The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-07-19

land it is an open fight, and even the
co,ored brethren are mixing in it
They claim the color line has been
drawn in parceling out places on cont
mlttees. 1t is a merry war, and the
veterans are well equipped for last
ing siege.
General Sherwood's reference to a
reported bolt demonstrated that the
former Canton man will not permit his
name to be used in vain. In an inter-
view in the Democrat, Tuesday,
ne repudiated the report that he would
lun on an independent ticket, for gov
ernor, and said it was all wind. The
Honorable Charles Dick may catch a
few of the unwary, with his third-ticket
plan, but not the wary General Sher-
wood. This isn't the generals year to
invest in sacks Of sawdust fashioned
like the product of the kiln.
On Friday the Sun inadvertently
gave countenance to piece of news
paper piracy. 1t printed a very able
poem entitled Man, Woman and
Car" as from the Montreal Herald,
having overlooked the fact that the
same was original in the Sun some
three months ago. The Montreal Her.
aid had stolen it.--New York Sun.
Newspaper piracy is real sin. The
Sun is not alone in it's embarrassment,
though having recognized good thing
and reprinted it ought not, perhaps, to
be referred to as an embarrassment.
On an occasion during the e>connection
of Gen. Isaac r. Sherwood, with the
News-Democrat, a suggestion came
into the mind of the general that trip
up the lakes would do him good. 1t
was not the fashion of the general to
advertise his, going and coming, as he
entertained the notion that the public
was not interested in his personal
movements, which notion, unfortu.
nately. has not been ingrafted into the
conduct of all Ohio papers, many CT
whom are old enough to know better,
During the absence of the general
young man, who was otherwise en-
ployed about the place, undertook, in
cidentally, to see to it that the space
usually occupied by the wit and wis
dom that emanated from the fluent
pen of the able editor, was not left
entirely blank, save, possibly, as to
ideas, and the public did not know.
except by comparison, that the gen.
eral was boiling in the baths of Mt
Clemens, and that poor substitute
was broiling in his Office, in an inef
fectual effort to fill, in his shoes, the
niche reserved for his bunion. Upon
the return of General Sherwood, the
old grind was resumed. Being short
Of copy, few days after his return,
the general scissored from the Illinois
State Register, notion that suited
him, giving credit to the paper from
which he had taken it. Now the State
Register is nearly as notorious in its
piracy as some of our more local
brethren who habitually employ the
st. Louis Republic, and had bodily
lifted from the editorial columns Of the
News-Democrat, what the general evil
IDENTIFY thought was a good thing
probably the only thing that occurred
during his absence to which sllch a
suspicion might attach. But the Reg
lister had failed to give due credit.
So what the general credited to the
State Register had appeared in his own
paper but a few days prior, for the
State Register is prompt in its thiev.
cry, and does not permit many days
to elapse before it gamers the harvest
made possible by the irrigating per,
spiration from the brow of others.
In strict confidence 1t may be re-
lated that the young man whose ef
fort had led the general into the mis-
adventure did not lose his job.
The question Of equitable taxation
has them all thinking In Canton one
concern that does not pay $4,000 would
pay over $4,000 IL IT were placed on the
duplicate at sixty per cent of its sell.
ing value. If 1t paid that extra $4,000
the small property owner and the farm
err would not have to pay It. and the
taxes would soon adjust themselves t.
q medal basis. Everybody comedies
that II is worth thinking about.