The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-11-18
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TEMPERANCE REFORM


more moderate friends OF the law were
opposed to this. They desired to select
s6hie other candidate, and finally brought
forward Mi. Cahoon. Thus matters
stood at the Wliig caucus, which, atteIs
warm contest between the friends OF Mr.,
Dow and Mr.. Cahaon, broke up in con
fusion, without making any nomination,
Subsequently, Mr.. Cahooll was nomi-
mated by a citizens meeting. Mr. Fox
wasnomin in opposition, BY the De-
mocratic delegates, chosen for that phf-
pose from the several wards; but his
nomination was not confirmed by the
Democratic mass meeting, which also
broke up in confusion, At the PollsY
Mr. Fox and Mr. Dow were both voted
for against Mr. Cahoon, the two receiving
the votes of many Of those Wings and
Democrats who had been in favor q.
again running Mr.. Dow as candidates,
and of some Democrats who voted foT
MIR. Fox out of. respect ia, the doctrine ol
Irregular nomihations." Mr.. Cahooniwas
SUPPORTED and voted for by the more
moderate frieads Of the law, as well as
by its opponents who preferred him to
either of the other candidates, and he
was elected by decided majority. his 4
own position is, and has been, that OF a
moderate but firm and decided friend OF
the law. We have deemed this expla-
nation proper, 10 correct some erroneous
impressions which have prevailed abroad
in relation to this election.
The next name on the list is that OF
Eliphalet Greeley. MIR. Greeley is one
of the weaIthiest and most respectable Of
our citizens. For many years he was
I Mayor Of our city, He was first elected, d
we think, in 1913, and served until Mr..
\ Cahoon was elected, in l849. These
two have occupied that station for the
last ten years, excepting the two years OF
the administrations of MIR. Dow and MIR.
Paris. Mr.. Greeley has also represented :
\ the city in the Legislature, and has been
\ for many years President Of the Casco
/ Bank. He is constitutionally and noto-
riously a very prudent, cautious and con
\ seruative man. Among the prominent
/ men Of our city, there is perhaps no one
| so noted for his habitual cool Judgment
Il freedom from imptlsiUeneSS, and utter de-
| testation OF all hnmbuggery and clap-traP
4 reform. He is one Of the "slow and
/ sure'' sort, who try all things and hold
II fast to that which is good. No new
4 scheme of reform can command his ap-
until il has been demonstrated as
| worthy and deserving. In many re-
spects he is the very antipodes OF Mr..
/ Dow. and this difference of character led
H TO repeated collisions between the two
while Mr.. Greeley was Mayor, and 10
strenuous opposition, on MIR. Dow's part,
| on one or two occasions, to his re-
election. q
Next follow the names of clergymen
of the different religious societies OF the
city. 3aHra3 r .al
Wood, the contractor who built the At
lElantic and St. Lawrence Railroad. He
has employed hundreds of workmen Of
different kinds and grades, both Irish and
American, in this city, and along the
whole line of the railroad. From his
own observation, and from. information
derived from his superintendents and
agents. he has no hesitation in saying
t6at the law has been productive of great
good-that his men, on the average, have
worked more days in the month, have
FL been better able to perform their duty,
and have had less "sprees" than before
:. 1.-The passage Of the law. Then, it was
common for many Of them to come tc
their work with red eyes, and trembling
4 from the effects of excessive drinking
, \ over night--and mahywere turned away
, II for this causes } Since the passage OF tn
\ law, this has been of rare occurrence, q
that he has been. able to calculate witt
/ almost entire certainty, that in force o
! fifty men, from foHy.five to forty.eigh
! would attend their work punCtually
: whereas previously not more than tive
) thirds could be relied upon to make thei
3 appearance on the, ground, and many
J Il those unfit,to work. The difference, b
4 says, in passing from Maine into NeV
,rl Hampshire, was very perceptible. A
s H soon as they had got fairly into Me-
) Hampshire, they again suffered from th
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