The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-01-14

| moll DbmOcThllc UluD OF canton yes
terday morning. The imm' dlate Occa
aion was, OF course, Senator Payne's part
In defeating The veteran amOlg 4 Demo-
cratic Editors for the Canton pOstOfIlce,
aud many who may have 70
probated the act for pOllcy's sake, no
doubt heartily enjoyed II within them.
selves, for the PLAIN Dealer's Canton
special Ia ubqnestionably correct when
II says:
nc EiitOr McGregOr has devoted hls life,
labor aud fortune 10 the Democratic
party, and now that In the autumn Of
ha life he Ia kept out OF his last hope OF
reward for party services, an intense
fenllnR or Indignation has been aroused
Ia the breasts Of almost every Democrat
in Canton aud Stark county. who have
gwen him loyal support In his llght for
the masleIbhip,"
No one can be surprised II the Stark
county Democrats ara indignant at the
wrong done 10 their veteran leader who
mar sacrificed 40 much 10 their cause,
particularly when hybrid Democrat Ia
preferred before him aud YET Il Ia no
more than could be expected from Payne,
considering tho way In which the
Democratic Legislative caucus was cap
tured for him - Akron Beacon, Dec. %
THE CANTON POST OFFICE,
The Democrats OF CauIOa we're terri.
bly, excited last week over tho appOint.
ment OF q postmaster AZ that place, aud
because Archie McGregor, editor OF the
DEMOCRAT, who was their choice, was
not appointed, They blamed Senator
Payne, and on the night OF the 2lat
hung a dummy across the principal
street OF the city, intending II ~ an
Insult TO the Senator. We think Archie
McGregor should have been appointed
he has labored long and znal0ualy In
the ranks, spent hls lime and his money,
aud was tho choice Of large m jirity
OF lhe cltizeua 0f Canton and Il Senator
Pdyne was the cause OF MCGrtgOr not
receiving the appointment, he commit
ted an Oifense against the Will Of the
people which comes Ia bad taste from one
who is supposed to reflect tho desires Of
hi1 constituents, not disregard them for
personal revenge or selfish motives, as
IL doubtless unjletly charged. II the
workers are not 10 r, cpiye the reward OF
their labor, Henry b. Payne should never
have been Senator, We think Nc. should
have had the Canton pOs,0illje--if such
men na no are not 10 10 remembered
when appointment \ are made, II argues
u bad state Of affairs In the parry, and
his defeat Will cause unpleasant rell %
tiona upon Senator Payne throughout
the State and Union. II may be con
sderod small matter. but great 70
suits often from small eau 'es illw" We
do not believe Senator Payne opposed
The appointment Of our old friend Nc
Gregor. II he did, from our standpoint,
we think no made q great mistake, az
did some friends OF McGregOr In the
course they adopted TO express their
aentlments.-l ruscarawas County Dem.
0crat,
THE sPous SYSTEM.
The action OF Senator Payne In having
appointed at Canton u postmaster who
received but 81 out OF twelve hun.
dred votes, the remainder being cast for
Me. McGregor, Is fair sample OF the
working of the sp0lls system. The
Ulllce holder makes use OF II TO pension
hts political henchmen upon the people,
10 that the henchmen, Instead OF being
pal by the person for whom the work
IL OF special personal benefit, are paid
out Of the public treasury, The wishes
OF the people are set aalde by the use OF
the "machlne,"- New Lisbon Buckeye
State, Rep.
ONE OF THE OLDEST
"The Democratic editors have no
rights the administration are bound 10
rGepect," Az Canton, Stark county, Ohio,
u vote was taken to see who should be
the new postmaster, and Hon, A. Nc
Greg0r received niue out OF every ten
woes cast but twilhstanding this
fact, he did not get ihe Office. II IN one
OF the 0ldest and ablest Democrats edl
tors In Ohio, ana hae fought against
odds for many years, and now when the
people almost unanimously vote 20 re
ward him, an outsider-anO who never
did much for Democracy, ~ appointed
postmaster, Why should an editor who
has served the party 10 long and faith.
fully bo thus treatedp-[ Freeport, ILL.,,
Democrat.
"oUT OF POLITICS"
For man who Ia "OuO OF politics." M
Mr., Paige constantly protests, the OK.
Congressman OF the 20,h District IL In
about as deep as most men would care
10 be, judging from the letters A chic
McGregor 10 printing nova daye,- Ak
ron Beacon.
A GOOD ILLUSTRATION,
A good illustration of how the coal
oil and spoils system Of the Democracy
OF this State controls public matters, we
refer TO the appointment Of o postmaster
at Canton, over Mc6regor, who was nj
most unanimously elected by the peo.
pie, but who had opposed the coal oil
gang through his paper Van Vert
Bulletin.
"pUT TO THE KNIFE"
The Standard OIL influence In Ohio
prevented Mr.. Archie McGregor from
becoming postmaster ut canton, In that
State, although no seems to have been
by all odds the choice Of the people, or.
teen 10 one Standard Oil IL the new
political influence recently invoked In
~. Louis In did Of water gas. Thls In.
iluence gave II out cold that Mayor
Francis was to DO put 10 the knife be
cause he had not acted to suit them.--
springfield (Mo) Daily Herald.
A MEAN THING.
0ue OF the meanest things done by the
present administration, looked at from
Wadsworth, Is that OF not appointing A.
McGregor postmaster. He was largely
endorsed by n home vote, competent and
deserving,-[W Wadsworth Enterprise.
ENTITLED TO RECOGNITION.
II appears that the contest for the