The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-09-15
A PRESIDENTIAL TICKET.


A middle-of.t .tbe.road Popuiist presi-
Dental ticket was nominated at Cincin-
natl the other day, after big row, re
sulting in split. The ticket is:
For President Wharton Baker, Of
PennsvlvanIa, banker and capitaIisr.
For Wee President-lgnatius Donnel-
ly, OF Nininger (Which is in the state OF
Minnesota), professional sage.
1t is two years and over until the
presidential election, and these sons of
thunder and purity are first in the field.
Both gentlemen are former Republicans,
Mr.. Baker having left the party within
two or three years, and had President
Harrison gratihed mis- ambition and
made him Secretary of the Treasury he
might have continued to be shining
light in the &. o. p.
Mr.. Donnelly has been a wandering
comet these many years, and one OF
many vagaries, dating probably since
be failed of reelection to Congress in
1868. lie is the distinguished gentle
man who maintains that Shakespeare
was not the author of the great dramas
attributed to him, but that Lord Francis
Bacon was.
No political party can hold subcrdi.
date two such mighty men, unless they
rule the roost. In order to rule at Gin.
cnnati, they and their fifty or sixty
self-appointed delegates had to get rid
Of the sensible fusion element led by
Senator Marion Butler, OF North Caro-.
lima, which they did, and then they
proceeded to perform their mighty
work.
TGeir platform is long and lingering,
making about 1900 words. But that is
nothing for such vocables. They are
full TO ovelflowing. They "view with
alarm" "denounce" and "arraign,"
and close with this rhetorical hquida
tioL:
our chief battle is against the chain
ing of the worlds progress to the ca'
wheels If prehistoric superstition
The whole world today is he'd in check
by system of gold barter, while enter.
Prise languishes, industry suffers and
the cemeteries are populous with the
bodies of bankrupts and suicides.
| We will eud the tricks of the office
seekers by putting our national ticket
| in the field at once. We believe the
soul IL bigger than the pocketbook.
And we look forward with hope to
the day when gold shall be relegated to
the diseased teeth of the people and the
human family possesses, free OF tribute
to bankers, a governmental, full legal
tender measure of value, made Of paper,
that will expand side by side with the
growth of wealth and population.
Fine words these, but they don't but,
ter psrsnips nor potatoes. The next
national election is near two years and
two months off, and much may happen
in the meantime, but in this time it il
not likely that gold will be retired from
all purposes save filing teeth. Gold
will likely continue to be good thing
to fill empty pocketbooks; and with
good luck, Bryan and his friends may
succeed in restoring silver to its proper
place, side by side with gold, where il
belongs,
1t is difficult to see what these men
can expect in pursuing such course,
The Populist organization ia against
hem, for the men at the head OF the
organization desire union with those en-
tertainiug similar views. These latter
are men of practical sense, realizing
that in this country votes are needed
to secure power and thereby have 8
chance to put things In better shape.