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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-01-28
HAS SLAVERY BEEN ABoLIsHEDs

Well fed persons, who have an inn
preston that human slavery In the
United States was abolished several
years ago by President Lincoln, will have
the erroneous impression removed by
the report of Mr.. O'Leary, State factory
inspector, and will ask themselves in
horror whether it is possible such things
as the report relates are true.
Not only are they true, but they are
by no means the whole truth. Mr..
O'Leary touches the dreadful subject
delicately in way apparently designed
to make the shock as gentle as might be.
For an example, he says:
"With knee pants bringing but from 30
to 75 cents per dozen, vests from sl to
90 per dozen, trousers from IL to rs cents
per pair, and coats from 81 cents to s1.50
each-with percentage of these prices
for the "boss sweaters" and another re-
duction off for cost of carting, which the
workman is obliged to pay-we cannot
expect to find an, thing but destitution,
suffering, intellectu i and moral depres-
elOh CAiStink d"Ouk tilC Wv
Tins OF this pernicious system"
True, every word of it; but told in a
manner so cold and lusinesslike that it
conveys no adequate idea Of the truth.
If one wishes to take the full meaning
of the facts thus recorded he must calcu,
late how much tine and labor 1t requires
to make pair Of trousers at "from l23
to 75 cents per pair, with percentae es of
these prices for the boss sweaters and
another for the cost of carting," de
must also picture to himself small,
dark, foul closet in a crowded and filthy
tenement, room in which dozen OF
fifteen human beings, men, women and
children, working from dawn till mid
n CHI, without fest, seven days and nights
week. cook, eat and sleep, with knee
, pants bringing but from 80 to rs cents
per dozen," less the usual percentages
room, nevertheless, against which the
tide of the unemployed beats so fiercel,
!, and constantly that those who occupy /
:. are afraid to leave it for an instant les
:, others, by "oflering to work two or thre'
;, hours extra" as Mr.. O'Leary says, ma.
seize their miserable refuge.
;, Then, perhaps, he will realize tn
meaning of the factory inspectors re
port, which covers the cases of 53z, 70
: persons, 159, ,226 of them women, IL, 10
|. of them children under sixteen years G
age. Then, perhaps, his eyes will b
, opened and he will see that, in spite {
; the emancipation proclamation, there
~ among us today an enormous populatio
:, :. held in slvaery thousand times wors
" ~ than the slavery of the negro before tt
~ war, New York Journal.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-01-28
WHEN RoGJEs FALL OUT.

There seems TO be open war among the |
tariff tinkers at Washington. General
Cirosvenor, of Ohio, according to &C
counts angrily denounced the Dingey
faction in comritt, e, causing quite
row. There is hopeless split among
the Republican members of the COM
mittee, and Hsnna's scheme for Mckin-
ley bill rates is likely to be sat down
upon. Discord has evidently entered
the happy tariff family aud the breech
is sure to widen. The ten Republican
members Of the committee meet regular
ly and are at work drafting the bill.
When the eeommittee met on Monday Gen.
| Grosyenor said "Before we begin
work desire to bring matter to the
attention of the committee" Thereupon
he drew out newspaper clipping of an
interview purporting to be with mem.
Der of the committee, who attacked the
Mckinley bill and declared that the
new tariff bill would present much
lower rates. Having read it through
General Grosvsrnor demanded:
"What want to know is, who is this
prominent member who assumes to
speak for this comm ttee?"
An embarrassed silenced fell upon the
circle, and the members all turned to
ward Dingley, spotting him as the
prominent member, because the utter
ance was repetition of what he hac
often said privately. Mr.. Dingle!
: flushed slightly and attempted to brusl
: aside the question as trivial matter.
~ don't think the committee needs t.
trouble itself about newspapers stories,
/ he said.
: Grosvenor thought differently, bu
. was not to be silenced.
"But this has all the marks of an in
u spired interview" he said. cit was evt
p IDENTIFY put out for purpose, and tina
y purpose was to helttle and discredj
!, Major Mckinley. If any member of th
u committee is in such business, want
know who he is"
e The desired information was not fortl
coming, so the Hanna Representative
| pTOCeSueu 10 Iedu lis COhcdBuC q iSNtui
y as one of them put it, "like pedagogy
n scolding lot of schoolboys," The Coz
=, % gresham resented this sort of domin
- ton, naturally. One of the young
- - men spoke up, saying that while he WI
&c &c not responsible for the statement,
" seemed to express the plans of the cor
~ mittee quite accurately, as he unde
80 stood them.
General Grosvenor retorted that
3 did not know why any Republics
u should want to rob Mckinley of al
'e credit that was his due as the leadil
~ protectionist of his party, and dropp'
~ some stinging insnuations about anon
10 nous interviews. The incident cast
y" damper over the rest of the proceeding
and when the members went out th
were buzzing like flies 1t has served
separate the sheep from the goats
iS' that the Mckinley men on the col
nc mitIee are looking at the Dingey facti
ne suspiciously and Dingley's supports
nt speak to their opponents with CO
VI straint.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-01-28
IMPORTANT POINTS.

