The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-10-30
ANTI-M'K REPUBLICANS.
Their Dsicnse Published in 1854
Against Charges Of soreheadism,
A nlisterina pooumsnl-'The Judge I.au-
bio Broken PTomiae'''fhe AfidaVits''
Other Excerpts,

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A pamphlet OF nlneieen pages lies upon
the desk before NO, Il 10 a preserved
record OF Major MeKlnleya political past,
What Ito contents are and their source
may be heal discovered by some extracts
from this document, II 10 purely itepub'
lIean and addressed 10 Republican voters
thuai
AZ conference Of representatives Of
the Anti Mckinley Republicans Of Stark,
COlumhlana, Mahonina and Carroll ooun.
ties held Ia Alliance, on lhe evening OF
September ", 1874, tho following resolu'
WnrarAs, Belng dissatisfied with the
| Congressional career OF Hon, william
| Mckinley, eN.iieprehentntlYe OF Tie
| Eighteenth Congressional District, and
eOndemnlng his dishonest and dlshOnOras
bio methods OF controlling primaries la
| hla interest, we felt Il W 30 our duty 10
defeat him ~ tho polls In lhhs and
WnEREAh, Our motives nave been I'M
pugned aud miarepreaenled by said Will
| liam Mckinley, Ia order 70 annul tho
moral force Of said defeat in his present
candidacy In tho Twentieth District,
| therefore
REsoLyEn, That we hereby reaiiinn
our loyalty 70 the Republican, party aud
| declare our honest belief that We are hest
aervlng the true interest Of the party by
assisting In the defeat Of candidate who
has debAuched lta moralh, converted II In.
| 20 a mere machine TO cater 10 his personal
ambition, and demOnhlrhte that he IN uns
worthy OF our confidence and support,
RESOLVED, That committee DO APP
| pointed, who shall prepare an addrehh W
Tho Republicans Of the district, aetllng
| forth the facts la our pohhehhOn or Mr,
| MoKlnley's manipulation Of the party
since he assumed Ito leadership, and his
| Congressional career ah We CLEAN II from
the official Congressional record
II recalls frat how the MeKlnley'saxon
ring defeated Con. Sam Beaiy.
MmNLEY's AaRrEMEST WITH JUDGE LAu.
nlE,
In tho Spring Of 1880 Mckinley again
appeared aa candidate Tor reconciliation,
| claiming tho right 10 another term on tho
| ground that Ii would be but second term
| In hlA old district, lie found opposed W
hlm aa candidates Judge i. A. Lauble, Of
| C6lumblana, and Hon. l., ID. Woodworth,
OF Mahonlng. His canvass soon develop
ed the fact that with both candidates In
the field he could not secure majority OF
delegates, and devised plan whereby he
services OF Cornelius Aultman were
brought Into requlHltlon, who called upon
| Lhuble aud ARRANGED meeting between
| him and Major Mckinley. Tho confer
once took place In the HaTmer6' National
Bank at Salem on March 81, 1870, and u
verbal agreement entered Into between
Mckinley and Lauble, that Laublo should
abandon his candidacy that tlmo In the
interest Of Moklnley an And IN return Tor
10 bo a candidate In 1882 aud give hla sup.
port TO the candidacy OF Judge Lauble.
The latter, IN conformity with this agree
ment immediately announced his With |
drawal aud turned In, with hla friends |
aud gave Mr.. Mckinley his coveted |
aocond term In the old district.
MmNLEY's rREAonERY.
In the winter OF 1889 Judge Laubc again |
announced himself no candidate for |
Congress, la short time Information |
began 10 pour In from all points OF the |
district, that Mckinley was again settling |
up tho pins for another nomination. |
Judge Laublo aud his friends could not |
believe that In the face OF tho foregoing |
agreement that Mckinley would be 40 |
devoid OF honor na 10 seek another nom- |
lnAtlon at that timo, To settle this mat |
ter, j. l.. Stanley, ESQ, of Washington |
township, Stark county, addressed Me. |
Klnlcy on tho subject, aud IN answer res
oolycd the followingi
House. or REPRESENTATIVES, u. So
WAHua0ToN, ID. g., FobruaryS 3, 1889
j, s. Stanley, ESQ. Frcobnrg, o.
My DEAR SRi-Your favor uf the "a |
inst. 10 at hand. You can say, on my au' |
thorty, that am undor no promise with |
any one not 10 be u candidate for Con-
Very truly yours,
WM, MokINLEY, JR,
A quostlon OF voraclty was thus raised |
botweon Judge Laubo and Major Me.
Kinloy, and aiildavlta were obtained,
They were signed by N. p. BllliugsloN q
Garfield clcctor In 1880, Luolon Gilbert,
partnorof j. Twlng Brooks, general coun'
sci Of the Pennsylvania Ry Co., II, V. |
IlampBon and j. A. Kerr, cashier and as
sistant cashier Of the Farmers National
Bank, w. @. Hutchinson, Alexander |
Lowry, James G, Lowry and Henry II.
Frost, both prominent lawyers. All cs.
tablishod the promise uncqulvocally.
Hero was the affidavit Of DR.. Frank =.
Moore, q cousin Of Major Mckinley, an
influential man In state and national |
politics.
DIR. MooRE's AFFIDAVIT
THE STATE or ONO, Columbinno Coz
Before me, the Undersigned authority,
In and for said county, personally came |
DIR. II, j. Moore, OF New Lisbon who, ON |
his oath, says; In 1876, when Hon, VIM. |
Mckinley, Jr,, llrst ran FOR Congress In |
this dlatrIct, and again IN 1880, | was n
warm and active supporter of Mr., Me- |
Kinley for the nomination, and In tho |
winter OF 1670-S0 was In correspondence |
with him, and knew OF his intense desire |
TO get Judge Laubie out OF the way, who |
was talked OF generally In this county ~
candidate for Representative 10 Con-
gress, and whose frlends were pressing |
him earnestly 20 announce bis name ~ |
such candidate as soon as the bill rodis- }
triotlng the State would bo passed by the |
Legislature. Tho bill was finally passed. |
on the Goth OF February, 1880, and on the |
morning OF the 8rd OF March, 1880, | re-
ceived q telegram from Major Mckinley, |
from Pittaburg, Pa, who was on his way |
from Washington City 10 this county, 10
meet him nj Leotonia that morning, and |
got there Just In time TO catch the train,
got on and rode with Major Mckinley 20
Salem, whore we both got Off, Mckinley
stopping there and taking the next train
In few minutes bnck TO Lootonia. On
that occasion Major Mckinley told me
that ho had come on to look after his cam
yass, and was going TO see Judge Loubie
to get tho Judge 10 keep out OF his way; !
that he had been advised by his friends In
his own, and In this county, to pursue
such course, and by some means got tho
Judge to hold OH for 1882, and
wanted TO know what | thought OF II.
Before left him i advised
him not 70 make any promises to Judge
Laubie that would bind him FOR the fu-
Inrn On ihnA nn mo hnu MILAN AInIfinIn.n |