Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-10-28

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patch, which cannot say too many
nice things in behalf of Hon. John
r. Mclean.
IT WAS Capt. Aaron Wagner who,
a few weeks ago, said that no Repub-
lican, except Gov. Roosevelt, could
draw a crowd like Senator J. B. For
aker. According to the Beacon, Mr..
Roosevelt drew $4,000 people to
Akron on the campaign opening day.
If Capt. Wagner is anxious to pre-
serve Senator Foraker's prestige in
this locality, he should see that the
Beacon does not fall down in its
estimate of the crowd here on For
aker day. If it should happen that
only $4,000 people should come to
Akron to hear Foraker. 1t would be
construed by the enemy as an inglor-
ious rebuke to the Administration.
A PROMINENT Democrat of Stow
township says he was offered large
sum of money by an agent of the
local Republican Machine if he
would authorize his name to be used
In an interview condemning the
Democratic party. While the CAM
paign committee is in the interview
ing business why doesn't it find out
what the Woodworking far mers of
Summit county think of the Repub-
lican Machine which defeated the
Russell Salary bill? 1t will not cost
the Republican committee cent to
get whole wagon load of this kind
of interviews, and they will all make
good, interesting reading.
IT WILL be to the interest of every
taxpayer to vote this fall to break up
the trust that controls the offices
at the Court House. Long years of
office holding have enabled these
officials to entrench themselves
behind an unlimited campaign fund,
making them virtually Independent
of the people. If the people expect
that future legislation in their inter-
ests shall not be defeated as was true
of the Russell Salary bill, they must
vote to break up the trust that for
many years has parceled out the
high salaried offices at the Court
House.
THE spectacle of the intelligent
voters of Summit county being
cursed by the evil effects of Machine
politics is more than discouraging.
The voting strength Is SO equally
proportioned between the parties
that few hundred votes would turn
the scale either way. If the voters
of Summit county will stand together
at the polls few days hence, there
will be no more lobbying commits
sions organized at the Court House
to defeat measures intended to
benefit all the people.
1T HAS been Judge Anderson's g
boast that in every campaign which
be has made he has never had to rely
upon the regular COMMITTEES of his
party to manage his campaign.
This is nothing to boast about. Any
body could build up a private
machine who holds an Office so we'll.
paying as that occupied by Judge
Anderson. If the Russell salary bill
had not been defeated Judge Ander-
son would be very glad to have the
help of the regular organization in
this campaign.
1T HAS been a common thing fo
the office holders at the Cour
House to organize lobby to e.
before the Legislature or Council il
behalf of some selfish scheme o.
their own or of the interests that
contribute to their campaign fund
but when have any of these officials
ever lobbied in behalf of som,
measure that would benefit the
people2 The Beacon need not be il
a hurry about answering.
WHEN Summit county's farmers
come to town they have to sell abou
everything they produce at panic
prices and buy everything they neec
at the extravagantly high prices
Z fixed by the trusts. While the valu
of everything the farmers own oil
, produce for the market is declining
the prices of Trust-made articles ar,
going upward.
: ASK HENRY YOUNG, JosepI
j, Hugill, John w. Baker or any of tn
ex-commissioners who paid NOR
attention to the city's interests thai
to politics during their administra
: tion, whether Judge Anderso
8 attempted to dictate the policies t
be pursued by the members of til
Board of Commissioners.
q The defeat of the Russell Salar
h bill enables Summit county's high
n salaried officials to collect euuug
v money from the people t" build u