The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1878-10-03

The Mckinley organ of Thursday last
had mean article, entitled "Fessler
Noncomnital." Mr.. Fessler had been
before the Grand Jury the day before,
and had divulged nothing, whereupon
the wiseaCres OF the Repository claim
great purity for all Republicans as to our
county treasury matters, and thus puts
it on to "the Democratic party of Stark
county" The organ says "Thus far, then
"the Democratic party of Stark county
"is responsible for the Fessler defalca'
"tion,"
Now, will any one for a moment believe
that, if the law had been honestly car
ried out, the Fessler defalcation could
have reached the magnitude 1t did2 1t
is proper here to inquire Of the RepOsi-
tory were these examinations made
without previous notice or intimation
ito the county treasurer or any other per-
'son2" Was the law honestly carried outp
There were no Democrats in this depart
ment of the business, and hence "the
Democratic party of Stark county is" not
responsible for this" The Repository
and its party may have all the glory
hereto belonging According to an arti-
Gle in the Cincinnati Commercial of last
Friday, it would not seem "the Demo-
"Cratic party of Stark county is RESPONSE
"ble for the Fessler deialCation"-en-
tirely.
The Repository, in its article says: 1.-THE
character of Fessler as reckless bust
mess man was we'll known to the peo.
"ple before and during his candidacy"
This is not complimentary to ''the peo-
Pile )" nor to Fessler. When man is in
the handseOf the law and in prison, com.
mon deCency, one would suppose, should
induce a wayfaring fool to suspend his
vituperation.
We certainly we're not aware of Mr..
Fessler's former reputation as given
above. 1t is quite recently that we learn
ed that Fessler, when he took the Treas
urer's Office, was owing the then City |
Bank some $4,000, and that it was soon
paid. Mr.. Feather and Mr.. Lawrence
were the managers of that bank.
But the impudenCe Of the Repository
may he seen in the closing paragraph,
where, in speaking of the Qualifications
of the candidates." it says:
"This issue comes fairly before the peo-
pie this fall in the election of Probate
Judge, and, in the light'of past events we
think il would be well for the voters of
Stark county TO make careful canvass
of the qualifications of the respective
candidates and vote accordingly. We
have no personal feeling against Mr.. Cole
but when we come to consider him in
The light of candidate for an Office,
whose duties demand not only judgment
and experience, but thorough knowl.
edge of the law, it must be admitted that
le suffers immensely by comparison
with Judge Heldenbrand, whose effiCien-
~ in the management of the Office is a
which cannot fail to
LdyanCe his claims with all persons in
crested in an honest and competent ad-
of the affairs of this import
mt Office" s
"7he qualifications Of the respective candi. {
'dteS'-"o thorough knOwLedge of the IaoO" s
= honest and competent administration P' s
Vas there no hugger muggery in exam
ming the county treasury When Aquila
Wiley got into the Probate Office in
Wayne county. on the very first day he
ent in an examiner, and that night Re. I
ublican Treasurer Helman left for parts |
Unknown, and did not take the funds /
18th him. a
"a thorough knowledge of the law" I
mounts to nothing without thorough b
nd honest enforcement of the law. n
his constitutes "qualfcation;," and n
othing else does. G
Will any one doubt the honesty and 6
'mpetency of Mr.. Cole to appoint exam 6
ers of the County Treasury as well, at g
asst as aCeH, as the crafty Mr.. Helden- =
'and2 What other difficult matters are
Iere in that Office that should entitle
r. Heldenbrand to continue therein
rough his natural lifeP Why give -
m life tenure? Has not the Helden- =
family been we'll cared for
: fat Offices in Stark? The Probate is
ldge, under the law, is the special guar II
an of the county treasury, to save and v
otect from loss the taxpayers and the " "
'ndsmen. Has this been done in Stark hi
unity, under the "honest and compe- VI
Mt administration" of A. W. Helden. W
and? n
Every honest voter in Stark county =,
n answer the foregoing questions for ia
mself. Let him do SO and vote W
cordingly. We doubt not the fair, un. tn
assed decision of every thoughtful rc
zpaying citizen will be to GIVE A I"
OTE FOR L. G. COLE.
&C
DAVID BYERs. er