Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-10-19
Insult Upon Injury,

prize trophy mad 1t not been for the
fact that he was Marietta man, that
being sufficient in Cleveland to effect
ually shut any man out of a possible
chance of victory. Mr.. Mitchell had
never ridden in road race and won
only one track race, yet the swell
head Handicapped in the person of
Inas. W. Mears, who is candidate for
the Office of Chief Consul in the cleo
tion now progressing, still smarting
at the turn-down Marietta men gave
Lim at the time he was railroaded into
nomination, the exclusive report of
wAlch was published in the Leader at
the time, gave him but 35 minutes
handicap in 100-mile race, while men
with records on track and road got
one hour and thirty minutes. Even
with this unfair and unjust handicap
ping he pluckily forced himself into
fourth place and was riding strong
when another rider fouled him and
threw him heavily to the ground,
where he laid unconscious for Is
minutes. He was revived by stimu-
lants and remounted and finished the
race, riding the Tooth mile in the re-
markable time OF 2:1S.
Had Mr.. Mitchell been honestly
handicapped he certainly would have
won the race. 1t is to be much re-
GREETED that he did not enter from
some point in Ohio other than Mari
eta, as Mr.. Mears seems to have it
'in" for everybody residing therein.
1t is also to be regretted that man
claiming to be "Reformer" would
stoop to vent his childish spite upon
the head of an innocent person, and
in this case a man who is not even a
member of the L. A. w.
Mr.. Mears has manager in the per-
son of Mr.. Jas. A. Sanford, who has
issued a circular in which he sets
forth certain things which the Re
formers" promise to do He also sets
out certain things which the Reform
ers have done in their home city of
Cleveland. He thus admits that the
reform movement is local and that its
abode is in Cleveland.
An examination of the promises
made by him on page two of his cir
cular reveals the most glaring gold
brick proposition that was ever SUBJ
mitted by a confidence man to his un-
suspecting victim. Mr.. Sanford prom
ises to bring the Ohio membership up
to that of New York. You would sup
pose that the home city of reform
would consequently show up well in
membership at the present time. Cleve-
land is undoubtedly the best cycling
city in Ohio and yet it's membership
is away below that of Cincinnati, from
which no rash promises emanate, but
where the recruiting goes steadily on.
They also promise the organization
Of consulates, and boast of the pro-
gress Of their own organization. The
truth is that their consulate is the
youngest in the state of Ohio, and was
not organized until DR.. Kempton went
to Cleveland and organized it himself |
Nobody took interest enough in the
consulate to accept the senior consul
ship, and after nearly everybody in |
...e room lad been nominated and de- |
clined the honor, Mr.. Mears took it. |
1t is no wonder that such a lifeless |
organization has failed to secure the |
passage of the universal light ordi- |
nance, and has failed to cause the
erection in its neighborhood of guide
boards.
Mr.. Sanford's circular alleges that |
the ring concocted a scheme, which
he says was "audacious, rotten and
dirty" to amend the election laws.
This scheme, he says, was abandoned
because the plan was published in a
newspaper. If the Independents are
so rotten" and dirty" and at the
same time so "audacious," what would
they care for newspaper article? |
tina they had the power to |
change the election laws, what was
there to hinder them from making |
the alteration if they ever intended to
do so? Such absurd charges as these
only serve to tDrow ridicule on those |
who make them.
Taken altogether, the promises
made by the chairman of the Reform
ers' campaign committee, in the ex-
uberance Of his youth, are exciting the
merriment Of L. A. w. members |
throughout the state. While it is a
we'll known fact that charity begins at
home, reform never does, and these
gentlemen who promise to do so much |
for the state have overlooked their |
home city entirely and have done lit
lie or nothing for the League. They |
ire well qualified to boast, but have
never shown the slightest ability to
larry out their propositions. OF
course there are always a few people
Who are willing to buy and pay for a
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