Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1894-11-01
EXPOSED THE FAKE.
Republican Hay Story Falls Flat.
AN ATTEMPT TO DECEIVE THE VOTERS
HAS FAILED.
The Seven Dollar Hay Was In the
Mind of Some Political Schemer.

The Seven Dollar Hay Was In the
Mind of Some Political Schemer.
Special TO the Bee.
COLUMBUS, o., Oct. 27.-The O'io State
Journal for the last two days has been ex-
plotting letter said to have been received
by Steward Miller, of the Ohio penitentiary,
from Toronto, Canada, firm, G. Clark &
Co.
In this letter an offer is made to deliver in
Columbus mo. timothy hay, high coored
and well cured for 81 per ton" also prime
potatoes at 80 and 38 cents per bushel.
The letter explains that the low price is
the result of the reduction of the tariff on
Canadian hay.
The Journal has been making a great
commotion about this letter and the state
and county Republican committees are using
it for all it is worth.
This morning E. W. Seeds, of the grain
commission firm of Seeds & Co., of the city,
doing large business in agricultural pro-
ducts, punctured the gas bag.
He announces that there is no such firm
in Toronto as @. Clark Il Co., at least the
Mercantile Agencies reports do not contain
the name.
| He further says that the letter Is pure
fake, written by some person who has less
regard for truth, than he has zeal in parti.
saDship.
| Mr.. Seeds offers to take all the No. timo-
thy hay &c. Clark d Co." or any other firm
can deliver at Buffalo at 81 and says he will
sell it in New England for $14
The present price of hay from Canada in
Columbus is over $l1 and local hay is worth
| SO at any railroad station.
| There is every evidence that the Republi.
can hay argument elected from the" Clark
d Company letter is made from the whole
cloth.
Some peculiar things about the letter are
coming to light.
LIN the first place the letter was not receiv-
ed by Steward Miller of the penitentiary It
was sent to W. D. Guilbert, chief clerk in
the auditor of states Office. 1t was ascribed
to the penitentiary stewards office probably
because it woGll have more weight coming
from that place.
II is known, almost positively, that the
letter was written in Columbus, as it's SUBJ
stance was outlined to we'll known newspa
per man several days before its appearance.
COLUMBUS, Oct 30.-The Republican fraud
concerning the cheap hay firm of G. Clark Il
Co., of Toronto, anada, the details of which
were give exclusively IN the Bee of Saturday
last, has been fully exposed, except as to the
identity of the perpetrators.
The Democratic state committee took the
matter up and the following correspondence
by wire resulted:
COLUMBUS, o., Oct. %.
"C. Clark & Co., Commission Merchants,
Toronto, Canada.
"Can you, as advertised, ship me 10000
tons of No. timothy hay at 81, delivered
here? Wire at my expense.
'W. A. TAYLOR,
"75 1-2 South High Street."
The cnly reply to this was a note from the |
Western Union Telegraph Co., as follows:
"W, A. Taylor, Columbus, o.
Your telegram of yesterday to Chas.
Clark & Co., Toronto is undelivered. No |
one in their Office. Have left notice 10 call |
for message.
WESTERN UNION, TEL. CO."
The next telegram was as foitvws:A 4
"His Honor, the Mayor, Toronto, Cansda.
us the commission firm of G. CLARK Il Go.
of your city, reliable9 Wire immediate ans
wer at my expense.
"W. A. TAYLOR,
"75 IL South High Street."
The reply was as follows;
wv. A. Taylor, Columbus, y.
Don't know any firm by that name.
"THE MAYOR"
This knocked the bottom completely out