The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-05-28
HALT!

The time has come for the better
element in the Democratic party to rise
up aud assert itself. When such men as
Archibald McGregor, who bears the
weight OF 76 years, go of which have been
spent in the cause and service of the
Democratic party, are turned down for
half-hatched Demotra like Herman
Eokardt, 1t is high time that halt Is
called. Look where we are drifting We
have submitted and submitted to the ar
rogant and insolent dictations Of this gang
of welshers, who care nothing for the
principles of the party, and are only in
politics to crafty their own personal
ends. The rule of the king Of lobbyists,
David Martin, in the city of Philadel-
phia, is eminently respectable as COM
pared to the rule of these Canton ring.
sters, who, like armed bandits, have held
up the Democratic party and ordered it
to stand and deliver.
This is not factional battle. The
element that are seeking to overthrow
the Democracy in Stark county are not of
sufficient numbers to be called faction.
1t is fight between the great body of
Democrats, young and old, against a very
inconsiderable and insignificant portion
of the party who now happen to be tempor-
arlly in control They do not number
over twenty in the whole city. They
care nothing for the success of the Demo.
cratic party in Stark county and they
would glory in its demise and burial
and trample on It's grave with tlendisf
delight.
A committee, consisting OF DIR. J.
" Lewis, william Simonet, e. Stanton
Howells, John Hay and John @. Welty
is rump committee. The present cen
tral committee is not a legalized body
and there are nine precedents In Ohio tc
establish that fact. But we shall have
something more to say on this point In
the future. But assuming that the pres
ent county central committee is legal
body, 1t has no right to appoint an execu
tive committee. An executive committee
is altogether the creation of the candi
dates. There is no place on record where
central committee ever selected an ex
.-utlve committee. This prerogative be
longs exclusively to the candidates
There was no occasion to appoint thC
committee, but 1t was done expressly Il
depose Archibald MoGregor and Phil. ]
Borrower, two lifelong Democrats, from
the Board of Elections, and replace then
with Herman Eckhardt and Edwart
Roger. We have nothing to say abou
Mr. Royer @politics, but Mr.. Herman
Eckhardt is not Democrat, and we hav
Informed the public of this fact on
prior occasion. This journel opposed hi
candidacy for the Board of Equalization
for the sole reason that he was not
Democrat, and for no other reason. H
has made the open and public statemen
that he does not claim to be straigh
Democrat, and seems to be proud of tn
fact. Away with such men. They hav
no right to ask the Democratic party
honor them.
Mr., McGregor was assured by some {
the members Of the rump committee tha
there was no danger of his being removed
but they deliberately assassinated him
cold blood. The decree was issueu b
the cabal in the midnight revel of per6d!
while honest men were sleeping, and
was carried out to the letter, The al
pointments of Eokhardt and Roger a,
the fruit of combination of traders an
prohigates who sacrificed MoGregor an
Borrower because of their integrity an
turned to Eckhardt and Roger becaui