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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-09-03
COMMON PLEAS JUDGES FOR THIS
DISTRICT.

The Democrats In this judicial district,
which is composed of the counties Of
Carroll, Colum biana and Stark, should
not lose sight of the fact that there are
two common pleas judges to elect this
fall. Several times have the Democrats
let this district go by default. No nomin-
ations were made because 1t was thought
impossible to elect candidate, but a
glance at the figures Of last year shows
that when the Republicans had every
thing thelr own way, their majority in
the district was only 700.
The vote in the three counties is as fol.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-09-03
THE BRYAN DEMONSTRATION AT
CLEVELAND.

The Bryan demonstration at Cleveland
on Monday, was the largest political
demonstration of either political Earty
ever held In that city. Even the "Plumed
Knight" In the remarkable campaign Of
1884, when ne wos said to be at his best,
did not arouse as much enthusiasm as
William J. Bryan did yesterday at Cleve-
land.
The people came from far and near to
greet the champion of the peoples rights.
The armory, with a seating capacity Of
IL, 900 and standing room for 5000 more,
was packed from center to dome. Men
clung to the iron beams of the roof; they
climbed up to the windows from the
outside. Not another man could get into
the vast structure, either in the audi
torium or the corridors. The same con-
dition of things existed at Music Hall,
which has q seating capacity OF 300 and
room for 1000 more in the aisles After
Mr.. Bryan had delivered speech at each
Of the above named places he appeared
In front of the Hollenden hotel where
he spoke to an overflow meeting Of fully
1000 people.
The parade was not Of the spectacular
sort. Plain men, farmers, workingmen,
sterling citizens Of all GLASSES, came and
marched, They wore no cosby uniforms;
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-09-03

"We want in the United States neither
cheap money nor cheap labor. We will
have neither the one nor the other" de-
olares Governor Mckinley, and he is
right. This, however, is not in opposi'
tion to free silver coinage. Governor Nc
Kinley knows that the American people
undoubtedly favor sound money, and he
will know If he does not know already,
that the vast majority believe that sound
money and actual and practical bimetall'
ism are inseparable.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-09-03

There is apt to be jar in the congress
sional convention over the delegatesf from
Stark county. The first call that was is-
sued provided that the congressional de
legates be elected at the same time the
county delegates were elected. This
was afterwards changed and the provision
as to congressional delegates was stricken
from the call. But on the strength of the
first CALL congressional delegates were
selected in over half Of the county. The
Stark county committee are called to
meet for next Saturday to make arrange
ments to select delegates and whatever is
done Is apt to produce jar in the con-
veption
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-09-03

The Republican party and its dis.
tinguished allies, the carpet knight Demo.
Gratis, are pleased to refer to the Demo.
cratic party as Anarchists, SOCIALISTS aud
Repudiationsts, led by Altgeld, Tillmap,
Butler, Watson, ct al. When BouI ke
Cochran travels around the country striv-
ing to convince his old party friends that
the worse is the better side, he can appro-
priately be escorted on either side by those
eminent disciples of virtue and morality,
and loyal citizens, W. O. p. Breckenridge
and Johann Most
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-09-03

neither were they clothed in claw hammer
coats with shirt froI Is bespangled with
diamonds, but they were dressed in the
plain garb of the toiling masses and their
turning out to greet their candidate with
out money and without price is a signin-
cant pointer that they mean business in
this campaign and that from now until
the third Of November they will rally
around the banner of william j. Bryan.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-09-03

1t will be seen from these figures that
If two good men are put into the field,
men who can solidify the opposition to
the Republicans, hopeful battle can be
waged to defeat both Of the Republican
candidates. The candidates should be
men of judicial minds and of unques-
toned ability, and they should also be
men who can get practically every anti
Republican vote in the district. There
are such men in the district, and they
should be prevailed upon to mako the
race. The News Democrat has no choice
In the matter, but men of the stamp and
character above referfed to, can wage a
hopeful battle with strong possibility of
peing elected.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-09-03

