The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-08-25
OUR eREAT CANTON RIVALS

The Sunday Herald comes back at
the Evening Repository In qpite force
ful style. AS the Rep. will probably
not copy the remarks of the Herald we
extract the pith of the pod for the ben
eit OF the numerous Republican read
erS OF the NEws.DEMOORAT First the
Herald questions the sincerity of the
Reps. Republicanism. On this point
we print the Herald's observations en-
tire:
ut has been claimed by many people
that the Repository was fast deRenerating
into mugwump paper, but its friends
have strenuously denied the accusation.
The paper however, has lately been pub
literature TO such an extent that no ole
now seems to have the courage to longer
deny the charge. The evidence seems to
be overwhelming
There is good ground for the Even.
ing Rep. to become faint hearted in the
cause, because the cause is getting faint
hearted And there is local reason
for it, aside from the general deplora.
bleness Of the situation. A Cleveland
newspaper called the World is making
an arrangement to print a Canton
edition and sell it for cent a copy
while the Rep. retails for 3 cents.
Certain Canton Republicans, who
ought to know better are encouraging
this enterprise, and Canton merchants
are asked to patronize it. The World
is a Republican organ and is strongly
backed by Standard Oil money.
1t is not satisfied with its
legitimate field in Cleveland but pro-
poses to spend $1,000 to $4,000 in Can
ton aud Akron in running special edi-
tions to crowd out the local dailies. In
Canton the blow is chiefly aimed at the
Evening Rep. The Evening Rep. has
probably sunk not less than $4,000 in
Canton in putting the daily Repository
on its feet, or on a paying basis. Not
less than that amount was sunk In
establishing the DAILY DEMOCRAT.
Now that the business has become
fairly yremunerative, in comes the Stand
ard Oil octopus, with blood sucking
tentacles, reaching out in every direc-
tion to absorb the legitimate life-giving
aliment of the Rep. Hence 1t is not
surprising II the Rep. is faint hearted
in the cause of monopoly. The "home
Market" which the Rep. now fills in a
very satisfactory way, is about to be
invaded, and a newspaper owned by
foreign capitalists and published in
another city is coming here to bear the
market, Under these circumstances the
publishers of the Rep. would be per-
fectly justified in leaving the narrow
trough, through which slushes the
official swill of the g. o. D., and come
out into the great field of independent
journalism, with occasional wInks of
beckoning towards the great Demo-
Cratic party.
But let us return to the Sunday busi-
ness. Here is an editorial paragraph
from the Sunday Herald that has
flavor of personal reflection. Under
the circumstances we may be excused
for printing 1t.
"When the editor of the Repository,
George b. Frease, stated that Mr.. w. L.
Seton had "been conducting the Sunday
Herald for some months past he availeh
himself of his oft repeated quotation,
THAT a lie lie an intellectual method Of
meeting difficulty
We learn that Ex-President Seton is
now in supreme control of the Sunday
Herald and that this is one of his most
auburn haired efforts. 1t seems To go
right to the spot, as old
Mother Simkius said when she
doubled on the doctors prescription for
stale liver and took two blue pills
instead of one.
Judging by yesterdays issue of the
Sunday Herald il is not evident what
attitude the paper will assume in
the ponderous campaign, now impend-
ing, but it is clearly evident
that Ex-President Seton has learned
by his political experience of the
past year that Protection champions
are ungrateful, and that he is not worry
ing very much over the salvation of his
country through Republican supre-
macy, as he was when the full moon Of
many promises looked down over the
glorious Republican victory in Ohio
last year. And Seton is not alone in
this unfellcitous feeling. There are
many more, even in Canton,in the same
awful fix.