The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-04-01
REPUBLICAN, METHODS.
How Elb Harlan, the Minority Candidate,
was Given Bulterworth's Seat
A Atnrk County Man Expresses Some
Plain spoken Views Upon the Mas
siilon Poslonioa Appointment.
Other Matters.
Especial to,the DAnr DnnooHAr,l


consequence " Bntterheld running
ahead and Harlan running behind his
ticket, the former had some 200 or
1900 majority. But the plan OF count
Ing adopted by tho Po0rman committee
easily beat this and gave Harlan 6i3.
They might as we'll have given him
6,430.
Let us 500 how the thing was done,
Just for amusement, and In doing 30
shall quote from the committee'a report
upon lta Andings In regard 10 Precinct
A, 4th ward. The committee assumed
that there was forgery Of 200 tallies
and thla was thrown out. Admitting
that II was o forgery and the 200 votes
were properly thrown out, u only re'
mained to properly account for the re'
naming votes. The way the committee
handled the remaining figures Ia pecu'
liar. quote from page OF the report:
A.Y. Reed testified that when all the
votes we're out and counted, the vote
stood 7l6 Democratic, 1871 Republican,
22 Prohibltionlst; Democratic plurality
332
Upon the plurality. 30 alleged In this
precinct and others by the same mathe-
matloal process IN other parts OF tho re'
port, Harlana 643 majority was figured
up. Now lot us put the matter into
couple OF mathematical propositions, the
flrat according 10 PoOrman, and the sec
Ond according 10 the common rules OF
arithmetic, and 500 how they agree with
each other:
P0oRMANs METHOD on SUBTRACTION.
Sp"SIIcaS SS and SSa prohibition ;ct: Isl piai
Democratic majority iIy,.","."."."...".,","
THE COMMON METHOD.
SSSnsss RspSSsas SSi sSa Prohibition ycic i5i Dai
DmouAlic majority. ",,,,",",',,".."",,bi
Here the Ggures we're made tic In
the most astonishing and unacc0untable
manner, with view OF counting Butter |
0eld out by false subtraction.
In the very next paragraph the COM
mittee Try TO account for their finding,
and atill further manipulate the figures
and say:
"A sworn poll OF the precinct shows
887 electors and l2 who have removed
since the October election; total 070, |
who claim W have voted. Give Republi- |
cans sworn vote OF 1888, Prohibition 22,
equal TO l60 would show q Democratic |
majority Of $751;"
This so-called sworn poll was not On
election at all, but the committee SOL |
emnly assume that II ie, aud TO help
themselves 10 some hundreds OF votes |
again make false subtraction. Let us |
illustrate II no we did the previous |
etatement.
PooRMAN's METHOD,
psmSeIso, isnaSl,S 80,
hopuohoah anu ufiohip'Hoh'''' '''''''''''''''''loo
Democratic majority. ..,.,"..,..,,,,,.,.,,,,,Be |
COMMON METHOD.
epubilcan and Prohibition
Democratic msjority. |
This Ia a fair specimen OF the Poor.
man arithmetic by which Harlan was |
counted In and seated. The pretended |
figures In the report, when Analysed, as
any school boy would analyze them,
show that Butterlield had an nndoubted
m6jority even after the whole vote in |
Precinct A Of the Fourth ward was
thrown out.
When the Democratic members hegan
TO expose this false 0rllhmetic, Poorman
and the rest OF them did not dare TO con.
tradIct or explain things. They simply
jumped up and demanded the previous
question aud forced vote before the
Republicans could weaken.
One Republican, member said to me
after the vote was taken, that he was
disgusted with his own work, and that
II Harlan had not been "nigyer"-I
use his own expressi0n-he would not
have been seated, but that II was party
necessity TO seat him In spite OF the
real figures, That Ia the fullest and best
explanation that can be given OF the
matter, and expresses the true reason.
Both Houses adjourned yesterday till
Monday morning. The Senate Commit
tee will stop taking testimony on Tues
day, but will hardly be ready TO report
for two weeks, unless they report In ad
vance Of printing the testimony. Two
reports may be expected.
THE MAssILLoN PosToFFIcE.
Twas talking to-day with o Stark
p0stoflice appointment. He said:
ut shows what perhdlous wretches
the Payne gang are"
"Dld they deceive and betray 6hep.
Icy ?" asked.
"Moet basely"
"what part did Senator Payne take In
itp
"He was mere cats paw for Dave
Paige and his crowd. They wanted 10
use Shepley for their own purposes,
after they had secured Payne's endorse
ment Of him, but found out that they
could not. Then they cut his throat"
"Dld they have any love for How !
ellsp" II
mot the slightest, but they had no
man with whom they could beat Shep
ley, 80 they lot Howells have II, although
they hate him." IL
"but how did Shepley lose II after
Payne recommended himp"
"Why, Payne went 10 the President !
and said that Notwithstanding his REQ d
ommendation, that he had no doubt but | {
that II would be the best TO appoint one q
OF the other applicants, and he would I
be satisfied II II were done. That set. 1
tied II In favor Of Howelle, as he was the h
most strongly recommended" /
"Was that III"
"That was II exactly"
"Why were the gang down on Shep-
ley" -, ,,,
them anything"
REPUBLICAN DOODLE.
A big quarrel has broken out Ia the
party In Logan and Hooking
over the question OF Doodle.
Harlow White, treasurer OF the Republi. q
san committee, was recently called upon u
10 turn over and account for the Doodle D
used last year In trying TO defeat Buer. o
haus, the Democratic candidate for the II
Legislature. White replies In a public k
,ard. that he has no money-that not cl
only did he expend oil that had been ol
placed In his hands, after begging oil he y,