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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-04-06
MAN WITHOUT e CoNvICrIOSs.
(New York Journal.)


If you have an income of $4,000, 900 a
year you do not have to pay the govern
ment a cent of taxes upon 1t. But. II
you have no millions to depend upon,
and you get life insurance policy for
$1,000 to protect your family in case of
your death YOU have to pay "a for
revenue stamps. And then you have to
pay 9 cents more for the stamp upon
the check with which YOU settle your
premium.
You do all this for the alleged purpose
of meeting the cost of a war that was
over a year and half ago and that has
already been fully paid for. You also
pay a tax for the same purpose every
time you send a package by express or
telegram or buy a bottle of patent
medicine or a cake of toilet soap or a
packet of court plaster or a bottle of
tooth powder or a box of chewing gum.
You pay every time you give mortgage
or sign lease.
When these taxes were proposed Ii
was said that they were only temporary
and would be dispensed with as soon
as the war was over They serve no
purpose, now but to tempt subsidy grab
bers to raid the treasury. Abolish the
stamp taxes.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-04-06
THRILLING wIrHTHENATIONs HONOR

The Chicago Times Herald presuming
to speak the sentiment OF the great
body Of western Republicans on the
Infamous crime about to be perpetrated
at Washington, in the passage of the
Puerto Rican bill, again calls the at
tention Of the leaders Of it's party to the
great danger awaiting them If they do
not quit their trifilng with the nations
honor. The Times Heard says:
Americans wonder and scoff at the
faulty with which British commanders
permit themselves to be entrapped and
Inundated by Boer strategists In South
Africa while under their own eyes ir
Washington the Republican leaders ars
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-04-06
THE AMERICAN STAMP ACT.
New York WORLDLY

1t was announced the other day in
speaking of Prof. Van Dykes lectures
on English poets at Princeton that the
attendance at the literary course had
greatly increased since DR.. Van Dyke s
appointment to the chair.
There is something significant in this
item of news. DR.. Van Dyke Is a poet,
an essayist, writer of fiction. maker
of literature. He lives in the world OF
men. He Is alive to the emotions and
thoughts that are at the basis of all the
literature of his time. He Is in touch
with his fellow workers. He uses the
tools of his trade. Moreover, he has
sympathies and enthusiasms. Conse-
quently there is inspiration in his teach
ing.
The greatest teachers of literautrt
have been the workers In literature and
not it's pedagogues and grammarians
Longfellow apa Lowell were grea'
teachers at Harvard. Howells. probably
would have been another notable
teacher II he had accepted the call Il
Johns Hopkins from which Lowell dis
suaded him In the interest OF fiction, ol
! the other perhaps more fiattering cal
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-04-06

to be Loweil's successor at Harvard.
The gift of teaching is one OF the
finest of the talents. The opportunity
to instruct youth in so noble a subject
as English literature is one Of the
greatest privileges that the gifted
teacher can possibly enjoy. But the
success of DIR. Van Dyke at Princeton
is another bit of evidence of the truth
that the best literary teacher Is the man
whose quick Imagination makes him a
successful worker in the kingdom of let
ters. Inspiration does not come from
merely teaching the fledgling the
strength and mechanical movements of
his wings, but by showing him their
graces and the lofty heights to which
they will carry him.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-04-06
uSTEACHABLE BRITISH.
New York WORLDLY

