The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-04-15
MASSILLON SCHEMERS.

Joey' tOanis to Continue as CITY Clerk-HtS Efforts
and Tricks In that Objectionable tgdnts 10 Keep
Cole from being MdyOr-BenjGmin Franklin Bay
Rss Assisting "Joey" - The LiHLe Chap that
Writes for The Rep.
EDITOR DEMOCRAT There has been a great
deal Of excitement in our usually quiet city the
past week-all on account Of the democrats en-.
deavoring to maintain the result Of their victory
at the polls on the 9Th inst. The democrats elec
ted their Mayor and, for the first time In three or
four years, have elected four members Of the
Council, and consequently claim the right Of pre-
senting the name OF candidate for city clerk,
but ]. R. White, who hss been city clerk for the
past six years, got very angry about 1t and made
a very COwardly assault with his tongue) upon
our Mayor elect, L. c. Cole, because, as he sup
posed, that gentleman might under certain con
tngencies be called upon to decide the matter
for under the law the Mayor has the casting vote
when the Council Is a tie; and of course Mr.. Cole
would vote for our competent and worthy can.
didate, D. E. Young, Esqr; and hence, Joey"
when he could not before the election get a,pro
mise out of Cole to support him, used all his in
fuence for B. B. Warner; and 1t is said spent
most of his Sunday before the election, in in
ducing and "bslldOzing" Democrats to vote and
work for Warner. And now this ward poliu
clan is very much ch5grined because his candi
date was defeated,
At the regular meeting OF the Council, We'd
nesday evening, April 7Ih : Mr., Cole handed in
his resignation as City Solicitor, when joey
and his partner friend, Benjamin Franklin Bay
Bbo han bna nd Cnunpil nf 1atn
showed their hands and refused to accept the
resignation ofth Solicitor, thinking, Of course,
that If they would not accept the Solicitors res
ignation, that he could not qualify as Mayor,
and B. B. Warner as acting Mayor would swear
in the new Council and thereby save "JOey's'
official head. But to their surprise, the next
morning Josiah Frantz stepped into his office
and resumed his duties as Mayor This was a
contingency that Joey and Benjamin Franklin
Bayliss had not provided against but Joey was
equal to the emergency, and plead the baby act;
went down to Mayor Frantz's house and i'm
plored Mrs Frantz to intercede for him; and by
his opportunities, 1t is said, land we know not
what influences were brought to bear upon
Mayor FrantS) succeeded in getting him to de-
cline to resume his duties as Mayor and leave
the Office in the hands Of acting Mayor Warner.
Now we must confess this was sharp practice on
the part of Joey but 1t has disquieted all his
friends and citizens generally, excepting BeDIa'
min franklin Bayliss who has large gall.
II there Is anything that is dishOnorable and
contemplate in g. political opponent, 1t Is this low
cunning and trckery. Be 1t said Of o. E. Young
that he has acted the gentleman in the matter
and has not asked white Republican friends to
support him. But on the other hand, Joey, as
he had heretofore done, appealed to all the Dem
ocrats before election to get their pledges to sup
port him, and then on election day stood at the
polls trying to defeat them-sad by his entreat
ing he had got a sort of promise from Mr..
Lewis schworm to vote for him, Mr., s. not think
ing that Democrat could be elected, but when
he was informed that there was chance to elect
Democrat, he informed Joey that he must be
released from that promise; but Joey true to his
interests ,bulldozed and worried Mr,schworm un,
til he had threatened to resign. Now If Mr.,
White was anything else than baby In politics,
he could see that he ought not to expect Mr..
schworm to go back on his party. Does he think
that no other man in the city but himself can
discharge the duties OF city clerk. When man
gets such notions, his fiiends should take charge
Of him at once, he needs his head sOaped,
or all the contemplate specimens Of the ami
NAL that walks upright, Mr. Editor, is scrtb
bier for paper, who for no other purpose what
ever, than to crafty his own foul and disordered
mind, will make an attack upon the character
Of men who are 30 far above him socially and
morally that he sinks below contempt, when
you attempt to make the comparison. We have
such a man in this town in the person OF one
Pierce when he cannot find any citizen to stab
with his poisoned faOgs, he vents his speen on
the Church and tho Christian Religion. 1t has
only been a few weeks since he made an attack
upon the churches and ventilated his coarse and
vulgar Ideas to such an extent that many people
thought Of throwing up the paper. The last as
sault made by this harmless old man" without
ideas was upon Mayor elect Cole, whom every
one knows to be a temperate and honorable gen
tleman, and consequently many Republicans did
not vote for him. He is man who is temperate
and respected and in whom the citizens had CON
| hdenCe. But this two.Cent reporter and tradu'
| Ger of character says: "B. B. Warner for the last
four years has been strictly temperate and con-
sistent temperance man." and again speaking oil
Mayor elect Cole, says: I'VE should think that
every Murphy who voted for him would hang
their heads with shame" Does he pretend to
say Mayor elect Cole is drunkard, or ever was
II he does he is a williul falsi6er. And this had
much to do in electing Mr.. Cole, even If his op
ponent for four years has been a consistent tenn
perance man. He does not say that he is or has
been Murphy. Many thinking men of the Re
publican party and many temperance men, il
you please chose to vote for Mr. Cole, who ii
known as a straight forward upright and honor
able gentleman. On this account he was ira iu-
ced and vilifed by an irresponsible newspaper
correspondent
All good citizens are very well satisfied with
Mr.. Coles election, and should think no highel
compliment could be paid to mans character
as consistent temperance man, than to have
the Murphys vote for him, as the Rep, cores
pondent says they did for L, G. Cole,
GENEVA.