The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-12-01
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
A. ]. KINTZ,
Who Always Writes Interestingly,
Sends in Another Splendid
Article.


Article.
Editor News. Dem mocrat:-Well the
politics battle is over and what is the
lesson we have lparnedH 1t is said that
Man wants but Ii tie here below nor
wants that little long" but man is of
gr sping nature and the more he gets the
more he wants. At first ne Is willing to
labor hard in order to get what he calls
start 10 this world and when he once
gets a start then be is ready to exploit
the wealth that others have and by
virtue Of systems sustained by the power
Of governments ana by the power Of
educated public Sci timent together with
the wants and necessities Of the people he
6nds plenty Of opportunities. Then he
wants wealth enough to make him and
his family independent withOut labor.
Then he wants to move 10 higher circles
Of society and that means high, higher,
highest Then he wants a titled sris-
tccracy, a king and standing army to
keep the people in subjectio j. If this is not
the tendency of American politics today
with gold standard then I cannot read.
Han iltonianism is on tlp today and
Jeffersonian democracy while there is
plel ty of it in the country, is so scattered
that 1t has no power in politics.
There are but two iieas in political
thought-aristocrac and democracy.
When men act politically these actions
laE FaG nNh NhnH nf haE
ideas. The one leads to Imperialism,
the other to popular government, con-
sequently there can be but two dominant
poll iical parties. But political parties
are composed Of men, ami like men are
grssping in their nature and become
dangerous as their power and influence
increase. The Language of our fore
filters was "Et rial vigilance Is the
p-ics # liberty" Reform parties have
always be n OrylniI't in he ilt5rsst (
democracy, or to reform some wrong 10
government, and are always good and
Lee sssry for educational purposes, but
the history Of ref r IL parties proves that
unless ~ C1n sJciko the tide OF pu DliC
sentiment and take the place Of one or
tn, oJHer Of t1e two dominant parties
at one bound, they never get there. Third
pan tie can never be forced, cOaXsd or
ouLc4.ed injo power, 50 when any third
party slgU. eds 10y its efforts Ia bringing
either oae or she Otaes If the two DOM
iunnt parties bl to their original ideas
from which they have wandered to true
Den ocra tic or Republican principles,
then their usefulness ceases and they be-
come stumbliug block in the way Of
true democracy and should he dropped by
every Intelligent and patriotic citiz N.
believe the people Of this country, as
VIII le, are patriotic enough to sustain
popular government when they fully
understand that its danger is threatened.
The Republican party took second place
in So and first place in go for the reason
that both the old Whig party and the
Democratic party had become absorbed
by the slave power, contrary to the
declaration of independence, and look
for such an uprising in 1900 as will
astonish the world.
They tell us that all authority Is from
God, and how wrong it Is to oppose in
any way the powers that be, and that
men that acquire these vast fortunes do
so by virtue Of their superior brains
Had our fvrefathers acted on this idea
think that many Of the American mil
lionaires with their superior brains might
be hewers of wood and drawers of water
for some British aristocracy today just as
the people Of Ireland have been doing for
centuries. Who are the patriots of this
Countrywide men who are trying to keep
the government as our forefathers left it,,
or the men that are pandering to aris-
tocracy.
"And where are ye, Oh fearless men,
And where are ye today;
/ call the hills, reply again,
That ye have passed away"
A. j. KNIT.