demands will fall as unheeded al
Mr.. Carter's pleadings, but the fact that
he thinks it necessary that the Republic
can party should do something towards
the fulfllment of its pledges to promote
international bimetallism is significant
The latter gentleman, practical politi
clan and time sewer that he is, no doub,
regrets by this time his abandonment o.
the independent course he so boldly
espoused in the senate in the early par
Of the present year. Montana has re
pudiated his course by an overwhelming
vote, vote that should admonish hin
of his dereliction of duty in subordinat
ing principle to parhzanship.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-11-19

In nothing Is better shown the true
oratorical power of William J. Bryan
than iu the following tribute to immor-
tality, being portion of his eulogy on
he Hon. George W. Houk, of Dayton, o ,
one Of his colleagues:
IF the Father deigns to touch with
divine power the cold and pulseless heart
OF the buried acorn and make 1t break
orth from its prison walls, will He leave
neglected the soul of man, who was made
In the image Of the Creator? II He stoops
to give to the rose bush, whose with ered
blossoms float upon the autumn breeze,
the sweet assurance of another spring.
time, will He withhold the words Of hope
from the souls of man whom the frosts OF
winter Gomez II matter, mute and in
animate, though changed by the forSes of
nature into a multitude of forms, can
never die, will the spirit of man suffer an
Inhalation after IL has paid brief visit,
like royal guest, to this tenement of
clay? Rather let us believe that He who,
n His apparent prodigality, wastes not
the rain drop, the blade of grass, or the
evening sighing zephyr, but makes them
all TO carry out His eternal plans, has
given Immortality to the mortal and
gathered to Himself the generous spirit of
our friend.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-11-19

We still have the Wilson bill in full
force, and it will remain in full force for
at least two years to come. And yet our
Republican trienls tell us that great
wave of prosperity is sweeping over the
country. What does this mean? Simp.
ly that the Republicans, if they tell the
truth now, told falsehood when they
blamed hard times upon the Wilson bill.
BY saying that prosperity is returning
now, without any change in the laws or
policy, they admit that the hard times
that distressed this country for several
years were not due to the existing laws
or policies, but were brought about by a
conspiracy OF the trusts, corporations
and Wall street money power-that the
hard times were purposely produced in
order to force the people to vote under
false impression for a President who was
mortgaged to the trusts and special in
tereStS
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-11-19

For the Republicans to figure out that
Mckinley has plurality Of $4,000 votes
over Bryan is just as absurd as for them
to figure out that Taylor had plurality
Of ,9i6 over Given. The two cases are
exactly identical. You can not arrive at
any other result no matter how Gong
you figure.
Ex-Congressman Foran, of Cleveland,
Ohio, says:
"If Barr received more votes than the
Republican electors, would he not be a
member of the electoral college2 If so,
why are the votes that we're cast for Barr
not Bryan votes in the popular signif-
canoe of that phrase2 My own opinion
is that the 1886 votes cast for Bryan
and Watson we're cast by middle-of-the
road Populists, who did not vote for any
of the Democratic electors. l cannot
possibly see any reason why these votes
are not Bryan votes in the popular sense
in which such bets are made"
Judge Blandin, of Cleveland, says:
"The question is all as to intention on
the part of the voters. But as Barr was
a Bryan and Watson elector, and re-.
ceived 1856 votes, there is no reason
why his votes should not be counted as
popular votes for Bryan. That being
the case, there is no doubt in my mind
but what those persons betting on a 50,-
600 plurality in the state for Mckinley
have lost, as the 1000 odd votes plu-
rality of Mckinley would be Offset by
the votes cast for Barr"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-11-19
MKINLEY's MAJORITY VOTE.