The law of supply and demand applies
to IN oney as to everything else. The
demand for the gold dollar Is greater than
the supply, made so by legislation, and
its value is constantly appreciating. The
Democrats propose to remedy this by de-
creasing the demand. The Republicans
say it shall not be done, Bimetallism is
a good thing, but 1t cannot be had until
England consents. The Republican party
is the ally Of England in forcing a gold
standard upon the American people.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-09-03

"If a man says that he Is opposed to a
gold standard, and Is In favor OF
bimetailism, bat says that foreign aid ID
necessary to support this government,
you tell him that there were lots Of good
citizens who thought the same thing In
l77o, but no monuments have ever been
erected by which to remember them. II
they tell sou that they don't went 58-
cent dollar, ask them II they ever got any
OF those dollars, and II they have any TO
sel now for So cents. You tell them that
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-09-03
TO WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN.

TO WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN.
There is class OF Republicans in this
state, a large number of which are located
In Stark county, who believe in the free
and unlimited coinage of silver at the
ratio of 16 to /, but say they will vote for
Mckinley because they expect to accom-
plish it sooner in that way than by voting
for William J. Bryan. This class of Re-
publicans are no doubt honest in their
belief, but they are laboring under a de-
lusion.
Major Mckinley is gold standard
man, nominated by gold standard party,
and he has accepted the gold standard
platform. The fact that Mckinley voted
for the original Bland act in 1878, and
for the Bland-Allison act after it had been
vetoed by President Hayes, will cut no
figure with him when he is once elected
John G. Carlisle did the same thing, and
would any man, for moment, expect to
accomplish the free coinage of silver by
ss5tup Jg,sgls1 1.sz.. g,-'yrf' 49, 7nEgs..--.I.s
electing Carlisle to the Presidency?
If these men expect to get free coinage
of silver, they will be wofully mistaken.
Mr.. Mckinley, like Mr.. Carlisle, has
changed his mind on the money question,
and even II he held to the same views that
he did eighteen years ago, he would veto
any free coinage bill that would come up,
on the grounds of party policy. He would
no more think Of ignoring his party on
this question and thereby cut off all hope
of a denomination, than he would think
of recommending to Congress a free trade
measure And even though he felt kindly
disposed toward silver coinage the power
behind the throne would muzzle him, as
they are doing now, so that he would be
powerless to act in the matter if he
wanted to. Let it be remembered that
the parties who are putting up the cash
to carry this election are not in this busi-
ness for their health, for they hope that,
by further fall in prices, their sppreciat-
ing dollar will buy more under the next
administration than under the present
one.
The gold contraotionists are doing now
just what the tariff -mongers did in the
campaign of 1883. The tariff -mongers
contracted by purchase for increased taxes
upon the people, and Major Mckinley, as
chairman of the ways and means COM
mittee, was made the auditor to apportion
the tariff tax raiment of the people among
its purchasers. President Dolan, of the
Manufacturers Association, planked down
his $4,000 and he made his fellow
woolen manufacturers do the same. He
promptly appeared before the ways and
means committee when sitting for the
distribution o the plunder, and was
awarded the increased taxes on the wool.
ems, he demanded. The Harrisons, the
Spreckles and the knights chipped their
thousands into the campaign fund and
they were given free raw sugar and the
tax was continued on refined sugar
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-09-03

Every laboring man thrown out Of
work by failures in business and depres-
sion of trade knows that the single gold
standard is the cause. He knows that
the conspiracy to make money dear has
gradually but inexorably frightened the
screws on all industrial enterprises.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-09-03

The only way to cure fever and ague
Is either to neutralize the poisons which
cause the disease or TO expeI them from
the system Ayers Ague Cure operates In
both ways. 1t Is warranted specific for
all forms OF malarial disorders, and new
or fails to cure. Try It.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-09-03

When the constitution of the United
States was adopted, was 1t sent to Ior-
eign nations TO be ratified by inter-
national agreement or was it adopted by
the United States independent of any
other nation on earth?
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-09-03

Nearly all the labor unions Of the
country are declaring in favor of the free
coinage of silver. The laboring man is
not afraid of having too much money in
the country.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-09-03

