The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-01-27

Il nave nhu SOinetnlnR 10 no WlUn bhiu
effort of the people of Michigan to get
adjustment of railroad taxation rates,
and every railroad attorney and railroad
doctor, every little country newspaper
editor who has n pass, every politician
who hopes for financial favors to help
re.elect him, is ont of breath crying;
"Pingree is not Republican
They cry this because l was elected
on the Republican ticket by majority Of
SO, 900, being 27 900 ahead of my ticket,
and they do want me to be reelected.
King Doodle cries, "I am the party and
there is none beside me"
hope you will excuse me for using
my own case as an illustration, but do
so because l know more Of 1t than do
similar ones elsewhere.
believe in government for the people,
the plain people, just as Mr.. Lincoln did;
and say that any so.called Republican
who thinks that the interests of railroads,
trusts, monopolies or syndicates are Of
more Importance than the interests of the
average man had better get out of the
Republican party in Michigan for / am
going to fight 1t out on Mr.. Licoln's
platform no matter what they call me.
The monopolist, the franchise grabber,
the lobbyist, the political apostles of
boodlle are all extreme partisans and
when any one opposes their schemes or
obstructs their ambitions they wrap
thems Ives in the flag and cry; You
are attacking the party"
When they elect themselves to Office by
main force of money, they ascriDe It to
divine Intervention of Providence in be-
half of the nation and its honor.
A party which does not rid itself Of
men who make themselves prominent
in it with the sole purpose Of exploiting
the people and perpetuating the reign of
the dollar will Use it's life influence
with the masses, and, like church
which accepts robbers tithe from
wealthy influential pewholders, who
wish to ease their conscience, it will soon
be al such and none other.
believe the people will demand this.
The Republican party wants no men for
leaders who worship the Golden Calf.
1t is noticeable that every rascal is
always an extreme partisan, and hollers
patriotism and party loyalty" so that
you cannot hit him without breaking
plae glass.
have at times seriously thought that
the enactment OF law forbidding any
church or institution to accept bequests
or gifts from men of great wealth and
making them keep all they have would
tend to make men less greedy.
Principles are greater than men, and
I speak as a lifelong Republican when
S " that unless the Rebulican party, is
led back into the spirit of the principles
which Mr.. Lincoln so clearly quoted, it
cannot live as great party.
Many of US lifelong Republicans, who
do not train with the money power, are
heartily sick of being obliged to condone
and defend the trusts which have come
to board with us indefnieteIy
We all know that the motto of u trust
is to Charge all the market will bear. "
There are many hundr, DIS of them now
and they cover almost the entire field of
human wants.
Their WORK is noiseless and unceasing, |
but liSe the dropping of water it will
wear the stone.
A penny on sugar passes unnoticed but
means forty millions a year out of the
pockets Of the people.
Why make "A fuss about two cents if |
it amounts to so little. But it means
over sixty millions to you. And so it
goes all along the line, form of taxa
tion which taps the pocset Of the pro-
luCer in such a manner that he does not |
know what keeps him poor
been started which proposes to teach the
people that trusts are benevolent institu-
tions and under Provide nee will make us
all happy.
Patent insides and plate matter is now
shipped out to a country newspaper, for |
printing which they are paid, showing
how trusts cheaper everything.
1t is strange to what extent men will |
90 to Justify wrong and teach the peo-
pie lies.
You, perhaps, remember how, before |
jhe wfr many of the clergy argued for
human slavery as n divine institution,
and what a great advantage it was for
the poor negro to be rescued from his
African surroundings and brought here
% this christian land, under the benign
Of the Gospel.
The question is today, do half-fares
)n railroads and contributions influence !
5he clergy to deal gently with great
wrongs ?"
The great masses Of the Republl-
IAN party do not want to stand sponsor
or these agencies which are playing the
mischief with this country's welfare not
my more than the Democrats do.
We have however, some so-called lead
RS in our party who have more faith in
he power Of money than in the powsr of
jhe toilng masses.
There Is no doubt that the power Of
money in this country today is tremend-
,us.
1t retains newspapers, it directs the
great news distributing agency and tele-
yraphs; it elects men to the senate and
he house, it manipulates national and
tate conventions,
Any man who speaks against the abuses
which all recognize, is marked man,
md the calling of names is in order
The majority of the public men in the
Republican party dare not speak what
heyIbelievs for fear of offending those