The New York Herald has been pro-
pounding questions at the President
elect without attempting to answer than.
As a rule it is much easier to ask them
to answer questions. and the old saying
is that eyen fool may bother wise
man by putting questions at him.
The Herald states few preparatory
facts that ought to be more generally
known and considered. The Herald re-
minds Major Mckinley that "the pros
perity, of which he was the advance
agent, still fingers by the way.
Industries are still depressed.
the railroads are not doing good bust
ness, freight not coming forward freely
Wages are not going up a
promised"
The Herald then asks: GLOW will
heavier duties on manufacturers hell
this state of things? Heavier duties ma.
enable producers to produce, but viii
they help consumers to consumer AM
what is the use of stimulating manufact
urers unless you can stimulate tn
markets for them alsoP"
These problems the protectionists viii
not attempt to answer, neither will the
attempt to explain the eighteen ban
failures in the West and South. Wi
any protectionist claim that new tari
would have prevented these? Commo
sense people generally believe that tn
troubles are mainly due to the conditio
of the currency, and the tariff will nc
J help this. Currency reform is what
needed, not additional taxation. Retire
ment of the greenbacks, thereby increa
! ing the national debt some three hun
, dred millions and giving more exclusiy
, control of the national currency int
the hands of private corporations, woul
not likely prove a remedy. 1t is thi
8 however, that these financial frauds pr
/. pose.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-01-28

and not the federal government was the
real owner of the land, and the efforts
of the association were directed toward
the state legislature. Judge Kirk
Halves, president of the Grand Army
Hall and Memorial association, secured
the passage Of bill authorizing the
Soldiers home in Chicago to erect the
memorial on the north quarter Of Dear
born park. This was in July, 1889, but
it was found that it was impossible to
raise the necessary funds.
At this crisis the directors Of the Pub
lie library came forward and proposed
to Join the Grand Army in securing the
passage of another bill authorizing the
erection of library building covering
the whole square, in consideration of
which the library directors were to con-
struct in the north end Of the building
the memorial hall, which the veterans
did not have funds to erect.
The bill was passed, and the library
association agreed to lease the hall to
the Grand Army at nominal rental for
! 80 years, after which it should revert to
the library, but was to be kept as me-
mortal hall forever.
In a most satisfactory manner have
the library directors fulfilled their prom
ise. The + MI is rot only the handsom'
est section of the new library building,
but is said to be, without exception, the
handsomest hall Of the kind in the
world. The memorial hall and other
rooms cover floor space Of 10000
4 ha iaI hal
there are eight smaller assembly rooms.
The hall is located on the second floor
and is approached through magnificent
corridor paved with mosaic marble and
q grand marble staircase. A massive
door of bronze and mahogany opens into
the vestibule: whose walls and floor are
of marble. The rotunda is 40 feet square
and from the mosaic floor to the beauti
full stained glass windows in the dome
is a distance Of 80 feet
The memorial hall itself opens from
the rotunIa. The walls, which are 6(
feet high, are shaathed with green an
tique marble ornamented and relieved
by holdings of solid bronze. Enormous
windows, reaching almost from the cell
ing to the floor, light the room and give
it the appearance of being even larger
and higher than it really is. In the pan
els under the arches over the doors and
windows are army and navy badges.
Around the walls are to be placed in re,
lief the badges Of every corps engaged in
tie war, while on the west wall will be
large badge of the Grand Army of the
Republic, faced on the east wall by the
] seal of the United States. The ceiling il
also richly decorated. Around the hal
are placed plate glass cases, in which
, will be stored the priceless relics of thj
great struggle which are now in the
, possession of the Chirago posts or which
are to be collected ia the future.
G. j. BowDEN.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-01-28
Saturday. February 18Th, 1897

