The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-03-24
THE TWO CAsEs.

that those living in glass houses, grand
though they are, had better beware how
they throw stones.
An old farmer once found some rude
boys on choice early apple tree, steal
ing the apples and abusing his tree. He
gently demonstrated at first, but they
only sauCed him and laughed at him.
He then threw tufts of grass at them,
but the young sCamps only laughed the
more. After fooling with them this way
for some time and finding it of no use,
he concluded to try other means, and
began pelting them with stones. They
were soon glad to come down and beg
the old mans pardon, and promise to
behave better hereafter. If kind words
and gentle means will not do to keep
the wicked within reasonable bounds,
otler and more severe means must be
taken. The family organ and the young
Mckinley editor may profit by consider
ing and applying this.
The article of Tuesday was got up in
Congressman MCKinley's Office, he
doubtless lending hand. They squirm
at our reference to the James A. Saxton
100000, 80 per cent case, and think it
highly improper. They do not claim
that we misrepresent, but that it is pri-
vate affair, &c. 1t is, in fact public af.
fair, and big thing at that, several hun.
dred thousand dollars in it. The family
organ, however, thinks it all right to
constantly harp on and misrepresent
the FesRler defalCation and the compro-
mise thereof, which compromise was
recommended by T. W. Saxton, and ia.
vored and labored for by leading Repub.
llCans.
We have always been informed that
Major Mckinley favored the measure of
compromise and we know that such Re-
publiCsns as Cornelius Aultman, Anson
Pease, ex.Judge Frease, Geo. E. Baldwin,
Gillespie of the Alliance Review, and 9TH
ers visited Columbus and used their in
fuence, as Democrats did too, to get
the bill through the Legislature. So
that "the Fessler compromise was not a
family Democratic affair" By this
means the county gets go per cent, and
that without the expense OF long and
expensive lawsuit. Wayne county has
had two such cases on their hands for
eight or ten years, and has realized moth
ing as yet, and probably never will,
AS we say, the family and their organ
think it all right to misrepresent and |
howl over the Fessler case; to spew out
their detraCtion, and to vilify Democrats
and the Democratic party; and think it
all wrong if we dare to carry the war
little into Africa, and touch up the i'm.
maculate members of the F. F. G. and
the James A. Saxton Macdonald & Co..
100000, 80 per cent case. They pro.
nounce the Fessler compromise, "a
swindling compromise" How was this
other case? No "swindle" thereP Was
not the $7OOOOO mainly borrowed of old
people, widows and orphan ChildrenP
The Fessler deficit is paid to within 500
900, and if that ten thousand loaned by
Fessler to a Republican concern is paid
in full, the actual deficit may be consid-
eraby reduced below the twenty thou.
sand. George Fessler's property has all
been appropriated. How is it in the
other case2 In this respect there was no
"swindling" in the Fessler case. His
family do not hold the property-not
they! Does Congressman Mckinley ever
think that his donkey" editor and the
family organ should be bridled2 Should
they not, at least, be bridled enough to
regard the truth little2
Itis years since the Fessler defalcation
occurred, 1t has been satisfactorily
and arranged. And yet
this Saxton organ continues to harp on
it and faIsify. Each new young "don-
key they install as editor must try his
hand at it, Is there no "venom" hereP
Who instigates this course but the con-
trolling "venomous" spirits of the "F.
F, C."2 The same spirits had the DEMO-
Graf office burglarized and burned on
the night of August 22d, 1861. Even
Gov. Charles Foster, in his speech at Mi.
nerVa last fall, made the Fesser defal.
cation and compromise the burden of his
song, falsifying the record too. He never !
q, erred to Kennedy, the late Auditor of
ru, oi5nll county who, on forged bills,
,snea orders on the treasury, and taking
,eref,on some forty thousand dollars.
.ennodv :. erving three year term
, n. Chi~ Bs,, 'antiary, and no 90 per
ent compromise sins. Trr,,h,,,
The Kennedy matt6F iO 'l aDI., "ao {
urely and wholly Republican, G ,Ji S
majority in that county has inGFsSe~ IT, 6
tead of getting less in consequence {
his county Fessler's keepers and adTiS' 1,
rs were unfortunately Republicans too;
nd Fessler, more weak than bad
ian, was thereby led to ruin. The big
borrowers from Fessler were also Re. d
'ublicans. This the Rep will not deny. g
We have referred to all this before; but |.
he truth has no effect upon the family .
,rgan. With incestuous fertility they
,et worse and worse. Reason is not !,
heir guide, and right they cont regard.
t is something to have discovered they :
ire not invulnerable, and that even our '
title sling may reach and make them !
eel I