The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-10-10
A "DoLLARs AND CEN rs" PARTY.
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(By H. E. Foster, Cleveland, Ohio.)
The pending elections in Ohio and
other states will be more than test of
party supremacy. They will determine
whether or not Christian ethics are
wholly divorced from party politics.
Since African slavery was abolished
there never was a period when the
national honor was so closely involved
in inter party issues as now, and
rarely, have issues been more clearly
defined, or more squarely Joined.
The Republican party. seduced by
bunco steerers of the money power,
has reached such an advanced stage of
degeneracy that it's leaders no longer
attempt to defend their Infamous poll
cies by an appeal to the public con-
science, which, as they realize, would
make them appear sublimely ridiculous.
To all remonstrances based on justice,
patriotism and the public veal the
virtual answer is 1--WE are in the sad
die. All the sordid comercial and
capatilistic interests of the country,
aided by England are back of us and
in the language Of Tweed, what are
you going to do about it,"
Such is the import of Senator Carter's
words, when fresh from an interview
with the president, he declared:
We are going to deal with this
question on the basis Of dollars and
cents. Neither religion nor sentiment
will have much influence in determining
the verdict. The question will be, will
it pay? If we can show the country
that it will, as 1 think we can, the
American flag will never come down
from the Philippines"
Senator Carter had the shameless
courage to say, what all the imperialists
from Mckinley down, think. Ex-
Postmaster General John Wanamaker
Nigh repeat with increased earnestness
his declaration, my party has become a
stencil in the nostrils of decent men,"
All honor to Republicans like Hoar and
Boutwell,, who refuse to follow the
administration through the quagmires
of danger and dishonor in which it is
now wallowing.
Naturally a party which believes in
wars of conquest and in outrageous
bribery, such as was resorted to in rails
ing our flag over the slave-holding and
polygamous Sulus, would defend the
trusts and champion the cause of
British monometallism. The defensive
and offensive alliance between that
party and monopoly in all it's ramifica-
tions is fully consumated. President
Mckinley, in his inaugural address ut
tered demagogic promise to enforce
the federal law against the monopolies
and then went to New Jersey, the home
and hot bed of trusts, to get an attorney
general who has no time to deal with
trusts" but who had time to arbitrarily
annul the anti-canteen law enacted to
protect the morals and maintain the
efficiency Of the army.
AS matter of course the national
association of bankers that. recently
held it's convention in Cleveland, de-
| clared for the Republican party without
passing without dissenting speech or
vote, resolution favoring the gold
standard. Very fittingly the resolution
was presented by a national bank
magnate who looks to Republican con-
gress to enact into law the conspiracy
hatched out at Indianapolis, which, In
part, proposes to take from the govern
ment its paper money issuing functions
and turn them over to a money trust,
destroy the green backs make the
standard silver dollars In circulation,
redeemable In gold and confer on the
money bags favors and monopolistic
powers never dreamed of prior to the
election of William Mckinley.
The new Democracy is diametrically
opposed to every vital policy to which
the party of dollars and cents" is
pledged. That the Hannaites are afraid
to go before the people with the dollar
sign stamped thick as polka dots on
their every greed-inspired policy IL
shown by the extraordinary prepara-
tions being made to pull the administra-
tion ticket through in Ohio. We are
creditably informed that invitations tc
participate in the campaign have beer
sent to nearly every prominent Re-
publican In the country from Maine Il
California" The list includes every Re-
publican governor In the United States
twenty-one United States Senators,
proportionate number of representa-
Itives, including all the eongressmer