The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-08-19

deneral maSUef WOrhudu d. W. DoNSI'
eign, of the Knights of Labor, while in
this city, gave out the following state
ment containing bis views on the action
of the Peoples party convention held
here this week. Mr.. Sovereign was en-
route for Virginia, and expressed deter
mination to return to Ohio In few days
and lead labor fight against Msrk Han
ma. He Is of the opinion that no reform
possible while the ooIrupting methods
of Mark Hanna are praCtiCed in the poll
tics of this country. said he:
when John J. Ingalls, said the puri-
fcatin of politics is an itridescant dream
that the decalogue and the golden rule
have no place in a political campaign,
and that it is lawful to hire He.sians and
purchase mercenaries to destroy the op-
position, the moral world was shocked
and there was wave Of indignation at
Ipgalls' justification Of
CORRUPTION IN POLITICS.
But now comes Mark Hanna ana puts
nto pre- ctice what Ir gals expressed in
words and is justified for so doing by the
gold power and all the oapitslistic COM
bine is srrayed against the people.
THE unm isUakable evidence of bribery
and corruption in the late Peoples party
convention at Columbus, by the Hanna
machine, exposes the most revolving at
tempt to corrupt conventions and under
mine the foundation Of public morals
ever brought to public notice in this
country. The corrupt use of money in
the presidential campaign of last year will
ever remain black page in the history
of national politics. But if it had entsl
with that campaign the good people of
the country might feel willing to draw
the veil of charity over the dark, dissolute
debauchery of Hannaisrn.
UNFORTUNATELY, last gears campaign
was only the beginning Of the shameful
and disgraceful mercenary methods by
the gold powtr unGer the management
of Mark Hanna. Drunken and dissipated
on the successes of last years profigate
policies, this power now SCOTS and jeers
at every impulse of honesty and reform,
and boldly and eAlntly writes its oh, cks
on its surplus corruption fdnd to buy
a seat in the Unite1 States SENATE
Seeking the old methods of couquering
the OPT osition by dividing it, this
AUTOCRATIC GOLD MACHINE,
This Nero Of modern politics, goes into
the business of wholesale bribery of dele
gates to party convention, opposed to
every Sc e7timent Of single g'l' STANDARD
Surely Hanna's supreme audscity would
iuvaTe the sacred shrine of the angels
with offers of britery, if necessary to
maintain himself in power and perpetu
ate bis policy Of robbery and ruin.
But what a sad misfortune to the Peo
ple's party, party born In purity and
patriotism. When the statement flashed
over the wires last winter that enough
peoples party members of the North
Carolina legislature had been bribed,
through the corrupting iofuerce of Han
naism, to send Prichard, gold standard
Republican monopoly tool, to the Uni'ei
States senate, thought it would require
years for the party to redeem its honor
and dispel the disgrace.
But the hand Of Hanna, with his cor
ruption FUND, is reaching out into the
ranks of reformers everywhere, seeking
to destroy all that remains pure and pa
triotio in the American heart. He reaches
the black hand of bribery out over the
great state of Ohio, down into tho trusted
councils of the People party and throws
the mantle Of shame and death upon 1t.
If had only one breath left in this life
would use it appealing to the good peo-
pie of Ohio to def at Hanna this year and
destroy the black tlotch Hqnnsism has
made on the
POLITICS OF THIS REPUBLIC.
II am proud to say to the working
people of Ohio that whatever time
may have to offer in this contest shall
be freely given in aid Of Mark Hanna's
defeat without regard TO the action of
the Peoples EArty state convention. The
great majority of the middle-of f-the-road
faction Of the Peoples party are honest
in their convictions. ! have no quarrel
with them. Mr.. J. S. Coxey, their can
didate for governor, IS one of my personal
friends and for Rught l know all the
other candidates on the ticket are gentle
men of honor and ability.
But candidly believe that no man
can come to Ohio this year and support
the Peoples party ticket without leaving
the impression with move than half the
honest people of the state that he is in
the employ Of Mark Hanna. Already it
is reliably reported that Hanna will bring
a large number of middle-of- -the-road |
Populists from the southern states TO |
Ohio to stump the state for the Peoples |
party ticket.
Men who come to Ohio this year win |
be rated by tie company they keep. The
wish of the gold power TO divide and CON
luer, coupled with the general pollution