The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-09-12
POLITICAL.
An Interview With John G..
Warwick.
The Next Lieutenant Governor
eral False Claims Set at
Rest.

AOh0hH NNNOAhOAt was an
Had the article in question been con-
fined to the narrow boundaries In
which it originally appeared, no atten-
tiOn would have been paid to it by Mr..
Warwick OF any of his friends. But as
the statement was cOncOcted from pure
ly malicious motives, and after being
made public through publication in Re-
publican papers throughout the State,
and also peddled ebOut in the form of a
circular, it is deemed worthy of the con-
tTadictiOn it deserves. Acting under in
struetiOns from the Enquirer, repre-
sentative of that paper came to this city,
the home of Mr.. Warwick, to learn from
that gentleman as to how the fabrica-
tiOn started. MIR. Warwick was found
in his office, so deeply engrOssed with
his multifariOus affairs that the reporter
was 10th to believe that the keen look
ing, active business man whom he stood
by and surveyed critically was interest
ed in any manner with the game o poll
tics. However, when:the 5crlbe's turn
came he introduced himself by card, was
greeted pleasantly, and the opening
shot was fred at Mr.. Warwick, How
long have you been an Orangeman?"
The answer came incOntinently, See
here, young man, did you ever know of
an Irish Democrat being an Orange
manw We were then invited to chair
in Mr.. WaTwick's cOzy private office, and
that he was never member of any
secret organization, much less the
0rangemen'5 society, that he had been a
resident of MaSsillOn for thirty years,
and all his neighbOTs could cOTrObOrate
his assertion. Having been born on
the green sOd," said Mr. Warwick, "my
sympathies have always been, and are
to-day, with the dOwn-trOdden people of
that country, and hope to live long
enough to see self-Tule secured by the
abused people of my native land"
"WhO is responsible for disseminating
the charge by circulars that you are an
OTangeman?"
"0ne James Reynolds, fellow -cOun-
tryman of mine had the article as it ap-
peared in the Penny Press printed in the
form of a circular, and has been busy
distributing them among labOring men
on the c., l.. 81 w. r. r., where he is en-
plOyed. | eau state positively that Mr..
Reynolds knows this story to be false,
and in the malice he shows he is simply
venting personal spite against me-"
What prompts MIR. ReynOlds's
enmity?"
"TwO years ago when the w. g L. Z.
r. X. was being built, the c., 7. V. 81 w.
r. r. opposed a grade crossing, and
while suit was pending to appropriate
the crossing the Tuscarawas Valley Road
was placing distractions in the way of
Blu6 bTdCk5. Ill OIu6I 10 Iuhh6 bl6 Slub
tracks available it was necessary to
cross Water street, in this city. The
Mayor had placed guard in this street
to prevent its occupancy by the Tusca-
TaWaS Valley Company. Reynolds came
to me and said he did not want to be
watched like thief, and requested me
to go with him to the Mayor. l complied.
He said to the Mayor: You take your
guard away, AMI l promise you, on the
honor of a gentleman, that not a spade
shall be put into the street without per-
mission of the authorities L said to the
Mayor that would vOuch for MIR. Rey-
nOlds, and theTeupOn the Mayor said he
would remove the guard, and he did so.
On the following Saturday night and
Sunday morning, Reynolds, with gang
of seventy or eighty men, built two
side tracks across Water street. Hon. s..
A. Conrad came to my house Sunday
morning and told me of Jimmy's treach-
cry. OF course, | was indignant, and
went with Mr.. Conrad to the scene Of
ReyDOldss work 1 charged him with his
perhdy before the large crowd there
assembled, aud made him acknowledge
it. Jimmy was arrested for ObstTucting
the streets and working on Sunday, was
fined about SO, and, of course, he
charges me with being responsible for
his arrest and iine That covers the
grounds of his animus."
"HaVe you any other statement to
make in reference to the charge that you
are an OrangemanW
Nothing more than 1 regret that my
opponent, Mr.. Rose, should lend himself
to the circulation of this canard. And,
young man, you may say for me that
will pay any person $1,000 who can pro-
duce my name on the roster OF any
OEangemen's society"
81 understand, Mr.. Warwick, through
hi 40 N ma lTYnr na-I unn a
ly responsible for the bringing of state
troops into this valley during the mi
ners' strike of 1876"
"Oh yes; am glad you called my at
tentiOn to that charge. The Republican
papers, and Andrew Roy particularly,
have been treating me very unfairly in
that matter, by simply charging 1t on
me without any proof or substantiatiOn.
But it is in line with ROy's character
for ever since have known him he has
been syeOphant at the feet of those in
power, a chronic seeker after office, and
at all times ready to use the working
men to further his own ends"
What are the facts connected with
the bringing of troops here at the time
of the '76 tTOubleP
"a strike was in progress here in the
spring of that year, and while l was in
Washington City in company with DR.
StreatOr and Judge Tyler of CleVe
land, read reports in the papers stat
ing that about two hundred striking
miners, many of them armed, had gone
to Warrington mine, in which was a
stockhOlder, and assaulted Mr.. Warm
ingtOn, Mr.. Keller the superintendent
and other employees. The report stated
that Mr.. Warrington was fatally injur.
ed, Mr.. Keller shot, and the bank boss
badly beaten. Now, l would suggest
and prefer that for particulars of thai
trouble you see L. Q. Hoover, of the Mas
sillOn American, as he reported all tht
facts connected with it, and will prOba
bly, remember dates, &c, better than L.
"HOw do you stand with the miner!
now, Mr.. Warwick"
"Well," smilingly, "as far as L know
they are very friendly to me, and asking
you to pardon the seeming egOlism,
would say that gratitude should cause
them to be so. As far back as 1865, wbeI
a strike, coupled with riOtOus demon
stratiOns, was in progress here, abOu
twenty miners were arrested anC
brought to this city on their way to jai
at Canton. not only went bail for al
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