1.~f IL
at one o'clock p, M, upon the premises, tne 1ol
lowing described real estate, situate IN the county
of Stark ard state OF ONO, tO wiz being pntt
Of the northeast quarter of section num1er Cne'
township number seventeen, range number SIX
commencing tor the same at the southwest corner
Of lands belonging to Dennis Towns, runnlpS %
thence north ong the western houndary, OF said
Towns lands chains; theme, west Z chains to "a
post; thence north 5lI1 deg. west chains ano ~
links to a postj the CO Ith. IlA deg. west,
chains and 10 LINKS to 2 post; thence nortn; va
deg: vest, chains and 70 links to pot; thence
n0rth one chain apd ot y rs " " pst' tno,So W ,ho
SOUTH l5 dec; east chai ana o. ns 49, 20 nS .ng
place oil ., g,nnlnEi co9aniun 'Su ~ ~ dnn. no,s
thIy-one hdnoreotns oi an Aoro Vo' 'i iV'' "'o''
OF less
Also the following described part Oh the east
half of the northeast quarter OF section and f"se
aforesad, and beginning for the same at ths
southwest corner Of The above described tract OF
land tnence north 81 rods and "a INKS; tnencs
east rods and " links; thence 'uth ~ RODS ana
6l4 links to the quarter section lire % rods nrd !
links to the place of beginning, containinn hVe 70
acres of lind.
Also the TO lowing described part Of the north
mart Of the soIitbepst quarter Of section number
one. township number II range 8, aforesaid ant
SounSed ne foIlows; Begjnning at a stake IN tn,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-01-28
GRANDARMY MUSEUM
A MAGNIFICENT MEMORIAL HALL
BUILT IN CHICAGO.

Zine Assembly Rooms and Spacious Cabt-
nets For Relies of the Civil war-Re-
suit of Fifteen Years of Hard Work by
the Veterans.
Chicago Grand Army veterans have
Me finest assembly rooms to bo found
anywhere in the country. They have
not yet occupied their new quarters, and
IL may be some time before they do SO,
for their new home is so grand and i'm
posing as to architecture, and so rich In
decoration that to provide appropriate
and suitable furniture for it will cost
small fortune, and the veterans are won
dering where the money is to come
from. The new hall will be dedicated on
May 80.
II was through the efforts OF the
Grand Army Memorial association that
their maRnificenbn new quarters were OBJ
tanned, and it was only after 10 years OF
hard and persistent work by all the Chi
/ cago posts that the object was accom-
plished. In 1881 the Chicago posts
awoke to realization Of the fact that,
| while many other states and cities had
! erected colossal monuments and elabo'
rate memorial buildings, neither toe
state of Illinois, that had furnished 9
Lincoln, a Grant, a Logan and $50, ,OOC
men, nor Chicago had ever erected a suit
able monument or memorial building II
honor of those Illinois heroes who los
their lives fighting for the Union.
So an association was formed to buil'
memorial hall. A site was selected ol
what was then known as Dearborn park
This was part Of the old Fort Dearborn
military reservation which had been re
served as public ground when the res
was cut up into lots and sold. 1t wa
supposed that the title to the propert
rested with the United States govern
:, ment and had been so decided in eour
The Grand Army men were Joined B
, the directors of the Chicago Public J
Z, brary, which also wanted part OF IL
e park as q site for a new library built
a ing. The library people wanted IL
r south two thirds, and the Grand Arm
o men asked for the north third. A bi
:. embodying these requests was presentt
II to congress, but it failed.
a About this time, however, Justi
!. Harlan decided that the state OF lllino
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-01-28

The United States, both by its posi-
ton and Importance, must take the in
itiative. = London special in Sunday
Repository.
That is just what the friends of BIZ
metallism, in this country, declared last
fall. Other bimetallists were fooled with
"international agreement" chaff. Now
that Mr.. McKinley's spec al commissioner
has discovered that international agree.
ment" is myth, will Mr.. McKinley's
personal organ state whether it now
favors bimetallism without waiting for
the aid or consent of any other nation
on earth? If international agreement
cannot be secured are you still for itp II
not, are you occupying bimetallic ground
that this country, "by its importance
and position, should take the initiative?''
Or was international agreement
simply part of the confidence" game,
inserted in the Republican platform, as
the New York Sun says, "to catch silver
Woodcocks?"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-01-28

