The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1908-10-22
JUDICIAL.
ExPLANATTONOF THE
CAMPAIGN
Issues Made by Judge
A. B. Parker
Before an Audience OF
$500 Charges Re-
publicansr With Extra.
vagance and Waste
fuIness.

ence of about $500, Judge Alton B.
Parker. presidential candidate in 1904,
spoke at the Canton Auditorium. Sat-
urday night, in support of the princi-
pies of Democracy and Its nominees.
His speech is not to be considered
an oratorical triumph In any manner.
but rather was a shrewd and judicial
explanation of the campaign issues
by the man whose knowledge of the
law cannot be questioned by any one.
He made his discourse so attractive
from every standpoint, that ne held
the undivided attention of his audi
enee throughout. and so instructive,
that no one left the hall without feel
ing that he had been benefited.
The second speaker of the evening,
A. d. Follett. of Marietta, dwelt MAIN
ly upon state issues, and while the
evening was already far progressed
when he arose. It cannot be said that
the interest did In any way lag dur
ing his address.
Preceding the Auditorium rally, a
great demonstration was made through
the streets of the city, by the citizens
generally The parade was one of the
greatest manifestations of Democratic
enthusiasm that the city has ever
known. 1t was made up Of several
hundred we'll drilled members of the
Young Mems Democratic club, the
band. the Bryan and Kern club, and
the Colored Democratic club. which
brought up the rear. The thorough
fares included in the line of march
were brilliantly illuminated by red and
a green fire, while thousands of people,
who had turned out for the occasion.
rent the air with huzzas for Bryan and
Democracy.
The line of march took the parade
TO the Courtland hotel. from which
place Judge Parker, A. d. Follett, and
other notables were escorted to the
Auditorium. The place was by that
time we'll filed. although some of the
isolated portions of the hall were un-
occupied during the evening.
The meeting began shortly after
eight O'Clock and continued until 10: 80.
Attorney r. 8. Shields announced to
the audience, on behalf of the Stark
county Democratic executive commit
tee, that John G. Welty. we'll and fav-
Orably known all over Stark county
and Ohio. had been chosen to preside.
Mr.. Welty. in short Introductory
speech warm with praise for Judge
Parker, presented him to the audi
ence. AS the Judge arose. cheer after
cheer was given, and 1t was impossi-
bic TO silence the audience for several
minutes. At one time wien the tu-
multous applause had almost subsidized,
the audience burst forth anew, and
the huge hall was filed with deafen-
ing shouts and wild huzzas for the
standard bearer Of 1904.
JUDGE PARKER'S ADDRESS.
1--WE may congratulate ourselves
this year. that we are not denounced
as the party of disaster, as we have
been In the past few campaigns.
have always wondered why we should
submit to this thrust, when the panic
for which we are held responsible, is
a mere babe in arms In comparison
with the present panic. It seems out
rageous that we should be charged
with the panic OF 1929. when the
steps that led to it. were taken dur
ing the previous administration. Dur
ing Mr.. Cleyeland's first term moth
ing of this kind resulted, and as he
pursued the same methods in his Sec
Ond administration. 1t is not reason
able to charge the bIaiae to him. or
TO Democracy"
At this juncture, the Judge began
speaking Of the contempt of court
plank in the Democratic platform. and
which he showed that the charges
of the Republicans against it, were
groundless. and how 1t would prove a
boonsto the American people.
le""1 charge the Republican party with
extravaganza and wastefulness OF the
peoples money. The last congress has
just appropriated $1.OOO00O 900. for q
single year. and formerly the people
stood aghast when congress appropri-
ated $1,000 100000 for two years. One
instance of this useless expenditure
is in the appropriation of salaries for
the army of officeholders. During Cleve-
lands and McKinley's administrations
the advance expense In defraying the
salaries OF the office holders was $6,-
1000 but during the past seven years
the cost OF maintaining these offices
was increased s7O,0OO.OOO. True the
country is growing. but not in thai
proportion. l ask you is there one
plank of economy in the Republican
platform?
1T is your duty as American citi
zens to see that the government Il
descended To your people IN just as
perfect a condition as your ancestors
formed 1t. The government now hai
control of interstate commerce. anc
II proposed to put the regulation o.
such other matters into its hands
that little viii be left to the state.
but police power.
The tariff he's been the uDbnildinl
Of the trusts. II has been discov
cred that fabulous fortunes have beer
{ accumulated under the protective tar