The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-09-26

were registered Of persons whose bodies
were In the grsveyards and Of others who
existed only IN name, and that certain
corporations and individuals shared In
the Wholesale plunder. Franchises were
sold and purchased at the expense of ths
people. and you will remember that
wanamaker few years sgo offered tina
city council two and one-hslf millions OF
dollars for a certain franchise which the
council was siving away; his offer was
rejected. and the people Of that great
city failed to rise UP and assert their
manhood. AZ last one courageous man,
Mayor Weaver. took the role OF reformer,
and has turned tho rasoals out, and the
people Of Philadelphia are once more
owners OF their own city. The people OF
Milwaukee have for years suffered from
all kinds of petty and grand larceny. and
now grand Jury has found over 100 In
diotments.
Conditions are doubtless many timn
natl. The people there can not secure
even a grand jury without the consent OF
the boss. The conversion of one OF the
So called leaders in Cincinnati Into an
honest man would be a volcano, and his
tales of plunder, by their magnitude and
brasenness, would surprise even the tenn
porarily oowed citizens of that great city.
iho DOuhoCtatiC pdItys anu Will We
believe. all good citizens of all parties,
are making this great campaign not only
to have an honest government In Cincin-
natl. but we are making a fight in behalf
Of the whole state--a state the proudest,
and in our opinion the greatest common
wealth in all the bright constellation OF
states, a state that has since it's founda-
ton had history not only unique but
one filed with the best Of American life
and American manhood.
1t has been asserted by apologlsts for
the present organization OF the Republi-
can party OF Ohio, that corruption and
graft have always existed; that the NOR
ais Of the present day are better than
ever before. and that the many recent
exposures OF rascality In office are the
result merely Of an enlightened public
conscience, and Of greater publicity.
which have brought to light these evil
dences of graft.
I deny that stealing and corruption
must be expected as necessary incidents
to the administration of public affairs.
Stealing and corruption are not only
necessary incidents to, but are tho foun-
dation principles Of an administration by
bosses and gangsters. There can be no
such thing as good boss'' or an "hon-
est boss" in politics. All bosses and their
attendant gangsters depend for their ex-
istenoe on spoliation and plunder.
Nor is IL true, as asserted, that any
greater publicity now aids In exposing
corruption. Boodlers and corruptionists
do not work in the bright sunlight OF
publicity; their deeds are dark, and they
work under the cover OF darkness. What
criminal gives to the public press infor-
nation regarding the size or method OF
his graft7 What officer or agent Of
corporation has come forward voluntar-
lily and confessed that the council OF
certain city, or that the bosses acting
for them, had demanded and were given
100000 for certain rights and immuni.
ties2 What member Of the legislature
has voluntarily made public admission OF
the fact that in the last session he was
compelled to vote for measures which
neither his conscience nor his judgment
approved: and that for such service he
had received SO many tainted dollars or
promise Of another term in the legis-
lature? No. the plain facts are that the
reason there are now so many discov-
cries OF wholesale corruption in office is
that under the baleful reign OF bossism
all over the country there Is more
boodling, more robbery than ever before
in its history. Grating has become so
common, so brazen, that its exposures
cease to occasion surprise or wonder.
Get Rid Of orafters.
It Is time that all the people were be-
coming aroused on the subject OF graft
and grafters, and. as in all matters OF
wrong. the American people, when once
aroused, will provide q remedy. They
have already come to the conclusion that
the only way to get rid or grating
is to get rid OF grafters. and the
only way to get rid OF grafters Is to
get rid Of bossism, OF which grafters and
grating are always the necessary attend
ants. believe they will do It, and do It
at the first opportune moment.
A convention Of Republicans in Nor
row county voiced the sentiments not
only OF the masses OF the members OF
that party In that county. but also Of
the great majority of all parties in Nor
row county, and not in Morrow county
only, but In every county In the state.
Had this band of good citizens gone q
step farther and resolved to favor and
support all candidates who are making a
fight against grafters and grating in the
state OF Ohio. they would have fully met
the issues Of this campaign.
They said: I'VE earnestly endorse
President Roosevelt in his untiring and
heroic efforts to extirpate graft and cor
ruption wherever found in public life,
and to secure to every man square
deal"
The other resolution passed by this
Morrow county convention was as fol-
lows: I'VE expect our representative
whom we shall nominate this day to
govern his official actions In accordance
with the wishes and interests OF his con-
stituents. even II such course be not sus.
tained by the advice OF party leaders or
the decision Of party cauouses."
When In the history Of Ohio did any
convention ever before think II necessary
to instruct it's candidate for representa-
tive that II elected he must comply with
the condition OF his oath, be honest and
decent, legislate for the people, and not
at the bidding and dictation of a corrupt
boss2
When In the history OF our great state,
until the year 1904. would a member OF
the legislature have made such a state
ment as was made by a representative
from certain county last winter In ref
erence to the Chapman bill, which was
a bill taking away the spring elections
at the command of the boss, because he
thought the masses OF the people could
thought the masses Of the people could be
driven by partisanship to vote a straight
ticket in local affairs az we'll as national
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