The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-12-24
THE CANTON WATER WORKS,
The City Council Orders Suit to be Brough

The City Council Orders Suit to be Brought
The Canton City Council held special
meeting on Thursdayevening goflast week,
and on motion of Joseph Schott, member
from the 4th ward, the City Solicitor was
instructed to bring suit against the Water
Works Committee that managed the
building of the works.
LOUIS SCHAEFER was, in fact, the COM
mittee. He it was who managed the
whole business. He it was who negotia-
ted for the bonds. and in fact was the
"Boss" in the whole matter By taking
it into the Courts Mr. Schaefer will have
an opportunity to meet the issue and clear
up the business if he can. Many of our
citizens would like to see the gas fitting
purchase for the Court House take the
same direction.
In court of justice slang and vituper-
alton and blackguardism of the loves,
kind will notayail Mr.. Schaefer Itmay
have some effect in Ger ain newspapers
issuing from the Repository establishment,
but it will not be tolerated in acourt OF
law. MIR. Schaeier's reference to " dead
heads" in his Opera House would not
there be considered an argument. The
fact is Opera Houses do not carry all the
'deadheads." Newspapers have their
share, and the biggest and meanest dead
head and dead-beat we ever knew was
the Gotable Louis Schaefer.
He made a mean reference to ones
"loins." Such an allusion would not be
allowed in a decent court ofjustice. We
trust Mr.. SIS loins are, and always have
been, unContdmindted. He refers freel
to cell in a safe county building, Time
may bring our opportunity to retaliate i'll
kind could we descend thus low and be-
have thus deyilish and mean. But all
this low stuff has no effect upon people
of sense and it only shows the heartess-
ness and calibre of the man. As to the
terms scoundrel" and thief" MIR.
Schaefer may yetlive long enough to re-
alize their personal application.
This fellow is exceedingly fond of de-
nouncing person as "hypOcrite"-es-
pecially if one does not worship at his
Opera House, and bow down before Vol
taire's ape and sacrifice and carry his
moiety TO that apes altar We have re-
terred to this character joining the Court
House building Republican ring when
serving as a Democratic Coz nty Commits
sioner, and aiding the ring to defeat the
Democratic ticket in 1869. We have also
spoken of his NillainOus course in 1873,
when he labored to defeat Old Bill Allen,
Sheriff Baxter Treasurer Fessler and he
Democratic ticket. And this fellow pirates
about "hypocrites," when treachery is
one leading feature in his infamous char
aCter.
We certainly beg pardon for paying of
late, so much attention 10 this political
fraud. Nothing but sense of duty to
the Democracy could have induced it. As
we have said heretofore, We have no per-
sOnal quarrel with MIR. SHhaefer, and an
exposure of hin and his schemes is to
enlighten our Democratic friencs and the
public as to the base and treacherous
character Of the man. He isa mean. un-
principled trickster, having no regard for
anything but his important self. He is
totally unworthy of confidence, and un-
reliable, politically, religiously, socially,
or in business point of view.