The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-02-21
rnneALno F apIFoaIAL MAPqHR.

Tho editor of, the NHws- DEMOCRAT
wrote 10 NJ, Halstead OF the Cincinnati
Commercial Gazette and asked for q
copy Of his address before tho Wiaoon-
sin Editorial Associations la tho lot
Tor 10 Mr., Halstead was enclosed an OK
tract from the Repository editorial on
tho same subject Mr. Halstead replies
byapersonal editorial in his own paper,
which the Repository reprints, last
evening, The following from Mr. Hal
stead fully sustains the position taken
by tho NEWs,D EMOORATi-We qu0tel
The newspapers OF Canton, q, are In
formed that / did not in my wisconsin
Press Association address, advocate tho
sale OF editorials 40 advertisements,
The language employed does not seem
10 mo 10 bear that construction, and |
certainly meant nothing like w.
did not plead for or excuse the sale
Of editoriala-tha IL 70 say, declarations
OF fact ana opinion That should be
sacred 10 truth ana have the right
OF fact 10 say, that | never wrote a llne
editOrially for any other money IMAM
my salary aa a writer, NH
Aud now the depository denies that
II said that Mr., HRlstead ever took q
contrary position, This 10 where the
queer business comea In, The Reposl
tory on Friday last In an editorial (at-
tempting q defense Of ita contract with
the school book ringj quoted from MI,
Halatead, Now what did the liepoal'
tory quote from Mr. llalatead fofY
Solely for tho purpose OF showing that
the sale Of newspaper influence was an
ordinary business transaction,
Since Mr. Halatead has denied that
such things are reputable, tho Repoal'
tory claims that tho DEMOCRAT has
misrepresented opposition ana seeksto
divert tho discussion into q personal
channel by making mslnuationa that the
editor Of tho DEMOCRAT Ia publishing
q paper merely for pay, Tho Reposl'
tory charges that the editor of the
DEMOCRAT edited q Republican paper
~ one town, and then rushed oil
Immediately 10 another town aud
Instantly changed his editorial
views % Democracy This may seem
important In the discussion Of the vital
and all absorbing topic Of the sale OF
tho Repository influence for 80 much q
line, (25 O., CASH but no one viii 500 II
that way outside the Repository office,
II may not be out Of place 70 remark,
however that tho Repository i0not tell
Ing the truth even In this unimportOnt
matter Twenty years had elapsed
from the time when the editor of the
DEMOCRAT edited u Republican paper
TO the time when no assumed editorial
control of the Canton DEMOCRAT As
We measure time twenty years IL not In
stantly. The editor Of the DEMOCRAT
was for twelve years the editor Of an
independent Democratic paper before
he came 10 Canton, This paper sup
ported Hancock In 1880, aud Cleveland
In 1884, and its editor wrote, worked
and voted for tho Democratic party
for q decade, and never voted anything
but q Democratic ticket and never yot'
cd q scratched ticket, and eight years
ago was elected to IN important office
on the Democratic ticket In u strong
Republican county,
These statements may not interest
anyone In stark county, and II is only
mentioned TO correct the evident mis-
apprehension Of the Repository editor,
whose efforts TO condense rs much
brain power as possible into "aBy fa'
tire articles acceptable at the rate V
20 cents a iino' seems 10 have unduly
agitated his susoeptibilities and demon
allied his understanding,