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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-10-28
TOO MU III PROIEETION.

Governor Pngree in an interview in the
Detroit Free Press gives some of his
observations while on visit to Venezuela
regarding the protective tariff in force in that
country he says:
81 also told the general that his country had
too much protection. Potatoes, for instance
cost two dollars per bushel in that country.
Think of it! And it's the same way with
other things Salt is twenty cents a pound
and the revenue the government gets from it
is so great that the standing army and
governmental departments are supported in
this way Flour costs SIS barrel. Coal is
SIS ton and gas is about "a thousand cubic
feet. High protection is one of the curses of
that country. Common laborcrs-the few
that work at all-make about twenty cents a
day. They live on black coffee and alligator
pears. And why? Because they are consumers
and are obliged to pay tariff that would
shrink rock ribbed mountain. If President
Mckinley or Congressman Dingley would
spend week in Venezuela they would come
back to the United Stats and advocate free
trade
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-10-28
PARTY PLATFORMS,

Have been only ladders to get power of late
years. especially since monetary and pluuder-
ing schcmcrs took leading hand and were
running things.
These campaign pledges were important to
go before the people with, but of little account
when once in power The silver promises
turned into yellow gold, and are still there,
and the sChemers and liars more bold now and
open in their vilainous work.
These platforms have been cXpcdients to
catch votes; the promises of reform never
carried out, and were never intended to be
The pledge ito correct the inequalities Of the
tariff and reduce the surplus" was never even
attempted, except to squander the surplus in
the treasury which was done quite success.
fully, And this administration is succeeding
rapidly in reducing the surplus left by its pre-
dcCessor, assisted greatly by the Dingley tariff
fraud
The Chicago platform is the only straight
out platform adopted by a national convention
for years. Prior to last year the scheming
money magnates always got in their work,
sufficiently at least to enable them to claim the
British gold standard, and also to nominate
their man. who would serve them a. all haz.
yards, At Chicago lastyear, however these man.
mon magnates were completely knocked ont
and an honest man nominated in the person
| William Jennings Bryan. He was squarely
on the platform and is there today no guile or
lodging in him. OF course our mammon men
! supported Mckinley, or Palmer and Buckner
These men of principle spell it principal
When General Jackson got into power in
1929, he soon proclaimed the constitution as his
guide, and that he found in it no authority for
national banks or for bank paper money; that
the money of the constitution was gold and
silver. The contest was fierce and furious,
but the people stood by Jackson and the con-
stitution, and the independent treasury was
established in time and was not disturbed till
the Republican party in power became the
servile instrument and servant of the mammon
plunderers OF the world,
As president, Jackson was no wobbling man.
he said what he meant and meant what he
said At New Orleans, the gallant British
army found him man of nerve, as the
Indians and others had before. He had the
courage of his convictions. He was no
pusillanimOus worshipper of British royalty, or
British finance, nor of Alexander Hamilton
and his British views of a national bank. In
fact Andrew Jackson always meant straight
business, and stood pependicularly for Ameri.
can independence. He did not go to Great
Britain for his politics, but was for an Ameri.
can standard that was bimetalic, He wanted
no wobbling platform to stand on, nor wobbling
men about him. He wanted men with back
bone, men who would represent and not
misrepresent and betray the people. He
sought to establish justice" When shall
we look upon his like again?
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-10-28
BRYAN CONES TO OHIO.