Which would you prefer, free and un-
limited coinage of silver, or unlimited
issue of gold bonds? That is a question
to be decided at the coming election.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-09-03

Travellers are frequently troubled with
dysentery, diaIrhoea or other bowel COM
plants brought on by charge OF water
and diet. One dose of DR.. Fowler's
Ext OF Wild Strawberry Will bring relief.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-09-03

The figures on imports clearly show
that it was not on account of the reduced
tariff under the Wilson bill that the gov =
ernment was compelled to issue
Ss6s, 900, 900 worth of bonds during the
past year.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-09-03

under free coinage the dollar will be the
same size that 1t Ia now, the same weight,
will have the same flneness. William
j. Bryan at james own, n. Y.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-09-03
COUNTY DEMOCRATIC TICKET.

Probate Judge,
JOHN X BOWERS.
Prosecuting Attorney,
ATLEE POMERENE.
County Commissioner,
JOHN II. DAGGER.
Infrmary Director,
l.. G.. KELLEY.
Coroner,
DIR. HIRAM KIRBY
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-09-03

wright's Celery Tc. regulates the
and sick headache. 25c at all druggists.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-09-03

Wrights Celery Tea cures constipa.
ton, sick headaches. sc at druggists.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-09-03
DEFICIT NOT DUE TO THE WILSON
BILL.


The Republican papers are harping on
the deficiency in revenue in the tariff re-
sulting from the passing Of the Wilson
German bill. The figures as given by the
government of the customs receipts, show
that this is untrue. The Wilson tariff
bill has been in operation for only one full
fiscal year, that ending June 80, 1896.
The dues collected during the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1895, were part under the
Mckinley bill and part under The Wilson
bill. The first fiscal year of the Mckinley
bill was that ending June 80, 1899. The
revenue was as follows:
1892 Mckinley bill, s177, 452, 964.
1898 Mckinley bill, s2O3, ,o16.
1894 Mckinley bill, s131, sls, $50.
1896 Wilson bill, $3.50, ,O44, 657..
This shows that the receipts Of customs
for the last full fiscal year Of the Nc
Kinley bill was almost $50, 100000 less
than for the first full fiscal year of the
Wilson bill.
The reports of domestic merchandise
exported during the same years were as
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-09-03

Always first in the field of acon-ever ready to offer
new things to the rade-we take pleasure in
ng the
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-09-03
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL TICKET.

For President,
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN,
Of Nebraska.
For Vice President,
ARTHUR SEWALL,
Of Maine.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-03
MACKAYS SAD RETURNING
Arrives at New York From
Paris With the Body of
His Son.
Funeral Services at Greenwood Gene
terry Yelled by an Air of
Mystery.

NEW YORK, N. Y, Feb. 2.-The
French line steamer La Touraine, which
arrived this morning, had among its pas
sengers Mr.. John W. Mackay. the we'll
known Pacific Coast millionaire, Mrs.
Mackay and their son, Clarence Mackay.
They brought with them the body OF their
eldest son. the late John w. Mackay Jr..
who was killed near Paris several months
ago.
Mr.. ana Mrs. Mackay were met at the
pier by the Rev. Father Ducey of st. Leo's
Catholic Church. Almost as soon as the
passengers had left the ship the casket
containing the body was brought ashore,
placed in a funeral car and taken to Green
wood Cemetery.
Before being placed in the magnificent
mausoleum recently erected in Greenwood
by Mr.. Mackay, it is said. private funeral
services conducted by Father Ducey were
held.
Father Ducey declined to see any re-
porters at his residence to-day. Clarence
Mackay said the family had no statements
to make to the press and that the inter-
ment would be conducted privately. An
other authority, however, states that no
services were held to-day, but that they
will take place in Greenwood tomorrow.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-03
PERISH WHILE At MASS.
Eight Persons Killed and Sixty
Injured by the Collapse
of a Church.
Walls of the Structure Give WAY and
the Roof Crashes Down Upon
the Worshipers.

