The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-06-11
81 and THE CROW.
THE DARK BIRDS SEEM TO
FLOCK TOGETHER.
A MassilIon Man Writes Some Inter.
esting Inside History Concerning
what Happened to the Dog Tax
Man From the West End.

A MassilIon Man Writes Some Inter-
esting Inside History Concerning
what Happened to the Dog Tax
Man From the West End.
Massillon, o., June 5, 1896.
Mr.. Editor-The house cleaning going
on in the Democratic party in Stark
county is nothing compared to the row
over at the "other grocery" kept by the
g. o. L. From where am sitting, can
look over the high board fence into the
back yard Of the Republican party You
know wherever there is dirty yard,
there is a high board fence, too. 1 can see
81. Conrad in the kitchen washing the
dishes, after q good, strong meal of old
crow. ST gave dinner, you know, at
which tNere were five plates. The guests
were all from out of town, for no one In
MassilloD who every took political din
ner with 81 ever goes back again. Jacob
Put-me-on. .the-ticket-fo something Faw-
cett, Julids BUSHNELL whaoked whiting,
ex-Chairman McCarty, and Jim Jargon
Grant were there, in addition to the gener-
Gus host, ,Silas Board of Elections Conrad.
The bill.of-fare consisted of an elaborately
gotten up crow. You know you can
always get crow at Sis house. This one
was an old fellow, but that makes no
difference to 81, so long as it is crow
He brought 1t home from Columbus with
him. Judge Baldwin and County Chair
man Thomas bagged it and gave 1t to 81
In Columbus, 1 suppose, because they
knew it was Sis fayorite dish. Grant
insisted that 81 should dispose of the en-
tire bird, since he had brought 1t home
with him, while Fawcet aud McCarty,
remembering recent experience with
John Thomas, were inclined to excuse
81. julie finally succeeded in quieting the
irate Grant by explaining how easy it is
to have your grip packed with crow down
in Columbus, instancing his own case
where Bushnell so edroitly palmed one
of on him. So the banquet was finished |
in silence, mingled with great gulps of |
thought.
As was saying in the beginning of
the chapter, l was looking into the back
yard Of the G. o p, and was surprised to
find no one there but 81, with a cast of
which bodies no good to his
enemies in the party, and they are legion.
This was made clear later, when l went
round to the front veranda and saw all
the other leaders who have been having so
much fun with 81 lately, taking straw
vote for 81 for dog tax collector, and hav-
ng high old time generally. 1t is
'umored that 81 wants to go TO congress,
md this dog tax business Is evidently
,nly little scheme to- throw him down"
again. They say he is already working
Up combination to scoop the nomination
or congress, and it's likely he'll get it,
co. unless the other fellows find it out
That would be nice thing for ST, because
With the patronage of the district he
,ould fill all the offices, thing the G. o.
?. boys say he has long desired to do.
lie will be head spokesman for Mckinley
1t st. Louis with that end in view.
Although 81 and I don't bed in the
anne party, it is fact that mean trick
vas played on him at Columbus, If all
We hear is true. 1t is said that some one
vent down there and told Sam Taylor,
he secretary of state, that ST controlled
he colored vote up here in order to make
him weighty with that official, and that
Judge Baldwin or John Thomas or some-
,ody else told Taylor that there was no
olored vote up here worth speaking of,
md in that way killed his influence. And
asst night heard two colored men, In
alking it over, say that 81 could not be
lected delegate to colored camp meet
ng, but tiat isn't so. The Republican
rom Massillon who signed himself zone
# the Horses" did an Injustice to L.
N. Stohr, when he said Stohr controlled
he glass workers vote here. A number
# the glass workers are Democrats, and
'tohr only controls the Republicans
mong them. 1t is true that he is sly,
hough, for saw him out In the vacant
OF back of the Republican quarters
old chestnuts over and feeding
hem to Frank Hemperly to get him
worked up in fighting trim to run for the
nomination for county treasurer, so as
@ split the vote in this part Of the county,
n order to knock out Harvey Smith, who,
Is said, has some aspirations that way.
70 it looks gloomy for Smith for the in
ications are that the glass workers vote
1ill go to Hemperly.
Jim Siffert was leaning over the fence
boxing on, wrapped in an unoon. Portable
of the Insignificant figure he
uts as politician. Thus it is palpable
hat when these gladiators get their corn
utters out, there will be some dead
eroes. Respectfully,
Quiz.