The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-01-07
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MnAT rs TnouaHr OF 1T
By tho N,wspipers Of 10th Parties
THE COAL oil MACHINE,

oar into the trouble at Canton about the
pOstOilice. We advocated the election OF
Mr.. PandletOn on the grOnld that Mr.
Payne, "m0chine' politician OF inc
most yirnlent type, was backed by q
delegation from the STANDARD OIL Com
pany, partly for the purpose OF breaking
down, In Democratic circles In ONO, the
growing forces In favor Of n reform In
the civil eylce, The CIV service qneq
tiOn dOea not directly enter Into the case
at Canton, except In no far ~ me acuOh
OF Senator PAYNE, governed by q ma
chine cl que, ehOWH how The people may |
be robbed Of their choice OF local pu0llc
aeryanta,
MIR, Payne, at Canton, placed the tina
chine" above the peopel
The Canton DEMOCRAT ah0Wa how no |
did II, The term OF Diy Il Page, az
Congressman, expired March AN, He |
never represented Stark county In Con |
gIeaa, yet, on the l2th Gf March, after
the expiration Of hia term OF service, |
and ppiaklng OF the proposed choice by |
the people Of candidate for postmaster
said:
~ am utterly Opposed to the election |
idea; and | will not clnnienhnce H. |
When the time comes TO aGt on The Can
ton p0ptOllre VIII assume ell The re |
apOnsbllity and appoint The man ! see
at." /
In another letter upon this 9ntject
Mr., Paige taJs. o.,.....
~ am no, able 10 he IN Ohio to attend
TO matters politically Rnl Payne con-
auta Shields IN the absa.ce 0f myaeii |
You better IN the ue,ulim !
hayea conference with Mr. ShNIdl,'
These two extracts, FROM letters writ |
ten by an * Congressman, clearly show |
the tendency Of the "apOila system" II
places the "mlchlnp" nbOye the ppOno,
M In thla Gaze Mr. NJ Gregor hai l,lOO
Democratic votes for posImASler To-
for themnn to whom the appointment
was given,
If there was any difference a. 10 A.
neaa, Mr MrGregor Lad the advantage,
COLUMBUS DlFpRlch,
A GREAT POLITICAL WRONG
No greater political wrongs have been
perperated In OHIO than the failure ny
the President TO appoint Hon. Archibald
MeGregOr postmaster ut Canton, aud
Hon. Jas. X. Newcomer postmaster at
DtihWhIt' lNbiN hlu NV w WV bhAN'N
States more honorable and honest men
In public or private life, Both have
served thepuhlic faithfully In honorable
trusts. Both are known by every Demo'
crat In Ohio, TO be deserving, worthy
and Influential men, They have de-
voted their money, time aud talents 10
The npbUlldlng and support OF the DEM
cratic party ia Ohio, aud for lhe main'
tenauce VI Ne prnclples and p1liclrs.
To strike them down for anybody and
any reason named I'm connection vi h |
II, wasa crime against the D'm crauy
OF OHIO nul he cuus'0 good govern
menL Cambridge jr1hrgonIan (D'm)
COAL OH oN TOP
Coal on IL on too Ia politics, ln thls
one cape " j. better than natural gus |
Gas got dowUed, 40 least IN The Canton |
pOatCtllCe scramble Carroll Ropubll'
eau.
THE DEsp0TIsM on THE MACHINE,
According to the Ca0tOn DEMOCRAT,
Mr. d, Il, Paige, on March l2 1885,
then an ex Cong wrote 10 u
friend In Canton that no would control
the appointment OF postmaster there.
lie evidently knew what he WAS talking |
about mere than nine months ahead Of |
the appointment. The correspondence
has fallen into the hands o. the defeated |
candidate FOR tho Olllre, who states thai |
no will make II publlc II may throw |
some HIGHT on the method by which Mr. |
Payne wga elected, willatall eyguts |
illustrate the despotifm VI the "mG-
chine" over thu expressed will Of the |
people OF Canton aa indicated by u local |
yote fOr postmaster columbus Dis
patch,
ONLY FULFILLING MS PLEDGES
II Ia n pity that our D,mocla 10 |
friends OF the beautiful liltle town OF
Canton should And n necessary 10 hang |
Senator Payne ~ elllzy, and that simply |
because no insisted upon the 0ppOlnt-
ment Of a postmaster whom rob b)dy else |
wanted, 1, might have occurred 20
them 10 inquire for what purpose he |
was elected senator, II not for The aim.
pie one VI distributing the Federal |
patronage. Az Mr., Flanagan, OF Texas,
remarked NJ Chicago, What are we here |
for, II not for the 0lllcesY And, in
deed, aside from the merits OF the mo |
tive, the work was not we'll d0ne, The |
correct caper would have been 10 follow
the hanging by burning for II Ia wei
known that coal oil makes cheerful |
and handsome blRzo-- Cincinnati Sun,
Rep.
A REPUBLICAN TAlNr.
The Ylndlcator indn'gps In the fol-
lowing aOml.lugubrl0us comment:
"McGfegOr, OF the Canton DEMOCRAT, |
wreatled long and earnestly, but taeems
that tho angel OF the Lord touched hiq
thigh, and lol no was d0wned, This
world seems TO have On oyolpluO Of par.
tlcularly bright young men,"
Yea, Youngstown and Canton do seem
10 have enough young men TO serve the
purposes OF II reform naturalization,
Cd men, who object 10 aOlliOg Senator
ships NJ public auction and make them.
selves obnoxious 10 tho fOrgers and the
gold specialized godfather OF the stand
ard Oh Company, arc not much IN de-
mand ris u rude, practical world .wo
live In, and things are juut exactly what
they eOOm,- Youngstown Telegram, Rop.
TWO PROMINENT KIDS,
Archie McGregor, Of Canton, and j. X,
Newcomer, OF Delaware, tho editors OF
the Democratic organe for their respect
I've counties, have been defeated by two
prominent kids for postmasters' Nc
Gregor aud Newcomer arc b0lster0ua
moesbacka, and denounced the methods
by which Payne was elected 40 Senator
over Pendeton. They ought 10 have
known better than 10 have applied when
coal oil 10 king aud forgery IL In vogue.
Al Canton Senator Henry y. Payne was
hanged In elllgy, but since tho suspen-
sion VI sixty students nj Delaware no
more deylment isnllowed In that place.
Brothers N Gregor aud Newcomer have |
our most encere sympathy - [0hio |