The Stark County Democrat

THE CLEVELAND INDIGNATION MEETING.

Some four hundred citizens of Ohio, Democrats and Republicans, gathered in Music Hall, Cleveland, last night, to hear speeches from Judge Blandin, Hon. M. A. Foran, Virgil P. Kline, Judge Heisley and Hon. Henry Apthorp of Ashtabula, against the election of Col. Cal. Brice to the Senate. The principal speech was made by Judge Blandin. He took ground that Brice had not the intellectual capacity for Senator; that he is very rich, and that he is not a citizen of Ohio. Judge William Heisley took strong ground against Brice, Thomas and Bookwalter. He said these three men had less brains than any other three candidates. Virgil P. Kline objected to candidates going over the State, begging for votes for such a conspicuous office as Senator. Ex-Congressman Foran was opposed to Brice because of his wealth, and because he thought Brice had subsidized Mr. Holden, who is the owner and editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer. He also exhibited great personal animosity towards Brice. General George W. Morgan sent a letter in favor of some poor man for Senator, but did not name his man. He mentioned the fact that Daniel Webster died poor, (but did not mention the amount he lost in poker). He mentioned the fact that Jefferson was so poor in his old age that he had to sell his private library; and that when James Monroe left the Presidential chair, he was so poor that he had to run for justice of the peace, to rake in enough ducats to buy a winter overcoat. Now, Gen. Morgan is our style of a man. Give us a poor man with brains provided we can find the right man. Perhaps we can strike some poor editor, struggling against fate, with a patent inside and "boiler plate" outside, who will fill the measure of General Morgan's hopes. If so, name the man, no matter how near home he may be, and we will say away with Brice and Thomas and Bookwalter, and the millionaires. By the way we learn that General Morgan is poor, and he has brains, but is he as poor as was Jefferson, Monroe and Webster? We fear not. If we are looking for a poor man, let us not make any mistake. If Gen. Morgan, whom we know to be a man of brains, will send us a list of his assets, real and personal, and the aggregate is not too large, we think we know of a powerful newspaper of large and constantly augmenting circulation that will give the gallant old General a lift. In the meantime let us restrain whatever indignation we have still bottled, until after we hear from the assets of McMahon, and Seney, and Frank Hurd, and Neal and Virgil P. Kline.