The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-09-21

left Tor tnem out 10 Strlke. IL may De
that the proprietors wanted strike.
Such occurrences as these. and the in
creased number of business failures
over the country give the lie to the
prosperity" claims of the Roosevelt,
and other administration blow-guns and
journals. These anthracite miners earn
on an average not to exceed $3.50
year, and most of them have families.
In their twaddle about the dinner pail"
Republicans don't refer to the low
wages, distressingly low. This would
be telling the truth and would not in
dicate that Mckinley prosperity" The
Mckinley idea Is that taxation makes
prosperity, and is hence blessing. An
eminent author says, "any tax is un-
Just which Is not returned to the payer
in government service"
The individuality of the man Is the
foundation stone in citizenship, on the
principal that all men are created |
equal. This should never be lost sight |
Of In practice this is not recognized by |
by the Republican party, though they
may express 1t at times. This is seen
in the trust enormities, all which
schemes of iniquity they foster and pro-
tect, yet In their platform speak soft
| letter condemns the bad trusts" They
deny imperialism, but spend hundreds
of millions of the peoples money and
sacrifice thousands of lives in trying to
establish 1t. They prate that freedom
is their rock, and liberty their doctrine,
all in the face of their efforts at trust
and military enslavement, with publlc
debt to help. The gold magnates OF
| Europe and in this land are on the side
of this party of false pretense, for these
men know the party that serves them
in their plunder schemes Of greed AMI
gain.
President Mckinley says "the Re-
publican party maintains its faith In
a tariff for protection and in reciproci-
ty which opens foreign markets to the
fruits of American labor. 1t was the
late James G. Blaine who forced reel
procity into Mr.. McKinley's tariff meas
ure much against his will. Mr.. Blaine
in his open letter to Senator Frye was
stronge and fierce in his opposition to
Mr.. McKinley's tariff bill Of 1890, say
ing "there is not a section or line in
the entire bill that will open a market
for another bushel Of wheat or another
, barrel Of pork" Mr.. Blaine wanted a
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, publican party, and SO made the father
of the inquity accept reciprocity. And
so the president now maintains that this
reciprocity opens markets. OF course
! free trade opens markets but tariff re.
, str!ction, as Blaine said, does not. The
, president thus admits that 1t is not his
, protection that opens markets. A ter
rible hodge-podge of enormities Is this
| party Of Mark Hanna. Mr.. Blaine
2 wanted to help the farmers little, L
: he could, in that tariff abomination.
: Our old federal friend, Josiah Hart
3 zell, ex-editor of the Repository has a
long letter in the Sunday issue from
Paris, where he has been filling an ap-
4 pointment at the exposition, and let us
say very we'll qualified for his work in
u every way, even to speaking the French
. with facility. OF course the letter is
: written in the interests Of the Repub-
. lican party, which with Mr.. Hartzel
never does wrong. He starts out with
: a mistake, saying in 1879 when Wash.
4 ington, Hamilton and Jefferson were
u constructing our American constitu-
ticn, etc. Mr.. Jefferson was not mem
!: ber of the convention, being in France
at the time, as Mr.. Hartzell himself !:
: had little to do in the construction fol-
- he wanted a British model, and failing
: in that left in disgust, and let Madison
= and the rest have their way. He finally
b signed the document and did good
e work in getting New York to accept.
r 1t should never be forgotten, however
n for 1t is history, that Alexander Hamil'
ton, as secretary of the treasury, pa,t
little heed to the constitution and lt'
j. requirements, but favored imperial rul'
;. through money schemes and corruption
l. in all this aping England. Hence Is N
70 a favorite Republican party saint thes'
n days, since the party is given over t.
3 British lines in finance, perpetuatint
8 and increasing public debt, graspint
distant lands requiring as they say, i'm
perial rule by large army and navy
= and vast expenditure. The America
who does not see this is surely blinded
by narrowness of vision or prejudice
Mr.. Hartzell boots at the charge O
militarism, Imperialism and bimetal
lism against his party. No loyal sub
ject of England could do 1t more coll
temptuously. Mr.. Hartzell well knows
what an ardent free coinage man NC
Kinley was a few years ago. We pre-
sumo Mr.. Hartzell was then with hi
friend, for he always supported MI
Mckinley.
Mr. Hartzell also hoots at the idea o
Philippine independence, although Ad
miral Dewey says the Filipinos are NOR
intelligent than the Cubans. He claims
that 1t will take century or two to n
them for independence, etc. All thi
shows where he stands on imperialism
ramamner
American document that claims al
men are created equal" and that gov
r ernments derive their just powers from
the consent of the governed. This i'm
mortal document had much to do II
IS driving British arbitrary power hence
q and Andrew jackson ended our secon'
! war for independence by his great vic
!. tory at New Orleans, January 8, 1873
y W. ...l,.,ait this 10 our friend,s consider