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

promise, Sdlu ctuduOI fOIdhtI, anu
l know that IL | should call on him in
the interest Of friend, 1t would only
prejudice his case"
1t is also beginning to dawn upon
the officers of the miners union, who
have recently been passing to and FRI
through this city, that Mr.. Hanna has
been all along and is now playing a
bluff in regard to arbitrating the min
ers' strike,
He had himself interviewed in the
eastern press and posed as the only
true friend Of the miner, and frantic
ally in favor of arbitration and the
advance of wages. And yet ne and
DeArmitt, whose ironclad contracts,
the miners union officials declare, is
the real cause of the depression of
wages, and hence the actual cause of
the strike, arranged 10 send soeveral
OF the unofficial arbitrators over to
Philadelphia and other eastern points,
where life was made pleasant and
agreeable, and where their minds were
Glled with windy propositions of ar
bitration and fairy tales of uniformity
for the sole purpose OF carrying out the
Fabian policy Of delay and exhaustion,
in the expectation of the final surren-
der Of the miners, and those operators
who are willing and anxious to ad-
vance wages and set the miners TO
work, but who find 1t impossible to do
so while the Hannas and DeArmitts
hold on to their ironclad contracts and
refuse to come to a just and fair under
standing with the miners and the op-
orators not only in Pennsylvania but
in the other states.
There is ample evidence even here
that this policy of delay, bombastic
promises, subterfuge and dillydallying
is to be persisted in to the end, and
that neither Hanna nor DeArmitt or
the operators in sympathy with them
will permit O settlement OF the strike
in any manner that will not give them
the advantage over everybody else
The conviction that the people Of
this country have entered upon what
will prove the final struggle between
liberal self-government and plutocrat-
ic, centralized power, has taken a firm
hold upon the minds of all thoughtful
men in the national capital, and no
man has more clearly outlined the
character of that struggle than did ex-
Governor Altgeld in recent speech
which has attracted marked attention
throughout the east, especially In that
portion in which he said;
when the Declaration OF Independ-
ence was read in the courthouse yard
ter who adhered to the influential
classes was present, and in giving an
account of il, he stated with apparent
satisfaction that there were very few
people of any responsibility IN the
crowd that listened to the reading of
the document 1t is worthy Of note
that in all times men who profit by
wrong or seek the smile OF injustice
assume an air OF superiority. But
their names are never stamped on any
roll of honor and no tears moisten
their graves. Fortunately the march
ing columns of humanity go forward
ignoring the existence of such men.
Independence to that common crowd
in that courthouse yard was one of the
most momentous events in the annals
of this world, and when the last sound
of the bell had died away over the
hills OF Pennsylvania a new era had
been born. The common people had
spoken, and principle had triumphed
The men who toll had not only found
ed a new nation, but they had created
a light that was to gladden. the earth
Had the powerful and influential
classes triumphed, this republic would
mont have been born. Every European
nation would today be owning parts of
would ever have crossed the Armament
of the nations, or aroused the spirits
of men. We will not dwell on the
long, weary struggle that followed
You are familiar with it.
"At the conclusion of the war there
were two great political parties in the
Federalists and the Dem
ocrats, then called Republicans. The
very wealthy, the powerful and the
we're Federalists, while the
great masses Of the people, who were
doing the nations work, adhered to
the Republicans. The FederaIists
wanted a splendid, central government
modelled after the English government,
with aristocratic and monarchical
features; the Republicans wanted
government possessing all necessary
powers, but one that should be free
from those features that made Euro
pean government curse. They be
lieved that government to be best
which interfered as little as possible
with the freedom Of the individual.
Hamilton and Jefferson we're the
representatives of these two
opposing forces. The former has been
described as young man Of 33, who
tried to introduce the English system.
He claimed that government was an
affair of the rich; that government |
should take care of the rich, and let (
the rich take care of the poor. Jeffer- |
son said, Nay, 1t is the business OF the |
government TO do equal justice to all |
men, and to grant special privileges to |
none Hamilton said; The people can |
not be trusted TO govern themselves" |
Nine People Were Injured.
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