The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-09-09
STORY OF BETRAYAL.
TIE REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES
AND THEIR PRODUCT.
Observers In All Parties Say 1t 10 the
Weakest Ticket the G.. o. p. Ever
offered to the Intelligent
Voters of the Comfy.

Weakest Ticket the G. o. r. Ever
offered to the Intelligent
Voters of the County.
With the echoes of the great hurrah
OF last fall reverberating among the hills
of old Molly Stark, with the prestige
OF victory last year and with partisan
feeling at high tide and factional enmity
fairly breaking the dykes, with the
same old plan of elusive promises and
subsequent failure in delivery of goods,
the Republicans managed to scare up
about 1000 votes at their primaries in
this big county. After it was over
great many of the four thousand wished
they had remained at home, for the re.
suit, while picturesque,ls ,ls conceded to be
| about the weakest ticket ever offered to
the intelligence of Stark county voters.
There was so much pulling ann hauling
| among the factions, for their favorites.
that about all the good men who we're
on the primary ticket we're lost sight of
and do not appear among the winners.
Silas j. Williams had no opposition
for the nomination for state senator.
That is, no one came out against him, so
the old scores that fill a large book, have
yet to be squared up. This will occur
| later.
For representatives John p. Jones and
j, b. Snyder have been nominated. de-
feating such men as Squire wilhelm,
who, in all decenCy and in accordance
with all party precedent, should have
been renominated for second term.
But he could not obtain against the
treachery brought into play by the
ruling faction, which played him and
every other candidate on the ticket, for
the success OF Jones Williams made
nice run also, but he was only used as a
means to an end, in district where the
Jones vote would be very light and he
finds himself tired out, his time and ex-
Pense wasted-literally ridden to death.
Then Dager's friends we're induced bv
promises, none of which were fulfilled to
make their ticket Jones and Dagger. The
gentIemaniy contractor is now prepared
to give an ocular demonstration of a
man who picked up the wrong
end of the poker, Thus it was all the
way down the line
Frank Werner, of Marlboro, was in
duCed to favor the Jones' Thomas. Davies
faction for the time, on a promise that
his candidacy would be taken care of in
the west end of the county. Werner ia
an honest man and lived up to bis con-
tract. Jones had no license to get thrse
votes in Marlboro township, but
Werner and Werner's friends
gave him nice vote. But the
west end feature of the contest
has yet to materialize, for the fast and
loose fellows just neglected him entirely
and allowed Dougherty to 90 in and
work with a will Werner will have to
get powerful magnider in order to see
the vote he got in Jones' territory.
For sheriff John j. Zaiser went in and
won, by still hunting Stone was SUP.
posed to be the slate candidate, but, as
in other cases, no care was taken of him,
and Tom Bidwell was permitted to come
out for the ring to flrt with, encourage
and betray, dividing the vote that would
have nominated one of them and allow
ing Zaiser practically a clean field.
Stones betrayal was bad enough, but he
was long in the field. Bidwell's precipi-
tation was from even a greater height,
having been urged to come out and pat
ted on the back by ring lieutenants.
But every hand contained a sharp in.
strument. Tom knows more about
legerdemain and stilletto palming now
than he did.
I. Harvey Smith was named for treas
urer withoutapparent opposition, as was
Levi Johnson, of the fire escapes Will
liam M. Hardgrove, somewhat un.
known quantity, defeated Jacob N.
Shaub, of Canton, an old time Republi-
can and one of the most worthy men
that appeared on the ticket.
The contest for committeeman showed
plainly the methods of the ring to re-
tain its grip. 1t is openly charged that
names that were sent in by honest Re.
publicans were not placed upon the
ticket 1t is also charged that names
were added after the book had been
closed. Only half-hearted denial of a
general character, and no plausible ex.
planation, has been offered.
The Republican campaign will open in
the state about September l5, but there
will be no speeches in this county ac.
cording to present plans, until about
October l. The county central com.
mittee, newly elected, and in which the
Thomas people have clear, working ma =
iority, will be called together
next week, and a chairman will then be
elected, Chairman Thomas states that
he is not a candidate for the place and
prefers not to have it, His friends say
he must have it-that it will show Nc
Carty, Upham and others that they
must keep their hands of the party
machinery. Here's a tip that is worth
sticking pin into: Thomas will sue.
ceed himself as chairman,
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