Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-10-17

owe this money to the people of
Cleveland. Three times the people of
Cleveland have gone to the polls and
by big Democratic majorities have said
that they did not believe it."
The Mayor stated that he had in
vited people, from United States sena-
tors down to County Auditors to at
tend the tent meetings, and that no
attempt had ever been made to hold
Republican auditors up to scorn, and
protect Democratic auditors. "All au-
ditors look alike to u.s." he declared.
I'VE never hesitate to point out their
shortcomings" r
How about Auditor sislerY, yelled
some one.
Il tried to call on him twice to-
day." replied the Mayor, "but he was
not in his Office. left word for
him to come, but l don't see
him. As to Auditor sisler / will say
that he was the best auditor in the
state In the service of. the railroad
companies. At the meeting held in
Cleveland, he did all he could to pre-
vent the increasing of the valuation
placed upon the railroads. Auditor
sisler may be good enough fellow
but there is only one other auditor in
the state that is worse than he is.
rms fellow is Democrat, named
t1te, In the western part Of the state"
Speaking of taxation, the Mayor
said; I'VE don't expect by any human
device to lay the burden of taxes
equally upon the shoulders Of ALL This
is impossible. But we do believe that
the burden can be distributed q great
deal better than it Is now. The pres
ent assessed valuation of Senator Han
mas railway is about SO for every 500,
and that of the steam roads, 500 out
of every 500. The home of the work
1ngman Is assessed upon go per cent.
OF its actual value, and banking cap.
ital Is assessed upon 66 per cent. of its
value, while on the money of widows
and orphans, tied up in court, the val
uation is 100 cents on the. dollar. But,
on the other hand, the auditors assess
the railroad property Mt scrap-lron
prices; new locomotives that cost Sl5,
600 are valued at 81 500 and the rest of
the property is valued at correspondence
ly low rates. 1t is just like
assessing the rail fences on farm and
letting everything else co.
Referring to the argument of the
Republican orators to stand pat, Mayor
Tom said that he didn't see how they
could stand pat on their prosperity ar
gument, so long as the wages of work
ingmen had been increased only 10 per
cent, while the prices of foodstuffs
had jumped up 30 per cent. "There
Is prosperity for the prosperous" said
the Mayor, but there Is also a great
deal of want and misery. At Column
bus number of people wait daily at
the gates Of the penitentiary to
be fed upon the scraps that
fall from the tables of the con-
victs. Think of this, my friends!
Your brother and mine, waiting at the
gates of penitentiary for the scraps
that fall from the tables of the convicts.
In New York, a large crowd of people
line up every morning, at o'clock, to
receive free bread at Fleischman's
bakery. BY the will of old Mr.. Fleisch-
man, more bread is to be baked each
day than will supply the customers,
and the extra amount is to be given to
the poor"
Polite thieving was given a terrible
scoring by Mayor Tom Captain
Kldd's business was glorious one in
comparison with that of the man who
secures the enactment of laws which
will enable him to get his hands into
the pockets of the people. Instead Of
robbing man on the highway now,
we rob him of the highway"
The Mayor is witty, and every now
and then said things which made the
audience laugh. The Republicans !
opened their campaign in Akron" he
said, "bpt we close here. We have the
circus tent, but they had the circus
parade, even to the elephants. They
had to pay $4,000 for their bands. That
much money would support the old
tent for month. And what did
their orators have to say?"
Stand pat" yelled man near the
speakers stand.
Il know they said that" responded
the Mayor, but, my friend, did they
tell you anything about home rule,
taxation or the assessment of
l guess they had moth
ing to say to you about these
things. They told you about
the gospel into. the Fill
pinos, and about the ship subsidy bill,
and kept you looking Mt the flag, while
they picked your pockets. The key.
note of their speeches was stand pat
But 1t Is not good to stand pat, unless
you have something to stand pat on.
Hanna. is now playing for the
jackpot, but he will find out |
Nov. 4 that his blum has been called.
But, to be serious. Is 1t not an in
suit to intelligent people for some one
10 tell them to stand pat upon plat
form which allows one man to escape |
he tax inquisltor with a paltry valua
ion OF 80 out of every 500, while you
ire paying $50? All, my Republican
'rlcnds, who look back to the history |
If YOU party and boast of Its glorious |