The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1884-05-29
nEpoI,M is NECESSARY.
And Lots Of II, without Any Unneceasar
Delay,

ana The llke hh II means OI pufiuVhlloH'
This distressing condition OF affairs
comes OF turning over every branch OF
the city government to the Repnbli-
cans.
As was peacefully meandering on an
up town street this morning a prominent
Democrat halted me and said.
~ hope you will Interest the News
Journal In our behalf-in behalf OF
Democrats and other moral citizens OF
Columbus"
"What do they atand In need Off"
"Why, our city has fallen into a deg-
peEate state of wlckedaeag, and am a..
most prepared for shower OF IRE ana
birthstone. read In the Republican
papers thatthe city was never before 30
completely given over 10 Satan and his
lmps. IL was perfectly dreadful last
Sunday, and they say u VIII De worse
next. There were 5000 people ~ the
baseball game last Sunday, and i am
told $4,000 changed handa on the
result Of the game, tho bets ranging
from lye cents between the little boys,
up to 81, 200, which one big gambler bet
another. Why, TIA awful, dreadful TO
think oil expected as much when so
many OF the preachers came out just he
fore the election for the Republican
ticket and moral reform. The two don't
20 together, my son. You might just as
we'll Try 10 raise LeghOrn chickens from
| last years guinea eggs as 10 sol Inc hen
0f holiness on Ike Potts, Deacon Dent,
| General Walcutt, Gus Krag, Barney Nc.
Cabo, Henry Clay Taylor, aud the rest OF
| them, and expect 10 hatch moral 70.
forms. You can't get anything out OF
| the shell that isn't In II, II we only had
Democratic police force, we might
turn back this awful flood OF wicked
ness. Az IL IL, IL Ia next TO impossible
| for Democrat or other moral person TO
1.-Two Ia the city. | shudder for the fn'
taro,"
With a deep sigh no turned and then
walked away. On the next block | met
an eminent divine, who had j0st been
wrestling with the devil In Ihe shape OF
| Deacon Jonathan Dent, the reform C0nn-
Gilman from the Fourth ward
"Thla IL awful, Isn't itp" inquired my
clerical friend.
"What IN awfulY"
"Why the wlckednegs that i3 now
prevailing In this city. ! mover saw
anything 10 equal the wave OF wicked
ness that has now set in In this city.
Last Sunday II was up TO the caves OF
the State house"
"Why don't you stop itY" inquired.
"IIow can We DO itY That is what
want TO hnd out
"Call on the city authorities"
"YOu might on well call upon the cob
bio stones IN the street The plague
seems 20 have come upon us in the laAt
few weeks
"Yuu must be mistaken" ] veniTed,
"No, I'm not mistaken. VIA, mgRes
you thinksoi'
Merely because You said, lcsa than
Two months ago, that the way 20 save
the city from destruction was 80 tnrn
the Democrats out Of every department
Of the city government, aud especially
keep them from getting control Of the
Council aud School BOnrd. saw you O
moment agO talking with that great
moral headlight, Deacon Dent
III You are going to run this into
politics, have nothing more 10 say
and no gtrode away In high dudge0n,
was sorry that | trnmped on his
C0rns. There ara o good many cOrns In
town just now, and one has 10 be careful
or no will tramp on them, The Repu6'
licHn Council was elected for the pur'
pOsO OF furthering the projects Of HE
rings Of real estate epeculatorS, on the
pretOxt that IL would sltp Sunday base
ball and all kindfed forms of wicked
ness, Because IL In carrying out Just
what II was elected for, aud PAYS no
sort Of attention 10 the side show eome
people arc kicking vigorously. THIS
shows they don't understand the ways
Of amnrt Republican politicians,
The ease aud facility with which DEM
Ocrats were bJGueed from tho police
force NJ soon M no Republicans not
control OF tho boar. Yas something edl'
fylng. The rafc, d, however, does not
show up, and tno Republican press pro.
claim daily that the whole city Ia going
to the domnitlon bOww0ws. ~ Gwen
hints that Mayor Walcul ana The police
board must DO lmpeachC0 and removed
from oilco before tho m0rl status can
be restored, The situation is dcplOra'
bic. but patience will work wonders.
Lot the people got another wh0ck AZ
these rclofmers aud they Will turn them
out 70 grass.
But perhaps, after all, the root Of all our
trouble IL baseball. Mr.. Henry r. Chit.
tenden, u good Christian aud president
OF The baseball club, abh0ra the idea OF
Sunday baseball and ag0niz0s night aud
day on account Of II, but IL willing 10
jeopaTdlze his future salvation sooner
than deprive the w0rklngmnn Of base
ball. The great mystery is how our faith
era lived without baseball, Mayhap II
was tho general muster, the lOgr0lllng,
aud the cOrnhusking that saved them
from destruction.
The eye Of Mr. Chittenden sutfuses
with tearswhen he sees the workinRman
come up TO tho gate and pay twenty-five
cents 10 get through the FIRST opening,
and phell out fifteen cents for a seat, I've
cents for cushion, and bot the reat OF
his salary on the losing nine. After this
the workman goes forth greatly refresh
ed, and returns thanks for the glorious
game of baseball
The truth is that we would have no
Sunday baseball were II not that II II
was abolished the Columbus Club would
desert and 10 to New Jersey, That Ia a
catastrophe which must bo avoided nt
all hazards. What would city be
without n ba oball Clu5Y Let u9 not ut.
tempt 10 picture tho awful d0solatl0n
suggested by tho bare thought. How
ever, u good deal Of reform Ii necessary,
or Columbus Will be tho scene OF u con-
vnlsiOn w. Ut,
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