The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-08-21

EWING addressed TWO Democratic meetings In
this county yesterday. one at Pataskals and the
other here in the evening
The meeting at Pataskala was held in the grove
on the edge Of the town, where stand had been
erected and seats arranged for thousand per
sons. Notwithstanding the rain which Kept up
continuously during the first half of the day,
about 1,60O farmers were assembled to listen to
his speech and that of Mr.. Reemelin. General
Ewing made the first speech, occupying an hour
and half, and held the audience in close atten.
tion throughout his discussion on the finance and
election questions. Mr.. Reemeln followed in a
very interesting and effective speech of an hour
After the meeting General Ewing was driven to
Granville, sixteen miles, by way Of Alexandra.
where band and procession were In waiting,
which escorted him to Granville. The town was
alive with excitement: bands and professions
from Newark and Hebron, and the booming or
cannon greeted his entry. Elaborate preparations
had been made for the meeting here, a stand hav.
ing been erected, and space covered with seats
for l,5OO people, surrounded with Chinese Ian.
terms. The meeting was the largest ever held in
Granville; ladies and professors In the Dennison
University. and the citizens generally, being out
in full force. The Generals address here was
specially effective. ia0.r .
This being one Of the points on the line Of the
Atlantic Il Lake Erie Railroad, where many OF
the promoters of the road and investors in the
Hooking Valley coal fields live, the General de.
voted quarter OF an hour In the opening Of his
address to accusations made by Mr.. Foster touch
ing his connection with the road and coal lands
which have formed the staple arguments Of the
Republicans in this locality.
+. On these subjects he said substantially that he
had not been In the habit on the stump In Ohio of
making any accusations against the personal
character of any member Of the Republican party.
The communities in which men live who become
candidates for office are usually pretty well in.
formed as to whether or not they are good and
reputable men, and do not need to be assisted to
information on the subject by rival candidates or
their pertisanB on the stump. Even II anything
could be gained by assaults on opposing candi.
dates he would still prefer 10 confine himself 10
the political phases Of the canvass. But he said
his disinclination to engage In such discussion
did not extend to willingness to submit 10 i'm.
putations unjuhtly made against himself or his
friends. The mud-slinging by anonymous pArti.
oaNAo Al tAtO hCWbpbpcA1 ud uHu hlWuyB HllOWBU w
pass unnoticed, but when q man Of character
openly asaailed him he was always ready to meet
him. He had hoped that he would have can
vass In Ohio this year marked as Ohio canvasses
usually are by courtesy and ability, but Mr.. Eos.
ter 10 speeches delivered at Delaware, Columbus
London and Marysville and several other places
had stated either by express language or by broad
inuendo that some years ago. before the panic Of
1873, General Ewing had persuaded him 10 20
Into coal land speculations In the Sunday Creek
Valley, and become his partner In them, and that
after The panic Ewing had slipped out and left
MIN (foster) ana other associates to pay for all
the lands. #I1 71' 81
Mr. Foster had epdeavored to give this state
ment general relevancy to the questions at issue
by further saying that these were properties that
would probably become useful thousand years
hence, and that the in Vestment then made in
them only indicated how wild was the speculative
spirit caused by imitation. HH
General Ewing said that he met that state.
rnent In his speech at Marysvile on the 9th inst,
BY the assertion that he had never persuaded Mr..
Foster to Invest dollar In anything, and never
had any intereft with him, direct or indirect, In
any lands anywhere. Mr.. Foster had noticed
this denial at Columbus the next evening and
admitted It to be true. The Msrysville Journal
OF the 18th inst reports an interview with Mr..
Foster on the subject In (which are the Oll0Wing
questions and answers:
"Were you ever engaged with Mr.. Ewing in
coal or any kind Of speculahon2"
Mr.. Foster-No cir.
Did you ever pay any losses for Mr.. Ewing Of
any kind whateverW
Mr.. Foeter-NO, sir.