While we are sorry that Bryan can not
speak in person to every voter of Ohio this
week, yet we are glad that he enters the
state under such hattering prospects. lie will
speak ten or a dozen times. Every Republi-
can paper in the state is on the verge of
With all Of their efforts to arouse their party
workers, with the importation of every
prominent Republican speaker in the United
States, with the administration in full cry
after prosperity, which is not in sight with
every little whipper snapper pad to- disgust
sensible people, with money in the hands of
their committees, uncOuntabe, they have failed
to awaken the people to realization sense of
thoir condition politically. And now that
Bryan is coming they are in a turmoil They
shrek out their despair in dOleful accents.
They realize that the silver question is a live
issue, and the slums ofthe cities, the gamblers
in human flesh, the buyers Of mems votes.
know that their oCcuptiOn is gone should the
people of Ohio have a chance to hear or read
Bryans addresses. Thus their despair and
agonizing walls. Thus their insanity. Thus
their pucrility. But Bryan on the stump in
Ohio, means to the Republican press that
silver is not dead ISSUE that prosperity is not
here nor in sight, that their fortress of gold is
in danger, and that the elements that vote for
tree silver in Ohio will storm their castle with
such an array of ballot throwcrs, that Mark
Hanna's money, the railroad corporations
| intimidation and the boodlers suavity will
prove Of no avail to preserve even a semblance
of their astu eness and pretended bravery
under fire
Already they have turned tail. Scamperiug
away from the impending danger to them,
they instruct the rear guard to open their
stink pots, and pour their vile concoctions
upon their indominatiblep Butbravery
chaacterizes the Bryanites. They know that
| Providence who watches over and cares for his
| servants, is on the side Of right and that in
this fight for the preservation of human
liberty, the foes Of plutocmcy will overthrow
their pretended masters and Mark Hanna will
be left in the soup
And all this because Bryan will come to
Ohio.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-10-28
LET THE REPS. FIGHT THEIR OWN
BATTLE.

AbJutthe silliesttwaddle that we run across is
the commiscration and sympathy extended by
the Democratic press to the Foraker wing of
the Republican party. A contemporary in a
recent editorial says:
The Foraker people should remember that If
Hanna is elected it means the absolute
crushing out of the Foraker machine in Ohio.
Hanna will control all the patronage and
Forakers position as senator will be an empty
honor. With Hanna defeated and Foraker
the only Republican senator from Ohio the
latter's friends would fare well. "a word to
the wise" etc
What advantage will accure to the people of
Ohio by having Foraker the only Republican
senator from Ohio? ought to be the question
asked. Not what advantage or disadvantage
to Foraker would he the election Of HANNAH
The fight this year ought to be to place in
Hanna's senatorial shoes citizen Of Ohio who
would be a friend of the people and opposed
to all plutocratic aud corrupt methods in
conducting the affairs Of the people. II the
spoils of the Foraker and Hanna gang Of
Republicans is all there is in this campaign
and no one for a moment can see the difference
between them when it comes to practical
politics, what matters it to the real friends Of
the people what calamitics befall Foraker OF
Cox, or hundreds of other Republican
spoilsmen who haved lived off the corruption
of the gang. Let us elect successor tC
Hanna who will be a citizen of Ohio in accord
with all of the panks of the Chicago platform
and let Foraker and Hanna fight out their owl
nuorrpla
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-10-28
AMERICAN ABUSED.
Nlcaraguan Govern ment Imprisoned Him
without just Cause.

NlCaraguan Govern ment Imprisoned Him
without just Cause.
MANAGUA, NiCarauga, Oct. 2G.-John
Augustine, an American citizen, was
arrested at San Carlos, at the mouth of
San Juan river, on Sept "a, by order
of President Zelayas, brought here,
without any pretense of a trial and i'm
prisoned in the penitcntiary. Mr.. Au-
gustine was formerly United States
consul at Bluetelds, Mosquito territory,
and is at present in charge Of the navi-
cation companys steamers on the San
Juan river.
United States Minister Baker wrote
to President Zelaya on the subject
with the result that the prisoner was
allowed to leave the pen on parole with
orders not 10 leave the city Of Mana.
qua.
The government of Nicaragua had
forcibly taken possession of the steam,
ers of the navigation company and was
running them to suit itself. On Sept.
2S Mr.. Augustine was ordered by
government official to direct the move
ments of the boats, apparently for the
purpose of getting the company to feed
and pay the officers and men on board.
This Mr.. Augustine refused to do un.
less the boats were turned over 10 the
company and he received orders from
the latter to comply with the govern
ment's demand. This caused his ar
rest.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-10-28

The News. Democrat will pledge thai
Messrs. Ferrall, Harmony and Juilliard
if elected to the legislature, will vote fol
40 British gold standard man for United
states senate. Neither will they vote
for man who is in favor of borrowing
five hundred millions in order to retire
and destroy the greenbacks, treasury
notes and silver certificates and hand
our people over to bank parer money
Where is Mark Hanna on all this? Let
his organs hereabouts tell if they dare
to be square. Where do the Republican
candidates stand2 Williams, Jones and
Snyder. Will they dare to be square
with the people?
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-10-28

