The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-12-02
THE PROBATE JUDGEsHIP.


In another column of the DEMOCRAT
will be found "a Card from Judge
Meyer" We publish the card for Judge
Meyer in order to give him chance to
Explain his despicable conduct to the
Democratic party, II he can call 1t an
explanation.
In the second paragraph he endeaVors
to explain that be resigned to Governor
Foraker, because there was no other
authority to resign to; that he "cOuld
not resi- . II to yLu (THE DEMOCRACY or
the Democracy, or the people of S;ark
county" True, Judge Meyer could re
sign to no other authority than tn
Governor. But why, If he was a true
Democrat AID had the interests of the
party at heart, did he not resign more
than thirty days before the election !"
T1e Commissioners could than haI 9
ordered an election to fill the vacancy
thus OccasiOned. This would be SUD
stantially resigning to the people, and
the vacancy could then be filled
by the people 1t Is said that this ar
rangemenJ between Judge Meyer and
Mr.. FaWceJt was entered into some six
or eight weeks before the election, and
that the resignation was held back till
after the election In order that there
could be no special election ordered. Ii
this ls true does 1t not show bad faith
Oh the part Of Judge Meyer to the party
that elevated him to the position ,Ol
Common Pleas Judge and twice to the
position of Probate Judge In the space
of ten years9
We sympathize with Judge Meyer in
falling health, but Is that any reason
why he should barter the rights of the
people away, when ne COULD have lei
them have a say as to who should fill the
vacancy.
IL is true as Judge Meyer says the fact
Of his desiring to resign was known
for some months before 1t was done, rs
he had talked with number Of REPUB-
LICAN ATTORNEYS about the barter, but
none of them would enter into the ar
raDgement.
AS to the correction about the ar
raDgement with Mr.. Jones, its matters
little whether he did actually tender the
resignation. But the real reason of the
refusal to resign In favor of Mr.. Jones
was on account of some remark made by
Governor HOadly on the resignation,
which, when Judge Meyer learned,
wrote to MIR. Jones Withdrawing his
proposition to resign.
Judge Meyer, In his card. makes q
charge against Democratic leaders"
trying to defeat him in his campaign for
the second term. This Judge Meyer
knows to be false. The only "machina
ti0ns" got up against any one on ths
Democrat ticket at that time was
against John G. Welty. and the leader OF
The scheme was Judge Meyers right
hand man and lieutenant In that cam
psign, Vim. j. PlerO. MIR. Piero was on
the committee that year and as men,
rer of that committee gave away such
Of the proceedings as he could 10 operate
against Mr.. Welty, and was the "spy" Of
the Republicans In the Democratic ranks
at that time and worked then as he did
at the election in 1885 and also at the
late elections against the Democratic
ticket. This, Judge Meyer, Is the
Vaccinations" you speak of, and in
stead of being against you, 1t was your
friends against John G. Welty.
As to the FEW who denOunce you at
Canton. you console yourself that 1t is
the same turbulent element that hung
recently In efigy Henry b. Payne" A
people deceived and defra0d6d of their
rights and betrayed by their servants
may sometimes In their Indignation re-
sort to acts that in their more thought
full moments would not do. The DEMO
Graf did not approve of the tffigy busi
ness and so said. Neither did it
approve of the boodlers method of OBJ
tanning the U. s. SenatOrship any more
than 1t approves of your method of
betraying the Democratic psrty-and 30
says. This much for Judge Meyers
card.
Judge Meyer goes back to before the
campaign of 1860 exhibiting his venom
against the editor of the DEMOCRAT for
supporting John q. Breckenridge. Well
that is something we can STAND; but the
Judge might as we'll make reference 70
something before the Christian Era In
extenUatiOn of his act.
As to the selection of j. P Fawcett.
we can cheerfully say that he Is a young
man of ability and will make an excel
lent Judge. He is an upright, honorable
man, and will fill the Office Creditably.