The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-12-12
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Interest In the ballot box case inlen'
aiAea, Originally Foraker said there
was millions In II for Campbell, but the
day Is far distant when there viii be
anything In II but trouble for Foraker
The interview with +, o, Campbell,
In New York, has given the case q
National repute, and In the absence Of
any other big scandal, or any intensity
ing interest in Congress, the case OF the
forged ballot box contract, with the dis
tingulahed names attached, attracts
universal interest This 10 big coun'
try, from shore 10 shore, with forty
two great states Qf we can stretch our
Imagination long enough to regard
Rhode Island 10 great, but II don't take
a very large sized event tostir up 4 heap
of talk,
Campbell said in New York I'VE refer
TO Lawyer Campbell and not Gov
CampbelD that ho was satisfied that
GOV. Foraker knew the ballot box con
tract was forged before no turned u
over to Mr., Halatead for publication,
The said Campbell (who ~ now attor-
ney for Wood said further that For
akerandnot Wood washable for the for
gerry as Foraker and not Wood had
uttered the forgery, This stirred up
Gov Foraker to the very bottom,
as II were, aud he gives vent TO
his feelings In a violent
ejaculation TO the public, In which he
denies tho allegation and challenges
the alligator, The point made by
Campbell, however Is q good one, and
Is liable to stick, No forgery can have
force until II Is uttered, or published
and Foraker and llalatead are the IN
struments that pushed Woods handl-
work into the daylight Of publicity, and
Foraker 10 the Identical chap who paid
Woods expenses while he was getting
the work ready,
Now let US turn to the ylotllda hlt by
the forgery, They are famous oharac'
tors, each high up on fames ladder and
two or three OF them still climbing,
Here arc the names; Senator John
Sherman, Major Wm Mckinley, Jr,
Benjamin Butterworth, James y,
Campbell and w. O,P, Breckenridge, Of
Kentucky. Since the publication Of
II. Q. Campbell'S interview Of Satur'
day, one Of these National characters,
John Sherman, has spoken, and here 10
what he says;
"l have no comments 70 mako on Mr., |
I. G. Campbell nor on his romnrlIa In the |
you show me, He IN only q law |
yer defending his client ! sec that ho |
,ays Wood did not commit q forgery, | |
lon't know what else Il could be called.
rhc names were not only forged 10 u
licco Of paper calling for largo sums OF
money, but they were forged toN contract
That was In itself Illegal There ~ law
Utmost ~ old os the government Itself
which expressly prohibits any member Of
congress from entering into contract
With the Government Any member oi
congress signing his name 20 such piece
" pnpor na that would bCnot only diHhOn'
nj, but fool. And Ills for that reason
hat cannot imagine how anybody glonc-
ng nt the face Of the document for u mo-
ncnt could have believed IN lts gon'
linCnoss.N
The above appeared In the Plttsburg
Sunday as wirelet from It's
eliable Washington correspondent,who
John sherman at his Wash
ngton mansion, II the above is not a
ayage reflection on Foraker then we
laye no conception Of the barbarism Of
ayagery, John Sherman says he can.
rot imagine how any body could have
believed the document genuine, Now,
Horaker said he believed the document
yenuine. His faith In the honesty Of
John Sherman, Wm, Mckinley Jr and
Ben Butterworth was so frail that even
without any investigation whatever or
my communication with either of these
,entlemen, he believed them guilty
" q gigantic swlndle, rs soon
IS he saw the document that Wood had
prepared for him. This Is tho measure
n full, Of Foraker's confidence In the
lonor of the three other members Of the
Big Four How sweet and serenly
confident that confidence must rest In
he bosom of Foraker. The interview
rom which the above extract Is quoted
Ihows that John Sherman is very mad;
)ut how Is VIM. Mckinley, Jr. He was
Ilso seen by the same correspondent
who interviewed Sherman. And what
lid Mckinley say. He was serene and
and was just going out TO
. gridiron dinner, when the Dispatch
correspondent tackled him. Mckinley
lad nothing to say. He smiled serenely
N the correspondent, with such true
,earing Of q gentleman, as Lord Byron
yould say, that no one could discern
lis real thoughts.
But the end is not yet. The war is
N to stay. When Wood tells his story
# the ballot box forgery on the wit
less stand, and Foraker is enabled to
xplain under oath why he thought
ohm Sherman and Mckinley and But.
erworth would be likely TO so into
,allot box deal for million or more,
ye shall see more of that Brother Jon
than affection between the individual
nembers of the Big -Four, which cul-
ninated in so much despair on the 9th
4 November last.
MCKINLEY as Chairman of the Ways