The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-08-12
NOT A PHILANTHROPIST
A REPUBLICAN SIZES UP SEN-
ATOR NJ. A. HANNA.

His Statement Printed in a Republi-
can Paper-Many Prominent Repub-
iicans Feel That Party Interests
Demand the Defeat of Hanna.
Pittsburg August .-(SrecialO The
Dispatch (RePublioan) prints the follow
ing from its Washington corr spondent.
IL was an Ohio Republican who was
responsible for the statmert that Presi-
dent Mckinley will stump the state
for the Republican ticket next fall,
speaking from the rear platform Of cars
and other sise mpldog q show Of himself
for the purpose If iusuring the election
of Hanna, or a legislature that will elect
him. 1t is auot,er Ohio Republic IN
who Is r spunsible for the opposing ate
ment that t'e President will do nothing
If the kind. The difference bet tEeen the
two gentlemen is not In t'eir character
for veracitv, but in the fact that one Of
them desires the election Of Hanna and
tire other desires his defeat, aud this
difference is as far apart as the anti
podes
"If the election of Mark Ha: ma is to
Re tie certain sequence of the election Of
a Republican legislature" said the anti
Hanna gentleman, "then most earn
estly hope that Democratic legisl ,ture
will be elected"
II might bo we'll to say at this junoture
hat the speaker is not lin politics" in
the sense OF being an Office hol?er, an
office seeker or an active member of fao-
ton. He is a private professional citi-
zen of the highest standing and has an
euviable state reputation and something
more.
Il have no objection to Mr.. Hanna
personally" continued the gentleman
1t must, be a man Of broader thought
and more far-reachirg philosophy and
philanthropy than Hanna who can divest
himself Of his pride of purse and vote
for the passage of laws which will be
for the whole people irstead Of for the
few cf the class to which he belongs
l know millionaires who are simply
splendid,in their human sympathies and
who devote much of their leisure to study
of the social question, and who would
contribute anything in their power to the
accomplishment of an ide. Il democracy
which would in some measure do away
with the terrible suffering and degrada-
tion Cf the poor, but Mr.. Hanna is not
ore Of that kind
Il look upon this type Of the rich as
the most dangerous clement with which
we have to contend. l could quote you
millionaires who will say this. They be-
lieve that the influence of this element in
legislation is driving the county to
condition of anarchy faster than any
other power. They are cOrrupting the
state and national legislatures, and their
example has lowered the moral standard
immeasurably in rec mt years. Men like
the Hannas and Brices are well enough
in their places. Let tten devote their
genius to and energies TO the acquisition
Of greater and great + wealth, let them
Dulll III "Itth IdllIOhls, "uIh IDlubH
and pay starvation wages, I'll up mil
lions upon millions, bat let them and
thar infiue1 ce be kept cut of law max
ing bodies If We wish to pr serve the st te
from political dis rganzation and de-
structi1n.
But Ubis is aside from the question.
No mstt9r how deep IT, obligations of
Mckinley to Hanna be cannot go on the
stump for one who so completely repre-
sents the Objectionable in politics. Han
ma can buy the services of the finest
spellbi rd'rs IL th9 country. Rec | will
spend the whole campaign in the state
for So 900. Others can be bought at
lower price. If Mckinley shoul1 enter
the contest as an advoc ate Of Hanna it
would be understood that he does so
from sense of obligation, aud not for
money, but be cannot afford to shatter
the unwritten law that deprives man
of his partis)uship 10 great measure
when he occupies high office and which
has hitherto kept Presidents out Ct the
mire Of party strife, while they are sup
posed to be the official servants of the
weole people. Nothing that Mckinley |
could do would lower him more in the
esti nation of his own party than to travel
through our state making SPEECHES for
man of the type Of Mark Hanna. He
has done enough for Hanna. Let them |
burn the books and let Hanna henceforth
be to Mckinley as any other citizen of the
country. I may say that believe Hanna
will te defeated. That means that the
state will give Democratic majority"