The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-07-27
OF
TWO CITIZENS.
They Suspend a Flag Between
Their Respective Buildings.
FLAGS CONTINUE TO WAVE.
One Citizen Wants Them Removed, The
other Periodically Maintains That
They Shall Remain
Waving.

Pedestrians passing along North
Market street on the day following the
Fourth of July demonstration, witness
sed the placing of a line across the
street just above Fourth street. The
line on the east side of the street was
attached to the building of William F.
Schario, and on the western side 1t was
attached to the roof Of the Hotel Will
liams. On each side of the street, at
tached to the line, were two large flags.
The idea Of placing the flags across the
way apparently was a patriotic sug-
gestion on the part of Mr.. Williams, the
landlord of the Hotel Williams. The
flags were strung up on the 5th of July,
incidentally the day of William Jennings
Bryan's nomination by the national
Democratic convention for the presi-
dency. Mr.. Williams is an enthusiastic
Republican, while Mr.. Schario is a pa
triotic Democrat.
1t appears that Mr.. Williams was
to have some decorations adorn his
place of business on the Fourth Of July,
but they did not arrive in time, SO on
the morning of the fifth he approached
his neighbor over the way and asked
him If he would consent to have line
attached to his building, and stretched
across to the. hotel, upon which two
flags were to be suspended, one on
either side of the street. Mr.. Schario
Immediately consented, as Mr.. Will
liams stated that the hanging out of the
flags was purely from patriotic mo-
tive. While the two neighbors were
placing the line and flags in position,
other parties along the street were re-
moving their decorations. No atten-
tion was paid to the flags by neighbors
the first day, but when the flags con-
tinued to wave the second and third
days after the Fourth, several Re-
publican friends called upon Mr.. Will
liams and asked why he did not remove
the flags, and why the flags were put
up the day following the Fourth. Mr..
Williams said he was patriotic and
wasn't going to take the flags down.
Then in came other neighbors who
called attention to the fact that the
flags were strung on the day of Bryan's
nomination. This aggravated Williams
and his patriotism took a more serious
turn, and he began to reflect, then he
visited his neighbor across the street.
Mr.. Schario was acquainted with the
fact that the hotel man was tired of
having the flags wave, and he wanted
them taken down. Mr.. Schario pressed
his questions and finally Williams ad-
mitted that his Republican friends
were accusing him of assisting in cele-
brating Bryan's nomination by hang
ing out flags on that day. Mr.. Schario
wouldn't consent to have the flags re-
moved, as his patriotism wasn't on the
wane, and they were going to remain
there as long as he pleased to see them
wave. Mr.. Williams insisted on their
removal and threatened to cut them
down. But this argument was futile
with Mr.. Schario. He said he would
have the flags wave across the street in
front Of his place of business If he had
to add more line and attach the other
end to another building. And he also
threatened to take a beautiful litho-
graph of Bryan, which he owns, and
attach 1t to the flag on his side, and
have the flag carrying the picture wave
day and night in front of the building.
This argument was successful and Mr..
Williams no longer demanded the re-
moval of the flag, seeing that Mr..
Schario was in earnest.
Some comment has been caused by
pedestrians who daily see the flags on
the line. The flag on the Schario side
of the line waves to and fro without
catching to the line, while the flag plac-
ed in position by Mr.. Williams is con-
stantly caught on the line, and re-
quires considerable attention. Friends
of Mr.. Williams have suggested to him
that this is an omen that augurs Ill to
the prospects Of his party this fall.