'-NtN lOIh W.
In the last few days we have been
hearing less about the promenade to
Pretoria and more about the colossal
difficulties that lie before and behind
Lord Roberts and press in upon him
from all sides. The news that the best
part of two of England's most famous
regiments, with six guns, walked into
a trap within a few miles of Roberts's
headquarters and surrendered practi-
cally without firing shot will greatly
stimulate appreciation of these diff
culties.
Still 1t seems to be impossible for
either the British public or the British
officers and soldiers, Lord Roberts ex-
cepted, to grasp any of the central
facts Of this war; whether it be the
character OF the people of the republics
or the character of their armies or the
character of theil determination and
their ability to resist. To understand
this apparent dullness of mind one must
remember that for more than a decade
both the British in Cape Colony and
the British at home have been breath
ing an atmospherex surcharged Nltl.
calumny OF the burghers. The Rhodes
diamondS-gol1 syndicates, realizing
that the only source by which one peD-
pie gets its information of another is
the press, seized and poisoned that
source.
They became the owners of all tne
important newspapers throughout ,soI III
Africa, the employers of all the jo I'm
alists who livel partly by work or
South African newspapers. parIiy by
acting as CORE spondents for The big
newspapers in the British islands snd
the other parts .: the empire Theil
plan was greatly helped by the fact thai
the people whose reputation they wei
destroying were quiet people, intently
absorbed in their own affairs and speak
ing foreign language. Thus the cam
paign of calumny has been completed,
successful. Prejudice and falsehood hav,
so impregnated the British mind tina
no matter how bravely and skillfull,
and honorably the soldiers of the re
publics conduct themselves before tn,
eyes of the British. the British see onl,
stupidity, cowardice and treachery. Ant
as soon as they get from directly unde
the keen, clear eyes Of Lord Roberts
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-04-06
LITERARY TEACHERS.
Baltimore SUM-

In the midst of the darkness which
still shrouds the councils and obscures
the way of the Republican party in
congress in its struggle to find way out
of its Puerto Rican entanglements there
are one or two rays of light which serve
wonderfully to tighten the path of the
Democratic party. at least.
1t has been demonstrated as never be-
fore to the satisfaction of men of all
parties that President Mckinley is a
man absolutely without fixed convic-
tlons of any kind. The only subject,
apparently, upon which he has not been
known to change his opinions is that of
the expediency of his own reelection.
That is a matter however. upon which
the opinions of the American people are
of more importance than any which
Mr.. Mckinley individually may hold,
however fervently and sincerely. And
the American people understand now
better than they ever understood before
what, manner of man Mr.. Mckinley Is.
They have not been unfamiliar with
the case of presidents changing their
opinions upon questions of public policy.
That Is but natural. The man who never
changes his opinion is the man who
never. learns. But never before have
theygbeen treated to the humiliating
and mortifying spectacle of a man at
the head of this great nation delibera-
tely recommending to congress a certain
course, as dictated by our plain duty"
and then as deliberately turning around
and exerting all the influence of his
great office to prevent congress from
following his own recommendations.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-04-06

The News Democrat has been compli-
mented upon every hand by the people
for its expose of the letting of street
paving contracts to the highest bidders
The News-Democrat desires to an
nounce right at this point that it pro-
poses to be a newspaper of and for the
people and that political considerations
will have no effect in closing it's eyes to
what is detrimental to the interests of
taxpayers. The News-Democrat pro-
poses to be for the people first and fore
most
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-04-06

In Cincinnati the George b. Cox gang
elected their ticket by overwhelming
majorities. Yet there is not in any city
in the United States a greater corrup-
zionist than George B. Cox. Coxism and
corruption in Cincinnati are rewarded.
In other cities of less Importance they are
punished. But Cincinnati taxpayers
pay the bills, and what they do in Gin
cinnati is probably of little concern to
other cities, except its communicating
influence. There are so many would-be
George B. Coxes in Ohio who emulate
him
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-04-06
WILL DEMOCR ATS TAKE WARNING?

The election yesterday, in Canton, as
the returns show, resulted very dlsas-
trousiy to the Democratic ticket. The
defeat, while in some instances a sur
prise, was not wholly unexpected. In
fact, it was expected, especially by those
who were in a position to know the
treachery and double-dealing practiced
by men who make some pretense to be-
ing good Democrats. The rule or ruin"
policy prevailed in some Democratic
precincts, and brought Republican sue
cess. Men who have been made the BEN
eficiaries of Democratic control-some
openly and some secretly--worked
against the Democratic ticket. In this
there is a lesson for Democrats. If they
are not too stupid to learn. The lesson
is this-that 1t never pays, politically or
any other way, to elevate men to office
about whose loyalty there is doubt.
Democrats have had enough of this, and
IL persisted in it can have but one effect,
as taught in yesterdays elections. Some
Democratic officials should profit by
what happened yesterday. 1t is not too
late to learn If they will. No Democrat
ic Official however great, is greater than
the party which elected him. The Dem
ocratic party is very much unlike the
Republican party in this respect, that
1t never hesitates, to punish its recalcit-
rants. Republican officials can at all
times do very much as they like and still
go unpublished. This, in fact, is the pol
Icy of the Republican party-a policy
that prevails from road supervisor to
the presidency.
Again, it is the policy Of Republicans
always to get together--no matter what
their differences-before elections.
Democrats get together after election.
Such is the sagacity of one, and such is
the brutal stupidity Of the other. Much
more might be said, and truthfully. too.
about the causes leading to the Demo-
cratic defeat in this city yesterday, but
there is in the result a sufficient warm
ing to those who assume to shape poll
cies and manage affairs for the party,
IL they will but heed it.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-04-06

