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Birmingham state herald., 1896-06-10

The returns in the MuTay-Elliott case shows that Elliott. the white man, re- ceiyed 565O votes and Murray S913. and yet A. T. Goodwin voted 10 oust Elliott and seat the negro.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-06-10

Many of the state papers have quoted liberally and approvingly from MT. Nc. Masters letter that recently appeared in the State Herald.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-06-10

Ye white men of Alabama, Goodwin prefers negro in office to a white man. Can you afford to support such man for governor?
Birmingham state herald., 1896-06-10

There is a rumor going the rounds that some of the distributes Of the repupil- can presidential campaign fund did not distribute, and that an investigation IS deua nded
Birmingham state herald., 1896-06-10

Coleman Pop.) of Marshall county had a joint debate at a barbecue recently with a colored brother and it is said the colored brother lambasted Coleman.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-06-10

A. T. Goodwin and the republicans voted to seat the negro Murray. The republicans had counted Goodwin in and he was paying the debt
Birmingham state herald., 1896-06-10
Hon. .Jesse F. Stallinrs.

Hon. Jesse F. Stallings will address his fellow citizens
 At Albertville, Marshall county, June 10. At Gadsden, June Il.
 At Blocton, June 13.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-06-10

Charley Lane of the Huntsville Tribune miseuotes speech of Captain Johnston and then proceeds to demolish it. Fair elections ought to inspire fair treatment.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-06-10

Many hundreds of populites voted for William c. Oates in August, 1894; many thousands of them will vote for Joseph F. Johnston in August, 1896.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-06-10
Hon wiIIiamC Fitts

Hon. William c. Fitts will address thu citizens of Blount county at Bangor or Wednesday, June 10.
 Lead and oil--Mayberry & Watson.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-06-10

If Goodwin will vote to seat negro in congress over white man isn't 1t falr to presume that if he should be elected governor that he would appoint negroes fa
Birmingham state herald., 1896-06-10

We have tried your medicine for more than twenty years" said Senator Black burn to the gold people in Kentucky. Certainly that is long enough to test any sort of gold cure.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-06-10

The free silver democrats of the Nash vile district are still reaching after the scalp of Congressman Washington.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-06-10

We challenge the populites to show a single beat in the entire state where they will gain single white vote.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-06-10
PUBLIC SPEAKING.

Gov. w. c. Oates and Hon. Joseph F. John-
 ston. Gov W. c. Oates and Hon. Joseph F. Johnston will speak:
 At Somerville. Morgan county, June F.. At Hartsel1e, Morgan county, June 1S. At Decatur, Morgan county, June IS.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-06-10

Goodwin has carried out his preference by voting for a negro before he would a white man.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-06-10

As soon as the Chicago convention meets democracy will be in the saddle and with spurs on.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-06-10

Mckinley hopes to recover his voice after the St. Louis convention.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-06-10

Major Mckinley is ambitious to be the great straddle bug of the nineteenth cen tury
Birmingham state herald., 1896-06-10

Hon. w. A. Jones' distinguished and able republican member of congress from Pennsylvania, who was member of the election committee that heard the case of the negro Murray against Elliott for a seat in congress, united with the dem. ocrats on that committee in saying that unless every negro was presumed at all times and under all circumstances to vote the republican ticket, even when he swears he voted the other way" that Murray was not entitled to his seat In spite of this opinion given by a gentle man and republican, who certainly had no prejudice against Murray, Goodwin voted to seat the negro.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-06-10

The democracy up in Morgan are pre-
Birmingham state herald., 1896-06-10

.ucas' Mixed PaInts--Mayberry & wa'~o,.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-06-10
.-t-M ' 1x . [ -

