The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-10-10

enough to wear my hat q little while.
Think Of It! I ought to, have been IN
bed last night and l will apologize
for the fact that for few moments
wore my hat for l was afraid To
catch more cold. I do not believe It
Is necessary to apologize except to the
little man who represents the Leader.
CA voice, Give 1t to him. The
Cleveland Leader, my friends, is SO
anxious to fight everything we stand
for that they are even defending Bill
Gear, who said in a meeting In his
own town that he would not vote for
the Cincinnati steal unless 1t was
referred to vote of the people, and
the next day voted for 1t. They came
out in editorials supporting Bill Gear
and man named Daykin who was
just cleared of the charge OF bribery.
expect will have some libel suits
on my hands. (Laughter.) The
Leader is anxious to defame anything
that we stand for and that they will
dcferd the vilest crook that ever livod
editorially.es ps sr - n
TRIBUTE TO BIGELOW.%
1--WE are here to tell people some
thing about home rule and just tax
alton. The reason that tonight, for
the first time in our wanderings, that
our candidate for secretary OF state
is not here, is that the state corr
mittee insisted that. we would have to
do without him for few days. While
We are glad to have Mr.. Baker, j
think you all miss the treat in not
hearing Mr.. Bigelow. This is not the
last campaign and you will be able TO
hear that man, that eloquent preacher
who is the hest politician l know OF.
''Home rule means that kind of rule
that won't allow legislature to grant
in Cincinnati franchise for Al years
for all the streets of that city at a
five cent fare. Home rule means that
no franchise can be granted in your
city or ours without first receiving n
majority of the votes of that locality
That is a simple and plain doctrine.
We declared in our PLATFORM at San
dusliy, for Republicans and Democrats
alike will agree that legislatures may
be bought and city councils corrupted
but never can the whole people Of q
town DO bought up on a proposition
OF that kind. II the widows and orr
phans weresto suffer in Cincinnati be-
cause this grant was not made by
this curative act and if they were 10
be benefited was it not the proper
thing and, the fairest proposition tn
say very well, this act shall be passed
to take effect when the people Of Gin
cinnati, who know these widows and
orphans best, say that 1t shall?
CHARGES HANNA.
"My friends I do not hold the Re-
publican party. responsible for that I
was with some of your leaders in the
legislature. some of the men whom yon
put In high positions in the state.
Your two United States senators have
made bargain by which Mr. Hanna
and his man Hissey, have joined to-
getIer and used their places of trust
that you put them in, for their own
private pocket. That is serious
charge. We made that charge when
it first came up. We made the
charges when this same legislature in
the regular session of the same COM
binatior made the bargain with some
railroads by which s4,OO0,OOO that the
same railroads ought to pay was al
lowed to go uncollected for all time.
They made corrupt bargain by which
II the railroads would pay 100000
they would allow them to escape the
S4,000,00U that they owed.
1"I appeal to you to rebuke those
men who betrayed their trust; to re-
buke the eight Democrats who voted
In favor of the Cincinnati steal--Bill
Gear and others. They voted in favor
OF granting these rights I'M the streets
of Cincinnati for "A years on five
cent fare and you ought to put their
names in the black book and when
they run for Office you ought to re-
pudiate them. So long as have
strength, will take this old tent into
any district and with the help OF the
people will defeat them.
Capital stands ready to do its part
on the street railroads of Cincinnati
at three cent fare. They can oper-
ate at three cents. They can get a
higher dividend at three cents than
the guaranteed stock of the Cincin-
natl railroad. Now If this is true
then every dollar that is raised above
1t represents the gift that the legis-
lature Is, making to a lot of men who
own all the profit that is made over
the interests on the guaranteed stock
of that city. f
LARGE SUMS INVOLVED.
That amounts to an. average Of
over $2,000.060 q year in the "A years.
Two cents a. piece for every. man. wo-
man and child that. rides on street
cor, .evary daU ia IN anorp,ouc .,,p, ns