II the country is as prosperous as the
administration would have US believe
isn't it a little peculiar that there are
more wage workers out on strike today
than at any time for the past four years.
In every case 1t is demand for wages
enough to enable the workers to pay
trust prices for the necessaries Of life.
The advance in wages has not kept pace
with the advance in prices. There isn't
much prosperity where workman finds
that his dollar will not buy more than
two thirds as much as it did in 1892 and
his wages have barely been restored to
the rate prevailing then.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-04-06
TOE MAGNET Is FORTIFIED.
New Waterford Magnet. J

(New Waterford MagnetD
The salem Daily News has cut our
acquaintance-at least we have not seen
a copy of it for more than a fortnight.
We regret to part company with The
News, but by the help of God, the daily
visits of the Pittsburg Times and Dis
patch, Youngstown Telegram, Cincin-
natl Enquirer. East Liverpool Crisis,
Canton ews-Democrat and a number
of others, we hope to be able to keep
posted on the war in Kentucky, Gen.
Otis's victories in the Philippines and
the coming political campaign.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-04-06
A TRUST NOT A SNAP.

TRUST NOT SNAB.
Public Office is, and always should be-
public trust and not a private snap"
This at least is the Jeffersonian doctrine
"a doctrine as old as the government
itself-and it is one of the principles
which the founder of the Democratic
party always held uppermost in mind.
The principle is true whether the
trust be one of low or high degree.
Neither time nor circumstances can OBJ
viate or alter it. The public good should
always be the first consideration of a
public officer and private gain his last.
The Democrat who accepts office, at the
hands of the party, with the chief end in
view that he may achieve some personal
gain, rather than administer the duties
of the office for the benefit of all, it
were better for his party at least, that
millstone were hanged about his
neck than that a rope be fastened
around the neck of his party. The re-
cent developments in the letting of con-
tracts by the city council If correctly
reported, is an example of this
kind. This was an act which
no good Democrat or citizen
should either attempt to palliate or
conceal.
That there must have been some in
nocent participants in this Infamous
procedure, there is little doubt. But in
matters of this kind, the innocent and
the guilty alike are made to suffer.
While ten or perhaps eleven members
Of the council voted innocently for the
adoption of the Hadley contract, believ-
ing and having confidence in the good
faith and integrity of the committee of
three who recommended its adoption,
they cannot escape entirely the respon-
sibility resting with them, nor can they.
escape the odium cast upon the body of
TS.
Contracts involving large expenditures
of money, which must come from the
taxpayer, should never be considered
indifferently, and should never be voted
upon by any member until he knows
whether it carries with it good or evil
There Is no doubt that most questions
affecting tho taypa ua,. n re no,.oa a,,o.
too slightingly and are not given that
cautious and careful attention that the
circumstances demand of an official
whose dutyit is to act for the people. We
hope, however, for the good name of the
members composing the council, and for
the good of the party which they as
sumo to represent, that there may be
found some plausible excuse for their
action in the Hadley contract. If it
can be made to appear by the gentlemen
who are responsible for this contract
that it was made in good faith and in
the belief that the best interests of the
city demanded that the contract be Civ
Ell to the highest bidder rather than to
the lowest and that they We're pot gov
erned in their actions by any other con-
sideration, the News-Democrat shall be
glad to restore them to the high place
which they have held in confiding pub
lie. If the city council is headed in the
wrong direction, 1t is now time to face
full legislation and will be satisfied with
nothing else. Do that which Is right
and the Democrat will commend
you for 1t. Do that which is wrong
and the ews-Democrat will be the first
to oppose and condemn.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-04-06

