The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-10-19
AN INFAMOUS CONSPIRACY
Gotten Up To Swindle Old
Soldiers,
Is Discovered, Unearthed and
Here are the Documents
That Prove 1t.

lueaBP-Anu dOVs Rohiuley sOnhuhtAh
is the Identical Rooster who Tried to
Work the shine-The Most Deapioable
Work in the History of Ohio Politics.
On the 14th day of September, in his
opening speech al Newark, o., Col. W.
A. Tsylof, the Dem ocratic candidate for
Lieutenant Governor, startled not only
the old soldiers OF Ohio, but all honest,
fair minded citiz ans As well, by exposing
n mos hideous scheme, Matched ia the
rooms tf tho Republican State Executive
Committees, which vas 30 serve the double
purpose Of deceivlng and swindling the
Democratic soldiers OF the stste out OF
their vote, and at the seme time rob every
Aoldler a1d every suldter'e widow, and
every dependao ot orphan, out of 10 ceDts
each, which, in the aggregate, would
amount to tens of thousands of dollars.
This expose is best given IN Col. Tay
lor's own eloquent words as followg:
"If there iS "a party in this country, or
qanjzsd TO take away tho pensions
Of the soldiers, you will see il enter the
field three years from now, and IL will be
marshalled by th9 9sme Bourbon Repub
lican demagCgues, VINO today are lying
about the Democratic Administration, in
the hope and expectation OF ssducipg
Democratic soldiers from their allegiance.
"Apd now let mo give you specimen
of the love of those sleek Republican
politicians for tho soldier and his father
or mother and his widow and bis orphan.
One Charles W. y, Dick, chairman Of the
Republican State Executive Committee,
uns entered into partnership with one
Henry u. Phillips, pension attorney, of
Washington, ID, O., under which DIR. Dick
agrees 20 put the circular of Philiips ia
the hands of every soldier, every deceased
auiuier's widow or father or mother, and
every deceased SOLDIERS minor child or
guordian IN she State OF Ohio.
"Iu this circular are sixteen questions
with blanks left for answers.
"Elve two-cent stamps must accompany
each answer.
and children in ONO 10 wnom these blanks
can and will be sent, Suppoue that onS-
half of chem should fiji out the circular,
and IL is likely tha5 a number will, II they
are not warned by what l am now saying
and en- cloae the stamps, whaE will the
pension agents harvest be
"The mere Irifie of $4,000. Only
$40, 600 for the privilege OF filing up Mr..
Henry ID. Philnps' circular and returning
IS at their own expense
"phe opulent pension shGrkH have in
vented a good many schemes &or work
ing tue soldier and tho wiuow and the or :
phsn, but this 10 the worst OF all OF them
"Just how the pArtneT0hip fund is to be
divided don't know, but iE IL fair TO HupS
pose itwill be divided even. Ihin will
give SIC. 600 30 Politician Dick and $4,000
10 the opuleng pension attorney, Philiips
"What a beautiful scheme to fry $4,000
worth of fat out OF tue old soldiers and
widows and orchans to run the Republis
can campaign in Ohio.
What reply did Messrs. Dick and Phil
lipa make 20 theas charges?
AT first Major Dick threatened TO have
Col. Taylor arrested for criminal libel, but
hafEar of IL.
Then they each wrote letters dsnounc-
ing Col. Taylor an liar 10 all thiugB that
he said. Dick wrote ana declared that he
knew nothing of Phillips, never had
heard Of him and never mad any com~
muuicAtion with him.
PnilIips wrote and declared that hc mad
never heard Of Dick, knew nothing about
MIN, had never communicated w''h him,
and they both united ia denou'4cing Col.
Taylor as q cousciencelesa lieI, and pub
lished their joint produrlIon in such
Republican newspapers ~ would give II
space.
On Saturday, Oct. 14-just one month
after his first exposure of the scheme,
and before a vast audience OF soldiers of
all political parties in the city OF Cald-
we'll, Col Taylor said on the same aubjsct:
II was TO GONE extent instrumental in
exposing tue Dick-Phiilips scheme, the
way TO which was paved by the monstroua
Eugpenaions, exciting the fears and apN
prehensions of the soldiers to the highest
uitch, and then the Jen-cent scheme OF
robbsry was turned loose through the
mails like an ocean Hood to steal votes
and dimes at the same time, and 1t a time
when IL WAS believed that the frightened
veterans wouldHbite at any bait.
"Phillips has been debarred frcn
prscticing before the interior depart.
| mont for Bis share in that scheme, and
| tue Republican leaders of the State are
| seriously discussing the advisabiiity OF
| deposing Major Dick from the Chairman-
| ship for hie snare in IL. Therefore, while
1 will not quite subscribe. in their cases
| TO the sxiom: mil Mat bonum est
can afford to let these dead rest in pesce
| for time.
The singular thing about these suspend
| ed pensioners in Ohio wna that 90 pei
cent. OF the old aoldiers complained o.
| and suspended on the recommendation
| OF these Special Examiners In Ohio were
| Democrats aou the other 10 per cent. were
| Republicans, who had said that they wer,
| tired of being taxed for the benefit o
| miilionnires, ard were going TO vote To-
Larry Neal and n tariff for revenue.
"This was no accident.
ut wns deliberate, brutal scheme enC
the hve special exeminers IN Ohio, al
hitter Republicans, appointed by Greer
\ b. Rsum, sctsd with the Chairman Of thl
1 Republican County Committees and Re
| publican editoTs in suspeDding Democrat
for the purpose Of driving them into th
| Republican party.
| fact at McConnalaville, State Senator Alb
bott fell off his sent in the opera house
| Why? Because an old soldier sat nen
him whom he had Informed that bis pen
sion was to be suspended two weeks be
fore II took place
SHOW did Senator Abbot know II, ant
how did the country editors know IL s,
long In advauce2 Why, the Republics
pension sneak had told them what be wa
| going 10 do and had furnished o liss O
| the pensioners whose pensions he wa
going 30 have suspended, so they nigh
be published and help drive Democrat
soldiers TO the support OF Mckinley an
McKinlsyism.
"Tne pension aneaks and the penslol
informers, all being Republicans, be
headed only Democrats and lndependen
Republicans. Commissioner Lochrsn, Ii
Washington, knew nothing about th
politics Of the old veterans, and believip
that the charges made by Republican
and the reports sent In by Rspublica
Special Examiners were honest and truth
fui aud not part of q nefarloua schsm
| engineered from the Republica
Committee In Columbus, Was deceive
into accepting the recommendations an
ordering the suspension of something lik
| 600 soldiers In Ohio, the most of whom
however, have had their pensions re
stored, aa the others will have an thel
cases are reached, II they are entitled
pensions.
Sand here and now, challenge an
Republican correspondent to telegraph
his paper what shall say. l have cha
lenged Major Dick TO deny my sta.emel
In words that would compel me 60 prov
my charges In the handwriting OF the col