The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-08-19
THE DEMOCRATIC PRESS OF one.

To omit TO refer to the Democratic editors
of Ohio, who for over fifty years have heen
in the din as well as in the front of the
political battle, would be like omitting the
"Prince of Denmarkn in Shakspere's play
of "Hamlet-n The old gray-haired Democrat
will tell you how nobly Samuel Medary and
George w. Manypenny bittied for the prin-
ciples of their party. And the names OF
Charles H. Brough, Peter Kaufman Of Cam
ton, William D. Letter Of New Lisbon, 7. P.
Spencer of Cleveland, Joseph Cable of Car
~roliton, Charles J.. Orton, Asa q. Dimmock,
]. o. Botefur, are q few OF the old veteran
editors whom I can now recall 10 memory.
There is not . Democrat of any intelligence
In Ohio who does not know or who has not
heard of Charles B. Flood, now Of Columbus,
old in years but young in heart and intellect.
He was q notably able and vigorous editor.
What Democrat who has lived In the wheat
belt region can forget the genial Breslin, the
original editor of the Seneca Advertisers And
the two Knapps-John r., OF Marion. and
Horace s., of Ashland-both now. dead, were
powers in their day. What Democratic edi-
tors ever labored more faithfully than More
head, of the Wayne County Democrat. Judge
Estiil, of the Holmes County Farmer. and
Mordica P. Bean. of the Bucyrus Forum
Gone they are, but not ~forgotten. As . faith
full, jealous. true Democrat who ever sur
passed John Y. Glessner, the old and veteran
editor of the Richland Shield and Banner?
What more sprightly and pointed pen ever
traced lines upon paper than that OF I. w.
Gray, the original editor and proprietor of
the Cleveland Plain Deslerf How zealously
he was wont to ask his brethren to .watch
and pray"
And when Samuel 8. Cox. now a aBuckeye
abroad, /" our Minister to Turkey, was editor
of the Statesman, who could photograph an
enemy or give a description Of . gr and '.old
sunsetn better than bel With what ciearness
and dignity the grave Mr.. Faran, of THH EN-
oUIRER, formerly expounded the policy of his
party. Up in old Hancock County Jacob
Glessner built mp q strong Democratic paper,
which is now continued in the way he
pointed by his sons. In Licking County for
many years William Duane Morgan manages
and edited ably the Newark Advocate. This
old veteran Democrat now lives at his old
home in Washington, Penn. Down in the
quaint old town of New Lisbon,
in Columbiana County. nestled among
the bills, lives In ease and retire.
ment Henry 81. Gregg, q protege of the
old editor of the Washington Globe. Mr.
Gregg came to Ohio in 1888 and assumed the
editorship of the Ohio Patriot, q Democratic
paper established in lS06-eighty years ago.
by William D. Lepper, sen. John h. Heaton
of the ST. Ciairsville Gazette. good-hearted
jolly "%Johnnie," now dead, was always in at
tendance at State Conventions, and his papel
was ever ready to battle for the cause hi
} loved. The living Harper. of the Noun
Vernon Banner, with hair that shines y
silver, but intellecr and memory ready y
} ever, no doubt will appear at the Toledo Con
, %vention, unless death claims him as his Owl
before that time. THE ENQUIRER, wher
once could be seen the beaming face of Wash