The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-04-16
CARROLL IS
HAVING FITS
The Latest Wall About
the Judgeship.
SHABBY TREATMENT
Accorded the Majority Furnish
ers, According to One Of
the Official Organs
OF tho Place.

The CarrolltOn Republican Standard
has another spasm this week over the
judgeship. Here is the latest wall that
will make the Stark county politicians
smile broadly:
Present indications point to the nom-
ination of Henry W. Harter as common
pleas judge. He, however, will not be
the choice of Carroll county. In this
matter her citizens have no option.
According to the creed of the swell
aristocracy of Stark county the people
Of Carroll have no right to think fo-
themselves it is simply their duty to
furnish ma;oritles for the hungry can
didates whom Stark is pleased to name.
This may not be esteemed a courteous
manner Of stating the case, but 1t is
nevertheless, cold fact. The fellows
In Stark county with full bellies and in
hated heads regard themselves as Gods
chosen people whose superiority we
down here are expected to acknowledge.
They think themselves the salt Of the
district; but it is mighty mean grade
of salt-having lost its SAVIOR and made
by trust at that. :
In matters political Carroll county
has Jared badly. Two years ago Har
rison county 'trowed her down" anu
robbed her of her representative; In
the same year Stark county stole the
senatorship and last year she perpetrat.
ed the rape of her judgeship and is nov
intent upon the same dishonest pur.
pose. Her sweet-scented politicians
evidently believe
"They shall take who have the power,
And they shall keep who can"
Is It any wonder under these circum-
stances feeling in the county is intense
and bitter? The treatment accorded
Carroll county has been brutal. Those
political grafters In Stark county who
stick to an Office as closely as a sick
kitten to hot brick seem to forget thar
representation should be granted to
counties which furnish the majorities
Carroll county has never wavered. She
has always been Loyalty true to party
fealty while Stark county has frequent.
ly wandered after strange gods and been
woefulIy unmindful of the teachings Of
her noble son--William Mckinley. But
for the regular and Aways-to-be-re
| lied-upon majority Carroll county IN.
variably furnished in times of political
apostasy the district, which is proud TO
claim President Mckinley as her dis
| tinguished citizen, would have gone
down in inglorious defeat on number
of occasions. Tyranny could never be
more self-asserting. While refusing
to pay the interest Stark absolutely re-
pudiates her political obligations. =
Has Stark county any right to expect
Carroll to support the judicial nomina-
| ton about to be made? Let her own
example furnish the equitable answer.
| In that county when things do not go
to suit the select few they bolt the
ticket. Has not Carroll county the
same privilege? Certainly. The code
of ethics governing the actions of h g.
citizens ought not to be esteemed more
binding than that Of Stark county. Be-
sides the judgeship OF all elective Offices
is farthest removed from politics. A
Judge is not considered factor in poll
tics and he Is not expected to take au
active part In campaign work or con.
tribute to campaign funds. While az
q citizen he casts his ballot he is in nc
sense regarded a party man. Hence
with many there Is a deep-seated i'm.
preston that In the selection Of judge
politics Is not to be considered.
The Republican-Standard again ut.
ters its note OF warning. Let STARK
county beware. She cannot afford to be
unjust. II she desires to have her can
didates supported at the polls she must
first see that they are the choice OF the
party of the district. A disposition tc
gobble up all tho Offices in the district
will be rebulEed In q manner 20 em.
phatic ~ 70 break IN pieces her political
maehinerv and destroy her cherished