The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1884-07-17
MIR. WEH's RIGHTEOUS DENUNIIA-
TiON OF THE SNEAK THIEF q ,ME

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CLEVELAND, July5.-JOhn Mclean and
his followers have stirred up a hornets
nest In this end OF the State by their
hiRh'handed organization of the Demo-
cratic State Central Committee.
MIR, John i. Web, the member Of the
committee from this district, says: THE
Democracy OF this section are very in
llgnant at the attempted steal Of the
STATE organization by gang of political
trlcksters and adyentuTers. Such
hlgh-handed usurpatiOn and Robbery
was never known In the annals 0l any
party
IL was simply bold and unblnshing
attempt TO defeat the will of the neople
and prOlong political knayery and smart
ness by an act Of political larceny. One
thing about the transaction Wns ina
monumental cheek aud audacity mani.
tested by the little clique OF political
gamblers who engineered the steal.
WIN their heads chopped clean n by
the Democracy OF the State Convention
assembled, and hObbling about IN he
last agOnles of political death, they
again attempt TO defeat the voice Of
the party ana reinstate themselves into
the places from which the we're
ign0miniOusly hurled by an indignant
people, by clandeatine ana surrepti-
tlous grab OF the machinery Of the
party organization, but thank 10 the
resentment OF an outraged Democracy.
aud the llttleness coupled witt ..upld.
ity OF the cabal who made criminal on
slanght, the attempted cheat who will
never le contaminated. The W. ole pro.
ceedlng Is utterly invalid aud void and
VIII not be recognized by the committee
much less by the honest Democracy Of
the State.
In accordance with the lmmemorIal
custom and announcement OF the Chair
man Of the State Convention Tie com.
mittee met on the afternoon OF the 10Th
ult,, being the day Of the State COuypn-
lion, ~ was the opinion Of every mem
Der OF the committee that II would be
unWlse and injuiciOus TO Organl2p un'il
after the National Convention.
The committee hereupOn temporarily
organized Tor one special purpose, and
no other-tO meet at the Neil House,
Co lumbus, at o'clock on the ee,puug Of
July 10, for permanent organization.
The committee had no organization, ex.
cept for that special purpose, no ollicpra,
ANA no one can convene II or change the
purpose agreed upon except by The free
and full consent Of every member uf the
committee, even though twenty out of
twenty one should agree TO meet at an
earlier date, such an agreemeu, would
be Invalid In law, aud bind no one. The
reason asserted In kilograms sent cut
Tor c0nHenlng this spurious meeting at
Cincinnati was that the committee had
0yerlOt ked the fact that the Republicans
were hard NJ work. which was
% he, and that we should commence
work az once without WAITING the re-
SUI ut Chicago which would hp impos.
slble, or at leust imp0litic, for IN all
probabl lily IL would result In having TO
undo What was once done, The alleged
reason was bad enough, but the reason
was damnOble, topermlt few so.called
bosses to perpetuatea little longer their
power and continue to be a stencil In
the n0strilS Of the party
In conclusion MI, Web said "An en-
terprlse conceived In iniquity and car.
ried out IN sin, ana no constituted as to
harm a cause II IL 0stensibly designed
TO help VIII never stand In the ffeeand
enlightened SlateOf Ohio. Thrge trick.
sters however are exceedingly cum
ming, They put on the Execu I've Com.
mitiee a number Of gentlemen 70 give
II tone and respeclObllity, bCt u little
| junta OF conspirutOrs win do the work
aud take charge Of the Golfers II the
party aud the respectable pnIt of the
Committee viii be- heard Of uu more IN
this Cgmpoigun Like yaulting ambi-
lion, they have Oyerlcaped themselves,
und Will fall ON the other side. The re.
.peclOble part Of this no called Eyecu.
tive Committee viii meet al the 40.
pointed time and organize In accordance
with the immpmorahle custom, without
deigning 10 notice the autic, o.. these
men, who for u brief period will believe
they are sustaining the majesty of tue
Democratic party, but will wake from
their blind orgies to llnd themselves con.
signed to II merited aud eternal Ob.
liyiOn,"