Major Mckinley is the first President
elected that will have majority vote
nearly all of the Presidents elected have
had plurality votes, but very few
have had majority votes. Thereason
why Mckinley has a majority vote
is because the gold Democrats, who
went to the trouble to get up another
national convention for the purpose Of
nominating straight Democratic ticket,
practically all voted for Mckinley.
Eight candidates who were elected to the
Presidency failed to secure majority at
the polls. These were: Polk, Taylor,
Buchanan, Lincoln in 1860; Hayes, Gar
field, Cleveland in 1884, and Harrison.
In 1924 Jackson had a plurality of 5O,
SOL, in a total vote of about 352, 900, but
the election was thrown into the house
of representatives and by that body
John Quincy Adams was elected.
The following shows the majority or
plurality of each President, beginning
with Jackson's first election;
lS2S-Jackson, l3S, ,I24 majority.
S32-Jackson, l24 ,3O5 maj jcrity.
lS36-Van Buren,, 81 1893 majority.
lS40-William II. Harrison, l39, ,256
majority.
lS4S-Polk had plurality over Clay
of As, ,I75, but Clay and Birney together
had a majority over Polk of "a ,125. Polk
was the first President elected by a min
ority of the popular vote.
lS4S-Taylor had a plurality over Cass
of l39, ,557, bur Cass and Van Buren to-
gether had majority over him of 81, 7O6
l852-Pierce had a majority Of 5S, ,747
over Scott and John p. Hale.
lS56-Buchanan had a plurality of
496, ,905 over Fremont, but Fremont and
Fillmore had a majority over him of
277,629.
1S6O-Lincoln had a plurality over
Douglass Of 49l, ,l95, but was in min.
ority on the popular vote of 944 ,049.
lS64-Lincoln's majority was 407, ,342,
l868-Grant's majority was 800, ,456.
lS72-Grant's plurality over Greedy
was 762,99l and his majority over all
was 72S,975.
1S76-Tilden's plurality over Hayes
was 250, 1886, and his majority l57, ,O37.
lSS9-Garield's majority over Han
cock was 7,Ols, but he was in minority
of 412, ,2S9.
ls8i--Cleveland had plurality OF 62,.
6S3 over Blaine, but on the whole vote
he was in a minority of 249,3l5.
ls8S--Cleveland's plurality over Harri.
son was 9s,0l7, while the total majority
over Harrison was 500, $50.
1S92-Cleveland over Harrison 3OS,-
$40; over Harrison and Weaver 1872.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-11-19

buzz-saw, and the miraculous part of the
whole thing is that more boys have not
been killed. On the other hand we
think that motormen should not be
reckless in running the cars down the
North Cleveland avenue hill and especial
ly when they pass school house where
children are apt to cross and recross the
track Accidents will happen but many
an accident has been averted on the
street car lines by the motorman ex.
ercising the greatest care when passing
such place. The accident on Tuesday
was a horrible thing to behold and it is
certainly warning to motormen to be
more careful when descending hill.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-11-19

Republican statesmen are filling tie
papers with schemes to increase the
tariff taxes, to raise money to pay the
expenses of the government The peo-
pie are already paying more taxes than
they are able to pay. Even Secretary
Morton, goldite, declares there is no use
of increasing the burdens Of the people
by increasing their taxes. Reduce the
expenses of the government-let the
policy be more economy and less taxa
ton. A return to Jellersonian simplicity
is needed more than anything else in
government affairs at this time,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-11-19

We have received many letters inquir.
ing as to McKinley's plurality in his own
precinct, ward, city, county and congress
sional district, and also as to the vote of
Mr., Bryan as compared to the vote of
James E. Campbell. We take this oppor-
tunity to answer the above letters through
tbe columns of this journal. Mckinley .
plurallties on the above are as follows;
Precinct, 90; ward, 30s; city, 676;
county, $50; congressional district, 5,546
1895 Campbell's vote in Stark county
was 7,49S, Bryan's vote in Stark County
is H., eel.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-11-19

Papers that are making such fuss
over what they call the revival of busi-
ness in consequence of the sound money
victory, would confer favor upon anx-
Gus readers by explaining the depression
of business last spring and for seven years
preceding, before sound money was
threatened by the 5O-ceDt dollar. If the
depression which has been continuous,
was not caused by unsound money, how
can the revival be attributed to sound
MONEY?
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-11-19
THE CAMPAIGN FOR 1000.

Mr.. Bryan practically opened at his
home city, Lincoln, Nebraska, on satur
day, the campaign OF 1900 for bimetai-
lism. He delivered an address to the
1850 ladies comprising the Mary Bryan
club in the afternoon, and at night made
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-11-19

The increasing use of electricity is re-
sulting in an enormously increased use Of
American copper. The increase in our
copper exports this year over last, accord
ing to the New York World, will not fall
below Sl2, ZOO, 900. This means very great
ortunes for some one, and the indications
are that the control of the entire trade is
now in the hands of less than hundred
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-11-19

If Stark county wants an efficient treas
urer and an honest one-a young man
who can he relied upon 1t will look next
yenr to T. n. Smith Mr.. Geib s present
deputy. .-Massillon Independent.
This is all very true, but If Mr.. Smith is
wise he will not take the Republican
nomination for treasurer. There are
breakers ahead for the Republicans in
Stark county and don you forget it.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-11-19
THE DEATH OF FoGYIsM.

The nomination of William Jennings
Bryan by the National Democratic con-
vention at Chicago last July and his
magnificent and marvellous canvass
throughout 20 states, forever puts a
quietus on the wall Of the old fogy that
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-11-19

Col. Ingersoll should not be jealous Of
william j. Bryans ability and popularity
as an orator. There is room for at least
two great orators in this country and Mr..
Bryan has shown no inclination to ride
any of Col Ingersoll hobbies,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-11-19

The official vote of the city of New
York in the late election Is now to be
published in no less than six New York
daily newspapers, at an expense to the
city of about 5000, 900, says the Boston
Herald The election laws Of that city
appear to have been drawn up in the in
erests of New York journalism.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-11-19
WE THINK THE DEMOCRATS HAVE
WON.

