The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-03-11
appeal Mr., President. and the only one
shall make, ltis this, or nothing.
am In the great cause.
TInIY YOnrA.
ARCHIE MCHREG0R


CANTON, ONO, November 10, 1885.
NR PREslDENT:-Y0ur kindly atten'
llOnA 10 ma white In Washington lat
summer induce mA 10 trouble you with
q few lines, AID irat let me eOngTatu
late you over tho result in New York and
Virginia, and indeed over the improve
ment In Iowa and elsewhere, These late
elections have relieved ua IN Ohio ard
helped na greatly 10 a better state OF
feeling aud hOpeiulnesa, lndeed, wa
ought 10 have carried Ohio 1 0itober,
aud might have done 30. Several i'm
pCTtant localities were -adly neglected,
Cleveland. for instance. This county
gave IlOadly 208 Warwick, for Lieuten-
AIT Governor, who lives at Masslll0n IN
this county, had 800 This In the tlfth
county In pOpul,tlO In the State and
va have 10 attend TO matters ! assure
you. You doubtless Tememb that AM
AN APPLICANT For THE ANTON POST
OFFICE, aud have been cOrhlallY And
drcilenly endorsed by the Dem Gratis
here, Being Presidential appOiat
ment | only hope you will be able 70
give " n little attentiIn N and that our
SENATOR Payne may not have the entire
any, While on friendly terms with our
Senator, ! do not know that | am IN
enillcent favor 10 ba endorsed by him |
fslt II my duty TO fayorNr, PendletOn tCr
u aacOnd term In the senate, He was
the decided choice OF the Democrats OF
the county also. | never made an uu-
kind reference to Senator Payne Of
course and propose TO honor him as our
Senator | appreciate fully and ever
honor party tealty. II Ia the on'y way
TO success, hope 10 pay my resp rla 10
you In December. Excuse this nbNTty
aud believe me. Very truly yours nc,
ARCHIE MCGREGOR
LETTER TO THE POSTMASTER GENERAL
DEMOCRAT OFFICE,
CANTON, o., March 1886
Col W, II, Villas POSTMASTER GEN
ERAL:-Daar Slf:-IhanRs Tor the re-
turu Of my napers applying for the
Canton pOsiOllice. Since | nli'sed the
pOstC flee II IL satisfaction TO have the
paperB with the II ,tteTing endorse
menta. would have aCknOw lodged
sooner, but for an accident that laid me-
np aeyera' weeks and from which | am
SLOWLY ItcONeIlnR'
regret your rules forbid furnishing
copies Of william Afchinal's papers,
for there 10 no doubt AZ TO the lmpOql'
tlOn, Senator Payne, In q letter 10 the
President 0f the Young Men'a D'mO'
cratic Club Of this place boaslingly
refers TO 052 signatures OF Afchinal's
petition, aud TO The fact on his endorse
ment by the Mayor aud q majority Of
the members OF the Board OF Education
and City Council. We could easily on.
ta6lieh that majority Of the names are
Republicans and IN other respects full
OF fraud and forgery, names even hay
Ing been aided after the petition left
Canton Bat like the records Of the
Council Of Zen, In old Venice, and those
OF the Spanish lnqulaltl0n, yours are
not open 10 public inspection, Thus
fraud and forgery are successful aud
concealed
Senator Payne. probably, did not
know that the Mayor IN n Republican,
that the members Of the two city bodies
referred TO are also Republicans with u
D'm0cratlc name or tWO0nly, But We
had no opportunity to take tho case up
on error Could not even get q tran
script 10 show fraUdl
Never did an Administration start out
with fairrr auspices than this, and with
the full confidence and hearty hopes OF
the great Democratic party, You eau
judge, Colonel, how II In now, ~ well
w /, How could II be otherwise, when
lhN expressed will OF the honest Damo.
Gratis Is 30 utterly disregarded, ~ In our
caeep
On the 2Sth Of March last year on the
occasion Of nominating by popular vote,
q Democratic city ticket q vote waa had
for postmaster resulting Archie ht
GregOr, 1859 Wllllam Archlnal, 81, all
others aud scattering, 49, Aud thls
administration appoints ArGhinal +,
Judging by this The Administration
cares nothing for tho pury and the
party endors ument; prefers him who Is
not tho representative mau, IL this
the way 10 maintain the confidence OF
the partyp Why, from the outlook now
even hope Ia In danger, and that 10 the
last thing to leave us.
| have seen dark Democratic days, and
aeen the Democratic party survive them.
This Administration may feel strong In
ita power, hut II had better have the
confidence and moral support Of the
great party behind II. In all this the
men Of principle are the principal men,
The Administration cannot afford 10 be
the mere instrument Of other mems
malice, for the Administration must
bear the responsibility Of ite own acts.
The Constitution deslgns the Execu-
tive M an independent, though cO.Ordi-
nate, branch Of the toyornmentand the
d m0Cratic President who Yields that
independence makes q great mistake.
Allow mo TO say that the Canton case
was n prominent one. The decided vote
endorsing Archie McGregOr was u high
compliment aud the press OF Ohio, NJ
the time, gayeit public mention, not TO
aay endorsement. Most people sup
posed the vote settled II, aud even the
President no thought and said last June,
In December, however, learning from
you that the case could not be taken up
on error appealed TO Ceasar, but all
In vain. lle aid not see why he should
ba troubled with such mat.era, or
course begged pardon, thought 10 II
NNN ~ A'N'Nl'NNlhl NlNNAhNNlNllNf NNNI NuN
would not b> intrusive, aud made my
bow.
II would have been easy, my dear cir,
TO have got Thousands OF signatures to
n remonatrauce TO The Senate, but | said
no, would consent TO no interference
by way OF obiiructlng tho course Of the
Administration, certainly not by way tf
appealing 10 n Republican Senate,
Hence thera was no remonettance sent
In, although thousands Of signatures
thereto could have been got, Tho fact
IL, Colonel, the Administration and Sen.
ator Payne have lost more than |. This
ght be- consolation did not fear
the effect upon the party, which IL Of
more consequence than any individual,
The Democratic party existed before this
Administration, and will long survive
it,