The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-07-04
OUR CANDIDATES..
Brief Sketches OF Three Of the
Gentlemen Nominated at tho
Democratic Convention.
The Good Deeds OF Representative
MOnnOt Wildly Portrayed,
What ~, I'd, pFeabaoh and Attorney ooNen
Have Done For tho rarty---
Biographies OF Their Lives
---More Sketches TO
Follow,

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The Democratic County Convention
which met Ia Canton June llth, nomi-
mated q county ticket which commands
the respect Of the people, and should
receive the firm support OF every Dem
crat In tho county II ia composed OF
men of ability, honesty and integrity
and the convention acted very wisely
properly distributing the candidates
throughout tho county, People gener'
ally like 10 know Of the virtues Of the
candidates they expect 10 vote for, and
for this reason the Biographies Of tho
two Representatives and Clerk are
given 10 day, For want Of space We
have been prccIuded from printing the
whole liat Of them today but tho biog'
raphiea OF the other candidates viii
appear IN our Journal in tho near
future,
REpREENrATtyE MoSSoT,
Hon, John q, Monnot was born In
Louisville, Stark county o. November
30, 1868, lIIa carly lito was spent In
the vicinity of Louisville where no a.
tended the common schools, Ills
father was man that had been reared
In poverty and used 10 hardshlps, aud
by reason Of this John was obliged TO
leave school when only thirteen years
OF age, Ills iueliuNtioua were TO DO q
mechanic and he Foon learned 10 carve
a llylIhood out OF wood by the use Of
tho hatchct and saw, Az that age he
was apprcutocd toa carpenter aud he
followed this ayoea,Ion for several
years, spending his evenings in hard
study, He afterwards took q course In
tho Canton Business College, from
which DO graduated ln 1889,
The pen seemed 10 be q morg ogrCe0'
bio instrument 20 him than the hatchct
aud hIa nolnat.ona by this tine led
him in another direction, lie accepted
position ul bookkerpcr m tho man,
moth furniture 6togo OF j, u, McClea,
HraittfWaraI accepted @ position with
the berger Manufacturing Co., which
he hold until Doe concluded 10 become u
disciple of Blackstone, lie registered
ag q law student and read with Mr.
Frank Case, lie wOa admitted 10 Che
Bar iu March, 1851 aud afterwards
tormcdu partnership with ll8precrptur
under tho llrm name of Cu8e, AlunnOt
a Whil0cre,
Mr. MOnnOt'8 name was announced
40 a Democratic candidate for Repre-
sentative IN june lssi while ho was In
the West on u business trip, MOnuOt'H
nomination was conceded lie carried
40 out Of the 81 prccuts In the county
and received practically o unanimous
nomination, lle was trlumphantly
elected, although he was scratched con-
siderable throughout tho county on ac'
count Of his youth,
When Mr. Monnot found that ho
had been elected % represent stark
county in tbe Ohio Legislature, he 40
once began 90 study the wants OF
the people And he coon found
that Il long suffering constituency was
beiug overwhelmed by an iniquiti0u8
and powerful combination He saw
that The schOultbOok monopoly had the
people by the throUt and were eX0clIng
from them enormous profits upon their !
sales, and he also saw the corruption |
aud rutlcnVC3s that existed IN the !
methods OF supplying books, These |
ShylOcEs for many years had been sap. |
Plug the health, muscle and brain from |
our great commonwealth, and when. |
ever u legislator attempted 10 m0lest |
them no was hauled down by the free
use of money and laid In his political
grave. liut John n. M0nu0g was not u
mgn 10 be dazcd at the threats Of the
gchoolbook lords, aud he squared him
self before the public aud introduced
bill that had for rs object the saving
of 5 100000 each year 10 the people OF
Ohio IN the purchase OF school books.
The bill was carefully prepared and
after II had gone through the hands Of
the committee 10 came up for discus
sion In the House, Upon the bill Mr..
Alonlot made the great speech OF his
life. For two hours no held The na8em.
bly, gpellbound, aud his discourse was
such d clear and meQuIvOcal pIesenta'
tion of the facts that were substantial
ed by statistics 80 ag to leave no doubt
In the mind of the unbiased reader
that 10 was u good measure, He 80
showed up the corruption of
The school,book ring that some of the
members who were averse TO his bill at
the outset voted for " when IL came up
for nnal passage. Ills speech was 80
logical and convincing that he carried
his bill through by storm, there being
but single vote cast against IL. Mr..
Monnot has the distinguished honor Of
being the only man who ever carried u
bill through The House with but u
single vote against IL, His bill, like
all other good measures, met It's fate IN
n plutocrutic Senate, where II was de-
feated by three votes,
The defeat Of the bill did not In any
way discourage Mr.. Mounot, but he
revised and improved II In order 10
bring IL up NJ the next session. The
school book ring knew that the success
of his bill meant death blow 10 them
and they relied on the power Of Doodle
10 defeat lt. School teachers, principals,
aud superintendent were bought up
by the combination TO use their innu.
ence against II, Newspapers, among
which was the Repository, were paid
25c line 10 print prepared editorials
against IL, Mr. Monnot was berated