PARIS, FRANCE, Feb. "A terrible acci-
dent, resulting in the killing of eight per-
sons and tlsaipiuring of sixty, occurred
to-day at MaiI9Ssrier, a village near
Anglers, in the Department of Maine-et-
Loire. The disaster was the collapse of
the village church, in which mass was be-
ing celebrated.
The structure was comfortably filled,
most of the worshipers being women and
children. Suddenly and with very little
warning the walls began to sway, and be-
fore all the congregation could get out
fell. The roof crashed down upon the
struggling throng beneath, and it is sur
prising that not more than eight persons
were killed.
The work of removing the dead and res
culng the injured was promptly commenced
by the villagers, who were aided by peas
ants and others from the country round
about. The condition of some of the in
lured is SO serious that it is feared they
will die. A larger congregation than usual
attended the mass to-day, it being the
feast OF the publication of the Blessed
Virgin.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-03

tion of leader in place of Justin McCar-
thy, who, it is said, will retire from the
leadership this week, will be held in Dub
lin on March s. Mr.. McCarthy's retire
ment is attributed solely to his declining
health and arrears of work.
The Dublin meeting will merely discuss
the question of who shall succeed Mr.. Nc
Carthy. The final selection will be made
in London. 1t is the opinion now that
Thomas Sexton, who represents North
Kerry in the House of Commons, will be
selected to lead the party.
All the morning papers will tomorrow
discuss the approaching retirement Of
Mr.. Mccarthy. The Daily News praises
his tact, temper and dignity, and adds
that if political capacity is the sole guide
in selecting his successor Mr.. Sexton ought
to be chosen for the place. The Standard
pays tribute to Mr.. McCarthy's amiabil-
ity, and SAYS it does not see a successor to
him who would be capable of holding the
anti-Parnellite party together.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-03
Low Tides Prevent a Renewal
of Efforts to Free the
st. Paul.
THOUSANDS LINE THE BEACH.
Experts Express the Opinion That the
Magnificent Ocean Liner Is
Doomed.

LONG BRANCH, N. J., Feb. 2.-This
famous seaside resort never saw larger
crowds than those which have visited the
Branch" since the American line steamer
st. Paul has been aground opposite the
Grand View Hotel. A conservative esti-
mate of to-day's visitors is 25,000. The
Pennsylvania Railroad ran eight excursion
trains from Philadelphia: Among the
sight-seers were hundreds of the employees
of Cramps shipyards, where the st. Paul
was built. The chief engineer of the yards
was one of the number. Two special train s
were run from New York, and the trolley
cars from Asbury Pork brought thou
sands of visitors. Farmers drove in from
the country, iverymen had all their rigs
hired out and bicycle riders were out in
large mum bers.
Long Branch did not expect such gath
ering and restaurants were compelled to
turn thousands away. Bakeries and
grocery stores did a land Office business.
The wind was strong from the north
west all day, causing an extremely low
tide, lower in fact than at any other time
since the liner stranded. At O'Clock this
afternoon there was not over five feet of
water on the bar. Sixteen feet of the red
water line of the st. Paul showed, indi-
eating that the steamer was in the sand
and clay to the depth of at least six feet.
Captain Merritt, one of those in charge
of the floating of the ship. says that she
will be pulled off with two or three more
high tides. The opinion of many experts
is, however, that the ship is doomed.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-03
SCHEMING TO GUST
THE CHANCELLOR.
Won Hohenlohe's Position to Be
Assailed by a Strong
Coalition.
HIS POLICY IN D1sFAvoR.
Opposition to Emperor Williams Naval
Plans Will BE Utilized by His
Enemies.

