The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-10-16
MAYOR JONES
FOR JOHNSON
ROusing Meeting KeId at Lucas
County Capital Monday
Night.
The STORY OF JORNSOk'S TAXES
Special to News-Democrat.


Toledo and Lucas county than he ever
was before. Mayor Jones has come out
with an endorsement Of Tom l.. John
son and John II. Clarke. Fusion has
been effected between the Democrats
and Mayor Jones and his non-partisan
followers who are probably stronger
here than all other parties put together,
at this time. If this combination
Jones' endorsement and fusion-does
not send five anti-Hanna votes to the
legislature from Lucas county, no 9TH
er power on earth can. Democrats are
jubilant, Jonesites are confident and
Republicans are dispirited.
The effect of Jones declaration
against Hanna and Herrick was seen In
the increased attendance at the tent
meeting, last night, when John Fl.
Clarke, Frank B. Niles, candidate for
lieutenant governor, Mayor Jones, and
| Peter Witt spoke. Though 5000 people
sat through three hours of frigid tenn
perature listening to Mayor Jones and
Mayor Johnson, Saturday night, that
meeting was a frost, as Jones plainly
said, considering the town and the To-
cation of the tent But the reasons
were not far to seek. AS Mayor john
son and his party entered the city
| Saturday they saw men posting the
bills announcing the meeting, bills
which should have been posted the
week before. The local papers had
either ignored the impending meeting
altogether or had buried short notices
of it on dead pages. Mayor Jones had
been out of the city the entire week.
"If had been here Tom," he explained
to Mayor Johnson, you're tent would
not have held the crowd. But I'd have
done as much for Mark Hanna" he ad-
ded naively. The tent being hidden
behind the grand stand in the ball park
one could not tell until within the
grounds that a meeting was in progress
No lights could be seen from the out
side and there were no bands to make
noise. Men in the pay of some per-
sons who wished to make the meet
ing q failure were posted in the vicin-
| ity of the grounds to tell people ap-
preaching that football game in the
afternoon had made it impossible to
pitch the tent and the meeting had
been postponed. Many people were
thus turned away.
But the game could not be worked
twice. Local newspapers in derlding
the first meeting had to give promi-
nent mention of Monday nights meet
ling The result was that the tent would
not hold the crowd and the side walls
were taken down so that the hundreds
who sat in the grand stand could hear.
Mayor Jones made one Of his charac-
teristic speeches, repeating his asser-
tion: II am for man, not money; /
am for patriotism, not partyism.
am for destroying all parties and to
that end believe that the party in pow
er should be destroyed first. would
not join the Democratic party to de-
feat Mark Hanna or elect Tom John
son, though I should dearly love to
see both things accomplished. l am
a free man and shall vote for Tom
Johnson and against Mark Hanna,
believe in pledging men - all men
should be honest and free and at lib
erty to change their minds"
as usual, made tremendous hit with
the crowd. His story, tom Johnson's
taxes emphasized with figures thrown
on the canvas was keenly enjoyed.
"In 1896" began Mr.. Witt, "the tax
value of the personal property owned
by the people Of Euclid avenue be-
tween Erie street and Wilson avenue
two miles of street, was $720,000. This
included stocks and bonds, horses anG
carriages, money in bank, Jewels
everything movable in fact. In thai
year the Republican tax assessors pu'
Tom l.. Johnson on the duplicate fol
81, 100000 worth Of personal property
That worked so well, as a political Is
sue that in 1899 they put him on the
duplicate for $3,054 900. That was 81 +,
600, 900 more than the tax value Of al
personal property owned by all the
other people of Euclid avenue, fivt
miles of street on which resided So
of the wealthiest families in Cleve
land, including John d. Rockefeller
, Now while Tom L. Johnson is I
wealthy man it is well known fac
that as compared with Senator M. A
Hanna, Tom l.. Johnson is poor man
| New let's see what Senator Hannar
personal property was worth. In 1891
Senator Hanna returned his persona
, property for taxation at $4,000, Th'
} Republican tax assessors accepted tina
! return as correct and asked no ques
tions. In 1896 he returned his per
, sonal property for just half that flgur'
} or $1,000. In 1896 when Hanna wa
worth only $1,000 in money. stool
and bonds, carriages, horses, ETC., the!
: wanted Tom L. Johnson to pay OF
! $1,200000 worth of personal property
That's tax equality according to Han
; ma. Do you wonder that Cuyahog'
! county has gone Democratic?
Mr.. Clarke, in forcible language
: criticised Senator Hanna for his rec
ord on the ship subsidy bill, the pass
age of which would place about $3.50,
: 100000 in the pocket of Mr.. Hanna
friend Griscom, the head of the shi
J building trust. OF Hanna's declaration