The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-09-11
AL TIE. way FROM PIKE.
The Card Of ''WashlngtOn Guest, EsquIre"- He
Writes II HIlhself, and gets Others to Sign.


The Card Of ''WashiHgtOp Guest, EsquIre''-He
Writes It HIiaself, and gets Others to Sign.
Nh. EDIToR-I perceive by the RepOsi
tory that Washington Guest, Esquire, Of
Piks township, candidate on the Repub
lican ticket for County Commissioner,
has card written by himself, published
in that paper. He wrote it himself, and
ran about and got it signed by some thir'
ty citizens, whose names are appended.
OF course his good and kind neighbors
did not refuse to sign. The Democrats
that signed it were especially sensible,
for if | was Democrat | should want
Guest to continue to be the candidate, as
he is too weak man to be elected, es-
pecially over so strong a man as Mr..
Shetlar, the Democratic candidate.
The card was Guests own. he wrote
it, and it is his card, and he aloneshould
have signed it. But THE just shows the
character of the man. touched his
enormous vanity by my former article,
because called in question his fitness
for the important position Of County
Commissioner. The card accuses my ar.
ticle of "refecting on the character and
business capacity OF Washington Guest,
Esouire, candidate for County Commits.
sioner;" and pronounces such reflection
"a low and malicious SANDER"
Is truth, slanderP Are citizens not to
be allowed to Judge of, and exprese their
opinions as to the fitness of candidate
for an important public position, even if
that candidates. name is Washington
Guest, E8quire?' When we consider that
washington Guest, Esquire" wrote his
puff himself-will any one claim that
puff to be the free, untrammelled ex-
preston of the worthy citizens whose
names are attached therefor
But it seems this Guest communication
was presented to you, Mr.. Editor, for
publication, and you refused its insertion
in the Democrat. l doubt not that you
saw at once the card was in the hand
writing OF washington Guest, Esquire"
and hence you very properly refused
Undoubtedly if Mr.. Guest had appended
his own single name to it, you would not
have refused.
had no idea that my former arti lie
would have so troubled Mr.. Guest. He
takes it very much to heart, as may be
judged from his calling upon his neigh
bors to prop him up. Is not this evil
dence that l told the truthP 1t is the
wounded bird that futters. l expressly
said, that though mot bad man." Mr.,
Guest had not the qualities for County
Commissioner. My article then, was
not slanderous; and Guests attempt to
get sympathy and votes in Pike on the
head of this will fail-at least so thinks
A REPUBLICAN FARMER OF PIKE.
Mr. Guest called upon us, and re.
quested the insertion of the card refer
red to; and after reading it we asked
him if he wrote 1t himself, and he an.
sweled that he did. We declined in
serting for the reason that the first arti.
Gle signed "a Republican Farmer of
Pike" was mere expression Of opinion
as to Mr., Guests fitness for public po.
sition, containing no misstatement of
fact; and as Mr.. Guest himself admitted
he wrote the card putting himself, and
got it signed, we refused publishing un-
der such circumstances.-ED. DEM