More money has been wagered in
Ohio on the probable plurality of Major
Mckinley over Mr.. Bryan than on al
most any other proposition that came up
during the campaign, This has been a
favorite wager in Canton and many peo-
pie here are interested in the figures.
The favorite proposition in this state
was whether or not Mckinley would
have 80, 900 more votes than Bryan. 1t
was generally believed since the election
that the betters who took the Republican
end of this debate won, as McKinley's
plurality has been usually estimated at
81 900 or thereabouts.
We think the Democrats who bet that
Mckinley would not have $4,000 more
votes than Bryan in Ohio have won.
Mckinley has $4,000 more on the two
principal tickets, the Democratic and the
Republican, but Bryan's name was also
on the Populist ticket. There we're 2,596
votes cast for Barr, the Populist elector,
and this redeems the Democratic money.
This vote was certainly cast for Bryan rs
much as the AT 900 votes on the Demo.
cratic ticket. If the 1896 on the Popu-
list ticket were not cast for William j.
Bryan will some Republican tell us for
whom they were cast?
To prove that the Democrats have
won who bet that Mckinley would not
have $4,000 more votes than Bryan in
Ohio we Gle some Republican authority.
II is the authority of Samuel M. Taylor,
the present Republican secretary of
state. A similar case is furnished us in
the Ohio statistics of 1895, on the vote of
common pleas judge for the lst subdivis-
on of the 9th judicial district last year.
The candidates were Isaac II. Taylor,
Republican, and John Q. Given. Mr..
Given was nominated by the Populists
and afterwards nominated by the Demo
Gratis and Prohibitionists. The vote is as
follows:
,o o,o
For Taylor. 1900
For Given, on Dem. ticket....... ,064
" Pop. - ".....". 4,2O3
A." Pro. ........" 1,2O2
Total for Given on all tickets"...,.....,l6, i69
Plurality for Given. en.......................2 2,541
Will any one attempt to say that Tay-
lor's plurality over Given was 7,946,
which is the difference between Taylor's
vote and Given's vote on the Democratic
ticket alone2 The secretary of state did
not think 30 for when he made up the
report he added the votes that Mr..
Given received on the Democratic, Popu-
list and Prohibition tickets and then
subtracted the result from Mr.. Taylor's
vote which left plurality of 2,54l. And
suppose that Mr.. Given had received
2,542 votes more on either the
Populist or Prohibition tickets
would he not have been elected by 9
plurality of 1?
The figures on the state are as follows
For VIM. Mckinley. ""."."".....525,9 ,99t
For VIM, j. Bryan ON ticket headed by
t. Il. P0well...-.. "."."".,."474,o6l
For VIM. j. Bryan ON ticket headed by
W. +. Barr .."."""."."".".. 2,b96
Total for .-.,.'."'......"..4II,40 40
Plurality for Mckinley. $3.50
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-11-19

The Omaha World. Herald declares that
Marx Hanna will never resign the presi.
dency to accept mere cabinet position.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-11-19

The holidays are approaching Christ.
mas is that,glorious season when every
one and his money is easily separated.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-11-19
The NObbiest Productions!
THIS CLOTHING

Is the production of the best houses and was made
for the finest trade. The superior quality of the
terial and the excellence of the make will we are
sure, please the most critical buyer.
The record-union., 1896-07-31
SOCIALIST CONGRESS.
Business Transacted at the Fourth
Days Session.

LONDON, July 30.-The fourth days
session of the Socialist Trades Con-
gress, which is meeting in st. Martins
Town Hall, managed to-day to put
aside the disputes which have charac-
terized the former proceedings, and
transact a little business, the first of
the session, aside from fighting over the
question of admission of anarchists.
The session to-day was presided over
by Signor Ferrieri, an italian delegate.
After a little mild-mannered discus
sion the credentials question was
dropped and the anarchists, who have
made a most bitter fight for admission,
withdrew.
The congress then proceeded 20 the
discussion Of the agrarian question. NJ.
Nanderveld, a Belgian delegate, read
paper on behalf of NJ. De Lory, the So
cialist lawyer of Lille, France, who was
suspended from office for having been
concerned in the recent rioting on the
occasion of the arrival there of a num-
Der Of German socialists The writer
Of the paper contended that it was the
first duty of the socialists to organize
the agrarian proletariat and to con-
tinue the efforts for the amelioration of
their condition until the land should be
cultivated by the society. He held that