The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1849-08-24
LocoCoc6 Candidates.


dismssing sundry LOcofpco office-hold-
ers. Each individual that is decapita'
ted, as they term it, returns to the peo-
pe and adcs another to the interminable
list of e-seek ers, thus narrowing down
the chances of those already in the field.
And unfortunately for them, these pro-
scribeG individuals have the faculty, from
long experience, of raising the cry ofop'
preston and obtaining the pity" oftheir
fiiends. Any pup will whine when the
teat is taken from it, and why should not
the Office seeker. when his chances for
the perquisites are made slimmerl
For Representatives.. For the district
we know Of but one candidate, james
She ward, of Perry. For the County, we
have Daniel Keller, William Ewing and
Clancy Rickels.
we have great fears for the success OF
IU6 FHin6I lnCuulUcIt' ilC Wuo luVHil-
fed with the disgraceful proceedings of
last winter, voted for Chase, sold himself
to the Abolitionisls and didn't get the
Judgeship. His chance is slim, for the
leaders don't want him.
PoOr House Directors. John Kemer-
er, Thomas Duncan and Jacob w. Holt.
If the latter gentleman wants It and of
course he does, he ought to have it. He
has waited long enough.
Recorder. John K. Baker. w. L. King
and Albert Brown. These candidates
have some little fun among themselves.
The first has long desired sight OF the
funds accruing from recording deeds and
murtgages-the second has long receiv-
ed them, and the third thinks long enough
in all conscience. But Mr.. King has no
desire to give them up, so long as other
chances are slim, and has appeared in a
card, denying that he said "he didn't want
the Office" This was entirely unneces-
sary. No one would have believe such
u tale, though it was done up broma.
Commissioner. William Panahaker,
Peter Hay, Daniel Hart, Abraham Deck
or and John S. Brooks. Two to one are
freely bet on Brooks, but it is hard to
guess the best man among the lot Our
old friend, tho present incumbent, has
been so much identified with bridges and
bridge building that he stands poor
chance fgetting the nomination. The
western part oflhe county desire the can
didate and in all conscience they ought
to have him. 1t has been long while
since they have had hand in the coun
ty treasury.
Treasurer. This is the sweepstakes
:, The purse is large aud ofcourse the can
didates are numerous. We have Fran
els Lilly, Geo. Wygum and William Rig
by, of Hooking; Jacob Seitz and JOIN
Iamott, of Bern; Isaac Kerns ofMadison
(Polin wilhdrawn3 Jesse q, Beery, o
Rushcreek; w. W. Richey, Of Richland
Peter C. Benadum, of Pleasant; ID. b
u Miller, of Liberty; Daniel Crumly an'
u Samuel Weiser, of Bloom; and Geo. f.
Strayer, of Amanda-l3 in all.
Vf ever, in our editorial capacity, W.
. should feel constrained, from a conscious
ness of our duty, to tell the voters ofthi
county that certain candidates were ne
u qualified to perform the duties of the oI
IS 6cc, for which they labor, let every ma
O hold his peace. Oflhese candidates. W
only re .,erate what they and their friend
say, not ono is capable of performing tn
duties of Treasurer. If they have thi
opinion Of each other, being brother Lc
cofocos, il is right that we should let tn
. Wings, who are not so we'll acquainte
with them, into the secret. OF our ow
accord. we would not say this of any
even after nominations; but We are cor
strained 10 believe their assertions, 0
they onght To be well acquainted wit
Q each other, Not long ago, Locofoc
l. minated pretty strongly that one I
g. the candidates could scarcely write h
4 name. This, however, is only one of Ii
e charges. One is n dutchmnn, one is
a. renegade, another broken down me
Q, chant, anothera bad bridge. builder, AT
10 80 on to the end Of the chapter. Trul
taking their own opinions, they ha,
u small material for public officers.
y If we should venture an opinion, "
10 think that the old unfortunate stager W
again be ruled off, and that the CO
j. test lies between Pleasant and Hockin
3 There are two good ways of electionee
8 ing-and yet directly opposite. Eithe
III however. has better chance than all OF
,e ers, and it depends upon the moral pulse
al community at the time, which is success
10 ful. This opinion of course will pro
"a erroneous. should've Democracy take
IN into their head to DO "merciful" aud |
= leve the unfortunate" Taxes III