The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1884-03-29

htOly hUuul my DtllB drought ntIb w
cover up the rascalty Of superintendent
Mckinney and the Lord only knows
what would have become Of him NJ that
time had II not been for some little
crumbs Of comfort that we're thrown 20
him In the shape Of little grave yard
business 10 transact now aud then, 10
divert His attention and let nature take
ts course Aud now Richard ia himself
again and he Wandera up and down our
streets, putting In full time with his
alander mill, while he wlnk9 and blinks
Ike tOhd In n thunder storm, "Alaa,
poor YOrrlck, / knew him WE'LL" |. -.
when he was on earth the first time.
But now George has two assistants,
one Charles Upham whom everybody
knows ~ the persOnillcati0n 0f all that
II pure In politics sand morals, born right
here In Canton, rich In Christian yir-
tues. A lawyer, Of whom his brother
legal lights at the Stark county bar afe
heard 10 say: He IL our guiding star; n
man IN whom there In no guile,
And last, though not least one Grove.
miller, proprietor Of cigar stand az the
~ Cloud, ! do not know what he IL,
II any one gnesses, they may have him.
Aud now, gentlemen and soldiers, ianOt
this sweet sayOred gang 10 go about
| our streets telling people that such
worthy citizens NJ r, A, Dunbar, A. q.
BInrhelc. Augustus Herbruck, Peter
BarIol, Q, n, Frank and Chas, D, Mon
not, who have filled aud are lllllng the
position Of Water Works Trustee would
permit Levi Mckinney aud Paul Field
10 rob the city with impunity; aud that
n gentleman such ~ MrCOnrad SGhweit-
ger, who stands high In the employ aud
confidence Of G. Auliman n Co., would
| permit himself ~ be used IN depot for
stolen gOOda, or to shield Mr., Mckinney
In any unlawful work. Citizens Of Can
| ton, what think you Of the men aud
their manner Of doing huslneasy
Mr.. Kecier, who IN spoken Of ~ u eau
didute for Water Works Trustee, N "a
gentleman, but IL isunlOrtnnate for him
that such gang OF selfappointed per
sons should champion his cause, and In
n manner 80 base, They only want, as
enemies of Supt, Mckinney, 10 crafty
their spite, nnd In NO doing bring Odium
upon men, the lAlchels Ol whose shoes
they are not worthy TO unlOOSe,
Three more honest men than the pres
cnt hoard Of Water Works Trustees eau
not be found, ana they would shrink
from anyalliauce with thieyeaan THE.
very ~ they would from viper, THIS
| lllk about rOttpnncHs In water works
Oliuirs N the sickest Kind Of twaddle,
aud there Il not u respectable man IN
CanlOn believes IL,
am not a candidate for Office myself.
ana my stock In trade IL my reputation,
Robbed Of that, IN the language VI the
IOol, ! would "be poor Indeed" Thus
lar IN life have endeayOred 10 be hon
est, Hnd now % be branded thief with
ont cause, do not like, aud will not
quietly submit TO. When | entered the
Water Works Olllce, about two years ago,
! was informed monthly statements of
| the receipts and expenditures must be
| furnished the Trustees aud CITY COun-
ell, ana suggested We send the Council
IA itcmi2pd statement aud today tho
| lity CLERK hus In hispOssession an Item
i2ed statement Of every cent OF Water
Works money | have received W to
March lst, 1884, who II anne from, what
for, the amount, and when received, aud
| the samd kind. Of statement 0i the dis
bursements, what the money was paid
for, who TO, the amount, ana when paid,
| Those monthly statements have passed
| beyond my control, am pOwerlesa 10
| make any change In them for the pur
pose Of "cOyprng up anything, IN Ault.
| house sayH, ana here reitefutN " hat !
nave always claimed, those statements
Hre correct, ana it any man or spt Of
men, any crunk or Het " ciuuks,
with principle or unpflncipled,
responsible or irresponsible, can
prove them otherwise, will
sten down and out ana admit that am
II thief, ana the monumental liar Of the
| nineteenth century unworthy the re-
spect Of my fellow men, Now there IA
business for George W., and company,
| ilatter myself am ~ well posted on
what has been done ana IN being done
to-day IN the water works office ~ Geo.
w. Althouse or any other man, and Lam
glad TO shy that look upon Mr., Mckin.
ney us an honest man, one who pays one
hundred cents or the dollar aud whose
word IN ~ good M his bond, aud ana
not alone In my belief either
Aud | would say for the benefit Of the
public. that The water works office In
omen for inspection ut all times, Auy
reputable citizen " welcome 10 cone
nnd see how We do business, he Will be
treated M becomes citizen ana gen'
tloman, aud don't know hut when we
get into our new office we may vet apart
u day now aud then to entertain cranks,
II we do George aud his followers will
receive due notice,
| have no apology TO make for the
length Of this article, am only sorry
that cannot DO the cnge justice, | am
not working In the interest ot any can.
didate for office. have IN feeble way
attempted 10 stnte II few facts, Thank
Ing you for your kIudness, am,
PAUL FiFLp,