The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-04-07
GATHS GABBLE.
He Insults Canton Citizens and
the Bar.
GREEDY AND ILL.EDUCATED.
A Newspaper Booster For the Administra'
tion Thinks He Has to Say Something
Mean About Canton People in
Order To Make "a Point.

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Mean About Canton People in
! order To Make Point.
In his Sunday letter to syndicate
papers, Gath, George Alfred Townsend,
in order to make point for the admin
istration, for which he seems to delight to
lie, insulted Canton people and displayed
his ignorance and venality by referring
in sighting manner to the Stark county
bar. In q mention of Assistant Secretary
Day he opened by stating:
"He is a thin man, with rather sunken
cheeks and the look of consumptive.
The plainness and sincerity of life in a
country town, among Germans and
greedy, ill-educated people, for whom he
has been counsellor and judge, tend to
disparage Judge Day until beneath bis
unassuming silence is felt to be man of
native power"
Nobody but fellow with an entire
lack of knowledge about what he is
writing and total disregard for the pro-
prieties would have subscribed his name
to any such rot. Germans and ill-educa-
ted are the people of Canton. Greedy"
too, in the eyes of this writer with q
dearth Of good sense and diarrhoea of
invective. 1t Is recalled that Gath once
appeared in Canton on the lecture plat
form, and drew an audience of only about
nine people, none of whom were present
when the lecturer had concluded. Our
German people may not suit the Spanish
sympathisers, but they are liked mighty
well at home and it wouldn't huit the
town any If there were more Of this class
of thrifty, law-abiding citizens. AS for
the "ill-educated, it Is sufficient to simp-
ly suggest Gath's Canton experience. He
found only nine who were not up to snuff
when he lectured here, and they weren't t
entirely hopeless cases. for they had sense
enough to leave, even if the lecturer
didn't have sense enough to quit.
Greedy" is hardly the term to apply to
a city like Canton and to the citizens that
make up the census of inhabitants. There
is nowhere larger-hearted community
and it is even fOrgiving community.
Witness, the fact that Gath got out of
town after his lecture with not more than
two or three eggs flying after him.
The reference to greed and "ill-ed-
uCation" that Judge Day was called up
on to Judge is simply suggestive of the
drivel of an idiot. Any mau who has
any acquaintance with the bar of Stark
county knows that it is second to none in
the state and that attorneys in only one
or two other cities in the state are
| accustomed to the close trial Of case
that obtains here. The trial rules are
more stringent in some instanc than
in any other city In the state and in all
respects equal to those of other cities
The character of Stark county attorneys il
notably of high degree, and it is re-
cognized that some of the ablest lawyers
of the state are practitioners at this ban
and that collectively it Is at the very
head of the bars of the state. II has beer
observed also that the Stark county at
torneys manage to get along very well
away from home. If Gath were not Gath
Of words and no weight, he would no
have written the nonsense that appeared
over his signature, but being Gath, whC
is employed on reputation and no
authenticity, he didn't know any bette
and probably thought he was smart.