The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-11-11
THE LATE CAMPAIGN
Aud a Few Words For Our worthy
Candidates.

Candidates.
The result of political, as well as war
campaigns, is quite uncertain. A good
cause at times suffers defeat when it
should be otherwise, and even when the
outlook is thought not unfavorable. But
the unexpected is constar".' happen-
ing in all lines of human afiails, politics
not excepted.
The Democrats of Stark county had
great hopes this fall Of getting the
county back into the old Democratic
line, counting upon it perhaps with too
much confidence, and so neglecting the
needful detail work. By the count we
see that in many localities our full vote
was not got out, and we cannot but
think that, by proper effort our stay-at-
home friends could have been got to the
polls.
II must be said that our candidates
were active and earnest and did noble
work and we're every way worthy. Mr..
Ferrall our nominee for the state senate,
was by no means negligeD.. aud Messrs.
Harmony and Juilliard were =. eiatig-
aole in their efforts and we doubt not
did more and better work than their
successful opponents, These men, too,
we're the men to elect in order to defeat
Mark Hanna, and had they been elected
MIR. Hanna would have gone by the
board. AS it is, the Legislature is close,
and these Democratic members from
Stark would have settled it gloriously
by giving US a'Democratic senator in
stead of Mr. Hanna.
The idea of Summit county going
Democratic and Stark Republican il
surely an anomaly, and difficult to recon.
cile. There were no doubt local reasons
that had something to do with this re-
suit in Summit county. Several disas
trous business failures in Akron lately
one, the Werner printing works, may
have had something to do in convincing
people that this proclaimed prosperity
was mostly an emanation from the
father of lies, and demonstrated agair
the fraud and falsity of the British gold
party. 1t is worthy OF note that oul
ueighboring counties of Wayne and Tus
carawas, gave good Democratic MAORI
ties, the latter being completely redeem
ed.
Our other county candidates on the
Democratic ticket in Stark are deserving
of all proper praise, for most assuredly
they did honest and faithful worl
throughout, and were deserving of a bet
ter fate. Amos b. Mase for sheriff
Cyrus H. Stoner for treasurer, Jane
Barry for recorder, Patrick Scanlon TO
commissioner and Sylvanus Sweitzer 70
inhrmary director, competent and wor
thy as all are, go to the wall, although
with different adverse me iOrities, owing
of course, to circumstances. A defeat
however, by one vote is as much de
'eat as if by thousand or two. As i
every campaign there were unworth
things done, under the excitement, on
ofwhiCh was saddling others misfortune
or obliquities upon Mr.. Stoner. In a
campaign personalities are more or les
INDUCED in, the News-DemoCrat takin
hand, in most or all instances though
10 self-defense
But election is over and these matter
are settled, and the News-Democra
wishes the successful gentlemen a sue
cessful administration, satisfied they wi
each and all ann to do their duty. Whe
two run for one and the same place, on
must be left, and in such case let hir
preserve equanimity and bear up like
true philosopher. All through life W
need the aid of divine philosophy.