Mr.. Towne showed up the cunnngly
arranged Republican platform of last
year. For the first time the party went
before the people with Mckinley as the
candidate on a British gold standard
platform, until bimetallism should be
established by international agreement.
To carry out the farce the re,ident sent
to Europe the Wolcott commission
which had become the laughing stock OF
Europe. This international agreement
was perhaps and the perhaps being
played out the gold standard is the cer-
tainty and the Mckinley administration
committed thereto. The eloquent orator
made this whole matter as clear as sun
light and the audience gave evidence by
repeated applause. The trick and
treachery were we'll exposed
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-10-28
WOOL. WOOL. WOOL.

The wool growers are selling their wool al
an average of 25 cents per pound. They
credit the Dngley bill with the rise, Unlike
the arguments generally used by the high
protective men, they lose sight of the old
doctrine of supply and demand, They
overlook the fact that there is short wool
crop. That in the last few years, even as far
back as the Mckinley bill in which there was
tariff ON wool nearly If not quite as high as
the Dingley bill, the demand for wool by the
manufacturers fell far short of the supply
With the fall in the price of wool, sheep fell
until within the last two years they were
virtually given away; many farmers selling
their sheep for a dollar a head or less. The
manufacturers have noted this scarcity oI
sheep, They know and would have known Il
there had been no tariff bill, that the supply
would fall very far short of the demand. The
farmer who is inclined to give credit to the
rise in wool to the Dingley BILL loses sight o.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-10-28
THE UNION PACIFIC STEAL.

The New York journal, after an expert
investigation declares that Mark Hanna is a
large owner of Union and Central Pacific rail.
road stocks and in so far as he was able has
engineered on the part of the government the
sale of the roads to the syndicate. He being
interested in the syndicate and owning nearly
If not quite majority of the stock, it is to his
interest to allow the sale to be cOnsummated.
When the sale is concluded besides robbing
the people of S2O,OOO,OOO it is proposed to
water the stock up to total of $500, 600 900
and divide up the swag Hanna is an adept
in the science of robbing stockholders of their
just dues.
j. Delass Robinson, of Cleveland, has now a
case in court in which he claims that Mark
Hanna appropriated to his own use $4OO, 900
worth of stock of the Cleveland Street Railroad
Company that belonged personally to Mr.,
Robinson, and since the appropriation he ha-
been unable to get from Hanna an accounting.
Other men have claimed that In their dealings
with Hanna he has unscrupulously taken
stock, bonds or dividends of enterprises from
them without as much as "by your leave" and
all efforts to recover have been met with
sneers and robuAs. 1t is this kind of char
actor that the honest every day citizen is
asked to support for the great Office of United
States senator.
His business motto since the day he sent Il
substitute into the army is to "Steal what you
cannot buy and buy what you cannot steal. ,,
His later method is best characterized by his
letter to Attorney General Watson. "No man
in public Office owes the public anything"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-10-28

XENIA, Oct 2G. With the present
state of intense feeling between the
white and colored people of this city,
sngered by the assault Of William Car
ter, the negro, upon Miss Kate Swabb,
it would take very little to precipitate
race war. Carter has many negro
friends here, who do not hesitate to de-
fend him, although the better class Of
colored people condemn him.
Joseph Mcdonald, a prominent com
tractor, was sandbagged in the heart Of
the city by two colored men, the as
sault presumably probably being
brought out by the stand taken by
McDona # in the Carter case. He was
left in an unconscious condition. James
TOwnsley was also assaulted by =
negro, hut defended himself by shoot
ing at his assailant.
A mob of several hundred congre.
gated about the train on which it was
thought Carter would arrive from
Springfield.
SPRINGFIELD, Oct. 2G.-Chief of Police
Tiffany, Prosecuting Attorney Shoup
and Sheriff Grieves of Greene county
were here to see Carter. Chief Tiffany
had a long conversation with Carter,
and it is thought was successful in
securing a confession from him, al
though he refused to say what Carter
had told him
Prosecuting Attorney Shoup said
that Miss Swabb was engaged to be
married to one Shambhss, and that the
young man would wreak summary
vengeance on Carter if he could get at
him. Mr.. Shoup said that unless
special grand jury is impaneled Carter
will not be arraigned until the regular
session of the grand jury, Dec. 6.
Sheriff Grieves stated before return
ing TO &enia that William Carter told
him that while he does not want to
make a full confession now, he will
| plead guilty
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-10-28

