The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-10-17
THAT FORGERY sCHEME,
The Most DlabOlieal Plot TO Ruin o
Good Man and Democrat In the
History Of Ohio Politics.
The Republican Campaign In Ohio Has
Gone alimnering Foraker and For
aksriam, With qopp ana popp'
maina All in tho Soup,

COLUMBUS, o., oct. l2,-The Repub-
liehnh Arn demOraliZed, ~ was
a scheme OF downright forgery tu
ruin the reputation OF JameR n, camp
bell, Ihe scheme has failed, Tho raa
Gals arc exposed, aud furakerlsm has
taken u downfall, The Republicans
now coneede that tho Republican cam
paign II u failure aud that Foraker N
Dhdly damaged, Tho remaina OF tho
wreck prove the existence OF a diab0li'
cal plot 10 defamG tho character OF
Hon, James u, Campbell Rnd illustrate
Mo degfedallOn OF lt0rkerlam, Bold,
outrageous, desperate forgery has he6n
frhpfltd 10 for the purpose OF assisting
In the work OF iOiating third tbrmlRm
upon the Republican party, but thr
criminals have been Oyertaken aud tho
plot exposed, 10 was u carefully pro
pared plan Several men joined Ia lhe
work OF forging the name OF James Il
Campbell, Ono wrote tho $1,000 while
another traced hla name aud submitted
II 20 hla companions, Murat llaaleHd
told a faeehO0d when he said tho Ongl-
nal document Waa IN his possession, Il
never was, lle had u photograph OF
the original, which was held in tle pos
session Of tho iOrgeTa The whole thing
Is product Of the strangers Of ClnCn-
nall aud was originally .eOne0oted by
them TO secure the TOpp letter from
MI Campbel'a friends, Topp belongs
10 the etranglera and the Campbell
forgery was executed 10 force Mr.
Campbell'a irienda TO destroy tho lOpp
letter The atranglef 0yeiturea 20 get
friends OF Hon, James u CampOru
and tflenda OF Governor Foraker TO-
gether aud arrange Tor burning the
HOpp letter and ballot box subscription
list, but failed Mr., Campbel's friends
knew the ballot box subscription waa u
forgery and refused 10 consider such u
proposition, Ia due time tho TOpp lot
Ter was exposed aud IN order TO G0un.
teraet II Mr., FOrakef'a friends sprung
the forged ballot box subscription list.
The manner In which Mr., Campbell
faced the ballot box fire and oOOlly
asked hla frienda 10 wait for develop
mfnta shows that ho Ia q hhrewd poll
tloian aud u man OF great ability aud
nerve, Under the extreme pressure
aud advice Of friends, he yielded sun.
Giently 10 mako u few deniaB aud
submit Gov. FOrakefa letter TO Gov.
Luce, of Michigan, In which Foraker
Endorsed the glass ballot box, Had Mr,
Campbell kept entirely quiet, as he
Wished TO do, the rtGOil on Gov. Fora
ker aud the strangers OF the &, o, p.
would have been much greater,
There aeemB 10 be q heavy fog hang
ing over the state House aud Repuull-
can headquarters, The gloom IN awful
The clerks look dosp0ndtnt aud few Of
them venture an explanation,
Mr., Campbell telegfaphed his attOr.
neya, Hon. Isaac N JOrdOn aud Judge
Harmon, 10 demand u reuacliOn from
the Commercial Gazette then straugltIa
became alarmed One of the young
men who assisted IN the forgery knew
that II himself and companions IN
crime maintained that the document
was original they would go 10 the prnl.
tenlinfy, hence concluded 10 make q
clean breast OF IL The evidence was
secured aud presented tO MIR, llalsteld
last night by MCssrB Jurdon aud llpr.
mon, Mr. llalsleud asked Tor twenty
four hours truce 10 consider the owl.
denG0 submitted II was granted him,
but N did not require twcnlyiuur
houis 10 convince Mr llnlqiead that no
waggnlty OF libel aud had gone 80 far
u5 10 DO liacle 10 imprisonment aud u
tremendous fine, He was COrnered.
70 aay that he was In the soup would
not he telling half lie was annoyed,
paraly2ed, and ha8tened 30 extract him,
self NJ once bya complete ana uu0,
quivOcal denial Under the olrcum.
stances Mr. llalstead could do nothing
else but humiliate himself aud confess
that men who are working 10 secure
the reelection Of Gov Foraker to a
third term were guilty Of forgery and
that tho crime WAS committed IN the
interest OF Gov, Foraker,
The agony is awful. They cannot oven
initiate the boy who whistled 20 brace
his courage while walking through u
graveyard
When the details Of the forgery are
published IL win show n conspiracy
appalling In It's depravity aud which
illustrates IN fOrcble manner the
yiciousness Of Governor Foraker's nd
mtnlstrasi0n. The letter is the direct
result OF Mr. ForakerB invasion of the
time honoyed rights Of local self govern.
ment The principal f1rger desired u
position under tho municipality OF Gin.
cinnatl and In order to secure IL found
that IL was necessary TO make himself
"solid' with Gov, Foraker and his
friends What could he dot to merit the
attention OF Gov, Foraker? What
could be done 10 secure n coveted puO
lie position under the municipality of
Cincinnatip The man who was think.
ing over these questions came to the
conclusion that To secure the position
he must do something for Gov Fora
ker, and the forgery OF Mr., Campbell's
name was the result.
This Ia what Foukerism and the in
vasion Of h0merule by strangers Ia do.
Ing for the Republican party, There
Is no longer much doubt that the think.