The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-02-16
CHIEF EXECUTIVE.
That Is the Mention Mayor Rice
Got at columbus.
SOME POINTS OF HIS SPEECH

A Columbus Paper Devotes Considerable
Space to a Report Of the Meeting
The Mayor Discusses Various
\ campaign Issues.
The Columbus Press-Post publishes
a oolomn and half account OF the meet
ing in that city at which Mayor James
A. Rice spoke. The Press-Post says,
among other things;
Mayor James Rice Of Co ton, one Of
the u ost eloquent speakers Of the young
Democracy, addressed good audience at
Froa's hall f. iday night on some Of the
issues Of the day. The n eeting was un-
der the auspices Of the Gold and Silver
Free Coinage League Of this city, and
notwithstandin the severe weather there
was a good attendance and meeting
was most enthusiastic one. Many of
t Q prominent leaders Gf tne p r.y were
present and gave the mayor Of Canton a
hearty welcome.
Mayor Rice took up one after another
Of the que.tions that are agitatiug the
pu lie mind and stated In olsar and
forciOls manner the Democ side If
csc issue and gave facts and arguments
to prove the impregna ility of the Demo-
GRE tic position. Mayor Rice is deservsdly
popular IL Is city and his reception was
a royal obe. His address W q inter, upted
time and again with rounds Of applause,
showing t ,at hs had o,ptUrei his audi
euce and that his doctrines we're Demo-
cratic to the core. Not since tbe orgau-
izstiIn Of the olub has there been meet
ing so enthusiastic or SO well attended as
the one Friday nigot. During the course
OF bis address Mayor Rice said:
~ am just as nrmlV Of the opinion to-
day as I was at the close Of the heated
camp, ,ign ef '98, that when In 1900 the
An erican voters are G llei upon again to
choose between parties, high upon the
STANDARD will be perchei the standard Of
free ioage. There is nothing wi ioh
would so pie SO the Republican leaders us
to have the next national convention
ignore, modify or tone down the platform
Of 1895. II 1t is not free coinage, the in
itiative and referendum, or the broad and
humane decl IF, tion against government
ty injunction; even to modify the last
plank will make the Hanna henchmsn
leap for Joy. There Is still another dan
ger. II those Republican leadrrs can not
secure modification If the platform,
they will try to get us to choUse another
leader. They would want Iothing better
than to have Us leave Bryan and nomi-
nate another. But we will not do this.
We dare not do 1t. Every trus Democrat
looks forwsd to the next campaign with
con fideace that it v i'll be made upon an
other Chicago Platform with Bryan at its
head"
Mayor Rice tackled the trusts and
scored the Republic IN party for their hy-
pooritic Il position on this great evil. He
said be had not the slightest doubt that
had Bryan been elected Ia 1896 not one Of
the great trusts would have been formed.
Taxing up the gu, stion Of imperi lism
he said that when the war broke out with
Sp in the Philippines were hardly
thought Of. The Amer loan people hardly
knew whether the Pbili3l ines was a
group Of isl ,nds or box Of groceries He
thought the war just one. Gods seal
OF approval has long since been put upon
the war When Dewey went to Manila,
had he any idea Of atte IN pting to bring
those islands under the permanent
dominion of this caun5ryr
~ have it from one who WAS with the
peace commission that Pr. siient McKin-
| ley first il structions to the comm ission
did not in the least contemplate the pres
ent un-Americin policy. We pay twenty
million doll,rs for these isl ,nds To
whom SpLinP Can we buy islands
from one who has no title to themp No.
You c.nuot convey a title to property
which you do not poss IS, and neithtr
can Spain"
At the close of Mayor Rioe's address
Judge Barton moved a vote Of thanks.
In putting his motion PIesi lent Siegel
slii be wanted all those present to meet
Mayor Rice, who night, In the near
future, be called upon to pr, side over the
destiuies of the state as its chief execu-
tive. Mayor Rice was then given great
recep ption.
LAID TO REST.