The sensible farmer is not deceived by
the false cry Of prosperity and dollar
wheat. He knows that the advance is an
accident and temporary OF course. He
knows how his land has fallen in value
He cannot forget the decline in prices,
and he must see tha- all this has been
the result of Republican gold policy,
which is to be continued. The none,
tary rascality has been running the
country to ruin and none realize it, and
have felt it more than the farming and
laboring classes. Business men have
also felt it and thousands have been
driven into bankruptcy, and those gen
orally who have not, have had struggle
and are yet in the seeds. Vote Demo
cratic,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-10-28

CINCINNATT, Oct. ga we'll defined
but very mild case Of yellow fever ar
rived in Cincinnati from Mobile, Ala.
1t was that of August Wilkie, who was
found in the house Of Mrs Jane M.
Moreland on Champlain street, Lick
Run, which is the extreme western part
Of the city. Health Officer Withrow
removed the patient to the pesthouse,
which is now unOCCupied, and caused
Mrs. Moreland's premises to be fumi.
gated and disinfected.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-10-28
TEE WALL STREET YOKE.

The Republican press knows that in Mark
Hanna they have rotten stick and their
attempts to bolster his candidacy are falling
on unwilling ears. Their frantic apllas ~
endorse the Republican administration b.
elcctiUg Republican legislature that will
return Mark Hanna to the United States
senate show the weakness of their cause. If
they really desire an honest endorsement they
should have pushed forward an honest and
| inCOrruptabe man, they have any such, for
the position sought for by Hanna. But it is
not endorsement of administration they so
much seek, as it is to fjlsten forever upon the
American people a perpetual gold standard
whereby every man who works for a living
may be made a slave to the bankers and the
money lords. The attempt to endorse the
administration by the election Of Mark Hanna
is an attempt to work their schemes through
false pretenses. As Hon. Charles A. TOwne
said in his speech on Tuesday night. The
| Republican party has ceased to be a party Of
the people--it is now party of gold gamblers
and money lords who expect to control the
people through monster conspiracy that will
render the freedom Of the ballot and the pro-
longaton of the Republic as government of
the people of no avail. The voters should not
be fooled by an appeal to support the ticket for
| McKnley's sake. For as soon as Mckinley
ceases to do the bidding of the Wall street
conspirators he will be overthrown for some
mln who will take upon himself their yoke
and work in the harness they choose to put on
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-10-28

the fact that for few months prior to the
passage of the bill, the wool manufacturers Of
wool, which came into our ports free of duty.
And although apparently heavily stocked with
foreign wool the demand for domestic wool
was on the increase with small visible
supply. The statement which is assidnously
made by the Republican press that the price is
entirely owing to the tariff is not borne out by
the facts and they dare not refer to the prices
received by the woolgrower in 1890, 1891 and
1892, under the Mckinley bill as a corroboia-
tion of their statements. There is short
domestic supply of wool and the demand
increases the price and would have done so if
there had not been Dingley bill
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-10-28

would get well. had female troubles
in their worst form, suffered untold
agonies every month 4; my womb tipped
back to my backbone, had headache,
hysteria, fainting spells, itching, leu
corrh9a.
"My feet and hands were cold all
the time, my limbs were so weak that
1 could hardly walk around the house;
was troubled with numb SPELLS l
have taken four bottles of Lydia Z
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, one
bottle of her Blood Purifier, one pack
age of her Sanative Wash, and am
entirely cured. have not had one
of those numb spells since. Can you
wonder that 1 sing the praises of q
medicine that has cured me of all these
ills ?"-MRs. LOUISA PLACE, $50 Bel.
mont St., Brockton, Mass.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-10-28
PlTH OF THE NEWS.

