The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-06-17
~ ON Republican, June 81
NOT A CANDIDATE.
WASHINGTON CITY. NAV 81, Il

WASHINGTON CITY, NAV 81, 1855
j, X RuKESBRoD, Sal N, 0aiO.-l gm
not u candidate. PleHse 70 announce In
your paper |, II, TAYLOR
rhe ABOVE IL the Arst positive inior.
nation received here that Mr., Taylor
would not DO u "a dldate for re election
10 Congress. Hls fHenis are uni OF In
expression that he has made u mistake
Ho IL serving IN the 20 s on OF hle 0rst
term, ard vii who have watched his
course carefully say without r.alY
that hs has done a. W u for the time Of
service as any Of hi4 predecessors ever
sent 10 Congress from this District. A
reelection was his right, aud hi9 county
alike deserved the recognition, When
Mr, Mckinley WAS cut IN with one
term, no and his friends dem lnded u
second election w'ol the former Dis.
trict was again restored Tnat was
proper, and the people accorded II 10 him
In face OF all opposition. Would they
have been ess just or less generous 10
Mr. Taylorp
The friends Of Mr., Taylor IN COlumbl
ana county are many, aud had he an
n0unced himself ~ Ia the co oatest for
his second term, his opponents would
have been snrpriaed No the extent OF his
endtr'ement. Bat he refused 10 CIV
HIS suppCrldra an opportunity to show
their conli fence In blu, He cast them
adrlft, and dem0tali2ol their ranks for
want IL u leader. He surrendered with.
oul Afing sirg'o kun, and yielded the
Geld To the enemy giving up on demand
every right and duty to hold 10; the just
claim Of himsoif and county 10 benefits
arising from the long established
nsages Of the party; the arms aud am
munltlon Of his constituents In the llght,
and invited his antagonist 10 consider
hia eu y )rters ~ his prlsonere, u1c0n
dltloDaily surrendered to him for his
future use.
What will be the probable conso.
qnence9 Mr, Taylcr'a death politically
In this dietript HIS former friends feel
chagrlned aud disgusted nj his course,
and the friends OF him 10 whom he no
UNEXPECTEDLY surrendered, will care
nothing for him, IL th,y made him
any promise, II will never be fu filled |;
II they held out TO him u hope
for the future II will not b8 realized
Neither party can again rally In copa.
dence artuod his standard. His pOliti.
cal hart kari Ia regretted by men who
would have forsuken him NJ his aret do.
feat had he been 0yerpowered In the
battle. All are rry for his withdraw.
al, Had Mr., Taylor asserted his claim,
aud gone into the convention and been
yanqUished there, no would have fallen
like u brave man, aud old ard new nd
mlrers wou Il have remembered him to
his advantage, later, Az II Ia, they be.
lieve he lacked courage, and became
frightened NJ ghost before he reached
the graveyard. Fighting qualities gre
no more ne cessary In military general
than In q political leader. Defeat When
In the right IL no disgrace 10 the party
overpow6red. Such Mr.. Taylor could
benri n surrender without an effort TO
win he could not afford Hie many
former true frleud5 feel they have ht0
deserted 10 the hour Of their greatest
need, and know not where to turn, Had
no gone through Columbana county be-
fore declining TO bo q candidate for re.
nomination he would have never 10 un-
ceremonlous'y withdrawn,