The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-06-08

South Africa, because they are en-
gagged in subjugating a race on the
other side of the earth upon the idea
that 1t is making and will take plenty
of money for some of them. They do
not believe in silver as money because
the rich men, who have the money and
constitute the creditor class, have
twice for their money in its value now,
what they had few years ago;
all at the expense of the debtor class,
which, I am sorry to say, lives mostly
in the west. They pretend to be In
favor of civil service reform, when In
fact they hunt every Democrat out of
the service and employment of the
government so soon as they get in,
with the avidity and hatred of tyran-
ncal intolerance.
Public economy are words not to be
found in their lexicon. They appro-
pirate and spend the public money
among themselves with prodigal and
profligate hands.
The expenditures of the government
have doubled since four years ago.
Now the Democratic party and DEM
ocrats who are Democrats are OPP
posed to all this wasteful, empty,
costly, sham imperialism and favor
itism.
Democrats Of Ohio, let me appeal to
you. Let us get together! Let the
dead past bury its dead If there is
some line in some platform that some
individual Democrat does not like, do
not begin to nenounce the party and
the platform. but support the ticket and
support the platform, and whens we
win, as we can and will, then within
the party we can settle and adjust all
such minor details and differences.
1t must not be forgotten that this
is a large country with all kinds of
interests represented in it, many of
which are conflicting. The man who
owns a national bank in New York
that is a gold mine, is not alt to agree
on finances with the owner Of silver
mine in Montana. The man who has
an expensive contract with the gov
ernment that enables him to put his
arms to the shoulders in the federal
treasury, is not so apt to favor econ
omy in public expenditures as the
farmer out in Nebraska or Kansas,
who has to fight grass-hoppers and
barely makes living for himself ana
his children. But every honest man
ana can safely SuppOit tiN
principles of Thomas Jefferson and
Andrew Jackson, no matter whether
he lives in Maine or California, for
they are fundamental and mean the
very life Of the republic.
l repeat, let us get together; let us
stop some of the foolish pickering that
has distracted and defeated the DEM
ocratic party the last four years, re-
sulting in this whole country being
turned over to horde of Republican
politicians.
Take for instance the silver question.
There is not a man, woman or child,
in the United States who is not a bi-
metallist We can no more get
along without the use of silver as part
of our money, and nickel and copper
and paper, than we can get along
without the conveniences of transporta-
ton. Yet there are lot OF
Democrats, / am sorry to say, repre-
senting all sides, quarreling with each
other about differences that are as
tweedledee is to tweedledum. Really 1t
makes me tired. Twenty years ago there
was the same fuss and noise and in
sincere controversy over the greenback.
To hear one side you would think the
greenbacks were all going to be gather
ed up and burned the next day. To
hear the other side you would think
that all the gold and silver and copper
and nickle in the world was to be an
initiated. We wrangled and fought
and quarreled and jawed.
The Democratic party allowed itself
to be forced into all sorts of false posi-
tions. And here we are today, 20
years afterward, with more green
backs in the land than ever were In
the country before. They are here to
stay, and the national bank currency
scheme just overhauled and revised by
Republican congress, means, II any
thing, free and unlimited greenbacks,
and the Republicans sponsor and pass
the law. Precisely the same thing Is
going to happen with silver. And all
the gold-bugs-I wish to speak with
proper respect-and political parties
and politicians in the world cannot pre-
vent 1t.
Why should the Democrats be
drawn, by specious sophistries and bad
temper in argument, into all sorts OF
false positions and rows among them
selves about such matters, for mean
while the Republicans are laughing at
us getting the offices?
Let US get together in Columbus and
Kansas City and adopt Democratic
platform that every Democrat in
America can stand upon; and select
two Democratic candidates.
They will sweep the country like a
prairie fire. Very sincerely yours,
CHARLES w. BAKER.
Cincinnati, June !.