.y party adopted the two-thirds rule. This rule has since prevailed in democratic conventions in spite of all efforts to re- peal it. No doubt an effort will be made in the forthcoming convention to repeal it. There will probably be some dissatis- faction with the platform, and under the two-thirds rule it only requires any num- Der of delegates more than one-third to prevent a nomination. It has usually been the case in the past that candidate who received a majority of the votes was also able to get two-thirds. A notable exception, however, was the Charleston convention in 1860, when Senator Doug lass obtained majority, but could not get two-thirds, and the convention split.
 Editor Lane of the Huntsville Tribune spent a couple of days in Birmingham this week, and the presence of the well known editor, who boasts that he will change front every twenty-four hours or on him. MT. Lane was having a very warm discussion with a local politician whose reputation for changing was near ly equal to his own and he finally re- marked:
 Now, look-a-here, Jim, if you don't stop your gyrations I'm going to write up your political record and publish it to the world"
 Write and be d-d," said Jim; "I'll just take five minutes off and walk outside of your circulation"
Birmingham state herald., 1896-06-10
NEW SLEEPING CAR LINE

 Fire brick-Mayberry & Watson.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-06-10
COUNTY DEMOCRATIC TICKET,

COMMISSIONER or AGRICULTURE:
 I, Y. Culver of Bullock.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-06-10
Low Rates to St, Louis.

Sewer pipe-Mayberry & Watson.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-06-10
STATE DEMOCRATIC TICKET

SUPERINTENDENT or EDuCAIlON'
 John O. Turner of St. Clair.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-06-10

Monarch bicycles-Mayberry & watso
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-06-18
Jared to the Democratic vote last fall

In the forenoon extravagant claims
were made and bets offered that they
would poll over 5000 votes in the county.
These figures were given out as authentic
and printed in a local organ for the ex-
press purpose of bolstering up weak
cause, and they Missed their defiance in
the face Of honest people as they pro-
claimed their omnipotence.
Let it be remembered that many of
these voters were duped into voting by the
false representations of the gang" At
some of the polls the "gang's" henchmen
piteously supplicated Democrats to come
to the polls and vote, but the voters well
knew that it was simply a cunningly de-
vised scheme of the welshers to perpetuate
their power
OF course the primary election on Sat-
urday was not primary election. There
was no election in over half of the county.
But even If there had been an election in
each precinct, 1t could not stand for two
minutes before the credentials committee
at Columbus. 1t was clearly and unmis-
takably against the law, and they could
have been prevented from holding an cleo
tion at all by injunction proceedings
The board of elections last Monday even
ing refused to recognize the de faoto CEN
tral committee and that ended the whole
matter. Section 1919 of the Ohio election
laws says:
That in cities of the first
class and in the first and second
grades in the secOnd-class pri-
mary elections SHALL be un-
der the control Of the board of
elections, and the polling places
SHALL be fixed by such board.
Thus ends the story of the trump
primary election. The "gang" has been
condemned and repudiated by the Demo
Gratis of Stark county, and the dawn Of
an era of honest politics has come
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-06-18
EDITOR ROBERTS.

w. w. Roberts, who for the past four
years has filed the editorial chair OF the
Alliance Daily Critic and weekly Leader,
very acceptably has left Alliance and
will soon become citizen of Mahoning's
metropolis. The Alliance Critic, in
speaking of his mastery ability, says
Mr.. w. w. Roberts has resigned his
position as editor of the Critic and
Leader to become associate editor of
the Ohio State Record, new Demo
cratic paper to be published in Youngs-
town, Ohio. The first number of this
paper will be issued Saturday, June 20.
1t is but proper to say that Mr..
Roberts is an able editor. All his writ
ings are perspicuous, able and convinc-
ing. He has idomitable energy, in
vinoible determination, abudant informa-
ton and iearlessly, yet courteously ad-
vocates what he believes to be right, and
therefore, is endowed with qualities very
essential, if not indispensable, to the
successful discharge of the important
and arduous duties devolying upon an
editorial writer.
Indeed, few, if any writer's, command
more trenchant and incisive pen, and
none are more unswervingly devoted tc
the cause of the people, the overthrow
of the privileges of the classes and the
destruction of the lust for dominion.
The Critic bespeaks for Mr.. Roberts
in his new field Of labor, the confidence
Of the people and most generous re
copnition,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-06-18

