The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-08-06

now that the world has ever witnessed; In
fact, the eyss Of the whole world were now
centered on America, breathlessly await
ing the outcome of tho struggle between
the people and the money power; and IL
was a struggle In which all men, without
regard to party, should not hesitate TO
unite In. He seid that he, himself, had
been Populist while In Kansas and
voted for Sockless Jerry Simpson, and
had never regretted it; that in the situa-
tiou there, he only could make his
vote count against this same old money
power, so he voted the Populist ticket,
and he did so by voting the Populist
ticket. That owing to the party spirit
heretofore prevalent in tais land, the
great money power has always had its
way, and in q measure controlled both
political parties, but now, they had been
cast aside by the Democratic, Populist
and the National parties; and now before
all the people stands out in bold relief as
a struggle, simply, Of the masses against
the great money power.
"This great money power" ssaid Mr..
Meyer, "has become so arrogant and de-
tlant that 1t hesitates not to call the great
masses Of the people, Anarchists, Com
munists and Repudiators, while they
themselves are the most infamous Re-
pudiators ard Anarchists the world has
ever seen. We have seen Grover Cleve-
Ian on his knees before Republican con-
gress, asking for authority TO Issue gold
bond to replenish the treasury with gold;
he told that congress that II he could sell
bond payable on It's face in gold, that
for the amount Of bonds he was about to
issue he could obtain 10000, 900 more
than he could get for coin bond; but
that Republican congress refused to give
him authority to issue a gold-bond. and
he thereupon issued his bonds under the
law of 1870, which provides only for n
coin. bond; the great syndicate that
bought those bonds paid $40, 900, 900 less
for them because they were payable in
coin, than they would have paid for
gold bond. And yet today the Republi.
can platform demands that these same
bonds shall be paid In gold. 1t will be
remembered that when the Republican
platform was first adopted by the COM
mittee that In the resolution adopting
the gold standard, the words, obligations
ha
Loutterbach, Of New York, as the agent
Of Wall street. insisted that those words
be placed in that resolution before the
word money! and at his demand those
words were placed in that resolution, so
that now, by the terms thereof, those very
bonds so issued by Grover Cleveland are
now to be paid in gold. This is the most
infamous act of spoilation and repudiation
ever heard of in any political history
there is no parallel to it anywhere. The
income tax having been set aside, there is
no way to pay it now but by system of
taxation that reaches the masses Of the
people in the miners hut, the fisherman's
cabin and in the dug-out in the great
West. 1t has taken from the widow and
the orphan. In word, 1t is the most in
famous act Of Anarchy and repudiation
that the world has ever witnessed. The
Anarchy Of Capital despoiling the poor
it is worse than treason, 1t is treason to
humanity; and the man who advocates
this great act of repudiation and spoila-
ton, no matter If it's Mckinley on Mar
ket street hill, is guilty Of a treason as
reprehensible and infamous as that of
Jeff Davis himself