LONDON. Eng, Feb. 2.-The Berlin cor
respondent of the Times telegraphs that the
Agrarian, Conservative and Bismarck par
ties have entered into a scheme to over
throw Chancellor Won Hohenlohe, who
does not favor the Emperor's proposals
for increasing the naval strength of the
empire. There Is no sign that the Chan
cellor's position has been shaken, but the
coalitions hope to overthrow him is based
on the Emperor's energetic temper and his
insistence on the fulfillment of his desires.
Count Won Waldersee and Count Wart-
ernsleben are mentioned as Chancellor
Hohenlohe's successors, but their names
are mentioned merely because prema-
ture disclosure OF the real candidates
name would jeopardize the scheme.
1t is believed in some quarters that the
real candidate of the coalition is Count
Herbert Bismarck, but, the correspondent
adds, perhaps the suggestion of this name
is made by friends of the Cha ncellor in or
der to defeat the scheme by connecting
with ita name which is distasteful to the
Emperor.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-03
Lafayette Hotel Guests Forced to
Make a Precipitate
Exit.
FLAMES IN AN ART GALLERY.
The Hazeltine Stock of Pictures Reduced
to Ashes-Baptist Literature
Consumed.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Feb. 2.-The
fercest, most stubborn and most destruc-
tive fire that has visited Philadelphia in
years originated at $3.50 o'clock this MORN
ing in the cellar Of the Hazeitine bull ding,
1416 and 1418 Chestnut street, and before
it had been subdued the Hazeltine build
ing and the American Baptist Publication
Societys building at 1920 and 1922 Chest
nut street were destroyed. The dry-goods
store of Homer LIE Boutellier & Co., 1412
and 1414 Chestnut street, was badly dam
aged, and the rear of the Hotel Lafayette,
which fac es on Broad street, was damaged
to the extent OF $50, 600. The approximate
total loss by the fire is 81, ,O75, 900, the
greater part of which is covered by insur-
ance.
The cause of the fire is not definitely
known. When the fremen arrived, the
Hazeltine building was already a mass Of
flames. The building was several stories
in height, with an ornate front of brick
and terra-cotta. The flames spread with
great rapidity and the fire was soon be-
yond the control of the department.
Several alarms brought nearly every fire
company in the city to the scene. The
flames leaped up high into the air and
burst out of the rear of the building ON
SAMSON street and threatened the hand
some clubhouse of the Union League with
destruction. Fortunately the wind blew
the flames and sparks in another direction.
The rear stories of the Lafayette Hotel
lowered high above the Hazeltine build
ing, and the flames poured over the wall
toward the hotel. BY this time most of
the guests in the hotel had been awakened,
and, as the building seemed in imminent
danger, they were warned to leave.
Scantily clothed men and women poured
into Broad street, dragging with them
their trunks and baggage. All the night
cabmen in the neighborhood had been at
tracted to the scene, and they garnered a
harvest of dollars in conveying the guests
to other hotels. Police patrol wagons were
also pressed into service for this duty.
and among those who availed themselves
OF this sort of vehicle was Mayor Porter
King of Atlanta and the other AtIantans
who came on here with the Liberty bell.
They passed the remainder of the night in
the Continental Hotel.
There is story going around that one
OF the Atlantans slept all through the ex-
element and descended for breakfast this
morning in blissful unconsciousness that
he had been in peril of cremation. The
story, however, lacks confirmation.
The fire in the meanwhile had spread
from the Hazeltine building to the fur
story marble building of the Baptist Pub
lication Society, and this, too, was soon
mass of flames. Like the Hazeltine build
ing it extends go feet back from Chestnut
to SAMSON street. The Lafayette Hotel
had reopened only recently, after having
been altered and refurnished at a cost of
$5o0,000. The firemen directed most of
their attention toward saving this build
ing. 1t was on ire at least half hundred
times, but the department did splendid
work and confined the flames to the rooms
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-03
STRIKERS APPLY THE TORCH.
Destruction of Chicago and Southeastern
Railway Property Charged to
the Ex-EmDi0yes.

LEBANON, IND, Feb. 2.-Regardless of
the protestations of the striking Chica go
and Southeastern Railway shopmen OF
their intention to obey the law, fire broke
out in the caboose yards adjoining the
shops early this morning. The depart
ment answered the alarm promptly, but
before the confagration could be brought
under control every caboose in the yard
was destroyed. The shop was saved with
difficulty.
Advices from Westfield, twenty miles
east of this city, are that the depot at that
point, together with a large amount OF
freight, went up in smoke. 1t is alleged
that both fires are the result of the work
of the strikers or their sympathizers.
1t is rumored that the trainmen will
quit work unless an adjustment of the
trouble is effected tomorrow. Not train
passed over the line to-day