Under the heading of each shall be
placed the names Of fifteen candidates for
delegates to said convention favorable
and pledged to said propositions respect
lively.
But.mark how this has been carried
out. There was no provision for the
election of alternates. A motion to elect
central committeeman on May 1s was
voted down. But what did the ringsters
do on Thursdays They practically nulll
fled the resolutions of May 12, and selected
set of alternates to be voted for and pro.
vided for the election of central commit
tee. And remember that the meeting on
Thursday was called to select the alter
mates to he voted for, and the alternates
were selected, and the tickets printed with
their names on, before the meeting of the
committee.
Will such diabolical and revolutionary
actions count for anything at ColumbusH
Well, not this year.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-06-18
SENATOR MORRILL, ILLOGICAL.

The attack made by the venerable
Senator Morrill, on what he denoxnces
as "The Democratic tariff is one OF the
most interesting events of this session of
Congress.
AS the author of the first Republican
tariff bill ever adopted in the United
States, Senator Morrill, is entitled to re-
spectful attention whenever he speaks
on the subject, but it must be confessed
he has ignored the single point which
would have given him utterance of a
lasting value.
1t has been repeatedly asserted and it
is generally assumed that the bill he now
denounces has higher average of duties
than the measure he himself introduced
to raise money for the greatest civil war
of modern times
Can he deny that this is true? And
if it is true how can he consistently de.
mand re.enactment of the Mckinley bill
in time of peace, when the law already
in operation has higher average rate oi
duties than his own bill, introduced as 9
war measure and denounced for twenty
years by free traders as "the iniquitou:
war tariff"
Senator Morrill's position seems to bt
a difficult one. His speech has by ne
means denied it. He needs to take thu
floor again and explain in detail why h'
thinks that the country now needs Nc
Kinley tariff higher than the Morril
war taxes of 1862.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-06-18
THE STACY VERDICT.

The verdict Of guilty in the case of
Ohio vs.. 7. NJ. Stacy, who was indicted
for manslaughter some time ago, was no
doubtin line with the evidence.
James Riley, who was stealing ride
on Fort Wayne freight train and was
running away in order to avoid arrest,
was shot and killed. Riley's ohense was
trivial one which was not evenpunisha-
BILE by imprisonment in the county
Jail if the fine of five dollars imposed
by the statute was paid. He was a
young man Of about % years Of age
hailing from New York, and was on his
home from the West where he had been
engaged in the business of table waiting.
He had no money for railroad fare and
his only means of transportation was
the freight train.
Human life is at all times more sacred
than property, and the verdict in the
Stacy case should be timely warning to
all officers of the law not to hold it at
too cheap rate. An officer has right
to arrest man when he catches him in
the act of crime even if the crime be 9
misdemeanor, but he has no right to kill
him, and If he does he commits murder
or manslaughter.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-06-18
A LESSON FOR THE PoPUL1sTs.

KANSAS had an opportunity to learn
some little lessons in the past five
years, with experience as the inexor-
able teacher. Capital has Stunned the
state, because of the wild theories and
worse practices of the Populists. In
dustries have been at at standstill.
The lessons have been costly, but it is
evident that they were needed, and
there can be no doubt that they will
result, in time, in sober return to COM
mon sense.
Meanwhile the supreme court of the
United States has lately taught them
that State legislatures are still bound to
respect the constitution and that spite.
full charges of honest local judges for
dishonest or incapable ones does not
affect the constitution of the United
States in the least. One of the astonish-
ng laws enacted by the Populist legisla-
ture of 1898 extended the period Of re-
demption in the case of mortgage fore
closures to eighteen months and pro-
vided that the mortgageor might redeem
the property, not for the amount OF the
mortgage, but for the sum bid at the
sale, This was bad enough, but the ACT
also provided that the law should apply
to contracts made prior to its passage
The Kansas judges we're still honest, Il
the members of the legislature were not
and on the very first case that came ur
Judge Hazen courageously declared the
law unconstitutional, because it was ex
post facto. The case went to the
supreme court of State, and the decision
of the lower court was promptly sus
tained. Then the Populists removed
chief Justice Norton, and the newly con
stituted court hastened to declare tina
the law was constitutional in Kansas
anyhow. But now the supreme court o
the United States is still in good healthy
condition, and by recent decision ha
set the Populist legislature and th'
Populist Kansas court at naught by hold
ing, as it plainly must do, that Law
which attempts to repudiate private con
tracts already entered into in good faitl
is in clear violation of that section of tn
constitution which declares that "no bill
of attainder or expost facto law shall b
passed." 1t is to be hoped that here
after members of the Kansas legislature
even if they are Populists, will take tn
trouble to read the constitution of tn
United States once in awhile.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-06-18
PARADOXICAL.
PrOhibitiOnists Scatter When Water
Dampens the Surroundings
at Picnic.

