The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-10-27


scended to the depths of demagogue
to make or attempt to make argument
from the premise which he knows to be
a falsehood, at the opening of the
campaign in the state of Ohio. In the
third place, 1 said that he ought to be
In better business, at home prosecuting
the parties to the three million dollars
canal fund frauds, instead of offering
| himself as reform candidate for the
governorship of New York. 1 defy him
or any other man to produce any decent
newspaper, or citizen anywhere that
will assert substantially the statementl
that / expressed such a desire or hope
for Aguinaldo's success and the defeat
of the American army. AS 1 stand here
l assert that any man is guilty, is
guilty of an unmitigated lie who makes
that statement against me. When we
come before a court of justice, we
must assert the truth, the whole truth
and nothing but the truth, and IL we
find ourselves asserting falsehood, the
lawyers in the court room are apt I'd
4 indicate to the jury that that side of
the case has no case to present to the
jury (Applause.) Roosevelt has
changed his song. Instead of being
man enough to say he can't produce
reputable paper in the United States
containing such a sentence, instead of
saying in his speeches that he was
misled into such a belief, instead of
saying before his audience at Cincin-
natl that he was deceived by a lying
sheet of a Republican paper, he modi-
hes the statement and when he got
to Cincinnati he didn't say that he
had made a statement at Akron of
this nature, but he said that Congress-
man Lentz came to New York and
divided his time in eulogizing Alt
geld, the pardoner of the bomb throw
ers and Aguinaldo. The trouble with
Altgeld was that he pardoned the
men who had nothing to do with the
bomb throwing, and that had nothing
to do with the Ohio campaign. CAP
: plause) Altgeld did not pardon the
bomb -throwers, according to the en-
dorsements of reputable Chicago busi-
ness men, Democrats and Republicans
but he pardoned those men who had
ever been proven guilty.
II am so much opposed to having our
army ruined that have for an entire
year been lifting my voice against the
murder Of 5000 of our boys in the
Spanish war, by the use of horse doc
tors and embalmed beef am so much
in favor of saving the lives of our
boys that am not willing to have them
subjected to the horrors of a tropical
climate.
Il know gentleman who halls from
Canton. He presents the flag. Stand
e by the flag says he. / want to saw
e to the gentleman from New York and
t to the gentleman from Washington, If
d you are going to search for a man who
8 stood by the flag at San Juan hill,
T. you must go to the colored regiment,
: who so valiantly displayed their pa
triotism there, they took the block
o house. In justice to these heroes, II
It these gentlemen want the bravest men
r they will on this occasion have to elect
: some man whose skin is as black as
h the ace of spades" Gaughter.)
e The speaker referred to the manner
h in which Governor Roosevelt was push
5. ed to the front on his return from Cuba
i ana ms subsequent election by schem-
d ing politicians, to the office he now
s fills. ~
IS The speaker stated that the same
# papers misprinting his expression SAID
d that he, Lentz, had made the statement
:, that the silver issue was dead
= Ihey also said that Warner and
! Bryan said it was dead He
y stated that not one of them said 60
n III they had an honest issue would they
IF resort to such an issue?" The speaker
20 then referred to hi" former speech IN
"A New York, repeating what statement
~ he really had made and then statinf
how certain papers had misinterpreteC
lie his statement, concluding that otht
D money question, the income tax anC
} government by injunction will keep
v, L said when house is on fire we droI
id our tools and help in puttine out tn,
n hre or flames. l also said that we ar,
more interested in our own race thar
u in race anywhere else on the face o
I'd the earth. In that speech I also saiC
ID these four words I'VE know ou
Id beesiness." Every school book contains
he those four words. And it seems tha
to the nag has no purpose but the purpoS
g of "beesiness." And so long as tn
sugar trust have the sugar at TO- ant
D the tobacco trust has the tobacco a
Luzon, so long will the flag be doin,
ed "beesiness" (Great laughter and ap
at plause).
n The speaker referred to the state
rs ments made by Webster Davis at Cleve
Ia land short time ago regarding tn
~ action of the Democrats in congress
% % representing the trust law, interpret
o. ing that they had taken improper ac
vs tion. Mr. Lentz refuted these state
in ments and stated the truthful occur
I'd ence of that period from his experienc
In in the halls of congress. He state
us that Mr.. Hanna said recently IF tn
~ trusts are menace to the country
l what party better than the Republica
~ party can give you relief?" (Applause
he he I know now why Hanna spent the Who'll
as summer in the land of the mother c
lie trusts" Gaughter) The history c
D. trusts in this country was partially re
nd viewed and the parts taken intheir prop
ng ogation by Republican office holders
nd was referred to, including the procla
e. nation of Griggs who issued procla
90 nation saying that nothing could b
,,s n done against the trusts, and then lay
ing himself down to sleep. If Andre'
lv Jackson had been there he would hav
of kicked Griggs out of office / questio
of the sincerity of Hanna as to the dar