Senator Pettigrew, in speech in the
Senate few days ago, denounced the
Venezuelan treaty as surrender to
Great Britain and the betrayal OF Vene-
zuela. Senator Turpie, the same day,
continued his speech against the Nicara-
qua canal bill, asserting that the cam
paign had suppressed and belitted GER.
tain large items of expense, and that il
had no property and no concessions on
which to base request that the gov
ernment guarantee its bonds.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-01-28

Judge Tourgee, well known as Re.
publican writer on political topics, and
also as a novelist, in paper in the Chi
cago "Inter- Ocean" reviewing an inter-
esting article in the "North American
Review" by Hon. Lloyd Brice, entitled
"Study in Campaign Audiences" gives
his own experiences. Mr.. Brice ac-
com panied Bourke Cochran on his tours
Judge Tourgee was also Republican
cam paigner, who was very active and
popular as a speaker. He says he noted
in the States in which he spoke three
very unusual things. First, general
disc ination for the coarse funny stories
which usually do good service on the
stump second, an almost universal dis
approval of harsh or denunciatory treat
ment of political opponents. But tn
third and most noticeable thing that
attracted Judge Tourgee's attention we
will let him describe:
This was the unmistakable difference
in the average Republican and Demo
cratic audiences. He attended as an
onlooker at one or more Bryanite meet
ings in five States. In the same States
he had much wider experience of Re-
publican audiences. He has never be-
fore seen political audiences so large 9
proportion of which were young men al
those of the Democracy in those States
and never before seen those that avera
ged of such advanced age as the Republi
can audiences he addressed during thil
campaign. Judging from this observa
ton, he is of the opinion that the bull
of the Republican vote was born before
1860, and large majority of the Demo
cratic vote since 1870.
So impressed was he with this fac
that he talked about 1t with severa
speakers, who confirmed this observation
If correct, this indicates a most import
ant state of affairs, to wit: That tn,
operation CT natural forces in the futur,
is likely to be favorable to the Democ
racy and unfavorable to Republicans
In other words, that the death rate o
the Republicans will be largely in exces
of that of the Democracy, while tn,
latter have a right to expect proper
tionalely greater gain from those wh'
will attain their majority during the mex
: four years.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-01-28

The progressive ladies Of westfleld, Ind,
issued a "Wo.nans' Edition" OF .he
wes,field News, bearing date of April 8,
1895. The paper is filled with matter OF
interest to women, and we notice the
following from a correspondent, which the
editors printed, realizing that 10 treats
upon matter of vital Importance TO thei,
sex: "The best remedy for Group, colds
and bronchitis that have been able to
find Is Cham berlain's Cough Remedy.
J gladly recommend IT," 20 and 90 cent
bottles for sale by O. N. Nye, corner
Baintt House; Schlabaoh's drug store,
s2b N. Market street; E. l.. Janson, e0O
TusoRrawas- street.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-01-28

Even the bankers, who, short time
time since, were sole custod ans of the
national honor, are getting their eyes
opened. The Financier, Wall street
publication, operated in the interest of
the gold standard and U. S. bond deals,
recently solicited a subscription from a
number of Missouri banks, among them
the Lafayette county bank, Lexington,
Mo. The president of that institution,
evidently, has made up his mind on
matters financial, for he writes, under
date of Jan. Goth:
"We want you to keep it ('The Finan-
cier') at home. ] want as little reading
matter on this subject from the denizens
of Rothschild's chief American kennel as
possible. We will not pay for it, and
would not have it as gift, even we're a
subsidy attached. We hope that when
the gulf ports and connecting railways
are done, we will be entirely free from
RothschiId's New York curs-trained
and unframed. GEO. WILSON,"
1t is needless to remark that Mr.. Viii.
son will not be further disturbed.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-01-28

My daughter hen recovering from an
attack of fever was great sufferer from
pain In the back and hips" writes Loudon
Grower, of Sardis, Ky. "After using
quite number Of remedies without any
benefit she tried one b, tile of Cham ber,
lsin's Pain Balm and it has given entire
relief" Cnam berlain's Pain Balm Is
also certain cure for rheumatism. Sold
by q. N. Nye, corner Barnett House
Schlabaoh's drug store, s2b NJ Market
E. L. Janson, 200 Tuscarawas street.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-01-28
DEsrrrurIoN I'm NEW YORK.

