The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1870-10-14
Col, Ephraim Bali,

The reform movement in Stark county met the
same fate its friends received in Allegheny coun-
~, Pa The Colonel not being askilled politician,
placed tho utmost confidence in his republican
friends, and expected from them their support
Such would haye been the result had not the lead
ers Of rings, the button-holders and thimble rig
gers Of Canton resorted to every scheme and
device to numerically abuse and traduce the pri-
vatc, social and religious character of the Colonel
Not only against him were the arrows OF SANDER
directed, but almost equally so against some
members Of his family. To see and hear OF polit-
ical loafers travelling all over this county on such
business is degrading to the true standard Of re-
spectacle citizens. When We see a class Of men
who have mado Canton and Stark county their
home, principally for the purpose Of securing n
livelihood by performing the duties Of such mis-
cradle vagabonds, the people Of Stark county
should have had better sense than to be inhuen-
ced by their speeches and Misrepresentation
We have in our city a class Of men who toll not
but whose only means Of support is to watch for
something political to turn up, or to squeeze
themselves into some other paying situation,
whore appearance and impudcncc, not qualifca
tion, sometimes flvors them with success. There
is another class, whose daily bread FOR years was
received at the hands Of the Colonel, either dJ
rcctly or indirectly, whose mouths previous 10
Tuesday, and on Tuesday, the day Of election,
were fllcd with foul slang and abuse. Others
again, whose riches were piled up by the availS Of
the sweat OF the Co.'s. brow, were at the head Of
the cohorts described. Ingratitude is no name
for the Treatment thus awarded; thieves and 9TH
er felons would blush with shame to be branded
with such conduct. Is this the way Cantonians
reward those whose lives have been devoted to
the prosperity Of your city, If so, let a curse
long and deep blight its locality and existence
To observe political county high priests and
their h~irelings, some Of whose Pecuniary
bankruptcy and moral decentralization still creates
a stencil in the nostrils Of those whose memory
has not oblitcrated historical facts, walk and talk
around the pavemcnts and corners Of our streets,
attempting to impcach the character, honor and
honesty Of the Colonel. Better and much more
creditably could one ofthem, at least, make a Wis
it to a not far distant county, aud pay the mcr-
chant tailor for his marriage suit, purchased
nearly a score of years ago, dclicacy forbids COM
mcnts in regard to some Of the rest. Il is painful
to notice such a state Of political affairs in our
little city, and within the borders II our hcauti-
full county.
VIII the honest masses submit to such treat
ment long? viii they thus be taught by a set of
political SANDER mongcrs to act towards such like
the Colonel? 1t was more ABUSING than con-
temptible to observe on election day, boys, who
had just escaped out of the minority egg shell,
talking against the WorkinGmcn's candidate for
Congress, wko, while these miserable little whelps
were muling and puking in their mothers arms,
the Colonel was engaged IN laying the foundation
stones Of Canton's present prosperity; the only
apology we have for such deformities is, that
their mothers were not Martha Washingtons, and
the adage Of III ignorance is bliss, its folly to be
WISE" may not be improperly applied to their
paps and daddys.
Only about $50 Of the Coloners political friends
stood firmly by his side on Tuesday, and were not
inundated by the growing and bowling of the
hired tools Of the ring masters, consequently his
vote in the county is only ahead of the Democrat
ic vote to about that extent.