The big temperance picnic of the
societies of Lawrence and Baughman
townships, which has been an annual
event for twenty-five years, was held
near North Lawrence Saturday. Several
hundred people were present from Stark
and Wayne counties A feature of the
days program was debate on the rela,
tive Importance of the prohibition and
financial issues In which Messrs. Mock
of North Lawrence, and W. S. Lester, Of
Cleveland, upheld the prohibition cause
and Wyant, of Orryille, spoke for finance,
There was big dinner, lots of good
music and speaking, and the celebration
wound up with deluge which caused q
quick scattering of the picnickers.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-06-18
its opportunities and shirk its plair
duties as this one has done.

its opportunities and shirk its plain
duties as this one has done.
1t persistly claimed that 1t was of no
use to pass any measure of financial re-
lief, because President Cleveland would
veto it, And yet it passed the vicious
river and harbor bill, appropriating
millions of the peoples money in need
less expenditure over this Veto
For direct legislation, measures pro.
viding for the Venezuelan commission,
the filed cheese and requiring years
residence in the territories before begin
ing divorce proceedings, have been passed, i,
besides regular and special appropria-
bills carrying considerably over half
billion of dollars. Nearly dozen
Democratic members of the House have
been unseated. There were introduced
about $500 bills, so that plenty of
work is on the way for consideration at
the short session. Among them are
some important subjects, notably in re.
ference to the restriction of immigration
and uniform bankruptcy proceedings.
The antics of this Congress have been
such as to call for an unusual amount Of
comment as they have occurred, and the
people have become well impressed
/
Herewith. There will be no regrets al
the passing of the "Long" session, and
the scattering of the members among
their disgusted constituents, in the hope
that they may profit by such association
during the months intervening unit
next December.
Let the people organize and see thai
not single one of them shall evel
again disgrace the national Congress.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-06-18
Marvellous Results.

From a letter written by Rev, j. Gun
derman, Dimondale, Mich, we are per-
mitted to make this extract. 81 have
no hesitation in Recommending DR..
Kings New Discovery, as the result was
almost marvellous in the case of my
wife. While was pastor of the Baptist
Church at Rivers Junction she was
brought down with pneumonia succeed.
ing La Grippe. Terrible paroxysms OF
coughing would last hours with little
interruption and it seemed as if she
would not survive them. A friend re.
commended DIR. Kings New Discovery;
II was quick in its work and highly sat
isfsctory in results" Trial bottle free
at Durbln, Wright & Co., Drug Store.
Regular size 50c. and 81,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-06-18
LOGAN BOLTED.
He Couldn't Stand Up With the Mar
row Gaugers and Resigned
His Place.

