The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-11-04
BOHEMIA.
General Jim Thinks Thar W. A. 7. Ought to
Have Licking.
Whereupon a sockdOlager from the Ooun-
ty of Marion smiLes the Warrior
Betwixt the ayes and sends
Him to Grass.
special Dispatch to the ENQUIRER.

sOn8l encounter.
AS General Robinson is somewhat un-
der the medium size; with pale, thought
full features, and Am SIX feet six, weigh
250 pounds, aud am as TObus as the an
cient Anak who formerly bosaed the Ne
phslim, the public will Readily under
stand the extent of my fOT5eaTBnce In
not settling all pending political issues
according to the Marquis Of Queens.
buTy's rules.
Ganeral Rob ns0u assured me In q
loud voice that my course as a corTe-
spOndent dGTing this campaign had ut.
terly destroyed me and used me up, so to
speak. There is 10 doubt about 1t.
Buckley and Clarke, understand, dis
like me a great deal. SO do Jim Lowry
aid Louis EmmUns and all the other
officers and directors Of the KentOn BO-
hemian 0at and CeI cal Company.
AarOA KOplin, understand Is averse
to me, and, likewise, Emi Parkinson.
BeiiefOntaine gang, and the bosom
friend Of Bob Kennedy, | am told, is in
the habit OF saying that am very de.
structiVe to the Bohemian Oat business.
Alasl am forced to admit it-lOt man
engaged directly or Indirectly In BO.
hemian oats or Rel Line wheat but
holds me in adherence and hatred. But
| might have known ". l didn't start
out to cultivate their friendship.
was simply drilling for h truth,
and | struck gusher wherever | found
the surface indications of Bohemian.
1t is true that the Bohemians do not ad
mire me, but am blessed with the as
surance that the victim zsd farmers,
whose wrongs | have tried TO right,
would not set their dogs on me for what
| have done.
During the fervd colIOqGy General
Robson was very profuse In his dIstri-
button OF eplthets, while tried to calm
him with the assurance that the time
had gone by when Republican gang
sters could defame Democrats with i'm
punity; that the era of bulld0Z'ug had
passed away; that felt rather h4,Jered
to learn that had skinned a number Of
the toughest Republican pa0hyderms In
the State add hung their hides on the
fence Of public opinion to dry, and that
during my Investigations In Bohemia |
| had nsVer hired cOnVicts with DaTdOns
to make perjured affilaVits against
reputable citizens, hadn'G drawn Ou the
peniEentiary for my facts, but given the
statements OF honest, straightforward
men.
| But somehow or other, the more tried
to calm the General, the fiercer ragged the
tempest In his soul and the more uncalm
he became.
But don't want any body to think !
am "intimidated," not withstanding the
| nnnaRo1 La RohO mn kndlU r. 90 hn
other fellows who are being "intimidat-
ed" just now.
Is vas only few moments after Gen.
eral Robinson had passed away like an
! equatorial hurricane that a gentleman
timidly approached me with the state.
ment that he was farmer from Marion
county, and handed me the prospectus
of 1.-THE Central Ohio Grain and Seed
Company, incorporated under the laws
of the State of OHIO October 24th, 1885,
Capital stock, $4,000. Principal office,
Marion, OHIO" The very first thing in
the prospectus is the follow:
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF TATE
OF THE STATE OF OHIO.
! /, James s. Robinson, Secretary of
State, do hereby certify that the articles
of Incorporation Of The Central Ohio
Grain and Seed Company were filed in
my office on the Oath day Of October, A,
d. 1885, and recorded in volume %, page
458, of the Records Of Incorporation
with capital stock OF $4,000.
In testimony whereof have hereunto
subscribed my name and affixed my
seal of Office, at Columbus, the 24th day
of October, A. D. 1885.
JAMES s. ROBINSON,
Secretary Of State.
"Did any body get bit by The COM
| panyp' asked the farmer.
Hundreds of them," was the reply.
What led them into itp"
"Why, dOu't you see from this that we
thought IL was all straight. We looked
upon 1t as safe when General Robinson
gave 1t such certificate, and that it
was backed by $4,000 in money"
'Did this certihc tie give you faith In
Certainly, we all accepted 1t as q
safe and honest company when we saw
this certificate"
That tells thu whole secret of this
business. Every one Of these swindliug
gangs had certificate" Of this kind. /
have repeatedly asked General Robin
son why he should have issued them.
He has remained VOiceless.
There is one thing In this particular
certificate to which l especially desire
to call the attention of Genera Robin-
son, General BOyntOn and the public,
and that 10 the date.
1t was issued on the Oath day Of OctO-
ber, 1885 Just one year and four days
ago to-day.
In his five column defense from Ken
ton General Robinson says thst long
previous to the foregoing date he warn.
cd men by letter and in person to have
nothing to do with these companies;
that he knew them to be swlndliDg con
Germs.
Then will he please tell why, after he
knew them to be sWlndles, he incOrpor-
sted this gang on the Gath of October,
1885. to rob his neighbors in Marion
countyp Does he pretend to say he was
compelled to incOIp rate what he knew
was an Infamous swindle, and issue his
certificate to the swindlers, by means Of
which they robbed the unwary2
Why didn't he refuse to incorporate
just one Of these swindles and let the
swindlers try writ OF mandamus on
himp Doesn't he know that not one of
these rascals would have dared to 90
into Court to compel him to incOTpOr-
ate notorious swindlep Don't he know
that If they had gone into court to COM
pei him by mandRmus to Issue his GER
tifcate, that he could have exposed the
whole thing and have destroyed the ras
cally business, root and brsnchp
He and his satellites may abuse me,
may shout till they are hoarse that am
liar" may threaten, brOwbeat and
vainly attempt to "intimldate" me into
silence, but they will find that the pub