The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-07-29


ing Any One-senator Foraker Dis
Eusted with the Manner In which
Patronage Is Being Dealt Out.
Washington, July 24.-[Special. J.
More than a month ago Senator Mark
Hanna, seeing the drift of things in
Ohio, was forced to the conclusion that
he must do something to turn the tide
n he expected to see enough Hanna
members of the legislature elected to
make so much as a quorum of eau
Gus.
With unlimited means at his own
command anda couple of millions sub
Ject to his order in the treasury of the
Republican national committee, it was
an easy matter for him to set any sort
Of machinery in motion.
Accordingly he constructed a liter
ary bureau, through which he pro-
posed and sull proposes to carry on a
campaign Of education, and, inciden-
tally, a campaign OF vihfcation and
abuse of any and oil men who stand
in his way to a senatorial election.
Mr.. Hanna is a man of broad and
liberal ideas, in more ways than one,
especially when dealing with his own
interests. Hence it was but natural
that he should assume that the people
Of Ohio en- masse, are wandering
through the fogs of dense ignorance.
While they are pinched with want and
harassed with debt and taxation; /;
while the worllingman, who was fed
on Hanna's promises last year, has
been reduced in wages and to half
time, or no time at all, through the
operations Of the existing gold stand
ard" Mr.. Hanna has undertaken,
through his bureau" of which Joe
Smith is the head on a $4,000 salary,
paid out Of the United States treasury,
20 convince them that they are really
ling on the crest Of the wave Of
prosperity If they only had sense
enough to know 1t, and that the only
thing that endangers stin greater pros
perity for them in the future is the
possibility that some other man than
Mr.. Hanna--some sympathizer with
the toiling masses, some anarchist, for
instance, who believes in the Declara-
ton Of Independence, the sanctity Of
the constitution, the rights of the
humblest citizen and purely Amer
lean monetary system, will be elected
to the United States senate.
In short Mr.. Hanna's prescription
for the restoration of confidence and
prosperity is n continuing one, and
will remain such as long as the people
are willing 70 be fooled.
In 1896 all that was necessary to
restore confidence and prosperity, open
the mills and let the mints go to Hall
fax, was to elect Mckinley To the pres
idenCy.
Ia 1897 the miracle is to be per-
formed by electing Marcus Alonzo
Hanna to the United States senate
from Ohio.
In 1898 there vii. be q crying need
for further restoration of confidence,
ETC., and who would make a better
Moses in that behalf than Mr.. Hanna's
side partner and Fides Achates, George
B. Cox? 1t will then be in order 70
promote prosperity by electing Mr..
Cox to congress, so that there may lie
an easy hos" in both houses.
distinguished, but at present some
what retired statesman named Hob
son, will have earned the necessary
certificate to make him eligible as a
stalking horse Of confidence and pros
4Tsss!ty.
But even Mr.. Hanna's literary bu-
reau has its drawbacks, and brings
him all sorts OF trials and tributations.
His ttissle with the schedules of the
tariff bill were merely play, SO far as
their adjustment went, compared with
the difficulty he has in smoothing out
the varied and varying schedules Of
the bureaus able political products.
An avalanche Of Indignantly worded
letters have recently come upon him
from hitherto confdang editors In
Ohio. Some of them tell him plainly
that he has buncoed them with a gold
brick, while others want TO know why
the schedule is not uniform.
Some Of the papers publishing the
Hanna letters receive one price for the
space, some receive another price, some
receive none at all. Three OF four
gold Democrat papers, or at least
claiming to be such, scoop in the rich
est and juiciest plums.
Il appears that a number of the edi.
tors have been comparing notes and
discovered that they have been getting
the hot end OF the poker all along.
Those who have come straight TO the
point and demanded a square deal
have been placated by an advance In
the stipend
And Mr.. Hanna can we'll afford to
pay handsomely, for there is fully
100000 contributed by the sugar trust,
TO say nothing OF the liberal contribu-
ttnos Of the other trusts and monopo-
lies, still unexpended and held in re-
serve for Mr.. Hannas campaign in
Ohio.
He has been the faithful and useful
friend Of these trusts during Mr.. Han
mas brief career of statesmanship, and
ii is only to be expected that they will
aid him in the manufacture of trust
made confidence and prosperity, a
smooth system OF bunco, which was
successful last year and which they
expect to be successful this.
Mr.. Hanna's pretended indignation
over the publication that he had taken
10 sleeping in the White House to
more thoroughly supervise the distri-
button OF Federal patronage is looked
on in this city In the light OF an i'm
mense joke. That he dominates the
president in all appointments, and es-
peclally controls those In Ohio so as
TO punish and humihate Senator Fora
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