The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-12-29
sCAvENGER CORRESPONDENTS.
"rhe Triple Alliance" to Defeat zPendIe-
tOn---The "Kids" and the Enquirer
Republican Slush.

Republican Slush.
Scavenger correspondents of the En-
quirer also write for Republican papers
in the same strain; and the Enquirer,
insensible to shame, copies the stuff
with lofty prominence, and credits it's
Republican contemporaries.
A fellow of the political scavenger
class dates at Cleveland, and writes for
the New York Times and Philadelphia
Press, both Republican papers. The
Enquirer copied from the Press week
OF two ago, and in Wednesdays is
sue, this week. the Mclean organ had
in another tubful of this slush, which
was in the N. Y. Times of the day before.
The fellow aims to write down and
below down Senator PendletOn; and to
write up and glOrify "the Paynes of
cleveland, John R. Mclean of Cincin-
matt, and John W. BoOkwalter Of
springfield" This scavenger talks
about "a kid Democracy movement that
forced state convention to take a
new man, in the person of John W.
"BOOkwalteT, for Governor"
He admits they failed to nominate
Ward for Governor in the state conven-
ton of 1888; but that "HOadly confessed
himself beaten" and then ''the triple
alliance of Cleveland, Cincinnati and
springfield dictated terms to HOadly,
land on his acceptance, shOuldered the
burden, poured out money like water,
''and made HOadly Governor" BY this
publication Mclean admits 1.-THE triple
alliance" and it is not the first trium-
Virate we have read of.
Aud the Enquirer thus publishes it's
own shame and parades the slush. The
points of this wonderful triple alli-
ance' Cleveland, Cincinnati and SPRING
field, are just the points in Ohio where
the Democratic vote fell away, losing
some eight or ten thousand votes as
compared with 1882, when John G.
Thompson was manager of the campaign.
This bit of truthful history these scav.
engers do not attempt to explain. They
do not bother with facts and solid argu-
ment.
In other, rural, parts of the state,
Stark county for example, the DemOc-
raey gained largely on the vote of 1882.
Here we knew not those mighty pOten-
tates of ''the kids" who dwell at "Cleve-
land, Cincinnati and Springfield" They
did not take us under their special care.
In fact one of their active leading in
struments threatened they would send
money into Stark county to defeat part
of our legislative ticket, because the
was supposed to be for PEN
dletOn.
We have faith in the gentlemen cleo
ted as Democrats to the General Assem-
bly, of Ohio We do not believe they will
be controlled against righteous judg-
ment and dutirul conduct. They will
not disregard the honest sentiment of
the unselfish Democrats of Ohio, and
hand us over to any triumvirate. They
will not surely wreck our hopes and
blast our prospects. If any members
are so inclined, let them read. the good
Book and derive instruction. They will
find there, where a righteous man was
taken up on high mountain and
prOffered kingdoms If he would fall
down and worship venal power. Thank
God, HE was proof against temptation.
In our own history we have notable ex-
amples, worthy of regard and consider
alton. Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jack
son and others may serve as models for
their COUntrYman Thaaa wOrahinpad
not mammOn, but were unfaItering in
devotion to principle and to duty. LET
EVERY TRUE DEMOCRAT DO LIKEWISE
AND EVERY TRUE DEMOCRAT WILL.