The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-09-04
wrrn MAUD M TIE GARDEN.

Upon Friday We Invited our amiabll
ffland OF tha Repository 10 come ou
/ into tho garden, aud 10 Indicate wha
tho News DEMOCRAT had omitted 0
the q, A, II, enGampm6nt proceeding
at Boston. Upon Saturday, our be-
loved one repairs 10 the trysting apo
and brings thla message;
What the Democrat should do In JUS
tlee 10 ita readers II II wants TO give
them the faota, la 10 print tho newa Ol
the Mckinley. Butler speeches, And
then II should have noted the vote OF
thankA OF the encAmpment 10 President
Harrison aud Congress for the "m0al
generous pension law ever passed.
And TO be fair, II should have printed
the addreaa OF Commanderln Chief
Alger, These are all items that have
been mlarepreaented In the Democrat
with contemplate unfarneaa aud mean
meas, IN tho effort 10 laud the efforts OF
the Meaara, McGreg0r and Warwick Il
appear devoted 10 the Old soldiers, II
won't go,
We refer all persons who are inter
eated In this controversy 10 tho recent
llea OF tho News DEMOCRAT, begin
Mug with August 10 and running 10
the end OF tho week. There will be
found In tho telegraphic report column
after column OF the B0atOn proceedings
the enthusiasm attendant upon the
Presidential appearance, Gen. Veazey'a
election and address, camp fires, and
the whole official action OF That week OF
martial "reminiscences aud declaration OF
creed, Upon August IA, viii be found
an editorial stating the charges OF
uen. Butler and the response
OF Major Mckinley, q debate that con
atituted no part OF the encampment
proceedings. II there had been a do,
sire 10 suppress this wordy encounter,
why should the greatest promlnence q
paper can give 70 n matter editorial
mentlon-haye been accorded II, As
10 the lengthy address OF the retiring
oommander'in-C Chief, Gen. Alger, why
should II have been printed In full,
simply because II had been sent out IN
advance IN manuscript from his preal'
Dental literary bureau Are Gen. Al.
gers Views more binding than Gen.
NNuNVg - NHN utW kuHHhnuNI ilh'
Chief, aud the lattors we're printed. IL
may help ~ decide this preference, by
recalling tnat General Alger 10 tho
man whom Senator sherman attacked
40 meTOileaaly IN his antitrust speech.
Why should the Repository, by the
way, omit all reference, editorial or
tel6graphlc 10 Mr.. Blaines great speech
In Maine, q column and half OF which
the NEws-DEMooRAT, q Democratic
paper printed, Are the utteranoes OF
a Cabinet member, an ex-Presldontial
candidate, worthy OF no comment, not
even OF tbs most ouraory telegraphlc
reportg Go 70, avaunt. Is reciprocity
80 bitter AS thatg
Now, Maud, we've got you
In the moonlight, and please
hang your head and listen. Never
have you explained or noticed the
fact that the National encampment OF
the q. A. II. at Boston In regular SOS.
sion by legitimate vote rejected the
majority report of the committee on
resolutions and adopted the minority,
which reatlirmed the resolutions Of pre-
yi0us encampmenta, and demanded
again q service pension. That Is the
point. IL Ia not the devotion Of Mr..
Warwick 20 the soldiers. IL Is whether
Major Mckinley has supported the bill
demanded by the q, A. II, IL is wheth-
or he did not openly aid In its defeat.
IL this question Is not embarrassing, II
II has not the danger dag aud a lantern
over II, why has not the Re.
p0sitory frankly and manfully stated
the facts and explained and defended
themS ls the plea Of silence equlya-
lent 10 q confessionY
We have no expectation OF smoking
the Repository out. IL is made of as
bestos aud Is imperylous to fire. But
there remains the abiding faith that
the voters OF this district obtain knowl.
edge Of things as they are. The Re
pOsit0ry cannot suppress at its sole vo-
litlon, what occurs In the public record
of national life. 10 inours the seal OF
contempt when II seeks to leave It's
readers In ignorance. Suppression,
peryersion, garbling are tricks Of the
police c0Urt shyster, and Just such
tricks place tbs shyster where the com.
mon verdict Of the community has
long since located him.