The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1847-09-10
Tie Locoroco Ticket.

The Ratification meeting on last Saturday con.
sisted of about 40 all told. Ofthese three-fourtbs
were ofice.holders, ofice.seekers and the rela.
tons of ofice-holders and ofice-seekers These
were the individuals, who met to ratify the nomi-
nations Of the party-first made by the Red
Lodge, next voted for by about one third of the
party and then ratified by about 40 interested in.
dividuals.
SALMON SHAW Esq. comes first on the list,
The speech which he made all over the county in
1916 subsequently in the Legislature and which
he has since had printed in pamphlet form for the
benefit of his benighted constituency" who
would not swallow hard.money, has now become
old and stale. Wonder what he will do for a hob.
by
DAVID LYLE, his colleague, is a very fine man;
but IA h~ard-monGy l%ocoiooo.
JEPTHA NgwKIRK is re.nominated for Treasur.
er. His disappointed opponent says that he has
not one qualification for the office, and who can
Judge better than his own party menl
We condolo with his opponent. Thrown scv.
eral times on the shelf, we hope that he will moi
yet give up. Try, try again; and should you wisl
to succeed swear eternal fealty to the Rcd Lodge
and perhaps they will so work the wires, that III,
party may nominate you.
SAMUEL SHAEFFER was nominated for Com
missionor-Ebrigh thrown inside. 1t is Just sucl
men, that the Lodge wish to have. They cal
manage them to suit their purposes. Not capable
of performing the duties of their Office, they mus
ask advice, from those who give it gratis for III,
pcrquisites.
Ions STALLsNITH was re.nominated for Poo
House Director, Just as well qualified for that al
he was for land Appraiser. We don't complain
Should we say about these men the things tina
were said about them by their party prior to tn,
nomination, we would be accused of SANDER
But we keep mum ut present. The Red Lodg,
can select their own men. They can use them
too. when the people elect them.
The Resolutions adopted at the meeting will
receive a passing notice next week, These reso
l~utions were passed by 40 individuals of the par
ty-such individuals as were spoken of above. |
it not a farce TO see 40 such men speaking for tn
party and telling near $500 how they shall vote an,
what opinions they shall holdl 1t is yet to b
seen whether they will vote for the men runnin
with such resolutions sticking to their backs
resolutions framed by an individual who has jus
come into the county and who knows as much
bout what the people here want as the man in tn
moon-an individual as ignoranto OF political econc
my as he is destitute Of good breeding and con
mon sense, and yet speaking and debating to pra,
teal men, who have seen and felt the good e
lects of a sound and safe banking system.
tB-The Locoiuco papers hive been making
tremendous fuss" because Gov. Bebb refused
pay out money from the State Treasury, withol
law, to subsist the new Regiment of volunteer
The Cincinnati alias thus happily hits one
thom, the Statesman, which is applicable to a
the Others:
1t is rather n lauglAbIe fact that the Statesma
commenced abusing Gov. Bebb for not furnishin
the new Regiment, before the Governor was of
cially advised that the War Department had cal
ed for the Regiment aud that, Notwithstanding!
the Statesman says, the law does not authoriz
the Department to furnish supplies till the me
are mustered into service, the Department, neve
tholess, did order them to be supplied before the
were mustered in. What ridiculous figures som