The local imperial organ hasn't word
to say about the triumph of George b.
Cox and his gang in Cincinnati. George
b. Cox is a Republican leader of Ohio
and the friend of William Mckinley.
Does this account for it?
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-04-06

An exchange says: "Mr. Hanna now
has Foraker right where he wants him."
Yes, he has him now: has had him all
the time, and will continue to have him,
as long as Foraker can profit by it.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-04-06

Many Ohio cities made Democratic
gains in Tuesdays elections. In some
there have been Republican gains. This
goes to show, that, as rule, in munich
pal elections, voters are not bound by
party ties.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-04-06

1t is and always has been the motto
Of the Democrats of Canton and Stark
county to punish its offenders in office.
Can as much be said of the Republic
anS7
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-04-06

The Rev. Mr.. Sheldon is now en-
gagged in writing, for New York paper,
for cash, about his recent experience in
the newspaper business. Is this as
Christ would have done?
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-04-06

Ordinary household accidents have no
terrors when there is bottle Of DR..
Thomas's Eclectric Oil in the medicine
chest. Heals burns, cuts, bruises,
sprains. Instant relief.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-04-06

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Canton, Ohio.
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THE MARKETS.
PITTsBURG. April 4.

flTTsbU HG, Aprli 2.
wHEAT-No. 2 red, 67l4G6Sc.
CORN-No. yellow shelled, 45(a46c; No.
yellow ear, 47(G4Sc.
OATS No. white, 8lg3l lac No. 2 white,
80I 0Iad3lc; extra No. white, 3Og3O1zc; regu-
lar, No 8, 2Sa29c,
HAY--No, timothy, sl475dl5.OO; No. 2 do,
$li.00gl4.25; packing hay, N.5O,gS.00; No.
clover mixed, sl3.750l..25; No clover, 500
400; loose from wagon, sl4OO9l5.00.
BUTTER-Elgin prints, 25latG26c; creamery,
Elgin, 2Jg25lzc; Ohio, Z8I3g24c; dairy, l7CGlSc
low grades, l4dl5c
EGGS-Fresh, nearby, l2Gl3c; duck eggs
23d25c: goose, 60G65c.
CHEESE-Full cream, Ohio, 18dl31Sc: three
quarters, l2ql21zc; New York state, full
cream, new, l8l4tGl4c; Ohio SWISS 12la(al3Isc
Wisconsin, 14l4Cql5c; 5pound brick cheese, !;
@l319c: limburger, new, 13tdl3l2c.
POULTRY-Chickens, live, small, 5Old60c per
pair; large, fat, 65G75c; dressed, l2Cdl BE per
pound; ducks, dressed, l+Gl5c per pound
springers live, 40a55c per pair; turkeys, laq
l3c; dressed, l4dl5c.
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STARK COUNTY DEMOCRAT.

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DAILY NEws-DEMoCRAT.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-04-06
PIrTsBuRG, April 4,

TITTsBUHtt hprII Z.
CATTLE-Receipts light market steady. We
quote: Extra, IS. 40d5.50; prime, $5.2Od5.35
good 81 85d5.l0; tidy 1904 S5; fair, $500 400
good butchers, $4.00CG4.30; corumon, SO. .25dBS0;
heifers, $3.50G470; oxen, $2.5O(G4.75; bulls and
stays, $2.5O(d425; common to good fat COWS,
s2OOd425; good fresh cows. $40 000d50O0; fair
cows and springers, s25.OO(g350O; bologna cows
sl0.OO,dl8.00.
HOGS-Receipts light; market stronger
Sales We're: Prime heavies and mediums, $55s
6y5.60; heavy Workers, $5.45g5.50; light York
ers, s5.3Ue535; pigs, s5O0g5.l0; roughs, $37s
Cp5.00.
SHEEP AND LAMBS-The supply was light
market steady. We quote as follows: Choice
wethers, s8.85d85O; good. $6.0O6825; fair
mixed, $5,20Sa575; common, s3.50G450; choice
lambs, 81. .50a765: common to good, $55Od7. 80
veal calves. $5 Jyg625 heavy and thin. s3.5Oa
40
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-04-06

