The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1873-11-13
Yours truly,
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The following is the obJectlonal para
graph TO which Mr.. Perdue alludes.
Another cause for the defeat was
found in the fact, that the people were
dissatisfied with the ticket. The zeal Of
aspirants for sfice, and the manipuiators
of the POLITICAL wires, were once more too
much for the people, who again, as has
been the case for several years past, found
upon their ticket men who were utterly
incompetent, and who, they believed, had
succeeded in placing themselves upon it, by
d~isreputable means. The party has for
wears been carrying these detestible bur
dens, but finally has become restless and
unmanageable, and determined for once,
to teach these demagoguss the lesson that
a nomination Is not always an election.
As the gentlemen alluded TO by Mr..
Perdue were our choice IN the nomina-
tions. and the whole ticket was sustained
by us for the election, 1t Is placing rather
a too narrow construction upon our words
TO apply the paragraph to them. So far
as our knowledge extends, these gentle
men we're nominated upon their merits,
and seem only to have suffered the fate of
poor dog TIay-were pelted for being
fnnnd in bad company, That certain IAN
didates were not the choice OF the sober
and intelligent portion of the party, is the
honest opinion of many good and sound
Republicans. The charge that money
had been expended in influencing votes In
various localities, were openly made, and
could not be refuted. Men who are
known to work only for money, zealously
operated for certain of these candidates.
In tact, we hear of a whole precinct being
sold for 800. With such corruption at
the very foundation of u political or
-s-4.- - aar, vIn 1901 hr,k NLnN
corruption should crop out in high places.
Nor is this a new thing. For years IN
worthy and incompetent persons haVe sat
astride the shoulders of the party in this
county, which cling tighter, and are more
difficult to shake off, than the Old man OF
the Mountain, who rode upon the shout
ders OF poor Sinbad, the sailor. We have
patiently, and for years, doEe our share In
helping the party TO carry this burden. by
supporting the nominees, but now must
be allowed to enter our protest against
the evil practices which have we'll nigh
proved fatal to the Republican party. II
We would hope to perpetuate the exist
ence Of our party organization, we must
see to it that she is kept pure and blame
less. This can only be done by bestowing
party honors and responsibilities upon
men who will neither buy nor be bought.
Alliance Local.
COMMENTS OF TIE FREE PRESS
The structures of the Local upon de-
feated candidates, with the cause that led
to their defeat as charged, are perhaps well
enough IN some respects, but IN Others
harsh and severe. The first essential ele.
ment as a basis for such structures is a
knowledge of the facts charged. through
such evidence as a cautious or prudent
man would consider sufficient to convince
the mind. The Local a y I'VE hear of 8
whole precinct being sold for $780," We
think that hearing or "hear-say EVIL
dence" is rather slight eVldenis upon
which to srraign a man for an ettense; be-
cause there is no fair inference from the
statements contained IN the Local. othel
| than Mr.. Perdue is the bad company" in
which the other gentleEenwe were found and
therefore like "Tray-were pelted." How
easily 1t is to give excuses for defeat, es'
pecially If THO reGsol Ter thinks he has
pulled the fbeam out of his own eye
whereby he may ses clearly to remove
the "mote" from a "hFother's eye" How
Is it Mr.. Local? We have some r~eoollec-
tion of the last Congressional nomination
for this district, IN which the Local "took
On airs" and undertook to eh0stiss GER
tam delegates because they would moi
drop The Eames of those who stood on the
top rounds of the political ladder, by &
direct vote of the people, anq'come down
to lis faYorite candidate, regardless OF
their instructions and the probable will o.
the people. Hsw easy it is to find fault
and to give excuses for falluresl but it il
not so easy to give sound reasons fol
either. We think that IN like cases the
rule suggested to the Queen, by Georg,
Buchanan, is the best, Flet the biggest
offender, throw the frat stone.'3 Per.
haps the Local will say it has done it. 1
so, so be it.
The foregoing exhibits the feeling il
the 'happy family" in this region. Com.
msnt on u part is unnecessary. The
letter Of Mr.. Perdue, and the articles o
the Local and Free Press speak for them.
selves and viii help to enIighten some OF
the situation. as4u s-i