The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-08-07
HOT SHOTS FOR
CLEVELAND
William Jennings Bryan Widens the
Breach at Champaign County
Convention.
JOHN |. zimmerman IS EED1RSED.

Urbana, o., Aug 6.-"The Democrats
in 1892 played a confidence game on
the people and put bunko-steerer at
the head Of the party. want to say
to you, my friends, that the dsreput-
able man who stands on the street |
curbing and leads the unwary travel
er into game, where he loses his |
money is respectable compared with |
the man who accepts the suffrages of
100000 people and then leads them |
into Wall street to be betrayed
Don't be deceived when they tell
you it was the silver question that
drove people out of the party.
"Those who left the Democratic
party are divided into two classes,
those who left because they under
stood the. issue in the campaign and
those who left because they were de-
ceived in the issue of the campaign.
Those who understood the issue and
left because they understood 1t can
never return to the party until they
repent and show that their hearts and
sympathies are changed. The fight
will continue in this country until one
side or the other is triumphant"
JOHNSON TALKS.
William Jennings Bryan took this de
cided fall out of ex-President Grover
Cleveland at the convention of the
Champaign county Democrats on the
Urbana Chautauqua Assembly grounds
Wednesday.
Mr. Bryan had been engaged to ad
| dress the assembly, but previous to
this meeting he spoke in the conven-
ton.
Addresses were also made by John
l.. Zimmerman of Springfield, Mayor
Tom l.. Johnson of Cleveland and ex-
Congressman John J. Lentz of Colum-
bus. The assembly's Democratic day
program attracted one of the largest
crowds ever seen on the grounds.
The addresses all attracted attention
because of the direct references to GER
tain men. as well as to policies on
which there are differences within the
party.
! Mr.. Zimmerman referred to the faith
ers of Democracy and the eternal
principles of the party. Then came
Mayor Johnson and eX-Congressman
Lentz in emphatic declarations that
this was no time for dead issues"
MANY CANDIDATES.
The "keynotes' of the last two speak
ers were not in accord with those of
Mr. Zimmerman, whose managers had
secured the Champaign county dele
gates for the nomination for governor
before Mayor Johnson reached the tab
ernacle. This is Mr. Zimmerman s
home county and the convention stood
1870 to so for Zimmerman
The speech of Mayor Johnson was
accepted as indicating that he was a
receptive candidate for governor, buy
that he was not candidate for Sen
ator Hanna's place.
While Mayor Johnson says he Is not
candidate for anything, his address
today on what the party should advo-
! cate was accepted as indicating his ex-
pectation at the state convention, and
his friends were enthusiastic in saying
the nomination for governor would
come to- him without the aggressive
canvass that is being made by the Zim-
: norman organization.
, Mayor Johnson intimated that II he
} ran for governor his platform would
be reduced fares on all railways, in ad-
dition to his we'll known views on tax,
alton.
; While John ]. Lentz was the only
senatorial candidate present there was
some talk also Of Melville e. ingalls,
and Charles w. Baker of Cincinnati
and Allen w Thurman Of Columbus
1t appeared evident that there will be
contest at the coming state conven-
ton for senatorial endorsement.