Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-11-06

the aurlcle OF the reign OF MarkuS
the First. Ny name will be carved
on the temple of fame by the side of
Newton, Archimedes, Gal1llo. The
Highdiver, Bosco and Washjohnson.
We Republicans will ever feel
grateful to Mr.. Hanna for sending
Bob Nevin of Dayton to this county
to make speeches. He made the best
partizan talks 1 ever heard except
Mark of course. He said that we
had carried out every party pledge
we ever made, and that the Demo-
Gratis never carried out single
pledge. He said every Republican
law was'g good and every Democratic
law was bad. Them sentiments
pleased me so 1 stomped off the heels
of bran new pair of rubber boots.
Il could have saved So on 'em if l
hadn't bot 'em). 1t made the DEM
ocrats so mad they all went out of
the hall. Then 1 was sorry, as we
needed them to warm the chairs.
After the meetin, when Nevin and ]
had lushed up bit, I said: "You put
it good and strong about carrying out
every pledge and passing all good
laws" He lated and sed Its true
after every lection we cary out every
pledge and dump it on the junk
pile, and every law we pass is good
for people who have enough cash to
take advantage of them. Poor devils
never contribute to the campaign
fund nohow."
During his speech he said ''meat
isn't high on account of the meat
trust. 1t is high because so many
workingmen have money to buy it.
of course you fellows who work by
the day don't get the best cuts, you
can't expect that. Rich people get
them" The applause which fol-
lowed this did not wake any of the
fellows who had gone to sleep. 1t
was bad brake to make in Barber
ton crowd, where every man is q
king and believes that he and his
wife and children are entitled to Just
as fine stake as three-year-old
steer can give up. 1t looked for a
minute as if there would be rough
house. Some of our fellows thought
that Bob had been bodied by Nc
Lean to make that fatal crack. But
he wasn't; he just talked as he felt.
You know he is an imperialist, and
in an empyre working people don't
get much meat unless they are lucky
in buying soup bone.
Anyhow, Bob's other dates in this
county were filled by our brilliant
young Republican lawyer club. These
young tads are safe takers. They all
make the same speech which was
wrote by Judge Stuart, and he is
cautious to fault. Bob was boxed up
and sent home to Dayton by freight.
He was labeled "Embalmed Beef"
so people would keep their hands off
of him.
! have given up my fond dream of
being county treasurer. But have a
cinch on another and more attrac-
tive job. That is it is promised.
You see when Teddy Rosfelt opened
our county L went early and cornered
the court house fellows and told
them I must have definite informa-
tiOn as to when l was to be county
treasurer, or would not march in
the parade and 1 might bolt the
whole ticket. That brought them to
time. They said I could have any,
thing L wanted except treasurer as
that job was pledged to other follows
for eight years after Berger gets out.
I then told them 1 would take sher-
iff, recorder or commissioner, but
on looking at the book they found
that those jobs were all slated for
from eight to twelve years. How
ever they said that if some of the
fellows died might be worked in
sooner. That didn't go with me be-
cause never heard of one of our
ring fellows doing that. 1 just got
mad and bucked, but they fixed it
up by agreeing to appoint me gauger
at the Mogadore distillery, which
they said was soon to be started by
the whisky trust. Jane says she'll
leave me if I take that job, but she
may be dead before I get it and then
can revel in peace on earth and
booze. I would not have been
switched off in this way, but for the
reason that the Internal Democrats
will get the legislature this fall and
cut down the fees Of county officers
so low that a fellow can't get rich
unless he gets about three terms. I
think gauger is letter than county
office when you consider that he gets
free whisky while the ring fellows
have to pay Is cents drink for all
they get.
All of us Republicans out here are
Jones to fool the Democrats
into voting for him. Every one of
lis is going to vote Nash. If this bit
of strategic sagacity as Coll calls
it don't whip Mclean, it is because
he is invincible. And yet the DEM
ocrats are shy about Jones because
they say he is Republican, in favor
of a high tariff and the Gold Stand