The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-08-01

ana supply OF cotton, but they said to
the government Of England, we will
starve, but we will never cast straw
on the side OF slavery. Loud ap-
plause.
HONOR FOR SOLDIERS.
"But they tell us that we don't honor
our soldiers. II is one OF their favorite
cries. We do, God bless and honor
every one OF them. The American SOL
dier has proven OF what stuff he is
made. He obeys orders like q man.
We honor the man who carries the gun
and who obeys orders, but we are
against the order that sends soldiers to
kill people who never harmed us. APP
plause.
"The men we are shooting today
fought for US ninety days ago before we
began shooting them. They took our
guns and went back of the Spaniards
and organized to destroy the Spanish
army, and for the first time in the his
tory OF the world we saw that strange
sight Nero himself never turned q
gun on an ally, and it remained for our
country to use man to whip the enemy
and then turn our guns on the men who
helped us to do 1t. Applause.
"And whose boys are doing the work?
Do you know OF any sons of United
States senator's blcssoming in the jung
les OF Luzon? Laughter and cries Of
mo, no. There may be some left
drawing salaries in the commisary de-
partment, but IL every congressman,
and president and senator and cabinet
officer had his boys there instead of the
plain boys of the country, it would not
take long to arbitrate this question.
[Applause and cries of you are about
right there, Senator Mason.
81 want to say one word on this
Fourth Of July. There is no danger
to this government from without if we
attend to our own business. The only
danger to the government is within and
it comes from two classes. First, q
class of hogs, who want to legislate in
this country for their own personal
gain.
"Then there is a class OF citizens too
lazy and iudolent and unpatriotic to
ever vote at caucus or the polls, feel
ing that the interests of their govern
ment and country are beneath them.
These are the two classes that endan.
ger the liberties of the people. The
first class has no party-they are all
parties. They have organized trust
so that they fix price on about 80 per
cent OF what goes into your stomach
and what goes on your back. ~
"Why, little liver complaint, if it
should break out on one gentleman,
would raise the price on one article to
10000, 900 Of people. A slight disorder
of stomach to a few gentlemen would
raise the price of every commodity on
your table.
TRUSTS GALL MOUTH"
I saw an animal at the seaside that
reminds me OF these gentlemen. 1t is
called the sea anemone. 1t is all
mouth. [Great laughter. 1t has neither
heart nor bowels. 1t consumes every
thing that goes into it, and no crumbs
ever fall from its table. There is one
redeeming fact about this animal or
plant. II he has filled himself he gives
He does not go around among the
do it; it was destiny He eats and
takes the responsibility.
This other class of citizens don't
know that we are waging war and there
is talk about traitors and treason in a
more than century.
The only way you can declare war in
this country is for your Congress to do
it. Your Congress has been silent,
and If there is war it is an administra.
tion war and binds nobody but the ad.
ministraton. Applause.
SIT won't do for cabinet ministers tC
go round the country charging Senator
Hoar with bringing on the war wher
he begged us to keep out OF 1T. If we
had followed the voice of Senator Hoal
we would have had no war. Ap
| plause
"And let me answer one of his sug
gestions now. There was no delay
/ voted for the treaty as between two
evils, according to the best light haC
God knows whether was right Of
wrong, but Mr.. Cushman K. Davis hac
the treaty in charge and the first day
he asked for vote 1t was granted unan
imously by the United States senate
and 1t is bad beginning to ascribe t,
Senator Hoar the war in the Philip
pines when he stood right up and 8,
voted that we should never have hat
any war.
"The first day that unanimous con
Sent was asked TO vote on tnat treat
it was accorded unanimously. But the
tell us there would be anarchy there
II we did not kill them, they nigh
kill each other. Great God, / woul
rather they would than be killing ou
fellows-wouldn' you?
SIS it any less anarchy for US to XII
them than to let them kill themselves
o, but the man who says God mad
him do it, says also, why, German
would have got the country, or Eng
land Well, If there has got to b
10000 graves might they not be just a
we'll those of soldiers of the emporer @
queen, as the graves of Yankee boys
Applause. Do we want monopol
of graves in Luzon. Laughter.
"Then they tell us in the nez
breath, you people are traitors becaus
you prevent us investing money owe
there. Ask them If they can give on
days work to the American worl
man. They will tell you no, b
can't find days work there
The sun and climate are not made fc
American workmen, or he for them.
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