The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-03-13
j. j. cLAnK SMOKED our.
Out In a Card and signs His Own Name-The Sneak
Business Ausgasplelt.

Business Ausgasplelt'
Yesterdays Repository had "a Card
signed ]. j, Clark, about column and a
half long This scrumpdous specimen
of sneakdom is really smoked out at
last It seems he now wants to discuss
with some one else, being much disgust
ed with our course in the DEMOCRAT,
This is not to be wondered at, for a
writer trying to stab in the dark, to deal
his detraction anonymously, breads ex'
posure, and when fairly exposed, feels
uncomfortable.
This longwinded card" is unique af'
fair, exhibiting the conceited vanity oI
]. ]. Clark, his desire to run away from
u.s. and yet his wish to encounter some
one else Hasn't the fellow got enough
If not, let him continue to sail in, for
did he not quote at us?
Lay on, Ma2duh,
And damned be he who first cries hold, enough
But this Don @ rixote champion, with
his sancho Panzh (Tom Saxton) in the
BACKGROUND, is after distinction. He re-
fere to "other gentlemen besides Nc
Gregor, who were favorable to the meas
ure," and challenges them to discuss
through the columns of the DEMOCRAT
and Repository, they selecting Their cham
pion to fl ght this mighty Don Clark He
names none of "these gentlemen" but
refers to them as "learned authors, ripe
scholars, able advocates, and distinguish
ed inrists p And says, "at their feet
cast down my glovel" At whose "feet?'
Why not name the gentlemen" And
then, if "the gentlemen" don't signify
their acceptance Of my offer this week
in the Repository, "it will be considered
refusal to enter the lists~ Also, if INC
Gregor treats this offer with derision ol
insult" then look out, for then the nigh
ty Clark "will cast off the check" and
sail in to "these gentlemen |"
The miller's horse has long been fam
ed for arrogance and impudence, being
insensible to shame, but this fellow
Clark, beats the miler's horse
He says too, "all desire is fair, ,oper
discussion )" and "in the interests of the
people and friend Of open, free discus
sionp This fellow to talk of "fair, oper
and free discussion," and "in the inter
ests of the people," is huge joke, five
had not ..sm1ked him out he would be
still sending out his malice and poison
from behind a p8eudonym, His business
has been, and is, neither "fAir nor OPEN
A sneak spy and reporter for piratica
commercial agency, such as j. j. CLARK
has been, should not talk about fair
open and free discussion" 1t is out oi
his line,
In his "card" Mr., Clark talks learned
ly about "our grand, free government
but shows his utter ignorance of the
foundation of the magnificent super,
structure" This government is moi
founded upon the idea Of property, but
humanity and justice, which involve
equality before the law. The nonsense
that taxation and representation shouIc
90 hand in hand" may do for monarch
ial lands, but not for country like this
where the People are the source of po'
litical power, and where the millionaire
has no more direct power with his ballot,
than the poor day laborer with his, Vo-
ting used to follow white male citizen
ship, before the negro element was for
cibly injected by our Republican tyrants,
but even they rejected Chinese citizen
ship, although they favor Chinese immi'
grafton.
We must commend Mr.. Clark for put
ting his own name to his "carl;" and,
indeed, we take not little credit to our
self in this connection. There is nc
manhood in this sneak practice 50 much
in vogue through the Repository, of throw
ing out vituperation under anonymo,
NOUS signatures A publisher is very
foolish to permit his columns to be used
thus for personal detraction, to crafty
the venom of some cowardly skunk. We
like to smoke such a fellow out. OF
course no honorable man desires con-
cealment in fair discussion, and if he
has poisoned arrows to throw, he will do
it openly, and like a man,