The Journals reports of the destitu-
ton in New York, as sh own by the state
ments of officers of charitable organisa.
tons, are enough to arrest the attention
of even the thoughtless rich. Without
exception the workers in the field OF
Systematic charity declare that never in
the city's history has poverty been so
widespread and so pinching as now.
Together with the increase of destitution
there has come marked falling of in
the amount of contributions to the
societies which exist to combat 1t. The
secretary of one such organizations de-
clares that among the applicants for re-
lief this year have been people who
heretofore have been among its contribu-
tors. DR.. Tolman, Of the association
for improving the condition of the poor,
notes that applicants for work this year
are, as rule, high class of mem
neither tramps nor the class which is
chronically unemployed. This asser-
ton is corroborated by the heads OF
other help pfu institutions.
The most pitiful spectacle in this world
is the man out of work through no fault
of his own and unable to obtain employ
ment. That he exists is negation OF
the virtue of the civilization under
which he suffers. The savage at heart
may hunt or fish where he will, take up
and till the soil ut his pleasure. The
victim of civilization is shut out by laws
of mems making and by privileges OF
mems conferring from access to the
natural sources of wealth. Imposing
burdens upon him, hampering him by
artificial limitations on every side
civilization-except in SO far as 1t may
be relieved by voluntary charity-leaves
him to freeze and starve.
Every day we are told that In
New York, where work for all is unas
tainable, money "was never so cheap
The bank vaults are crowded with it
When the bankers by combination triec
to keep the interest rate for call loan
up to per cent, the great insurance ant
investment COmpduie5, ehpaiinoScu ".
overfowing treasures, cut in and wen
, right and left at / ! per cent, or less thai
half the rate the United States govern
j ment has to pay. But loans of this sor
/, are seldom made to be employed in pre-
{ ductive industries. The speculator, tn
=; railroad promoter, the franchise grabbe
: with vault full of speculative secur
ties, finds money for his purposes cas-
. to get. But for the merchant, the mar
a ufacturer and, above all, for the farme
!. there was never time when the none
: market was so tight. 1t is that fa'
6 which strangles enterprise and shuts tt
q doors of employment to thousands.
2 The people should approach the pro
st lem of increasing destitution from i
= right end. To relieve poverty is indee
n noble; to cure it would be better. He
1. much monopoly of land, money al
4 transportation has had to do with tigh
y ening the grip of penury upon &
g throat of the masses is a question viii
Is should engage the gravest attention
20 every human and patriotic man.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-01-28
A DIsGRAcEFUL truth.

Gov. Leedy, of Kansas, plumps dis.
creditable truth at the East when he
charges that the great cities along the
seaboard refuse to provide sufficient
schools for their children. That sort of
accusation hurts because it is completely
and disgracefully true. Prod the effete
East again, governor. You've found
the weak spot in her armor,-New York
Mail and Express.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-01-28
woodcocks

Chicora, Pa, "Herald;" Richard Ven
sci reports One Minute Cough Cure the
told us that it cured his whole family of
terrible coughs and colds, after ali other
so called cures had failed entirely. Mr..
Vensel said it assisted his children
through very bad siege of measels. One
Minute Cough Cure makes expectora.
ton very easy and rapid. +. r Shana.
felt q Oo., q. N. Nye, Fishers Drug Store.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-01-28
MRS. 8, W. BEALE.

turn my head to the right or left, my neck
was 30 stiff. also had kidney trouble.
"I used DR.. Greene's Nervura blood and
nerve remedy. Words cannot express my
wonderful cnre Now all Is. changed, and
am strong and well. and able to do all my
work. have gained 26 pounds in weight
and where before all was gloom and despond
ency, there Is now light and hope"
DR.. Greene's Cathartic Pills should be taker
with the Nervura II the bowels are consti
pated. DIR. Greene, 80 West l4th St., New
York City, the most successful physician II
curing nervous and chronic diseases. can b
consulted free, personally or by letter.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-01-28

All the different forms of skin troubles,
from chapped hands to eczema and indo
lent ulcers can he readily cured by De-
Wits Witch Hazel Salve, the great pile
cure. II. p. Shanafelt q Co., q IN. Nye,
Fishers Drug Store.