INEW fVHK'
WHEAT-Spot market frm No.2 red, $685.
I. o. b. afioat; No 2red, 77ssc in elevator; No.
I northern Duluth 7S5acf. o. b. afioat prompt
No. hard Duluth, s03sc Z. o, b. afoat prompt.
CORN-Spot market strong; No. 2, 4SIsc {. O.
b. afoat and 4sJsc in elevator.
OATS-Spot market firiner; No. 2, 2ac No.
Q, 2s1sc; No. 2 white, B2c; No 8 white, 81 Nc
track mixed western, 29a3O14c; track white,
8l14985ls.
OATTLE-Marlset for steers steady bulls
and cows l0c lower; all sold. Steers t4.50g
$50; oxen and stays. s240lg600 bulls, $500
40; cows, s20094.00.
SHEEP AND LAMBS-Marlfet for shcep
steady lambs Arm; top grades l0c higher. one
car rnsold. sheep. M60g6.0O; culls, NaoD
A26; Clipped shsep, N.7b; lambs, e6.eo0&xk;
clipped do $3.50; spring lambs. H.7A
1Oas-Msrkst Arm; western piu veal.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-04-06

CINCINNATI. April 4.
HOGS-Marlet active strong and higher at
ti55G5.45.
CATTLE-Market steady at $3.00(g5.00.
SHEEP AND LAMBS--Market for sheep
steady at s425ta60O. Lambs--Market strong
at "a. 4.25lGT0O.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-04-06
HORSES AND MULES

HORSES AND MULES.
Quoted by Shertzer & Fry, No. 40l
West Seventh street, dealers In horses
and mules, and commission statesmen.
Consignments solicited.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-05-21
DISTRICT COURT.
May term of the District Court Con
venes in the City this Morning
at 10 O'clock.
No Business Done Beyond the Call Of
the Calendar and the Arrangement
of Prisoners.

NE o.. 49, - =. .#.
The May term of the district court
convened in the city this morning.
The roll of the jurors was called, and
after this, two final citizenship papers
were granted to applicants. The only
business done beyond this was the call
of the calendar and the arraignment
of prisoners. Ira O. Jenkins, charged
with the murder of August Stark, was
arraigped and the information in the
case read. He pleaded not guilty to
the charge Of murder and was given
time for preparation of his defense.
f. Cochrane was appointed to de-
fend him, at the expense of the county,
the prisoner having no attorney and
no money wherewith to procure one.
The prisoner White who was ar
rested for burglary committed at the
river, was a%rraigned and pleaded
guilty to burglary in the third degree.
He will be sentenced at the. opening
of court tomorrow morning, to which
tine court has adjourned. ~
q The fist criminal case to be tried
will be that against Ira Jenkins for
murder. This is the most important
case of the term and will be followed
with g~reat*interest.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-05-21
rlAY RECOVER.
Willie Burtts, Shot Through the Head
Several Days Ago, Improving and
May Recover. .

Willie Burtts, the fourteen year old
boy who was shot through the head
with a 32-calibre rife ball several days
ago, has improved somewhat at the
hospital and may ecover. DR.. Ram
stad is attending him and doing every.
thing possible for the little fellow, and
while there is no certainty as to the
outcome of the case, from the critical
nature Of the injury, there is some
hope that recovery may ensue. The
wound has been thoroughly cleaned
and everything possible is being done
to prevent the formation Of pus, as
the slightest quantity would prove
fatal. Part of the ball, which lodged
at the wound of entrance, has been re-
moved. The location Of the other
portion is not known nor can be ascer-
tanned, as it is not possible to probe
the wound without great danger of
Immediately fatal results, from the
fact that it is in the brain. #g
The parents OF the boy are poor, the
father has been il extremely poor
health. and they have not the money
to pay for medical attendance and
nursing. The hospital authorities
have consented TO assume his care for
two weeks, and any assistance that
might be rendered by people of the
city in a financial way would be a de-
serving charity, and might go toward
securing such nursing and n~ecessaries
as would assist in his recovery, if such
a thing be possible. ra.