The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-11-18
THE REPS NEW LIE
about the Wilmot Tally Sheet Shown Up
aud the Liars Ventilated,

aud the Liars Ventilated.
1t is attempted to whitewash bare-faced fraud by
saying that the WilmOt precinct tally sheet com
pete at the count or course 1t was AS soon as the
kepub lean Judge brought the fraudulent sheet to Cam
ton he demanded complete and received 1t, That
was what no came to Canton for-[ Repository.
Wrong again old spplebutter; "On the
contrary quite the reverse" You are
rying TO cover up one Of the most in
famous frauds that you and your desper-
tte gang has ever perpetrated The
WilmOt tally sheet returned to Ghe COun-
y Gle k was in Deputy BeebOut's hand
writing and contained not o single
-JTOr. This you know. The assertion
hat the r publican Judge demanded
and received another sheet Is false and
Jhis you know also; you have lied about
this matter from first to last.
W0en the WilmOt return was opened
Clerk McGregOr called attention to the
fact that there was no error of any kind
and that the writing was that of Deputy
Brebout Not single one of your many
friends present had the hard1hOOd to
dsny it, Previous to election your man
Friday, mot Ulysses, did In pOmpOus
manner demand of Deputy Helm
Eartner anO her book but was
promptly refused. Mr.. Heingartner,
however, offered to correct any
error that might appear on the tally
sheets or poll books, and your man Fri
day (nOt UIysses), would not even per.
NIT AIR. Helngartner to see 1t, but re-
Csined the same original book made out
by Deputy BeebOut. Dare HE deny this
Suppose, however, that one Of the
two books did contain, as you claim,
/ hn Of T fnnkooH ~ oh
inson, would any sane man regard this
as attempted fraOdS Would 1t relieve
your man Reed Of the responsibility OF
signing an affidavit that declares that
the poll books and tally Sheets" plural
every time, contained the name Of Law
rencep Would such an error in one
book relieve your man Friday Of the re
sponsibiIiry of imposing upon the gen.
tlemen who signed the statement fol-
lowing Reeds affidavit, viz: that "the
poll books and tally sheets"-plural
agsin--contained the name of Lawrence
instead Of the proper one2 As the tally
sheet ana poll book returned from the
WilmOt precinct ia the identical one
made out by Deputy BeebOut, aud is cor.
rect In every particular, the most leni.
ent construction your disreputable at
tempt upon the character of the Clerk
will admit Of, is, that possibly one OF
the books may have contained such an
error as you describe; the other, how.
ever, being correct, would prove to an
idiot, even, that there was no attempt
to deceive.
The Clerk has never pretended
to deny that such an er'
Tor was possible, and 1t would
surprise no one should you show just
such an error. But you know, Grant
(nOt Ulysses) knows, Reed knows, and
every signer to the statement following
Reeds affidavit knows, that the error II
1t appeared at all, did not appear upon
the "pOll books" plural, and tally
Sheets" plural, as claimed. One man
whose name appears upon the list, has
said that only one book was shown him
that he did not believe there was any
attempt at fraud; that he was not re
spOnsiDle for, or aware of the use made
of his signature to the statement, claim
ing the fraud" headlines to your arti-
Gle, old spplebutter, uncalled for, not
| justified by the circumstances, and that
ne was not aware that more than one
book was thought Of or referred to In
the article endorsed by him.
We believe others of the signers were
mlsled In the same way.
Why was not the return made upon
the fraudulent () tally sheet, and Clerh
McGregor made to correct his errorP Is
1t possible that even the generous s0lu-
tiOn we suggest Is more than the facts
warrant, and that 1t was not believed
best to show up the book containing the
error ellegedp 1t was preferred not to
show the books to CleYk Heingartnerl
As we have said, when the Wilmot
return was opened, Clerk McGregor
called attention to the fact that the
names were in the hand writing OF
Deputy BeebOut and there had been no
error. Not Republican present opened
his mouth. After the figures were en-
tered In the table the return was passed
to Mr.. WOrley, who soon passed 1t along
to Mr.. BTittOn, who handed 1t next to
Mr.. Bush, near whom sat ex-Judge
Frease. In short, besides several Re-
publican candidates other Republican
leaders were present, and examined or
had opportunity to do so, but not a soul
Of them uttered world Mum was the
game therel
Now, let me ask:-Are Canton Repub-
lican leaders, .One and all, miserable
liarsp Is their organ wholly and abso-
lutely given over to falsehOodp Is there
no truth In any Of themp Are they all
wretched and miserable followers OF the
father of liesp II so, they have, In the
Repository, q worthy Organl