The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-10-28
THE SUBSIDIZED ORGAN
OF the Ring of Pluuderers Continues on
the Rampage

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the Rampage.
Commissioner Smith is the great OBJ
stacle In the way Of the Akron archi-
tect, the rich Canton (hod) contractor,
and stone quarry combination. Their
organ continues to manifest Its terrible
anxiety to defeat Commissioner Smith
and secure a fellow In his place who
would suit the ring, and give Mr.. Lalblin
suitable colleague.
These fellows have not flOurished 30
we'll in Stark county for two or three
years past, much to the advantage Of
the taxpayers. They did not design
nor build the insane department Of the
In6rmary and hence the county has an
honest and first class building at low
price. Give due credit say we to capa-
BILE and honest architect and to Board
of honest Democratic Commissioners.
This ring combination of Republican
rascslity has got through with Carroll
county; add before that, had assuredly
got through with the city Of Canton, as
such fraud monuments as our city
buildings will suffice and satisfy for all
time to come. Hence they are ready for
another raid upon the Stark county
treasury and are vigorously working
their subsidized press to that end.
As to their county management, when
In full power, we only need to refer to
the bonded county debt they left
of some fifty thousand dollars,
the result Of their plundering rules,
through building bridges where there
were no roads, or locating others In or
der to get good jobs and accommodate,
otherwise, members Of the ring.
The subsidized organ has not dared to
deny these facts, although the DEMO
Graf has explicitly stated them over aud
over again. Is 1t any wonder that hOd
carrier Of a few years ago should b.
worth his O,0OO to 100000 nOwP Can
not such men afford to subsidize and
expeld Doodle freelyp
The Stark county bonded debt is
relic of plundering Republican admins
trstiOn of our county affairs. The same
ring are trying to get back and will if
they can defeat AlonzO Smith for Com
missioner,
The taxpayers Of Stark county, how
ever, are reading men and are now too
we'll posted to make mistake on Tues.
day next. They will not gladden. the
hearts of the plundering ring and their
subsidized organ by electing their fraud
candidate, Henry Shaffer, Of Alliance.
In all the stuff the ring organ has
published about AIonzo Smith as Com
missioner, not single specific charge
Is made. Everything has been done
honestly and economically. No jobs
talnt his skirts no plundering combin-
alton has he had hand in. He may
have the enmiiy Of some men on this
account, men who were favored by the
Republican ring whose last year of riot
was 1888.
We have heard Of one stone man In
the west part Of the county who Is
opposing Smith. In 1888 he was faVl red
by the Republican Commissioners with
bridge stone work and drew that year
from the county treasury $l3,566, being
oVar ona third of all the atone work
done that year. OF course he had to
buy all his stone from certain quarry
In which one of these Commissioners
was interested. Is it any wonder this
man wants Smith outp Good citizens
of Stark county may judge by this of
the corrupt ring combination. Beware
of them and vote accordingly.
Even State Senator silas Conrad Of
MassillOn, Republican, was indignant
at this illegal work and urged the pros
ecutiOl of the Commissioner who so
profitted by these contracts. Section
856 of,the revised statutes reads: "No
county Commissioner shall be con-
cernsd In any contract for work to be
done or material to be furnished said
county under penalty Of not more
than 50 900 or less than 5000"
OF course Mr.. Conrad did not care to
push the matter himself
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