The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-11-07
The Special Election In the 4th and 9th
Wards

The Special Election In the 4th and 9th
Wards.
The special election last Saturday in
| the 4th and 9th wards, to ill places made
vacant by the removals of McCammOn
and Ranch from their respective wards,
resulted in the election of Weaver in the
| 4th and Dine in the 9th, both Republi-
| cans
| As far as we can learn, the Democrats,
| especially in the 4th ward, took little in
| terest in the election, Mr. ROhrer, the
| candidate, not even going TO vote. On
| the other hand, quite a force, hired for
/ the occasion, were at work, three of
| them Republican policemen. Lawyer
| Fawcett, councilman from the 7th ward !;
John Melbourne, contractor on the city
| buildings; MilhOf, interested in a stone
quarry, and others of that ilk, were busy
driving around in their buggies, super.
! intending the job and seeing that their
laTkies were actively at work, earning
| their wages. IL would seem to be i'm
pc tant that these gentlemen should
have a packed city council.
Now, why Is this? Does MilhOff want
a Council favorable to his interest?
| Does Melbourne want a Council that he
/ and his attorneys can handler
We ask for information, and for the
purpose of directing the attention of the
| citizens of Canton to the developments
| Of last Saturday. They caught our citi-
| Zens mapping this time; but we think
next spring il will not be so easily re.
peated. In the 9th ward Dimes place will
then again be voted for, when we hope
| to see no divided vote, as was the case
last Saturday. The fact is, either Ham
merly or SWanger would have made a
safe and honest member. 1t was a mis-
| take to vote for both, and thus let Dine
| slip in.
In the 4th ward the thing on our side
was allowed TO 90 by default; and the
| jObbers and their hirelings had it all
| their own way. The whole vote was
| abORt 200 less than in October, and in
the 9th ward about hundred less. The
Repository of Monday had out a little
| rooster over the result, and said:
Republicans naturally feel happy over the result and
have good cause for broad smile and a shout II is
change OF very marked and most agreeable nature,
So, Republicans feel happy do they?
Is 1t not the officers and contractors
who especially fee happy and smile
and shOut?" Is it not to them the
"change is most agreeable"
That gallant young American citizens
should lend themselves, or sell them
selves to promote the schemes of specu
latOTs and jObbeTs, is a dangerous fea
| tuTe of our politics. Money indeed has
| become an alarming factor; and this is
| lub ln6VlldOle result, Wnen government
| is run in the interest of individuals.
Why were certain gentlemen so alarm
| ed at the election of Frank ROhrer and
Andrew HammeTly to our City COuncilP
| Are they not fine and square men, and
| good citizens? Was money spent to de-
| feat them because they could be relied
on to look to the interest of the city
rather than be the tools of jobbers and
| contractors?
Again: Why were the three Republi-
cans on the police, Baughman, Nichols
and Whitkight, active about the polls?
We're they Obeying the orders of their
mastersr Is this work more important
| to them than their public duties? We're
! they elected for the purpose of being
| convenient political tools? One of the
| trio did sneak work for Mckinley. Was
| this the reason he was retained on the
| force? The developments and results of
last Saturday are certainly alarming to
| every good citizen of Canton.
The vote was as follows in the 4th
ward: Ill. A. Weaver. 1870; B. f. ROhrer,
| 100; majority for Weaver, 80. In the
9Th ward, Dine got 143; Hammerly 1O9;
| SWangeT 80; Dine over Hammerly 81;
| Hammerly and Swanger over Dine 80.