There was q meeting held in Richmond
for the purpose of maturing plans for the
erection OF monument In memory Of
The late Major Ginter
j. w. Bouton of New York owns a life
size portrait Of Major John Andre. The
portrait was picked up in a second hand
shop in London and was painted by Andre
himself
Bishop Lawrence of Boston entertained
at dinner in that city Rt. Rev. Edward S.
Talbot, lord bishop of Rochester, Eng
land, Canon Gore also intended TO DO
present, but was prevented by i'll health.
Governor Ahumada of Durango, Mex
leo, who is now on his way east, was
forced to secure three permits for the
trip-one from President Diaz, one from
his state legislature and one from the sec
retary of war.
Senator Cafrrey Of Louisiana was con-
siderably annoyed by quarantine officers
on his last trip from his home TO Wash
ingtOn and will devote much of his time
this winter to securing a better and more
uniform system ~ Gnarantine insneotinu.
Those who believe chronic diaIrhoea
TO be incurable should read what Mr..
p. E, Grisham, of Gaars Mills, In, has
to say on the subject, viz; 81 have been
a sufferer from chronic diauhoea ever
since the war and have tried all kinds of
medicines forit At last found reme-
dy that effected a cure and that was
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Diar.
rhoea Remedy" This medicine eau /.
ways be depended upon for collie, cho era
morbus, dysentery and diarrhoea. lt is
pleasant to take and never fails to ect
a cure. The % and 80 cent 4es
for sale by @. N. Nye, Corner ~ cit
House; Schlabach's drug store, 2ef rth
Market street; +. L. Janson, 2J Nest
TuscarAWas street,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-10-28

The Massillon Independent takes the
liberty of calling upon the Democratic
candidates for the legislature to answer
several questions. The News Democrat
follows suit by making the following
enquiries of the Republican candidates,
Williams, Jones and Snyder, who are
pledged to NJ. A. Hanna, the disting
uished labor crusher and "hog" as
the Cleveland Leader called him for the
United States senate. The News.Demo.
crat then would ask: Why will you
vote for such man as Mr.. Hanna tor
the senate? Is it because he is mil.
lionaire and in favor of running the gov
ernment in the interest of trusts? Is it
because he is il favor of the British gold
Standard Is it because Mr.. Hanna
wants to retire the greenbaCks, treasury
notes and silver certificates and put in
their place doubtful bank paper? Why
do you want 10 vote for a man who
would increase our national debt $500,
OOO,O00 for the above purpose? Why
are you not in favor of American in.
dependence in financial matters? Why
give the American people over 10 British,
German and American Jew shylocks to
take our hearts blood? Why vote tor
Mark Hanna who is with them and for
them?
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-10-28
HOW is BusINEssi

"Well," said our friend, "this talk that
prosperity is here is nonsense. AT our
shop there is stream of men daily ask.
ing for work. This don't look like pros
perity as it ought to be-" Bradstreets
last week report says: There is less ac-
tiyity in staple lines of merchandise, and
as compared with the corresponding
period of last year, the aggregate bank
clearings for the week show slight fall
ing of as compared with those for the
previous week-32 per cent. against 81 l.3
which latter was the smallest compare
tive gain for weeks-the per cent. o
gain for the past six weeks being 80 per
cent. As compared with the aggregate
clearings of the week before, thUse OF the
week just closed show falling of Of
SOL 900, 900, of which $i4 100000 is out
side of New York city. The general
tendency of prices, too, according to
Btadstreet's, has been downward, "the
number of staples for which quotations
are lower being greater than those which
are higher or unchanged"-and among
the dropping prices are to be noted
those of wheat, corn, oats, cotton and
-four among agricultural products. The
lower prices for wheat gave an impetus
to the foreign demand and the exports
for the week reached over six million
bushels, while the exports of corn were
small comparatively. The outlook in
the iron and steel industry continues
encouraging, the stocks of pig iron being
greatly reduced despite the greatly in
creased output. Despite the slump in
stocks, New York city shows an increas-
ed gain over week before.