The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1885-09-24
CANDID NTEs REVIEWED.
what an Akron Knight Of Labor Thinks oi
Those Of Roth Parties.


Those Of Roth Parties,
EDITOR DFMoCR travelled
Ahont this district considerably Of late,
and having M n w0rkingman inter
Viewed many Of my fellow workers,
think will be able 10 interest your
readers with n political dissertation on
penuIne union worklngman's ground,
Letters from wOrkIngmen ara generally
much songht after by aaplrants for pO.
lItical prefarmant generally; but M the
nrcsant pnlatle has not been prompted
bv anv other than nm honest desire 10
hane1t my fellowmen, ] think that at
leao' no harm will he done,
The fan election II near Mt hand, aud
W. ahonld all bo casting about for the
candidate Tor each OH who IL most
Hkelv 10 cqrrV ont. at least IN a mAas.
arc. the dasires OF the toiling masses,
First cNmaa candidates for G Governor,
and M either Hoaily o. Foraker viii
hp tho successful man, 10 we're better we
take calm view Of the matter; and
while soma NJ ua really prefer the Id
Areanhack ticket, an still Others the
Prohibition ticket, Let ~ remember that
vote for either simply thrown away,
and NAV, In fact, work us Injury, by not
being caat fjr one who stands at least
An even chance with the best, aud by
our votea may he successful.
Let us looS st HDadly's record and soc
II he has done well by us, The miners
strike In Ihe Hooking Valley would have
baen OF very short duration had Charley
Foster beeN In HOadly's shoes, for FO.-
tor would have furnished the operators
all the State m tia they wanted, thereby
overcoming the necessity of 0p orators
hiring "PlnkertOn'a pirates" 10 guard
thar property Hoadly did well by the
miners, AZ Il an q rule they are satisfied
with his administration. Hoadly re.
insad TO appoint "clngger blacksheep"
Rnmaey OF Cleveland, railroad police
man. H. aao refused 10 appoint Nor.
fis, chic, Of P,nkptt0n'a H0rkiUg Valley
thugs, TO a similar position. Now ]
think M vorklngmen we owe Governor
HOadly something for this, and that we
cannot do justice TO ourselves better
han by doing our best to re.elect him
"doyernOr Of Ohio" Let ua "let we'll
enough alone" and vote for Hoadly. Be-.
ing q w0rklngman, / have had few 0p.
pOrtunitles OF learning the characters
OF most OF the candidates on the two
"big" tickets; but there Ia one on the
Republican ticket to whom think II ad
Wsable to call the attention OF work.
ingmen. The candidate for Attorney
aeneral Of this State, on the Republican
ticket, Ia Jacob A. Kohler, Of Akron.
Now, / have heard Jacob speak on sew
eral different occasions, and Jacob al
ways had lots Of love for the working
man. He says: II used to be mechanic
myself" SC. Two years ago Jacob was
the candidate on the Republican ticket
Tor representative 10 the General
Assembly from Summit county;
the worklngmen Knlghts
OF Labor had endorsed Lewis
G. Parker, Democratic candidate,
for the position and started q newaifp T
the Labor UDionist, TO help elect ar,
Parker. The UnioBist told such damag
ing truths against Mr.. Kobler that tue
usual Republican majority In Summit
county was reduced from over 1000 TO
about 300; but Jacob was elected. Some
workingmen In Akron will to-day ac-
knowledge with shame that Kohler'H
money bought them to work against Lew
Parker; and Kohler didn't forget the
Labor Unionist either, but last winter,
by lending the editor Of the Trades and
Labor Journal $75, he secured mort.
gage on the types, &C., and about ak
weeks after he foreclosed, and the work
ingmen Of Akron and the miners OF Ohio
had not an organ In the State. Kohler
took Col. A, l.. Conger In with him on
the mortgrga, the whole amount against
the journal being (as | am told only
$50. The type, sc, was appraised q,
over $3.50, yet Kohler was afraid ~ he
would not get his t75 and stopped one
OF the best labor pauers In the country
thereby showing how truly he loved the
workingmen JacoD A, Kohler IL . fraud
and nothing else, aud The workingman
that votes for him could surely cast q
better ballot. even II II were a blank.
Now | have something TO say about q