Mr. Foster then continued In these words:
perhaps should have qualified II somewhat
and said that was engaged In similar specula
tl0ns, did 1t to bother Ewing. II waa done In
defining the frivolity of speculation"
General Ewing said that Mr.. Fosters false accu-
sations bad not so much bothered him as they
had astOnlshed him, and that he had intended TO
leave them and their recantatl0n TO the consld
Grafton o. the people without further notice but
MI. Foster II correctly reported In an interview
In the Enquirer Of the 10th inst, had seen ht to
make other charges which are equally untrue.
which interview the General read an follows:
NJ" I,.,, see thst a. General Ewing went for you at
had Toped you into Q coal land scheme said /,
with q view 10 drawing him out on the subject.
Yes, j see he did" was the answer. That
was somewhat In the nature OF mistake. Per-
haps should have been more explicit In my
statement did not mean to convey the idea
that General Ewing induced me 10 70 INTO tbs
scheme and then LETT me To- hold the bag. What
4 meant was this: One OF the Ill effects OF iDfla.
ton was the tendency to induce speculation.
Owing to the fattering reports Of General Ewing
and otherB was induced to become one Of q
company Of ten who purchased large tract OF
coal and mineral land in the Sunday Greek Val
ley, believing that we would speedily make A for.
tune out Of II. General Ewing was not member
Of the company, but was interested in similar
speculstione. In order 70 get the products Of
these mines to market 1t was necessary to con
struct railroad, After awhile General Ewing
became President Of the road Soon II became
manifeat that the management was disastrous,
and some Of ua up near the northern end Of tho
ceiver. One was appointed, the mortgages on the
road were fOIeClOaed, and o new start taken nm
ring this time the crash Oame.T S3Dci97 M n II
General Ewing said that Mr.. Foster here con.
yeys the impression that the Atlantic and Lake
Erie Railroad, which ie partially completed iine
Of road running from Toledo through the Sunday
Creek Valley coal field TO Pomer0y, hRd been nTo.
jected by General Ewing, In connection with
other speculators in the coal.neld, had been
wrecked through General EWing'B bad MANAGE.
ment. He Oaid in reply that he was not one Of
the projectors Of the railroad that he had no
connection with II whatever until 1873 four yearS
amer II had been projected, and every dollar Of
cash subscription, except $4,000, had been sub
soribed, and almost the entire amount expended
In grading the line; that he then became Al.
rector In the company. and two years afterwards,
In 1876, succeeded the Hon. v, b, Horton. IA
PomeTOy, as President, but when he became Pres.
ideDt the cash resources Of the company were
wholly exhausted and 1t was In debt three or
four times the amount for which the road aubse.
quently sold on foreclosure; that Il was then Al.
most universally regarded as hOpelessly insoly-
ent that he attempted to extrlcate It, but the
attempt was made just in the period OF the great
est business dlBtress, and when the Columbtls and
Hooking Valley Railroad, which had then grown
to be q very strong corporation, projected and
built It's rival line from Columbus 10 Toledo, thus
destroying all hope and necessity for the imnnedi-
ate construction OF the Atlantic and lake Erie
Railroad. He said, however, that Mr.. Foster him.
self was one Of the early promoters OF the Allan.
tic and Lake Erie Railroad and was q member OF
the board Of directors and OF the executive com.
mittee Of the board for three years before General
Ewing had anything to do with the company aud
i've years before he became President oft. Hay-
ing had o prominent part 10 the lnanAeement Of
the railroad during all the time when is had larre
resources, and when there was chance OF neqo.
tiatng ts securities, Mr.. Foster was not in pogis
lion TO lay its failure at his door.
General Ewing further said that a. to Mr.. Eos
ter's talk OF the railroad being part of a wild
scheme for developing coal lands that would not
come into demand for thousand years, that Il
was true, no doubt, that the extraordinary putty