The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-06-28
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THE NORTH Id WRENCE FRA I'D
Has defender through the Alliance
Leader, in John German, clerk. At last
one has been found with sufficient bare
faced impudence enough, to sign that
the names and tally-sheets sent nom that
locality, are honestly and Democratically
made up. Jack Absolute's servant said,
he never hesitated a lie 10 serve his mas
ter, and he took care not to let 1t fall for
want of hackers,
The returns from Lawrence township
at our primaries, June I'd, showed more
votes than Tilden got for President
And probably not oyer half the Demo
Gratis of the township voted And this is
honest, is It? o, Gormanl No other
township in the county shows this. The
bad e0qs at Marlboro only changed votes
from McGregor to Hays. Those worth
les too, will feel indignant and savage at
the Stark County DEMOCRAT for exposing
their fowl work. Truly, does it not look
asif the conspiracy had been widespreadY
"Principle8, mol men," is an old and no.
BILE Democratic motto. Twice have we
thrown up county nominations for office,
hoping thereby to promote the success
of the cause. This we name to show
that personal considerations may be made
subseryient to the great cause. Foryears
unprincipled tricksters and foolish men
in both parties have been playing with
fraud, taking advantage Of this loose sys-
tenn of nominating. For years we have
been urging a change; and four years ago
were instrumental in getting a ticket
nominated by a delegate convention,
which carried the county for the first
time in years. Good Democrats who are
posted, agree with us as to the iniquihef
practiced, and as to the absolute necessity
of change.
After our late primary election we fell
it to be our duty to expose little OF the
rascality, and to arouse the honest SEN
timent of the party, that the proper au'
thorities might be induced to, and sus-
tanned in taking proper steps to put a
stop to these outrages. Let all this come
to an end, and let the rights of the peo'
pie be maintained. Everything for the
cause, nothing for men,"
Mr.. German says the voting was moi
done in grocery, rs we supposed. He
does not say the ooOrk wasnot done there
Mr.. John Powers, and others we could
name, have repeatedly said there is only
about forty Democrats at North Law
renee. Now, to settle this, let clerk Cor
man send us the names Of all the men al
North Lawrence who voted for Tilden
and Hendricks last fall, and we will
gladly publish them. We prefer facts tc
assertion.
1t is more in sorrow than in anger
that we refer to these continued and
shameless disgraces. It is natural thai
one of the manipulators should claim il
was "all right" 1t was different, how
ever, with Jack Shane and Tom Burke
miners there, when in one Of the public
offices of the Court House, on Monday
evening, June 4th, after the election al
Lawrence, in presence of quite group O.
listeners, one said there were "not ovel
36 Democrats at North Lawrence, bu
they cast 1913 votes the Saturday. beforeP
We take pleasure in referring Mr.. Cor
man to those truth telling, free spoker
gentlemen
Let no one imagine that we are ma
king war on Democratic candidates. Tht
Stark County DEMOCRAT has ever been
vehicle for expressing freely and boldly
important political and moral truths, pre-
ferring principles to men, and the sue
cess of the cause to individual consider
ations. We say,this for the enlighten
ment of the Alliance Leader, and all con
cerned.
A nomination tainted with fraud in any
particular, endangers everything; whilC
a clear majority, honestly and fairly Sc
cured, binds every good Democrat. LIE
us have incentives to honesty, not en-
couragement to perpetrate fraud.