The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-02-21
ELECTRIC LIGHT
Illuminates Il Very Dark Trans
action.
A Canton Newspaper That Sells
It's Editorials and Opinions
For Cash
A Calm Discussion on the Moral
Turpltude Of the Sale,
-
The Infamy Of tho hepofitory Man
agemont,

TnE Repository management have
boon exposed In u scheme OF bribery
We cannot escape u feeling OF humila'
ton IN touching upon the subject, ~
the shadow OF tho crime may seem 10
reflect upon the whole editorial irater'
nifty,
This 10 why II were better, perhaps
that the crime had never been exposed
IL We do not treat " radically, fearless
ly aud boldly, some men IN this city
aud OF our cllenlage, may be led 10 au6'
pect that editors, generally, are for sale,
This question ha6 financial aa well
as u moral aspect, The publishers Of
the DEMOCRAT arc conducting q
newspaper In the same city, We are
trying 10 do an honorable business aud
conduct our journal on correct, moral
principles, Az best the Newspaper
business here 10 unremuneratlYe, aud
IL iB only by the most industrious
methods and closest calculations that
the business is self sustaining,
WeBell nothing but our advertising
columns. We cannot compete with an
opposition newspaper that sells, not
only los advertising pages, but lts edi.
t0rlala, and ~ opinions on matters OF
public concern,
Lot us illustrates Take two dry
goods merchants, side by side, One
buys his goods In the market. The other
steals his goods, The man who buys
cannot compete successfully with the
man who sells what he steals
Let us not misunderstood the ques.
tIOn, or confuse the issue.
The Hon. John H. Monn0t 10 rep.
reSentatiye In the Ohio Legislature. lie
10 the author and advocate OF meas.
uro that touches the interests Of all the
people, There Is no politics In II, Re-
publiCans and Democrats are alike In
torested In IL. The school book ring
want to defeat this measure, and they
succeed In bribing powerful new6pa.
per, published IN the home Of Mr., Mon.
not, TO aid them
This newspaper prints articles, op.
posed to the bill, which are paid for NJ
30 much per line They print com
munica. Ions, pretending TO be emGna'
tiOnB from local talent (but are really
prepared by the school book ring) for
which they are also paid by the line,
They even go further than this, They
pretend that there Is u job In MIR Mon
nots soheine, una IN eulIoriais nhu com
munlcatlOhs, pa1 LOT ny wy bVhool
Dook ring, Jne heposlsory ulIenp5S W
cast IeleSti9nS upon tlo hVnqr nuu W.,
tegrlY OF MI Monlot auu 70 lllIuIe MS
standing as the peoples lepreseht.aitNe;
IL may be tnere ~ u deeper aePth oil
inlamy tlll lhlb, put VIC uoupV ~
~ seems nafsn Vo sly tnVse Vn,hHh,
but something musS DC shlu, allu W.
are called upon aS y puDlo louInnlisti
IN the interest," OF ueeeney una lor tlo
preservation OF honest meth0us, 10 shy
what ought 70 De sald. ..,.,,.
III wo hesltllte 70 speak 9nt Dolby We W.
may be suspected OF similar methous
with the REPOSITORY. -,
Let us say, therefore, mere ah1 now,
and ilnallV, III any contracts snail ever |
be found similar to the one, printed on |
our first page TO day, duplicating the
management Oh the DlsMoohAr IUb,
LISTING 70. IN u o0rrupJ scnenle 70 alu
the deieat OF pubic nleasuIe, pgnu
ing IN the Vhio Leg,siaeuIe, VI any IN
islatlye Dody, OF aiiy yonIrao'' py Wn'Sn n Sn
the opinlons OF thls puPer ae w po
sold Tor cash at 80 inuch per MY We
VIII agree 10 h9Ve the torcn hpplleu "
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