The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1878-02-14
roM ANp qHR REPosIr0RY

Neighbor T. w. saxton OF the Repository, Is
really lord OF the manor In that concern, and Tom
never had more good common sense than the la
allows The way he has managed to run the poor
old Repository into the ground along with the Re-
publican party, since he managed to drive out
Mr.. Hartzell, is melancholy In the extreme. We
sorrow over II ourselves. The late Mr.. Bascom, a
gentleman OF culture, found his partner anything
but oongenlal. The present partner will be wiser
If he lives long enough and stays with us.
A little piece OF history will illustrate Toms
temperament aud his lack Of sagaclty. Four
years ago last November, probably, Tom con-
ceived the Idea of gobbling up the entire city
printing, for remember, Tom Is not free from
envy, and, az Sam Slick said Of Deacon Brindle
"drehel short sighted and little mean." The
City Council at that time was Republican by a
good majority and Tom was printing SChaefer's
Herald and also, as now, Preyers ZettNng The
scheme OF the trio was to cut out the STARK Co.
DEMOCRAT, and they sailed In with steam up and
sails set. Up TO this time the Repository and Dem
oCRAT had been publishing the ordinances and
getting each a dollar and half square, The
City Council concluded to let the printing TO the
lowest responsible bidder, and we on our part
prepared for the contest To Toms SURPRISE and
the surprise OF the rest when the bids were
opened lUe offered 10 publish the ordinances in the
DEMOCRAT without charge-all the other bids be-
ing charge bids. This gave Tom and company
back.set and spoiled their kettle Of hopeful soup.
This state of things did not suit, and Tom want.
ed to try 1t again. and accordingly he and his
confreres had infuenceienough to get the Council
TO order another bid and include the printing Of
ordinances Of the city in book form. The new
bid ordered was, no doubt, as Tom & Co. directed.
When the bids were opened Tom was again hOr'
rbly disappointed. The bids were required only
to state the price of composition and press work,
and the DEMOCRAT bid was the lowest, and the
Council could not avoid awarding 1t to us. Tom
was in this much like the old woman that had a
goose that laid daily golden egg but the old
fool not satisfied Herewith, concluded by killing
the goose she could get pile Of golden eggs at
once, and crafty her avarice. She only found
her mistake after she had killed the goose Toms
shortsighted folly did not pan out much better
than the old goose woman's experiment.
The fact is we have tried for years To instil into
neighbor Tom lit sense, and to mould him
into good neighbor, but we have long since
despaired. No doubt the late infamous course OF
the Repository in abusing and viliiying the county
officials is by Toms order. The evil and foolish
head of the concern is-TOm. Sensible Republi-
cans hereabouts realize the weakness of the old
Rep. as well as the dilapldated condition of the
Republican party in Stark, and give Tom full
credit for 1t all. His malevoence is proverbial,
and he is as arbitrary as such prgs usually are.
We have always been satisfied, and not without
knowledge, that 1t was THOMAS W. SAxToN, OF the
RepOsitory more than any other man, who insti-
gated the destruction Of the STARK Co. DEMOCRAT
office on the night Of August 22nd, 1861 Toms
manipulations Of the Canton postofice last
spring were in perfect character and keeping. Re-
cent occurrences induce us to give the credit
where credit is really due.
How much of manhood, and how little of con-
SCIENCE there is In an ex repr0bate like Tom Sax
ton may thus be seen and the loss of character and
influence in the Repository, with such dictator
is not to he wondered at. Men Of character and
calibre will not long continue such connection,
and the dimensions OF his scribbleTs now, may
therefore be conceived and understood, Their
stuff, like their MASTER is either the merest froth
that rises to the surface; or the poorest leaden
sediment that sinks to the bottom, II is either
assumptions importance expressed in the big and
frequent "tOe' or presumption that dishes out
fluid twaddle with an air worthy a gawkish
lout or an ambitious, would. se-genteel black
guard
Such fellows, of course, assume familiarity
that only breeds contempt, and reminds one of
Macbeths salutation-
The devil damn thee black, thou cream.faced loon
| Where gottest thou that goose look?.