John Danncr, of this city, returned
Saturday from Columbus, where he was
in attendance at an important meeting of
the state executive committee of the Pro-
hibition party. At this meeting, L. B.
Logan, of Alliance, who has deserted the
Prohibitionists and joined the new
national party, resigned as state chair
man and e. ]. Pinney, prominent law
yer of Cleveland, was elected to take his
place. The headquarters will now be
moved from this county to Cleveland.
Rev. Alva Crabtree, the party candi-
date for secretary of state, also resigned to
go with he Nationalists, and Gen. Walter
5. Payne, of Fostoria, was placed upon
the ticket in his stead.
Eleven of the executive committee
wished to be relieved of their positions
and new men were elected to the vacan,
cies. John Danner, of this city, was
elected as the member from this district
After the reorganization the party took
steps looking toward a vigorous cam
paign.
The boiling members held a caucus ant
decided to hold state convention of tn,
Nationalists in the near future. L. B
Logan, of Alliance, who has been elected
national chairman of the Nationalists
will take up his residence in Chicago in I
few days.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-06-18
THE "GANGv FLATTENED OUT.

A "rump' primary election was held
on Saturday afternoon by the political
ghouls who have had control of the Demo
cratic organization for the past TWO years
and so mismansRed the party that the
once Democratic county of Stark is now
Republican by about 5000 majority. The
election is simply farce. It was not
general primary, for many of the central
committeeman did not hold any election.
1t was an unauthorized primary election.
called by the de facto officials of the de
faoto central committee for the purpose
of electinR delegates to state convention
which will never be seated.
1t was peculiar primary election. On
the one side of their ticket was list Of
fifteen delegates and fifteen alternates,
and at the head of these names were the
words "For the free and unlimited coin.
age Of both gold and silver" But no
ratio was stated. This could mean q
ratio Of 81 to 1, which the gold men
themselves do not object to. On the
other side of the ticket were the words,
For the single gold standard" but no
names for delegates or alternates. There
was kindly suggestion at the top of the
ticket that the goldite could select any
names he wanted and write them in.
How liberal They didn't compel the
gold men to vote for any particular set of
delegates and alternates, but they gave
them free scope to scour the county from
one end to the other aud select any names
they wanted. Beautiful and magnificent
scheme. The man or men who go to Co.
lumbus to argue before the credentials
committee that this was fair election
and that the delegates selected by such
methods should bs entitled to seats in the
state convention, will never again get
back to Canton. They will at once be
considered as raving lunatics who have
escaped from some asylum and taken in
charge by the Columbus authorities and
sent forthwith to Toledo for incarceration.
If any one has any doubt as to what q
colossal farce 1t was, let him size up the
beggarly vote they got in the places where
an election was held. After advertising
the matter by hand-bills and in the
papers, and making personal canvass in
some of the wards, with money for the
venal honors for the ambitious promise:
| for the weak and flattery for the fools
= they could not muster more than ont
1 vote In twenty. Following Is the vot'
a from places thus far heard from, and com
Y pared to the Democratic vote last fall:
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-06-18
Athletics
II Appreciate

the benefits to be derived from
Bovinine. A well-known cham
pion bicyclist heartily commends
it. Fred Titus, of the Spaulding
Racing Team says, "I have been
taking Bovinine while training,
am surprised at the strength and
renewed vigor l derived from its
use. 1t is grand to take after
hard riding, as it very soon re-
stores the life you lose at such
times"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-06-18
CONGRESS ADJoURNs.


If ever an outraged host fastened the
departure of guest it had welcomed
with no little politeness and considera'
ton, that host is the American people
today, and that guest is the obfuscated
spendthrift Congress OF the United
States that fell to pieces yesterday of its
own demoralized and unprincipled ex,
travagance.
Never in the history of this nation
has congress had such an opportunity
to redress widespread evils and give the
producers the relief they need, and
never before did congress fiitter away
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-06-18
A Word or Two.

to those suffering from oatarrh or the
thousands subject to severe attacks of cold
in the head, will not be amiss if a sure
remedy can be offered. Ely's Cream Balm
has become favorite in all sections of
the United States, because of It's effective
ness. Your cold In the head will be quick,
ly relieved by it, and the severest attack
of oatarrh will yield to, and be perfectly
cured by thorough treatment. Catarrh
is not blood disease, but an inaflmma
tion of the passages of the nose and
throat, due to Climatic changes.