The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-10-07
REORGANIZATION
EFFECTED AT A ROUsING MEET.
ING LAST NIGHT.
Free silver Forces Meet and Listen to
Able Speakers General Sherwood
Makes Pointed Answer to Ques-
tions Propounded TO Him.

rtpresented. 1t was a gathering of those
who believed in the restoration Of silver
to its true position among the money
metals Of the country and the enthusiasm
displayed showed clearly that the cause of
the people was eminently before the peo-
pie and that no stone would be left un-
turned to restore the currency OF the
country to the basis upon which the
country prospered in reality and not
ouly in the meaningless terms Of heart
less, corrupt and greed-seeking politi-
clans. The men who were present at the
meeting last evening were the deter
mined champions of a cause true to the
great mass of humanity, men who worked
close to the heather for the good Of tn
common all
The meeting organized by electing
Henry Warner, a man always 10 the har-
uess, permanent chairman. f. A. Kes-
sler was elected secretary. The speakers
of the evening we're invited to seats on
the platform and in neat speech Chair
man Warner introduced Mayor Rice.
His Honor spoke Of the demonstration
made by several enthusiasts present as
being metaphorically the fire necessary
to set the pot boiling. The gold people
we're trying to keep back the silver issue,
but the adherents nf free silver should
not be deceived but should make the
effort of their lives to win the day for
the white metal.
He predicted the removal Of greenhacks
by the coming congress If it should be
Republican, and the establishment Of
gold as the only currency. After paying
a splendid tribute to Gen. Warner, who,
he said, stood without peer on the sub
ct of finance, Mayor Rice gave way tn
that distinguished, veteran Of the stump
Gen. 1. r. Sherwood. With his vast
cal lore, the Generals spesch proved tn
be fully up t) the high ec,ations of
the audience. His srraignment Of the
Doodle bosses and their despicable meth
DDS chilled the blood of every patriot.
No one listened to the truthful force,
ful, though short spetch Of Geno RAJ Sher.
wood without feeling every drop of honest
blood in his veins tingls with idignati
Daring bis discourse he was interrupted
| by those who desired information on
several points incorporated in his speech.
The general proved to be fully equal t,
the task, ard dissemin ated knowledge al
pace which dissipated all shadows from
the minds Of those seeking the truth on
subjects patent to the disturbed times.
He said that the record of the present
congress is the most extravagsnt and
reckless in all the history Of congresses
The appropriations are larger by over fifty
millions than ever before known. They
gave Us tariff bill that was dictated by
the trusts and which promises, within tht
next twelve months, to be the most un
satisfactory and unpopular measure en-
acted since the war, in fact more unpopu
lar and unsatisfactory than the repudiatet
Mckinley bill, that wrecked the Republi
can party in three successive elections
Besides that, it Is a deficit breeder. ThC
deficiency under the DinRley bill for thu
month of August and the first thre
weeks of September aggregates the enor
nous sum of $ls, 900, 900, which is almos
81, 900. 900 more than the Wilson bill de
| hn he Ia ct a.
the mi1st Of the sll-pervading distress o
Presidential campaign.
Gen. Sherwood discussed Mark Han
mas political methods with great earnest
ness and effectiveness. He said he wa
not only the most audaoious boOdler tina
had ever before appeared in American
reckless and the most shameless. HI
not only sought to bribe poor voters t.
vote directly for his party and himself
but he had gone into convention of al
opposition party and by Doodle method
had doubtless put enough men into tn
late Populist state convention to chang
the character and purposes Of that con
vention from an ally of the Chicago plat
form to an ally of Mark Hanna and Gov
Bushnell, by diverting votes sure fer tn
Democratic silver party to a oandidat
Of their own, thereby dividing and de
cimatiOg the force naturally arrsye
against the yellow Molgch OF the Rol
standlId. The result Of these manipu
lations was the nomination Of Jaco
Coxey for governor.
After Gen. SherWood's speech, Allel
Cook desired to ask a question and Gen
Sherwood agreed to answer it. Mr.. Coo
claimed Gen. Sherwood had said tina
! Mark Hanna and his money had nomina
ted Coxey. Gen. Sherwood told Mr. Coo
he had not questioned the integrity c
Coxey, but claimed that had the POpuli;
convention been left to its own oOunsel'
without corrupt influence, it woul
surely have endorsed fusion, as 1t did las
year, as all the conditions were just tn
same and the demsnd for such actlo
much more urgent. Gen. Sherwood sal
be made no charges of corruption agsini
Coxey or any other individual, as be ha
not the proof but he asked MIR. Cook If
did not concede that Mark Hanna's cheo
book did not figure in that convention
Mr.. Cook conceded that such wasthe fac
Attorney James Sterling was nel
5 introduced and as usual telling speeC
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