The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-10-06
POLITICAL DICTAToRs.
A Few Men Have the State and Its
Cities In Their Grasp.

A Few Men Have the State and Its
Cities In Their Grasp.
come now to what stares the hon
est, liberty-loving citizen in the face
that thing known as bossism. What
more abhorrent TO freedom-loving men
than the crack of the lash, be it in a
party sense or an individual one? |
am sure the people the world over re-
sent the attempts of individuals to run
a great government in their own sin
terests. We see favors dispensed, we
see men rejected, we see decorations
conferred decorations withheld, all on
personal ground. In our own state
we see a clique-a few men, headed by
an aggressive, audacious, bold man,
take possession. AS | say in our state,
as well as nationally, they say who
shall hold Offices and who shall not.
In a great city Of our state we find the
people bound hand and foot, trembling
under a dictatorship, vulgar, brutal
bold, which has become as the weevil,
as the blight. Our business men should
rise and overthrow the power assumed
by this arrogance. No body of men
working under a public franchise in
that city is free from the demands and
commands of this boss. 1t is neces-
sary to go through his hands in order
to make any contract, to get any rec
ognition, to do any work. Individual
business has been assailed, corporate
business has been assailed, demands
made, and | fear in many cases ac-
ceded to. because it was thought best
in the interest Of the helpless owners
OF property.
want to say here. if the people of
nj IN is
state in the hands of the Democrats,
I stand ready to give my personal
gage Of honor that such attacks on
honest property shall cease; that
every effort will be made on behalf of
the people and the whole people, on
beh If of our merchants and business
men, for the welfare and advancement
of our city to bring trade, to bring
business to our state: that no enter
prise shall he met by the masked face
and club, by the blackmailers de-
mand His day shall have passed.
Great cheering)
The merchants, the business men of
the greatest city in the state OF Ohio
should this time stand forth for hon
est government, honest administration
and honorable execution of our laws.
before all. Loud and long-continued
am sure that the men of affairs in
our state, the men of property, the
men who represent, control and con-
duct great properties. only ask an hoR-
est, an upright, a just administration
and execution ot the law.
We pledge that If intrusted with
oower the day OF the political boss, Of
the commercial intimidator, black
mailer and extortioner shall have
passed. An honest man, whether tht
owner of an enterprise, part owner ol
a wage-earner shall feel secure in get
ting full return for all that honestly
belongs to him. The capitalist shall
have his right, and the wage-earner
who works nominally for SO, shall no
be compelled to share at the end o
the week to receipt for SO and receive
only $3.50. (Applause.)
The dictator of the Republican part!
in Ohio as well as the nation, sayi
the money question is wiped out, ant
no longer plays or should take par
in our politics. II that be true, thel
more than ever the honest citizen, tn,
business citizen, the taxridden citizen
should rise in his might at this time
when only state and local condition
| exist, shake off the handouts of tn
blackmailer, stand forth for homes
commercial transactions and for tn
| welfare of our state and cities.
All this we pledge; all this we will
execute II our fellow-citizens but Civ
| US the opportunity.