The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-03-25
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There is pair of them and they edit
three papers, one German, not worth
naming in respectable society, and the
three are issued from the Repository es-
ta6Hshmcat
Probably the. most innocent man for
his age and size, is neighbor Bascom,
the new de fdetO editor Of the Repository,
mot "Rr6N6hcan." He even claims his
brother Schaefer is very innocent man,
and proves it.by saying the editor OF the
DEMOCRAT used to defend him, etc.
True. we prefer to think and say good OF
men-do so as long as we can. Time
was when we thought Louis Schaefer
anything but the corrupt bad man he is.
That was before water works develop
ments-before he went East and bought
the Gas Fittings for the Court House in
1860 and then joined the Court House
ring and helped to defeat the Democracy
in the county before his speeding and
living about Governor Allen, etc.
Time was when Governor Tilden and
other honest Democratic citizens Of New
York city voted for and sustained Tweed,
but the BOSS" is now in prison at
Blackwells' island, and suit is pending
against him to recover for New York six
millions of dollars! Tweed is not the
only scamp Of the breed.
men change. principles never" And
this being so. we are often deceived in
men. Give US the man who adheres in
flexibly to truth and justice-whose whole
CHEEKY soul thinks no evil and has no
guile. He is not watching tiger-like for
victims; he is not after schemes Of gain,
not pawning his soul for jobs by which
through addition, division and silence"
he may rob the confding public. No,
the true, high minded American citizen,
is no such creature-him we might ex-
pect to find under malignant cat-like
countenance, bobbing and bounding
wherever bounty" may invite
This breed of vermin has greatly in
creased in this country of late years, and
it behoves all good citizens to unite and
put them down. These audacious pub
lie robbers should be shown no quarters
till justice lays its stern grip upon them
and they realise the consequences of vi
olated law
We believe in every good citizen throw
ing his influence in the direction Of
morality and right. No man that is not
so inclined has a heart in the proper
place We regretted last summer that
neighbor Bascom was so much under
the malign influence of Louis Schaefer.
They cordially agreed in laboring for
the adoption of the New Constitution;
and although Mr.. Bascom claims to
have opposed License. it was hardly vis-
ible to the readers of the Repository dur
ing the canvass. Men are known some
what by the company they keep, and by
the men they harmonic with.
We again take pleasure in correcting
the Repository as to any personal diff
fculty with Mr., Schaefer. We have had
no personal quarrel with Mr.. S. When
this ex-water works man and ex-mem-
Der of our City Council, ex-candidate for
Congress, ex-County Commissioner and
ex-defeated candidate for the City Coun-
Gil one year ago, became the champion
Of the Repository ring (where he still is)
and, in 1873, was champion spokesman
for the Ring in abusing and villifying
Old Bill Allen and others on the Dem
ocratic ticket, we felt it to be our duty to
expose the slanderer and refute the
slanders. All this it was our duty and
pleasure to do, in the cause of Truth,
Justice and the Constitution.
And may we so continue through the
columns of the Stack COUNTY DEM
ocRAr both in prose and poetry, the
weak slush Of the "Old Repository" no
longer Republican, to the contrary not
withstanding
The efforts of the Repository to blow
up Mr.. Schaefer as the Democratic
leader of the county, is no doubt, per
arrangement between the lovely and low
ing pair. But Louschaefer will require
more satisfactory endorsement after his
treachery in the past, and his unclean
official and political record. Neighbol
Bascom would hardly venture to insure
his friend Schaefer to vote for Governor
Allen next fall The new man of the
Repository, may be very aSfHfe, but he
is not tailor enough to decorate in his
buckram, and pass off as Democratic
leader" so pusillanimous specimen, az
Louis Schaeferl Nor can Mr.. Bascom
find lions skin Of sufficient capacity tC
cover the carcass and conceal the coun
tenance and voice, of this Voltaire repre-
sentative of Darwinian variation.
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