The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1878-10-31

Continues to trouble the Repository
people. In their issue of Saturday they
devote near column Of small type to the
subject, treating the matter as OF little
or no consequence, but still persisting
that the error gave the Democratic ticket
80 more votes than it was entitled to.
OF course they exhibit their low black
guardism, starting of by saying
"Red Murdoch McGregor has the
"gripes badly about the error IN count,
"ing the votes in the Massilloon thlrd
"ward. 1t is evident that he does not
want facts but rather seeks to dlstort
facts" r
The Repository has admitted all the
facts lust as we stated them-namely,
that although 475 votes were all that
were polled at the Massillon third ward
poll 5O7 we're tailed and verified to.
We kindly suggest to the Rep that the
thing hurts, else they would not snow
so much evil spirit and denounce the ed
itor of the DEMOCRAT by unseemly epl,
thets, as Red Murdoch" the wretched
KERN" etc. 1t may be easily seen VINO
has the "gripes" on the matter II the
Repository's explanation is the true one,
wherefore the necessity of all this slang
We regret that the Repository and /"
depcndent should exhibit so little decency
and sense in treating a matter OF this
kind Those sheets admit the over-talIy;
indeed, they cannot squrm out OF it, for
the documents are on file in the clerks
Office.
The Repositorys explanation is that the
clerks, during the day and while they
had time, took the tally sheets and car
ried out large number of talIies, check
ing the same when the judges counted
the straight tickets by fves or tens "In
doing this" says the Rep, "they by some
means, which they cannot explain ex,
oept that it was mere mistake, checked
too many on one line"
This explanation is given, Gays the Rep,
on the authority of Mr.. S. G. Bowman,
one of the judges. The Rep adds:
"What we have stated, and what we
wish to be understood as stating is'
that the matter was merely an error on
the mart of the clerks, and an oversight
on the parc of the Judges in not dlsCoV,,
erino the error before they had signed
and sealed the return, and nothing IKE
fraud was perpetrated or intended we
do not wish to be understood either
as iustifying the mode of counting ad-
onfed bv them. We think they were
guilty of carele88neSS and neglect, ana the
fact of their being Republicans, Demo-
Gratis Nationals, or what not does MOI
alter the matter"
Thus, we have given the Repo8ttory'S
explanation, for nothing has appeared
over the signature of either. judges or
clerks. Indeed, supposing that some ex-
planation would be vouchsafed from
these officials, we enquired several times
at the clerks Office during the week sue
ceeding 1.-THE canvass of the votes, and
found that nothing had been heard from
them. And nothing over their sigma
lures has yet appeared. Admitting the
Reps explanation, it shows gross, if not
criminal, carelessness and neglect OF the
requirements of the election law. We
have no desire to do injustice to the gen.
tlemen who served as judges and clerks
of the third ward of Massillon, and our
first article said they were men of char
acter and standing; but it is time that
the election laws were better understood
and more carefully obeyed.