The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-03-21

wife Is presiding, III ne is an uhusu-
ally bright Englishman he has been
able to secure an American wife.
Somehow he likes her morning inde-
pendence which you know is quite the
opposite to the English woman. An
Englishman once told Of very talk
ative American girl that he preferred
Chicago bacon to Chicago tongue.
Having finished his breakfast this
gentleman goes to his Office where he
dictates a letter, which is written on
typewriter made in America. This
letter is an order for a half dozen
more threshers made In this country.
The bridges In English territory In
South Africa are built by American
engineers.
The locomotives which rumble over
them are the products of our shops.
The mathmetician Holland solves
navigation far beneath the surface of
the water.
We replace Brooklyn bridge and not
hoof beat is interrupted in the pro-
| cess.
| Bell gives us the telephone, and
within the minute we speak to both
| Florida and New York.
Within the year we complete in Gin
cinnati "a solid cement building not
made of blocks, II stories high, with
out frame work, or pillars, or grid,
ers or trusses other than the cement
itself, the wonder of modern building.
We bore through a mountain for five
miles working from both ends and the
two ends meet, in the middle of the
mountain. We conquer smallpox, diph-
iberia, and hydrophobia, and seem,
about to stamp out the white plague,
consumption, and yellow fever. Prob
lens we have had them, knotty ones,
and we have solved them, will we be
SO fortunate with those that are yet
to come?
We still have problems to solve.
The problem of capital and labor is
still unsolved, and will be until the
sentiment changes from "In God we
trust, all others cash" to Every SER
want is worthy of his hire, plus the
good will of his employer.
But there are other things that con-
front us. Given, a city founded upon
the municipal ideal of purity, protec-
ton, advancement and service
Given, political system which per-
mits corruption to its full extent
Question, will the city remain capable
of self-government?
A generation ago Francis Lieber
said that the city was the most diff
cult and perplexing problem of mod
ern times" Already we are fulfilling
the prophecy of Wendell Phillips that
our municipalities would strain our
instructions as slavery never did AL
ready city and hamlet everywhere
have taken the sentiment of Senator
ingalls, for text. "The publication
Of politics is an iridescent dream.
Government is force. Politics Is
battle for supremacy. Parties are the
armies. The Golden Rule and the De-
calogue have no place in political
campaign. The object is success. To
defeat the antagonist and expel the
party in power is the purpose. In
war it is lawful to deceive the adver-
sary, to hire Hessians, to purchase
mercenaries, to mutilate, to kill, to
destroy" To the tune of this senti-
ment, criminal houses flourish so
openly that it is impossible not to
infer official completely with vice.
The public school system which above
all else ought to be free from con-
tamination is made to serve political
ends. Public health is intrusted to
Sanitary Inspectors" who are abso-
lutely unfit for the work because they
never prepared for 1t, who think hy-
giene is a disease and SO report good
health in their wards except few
cases Of "hijinnnicks" ks"-equal to the
negro who said that the Lords great
est miracle was when he healed the
people of divers" diseases, for when
a man gets the divers he's goner.
Public work must have larger mar
gin squeezed out of the quality, q
bonus to those who bestow. The re-
suit is that many public structures
have to be renewed as soon as built,
enormous expense and only inefficient
results to show for it. II we must
have poor service would 1t not be pos
sible to secure 1t for less than four OF
} five times as much as the English pay
, for good service?
, Given the poor Of our cities, the
degeneracy of papuerism, few spas.
, modic attempts to cure while no pre-.
, ventative measures are taken. The
! question is what will be the result?
Bishop South says that child has Q
} right to be born not damned into the
world. Aud yet the man who walks
, with seeing eyes through the shambles
/ of our civilization needs no Dante'i
i Hell to teach him horror. Within tn,
} last few weeks doctor Is called Il
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