The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-09-09

details Of my testimony laid before the
investigating committee of the Peoples
party at its convention In Columbus.
You have no doubt also noticed that
the majority Of said committee refused
to publish any part of said testimony,
| and 1t devolved upon the minority 30
| give to the world the facts in an at
| tempt to betray the Peoples party
| through me and others. What l did in
this matter was done with the knowl-
edge and consent of leading Populists
of the satte, and Mark Hanna has now
in an interview with Cleveland Re-
| corder reporter admitted that IL was a
trap laid for his secretary into which
he fell.
You who have known me since 1872
when labored for the election of WILL
lam Allen for governor Of our state on
finance reform platform and in op-
position to bonds and national banks,
and who know how In 1875 I left the
Democratic party because in its ma
tlonal platform 1t laughed at our "ohio
idea" know that have since that
time given my time, money and what
ever talents I may have possessed to
the cause Of financial reform. "The
| Old Guard" knows full we'll how
have ever since then fought every at
tempt at fusion, and usually with sue
cess. I helped to create the Peoples
party at Cincinnati in 81, attended our
- 4
since then been for two years its sec
retary and two wears 'ts chairman. You
have also twice honored me with the
appointment of national committeeman
from this state at Omaha In '92 and at
St. Louis in '96. My whole life is wrap
ped up in the success of the peoples
cause, and while there are many
wrongs which need rlghting, the finan-
cial policy is the greatest of all evils,
and must be righted first so that our
people may come into funds, through
employment or sale OF their products,
which will enable them to more sue
cessfully attach the other reforms nee
essary. Millions of our people entirely
out Of employment millions more la
boring for barely sufficient to keep
body and soul together, are not In
position to make fight all along the
line at once and it is the duty Of
good general to mass his forces and as
sail the enemy at his weakest point. I
believe that the great majority of the
toilers Of this nation are patriotic and
are ready and wiling to perpetuate
republican form of government. also
believe that they see that in the past
they have been misled to free them
selves from that obnoxious and dan
gerous element in our republic. I be-
lieve they are also recognizing the fact
that It has always been plutocracy's
aim to keep the people divided as much
as possible, and that now they are
ready to unite and overthrow the
common enemy.
Believing this to be true I urge my
friends, and the friends of financial re-
form to support the Democratic state
and legislative ticket in this state this
fall, so that we send a true represen-
tative OF the people to the United
States senate and have an organiza-
tion for '9S which will elect congress-
men of the people, by and for the peo-
pie.
The Peoples party has yet much
work to do, which, however, must be
done by its friends, not it's enemies.
Every man who in this campaign votes
for CoXey must know that he is direct
ly aiding Mark Hanna and the Repub-
lican party. Coxey is not Populist
In his issue Of Sound Money" De-
cember ~, 1896, he says: "T once left
the Democratic party and now must
leave the disgraced Peoples party, and
I hereby tender my resignation as a
member Of the national committee of
the Peoples party from Ohio" He
attempted to organize a party of his
own at st. Louis, but failed; then he
went to the Nashville conference,
which was manipulated by Mr. Hanna,
and finally turned up as the candidate
OF the Hanna machine at Columbus.
No man who loves fair dealing and
honest politics can by his vote become
tool in the hands Of the Republican
party.
Knowing that the Peoples party has
been betrayed, knowing that the Re-
publican party is the party Of plutoc-
racy, monopoly and trusts, and know
ing that the great Democratic party Is
the party of the common, plain people,
shall in this campaign cast my lot
with those for whom I have labored
for years and ask my friends to do the
same. "In union there is strength"
Then let us unite, friends, brethren,
and overthrow in Ohio him who stands
for all that is selfish, all that is against
the interests of the masses and in fa-
vor OF the classes-M. A. Hanna. His
overthrow will be hailed with delight
by every man, woman and child that
prefers liberty, equality and justice to
plutocracy and anarchy. It will be
hailed with delight by those who are
today slaves, as they see their master
fall. Yours for humanity,
HUGO PREYER.
An Opportunity You Now Have