The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1857-08-27
rse E. seaney, Of Tiain, is his opponent.
Jacob Blickensderier, Jr.


The Republican candidate for Board Of Public
Works, from recent preudicial statements made in
certain quarters, requires more than passing no.
sice at our hands. Being an honest unassuming
man-one who never seeks office, and seldom at
endspolitical conventions-Mr Blickensderfer is
little..known to the people of Ohio beyond the
field of his official abors except in one instance,
and then, like poor Tray, he found in bad COM
pany, and has been by many severely ceusured.
lie was member of the Board at the time the
fraudulent lettings OF the Public Works transpir-
cd ii is true but reference to the history of this
transaction will show that he voted first not to con-
tract at all, and next sought 10 throw around the
letting such safeguards as would ciectualy pro-
tect the interests of tie State. In both cases he
was voted down by Steelman aud Griswod the
two Locofoco members. He made every effort
in his power to avert the fraudulent transaction,
but was repeatedly oveTuled by lis associates.
Mr.. Blickensderier was also deceived in this mat
ter, Just as any other honest man would have been.
He had no means Of knowing that Steclman,
Backus & Co., had been annually robbng the
State Of over twenty-five thousand dollars and
when they reported that, under judicious and eco
nomical management, tie average cost of keeping
the 9th division in repairs for six years had been
over forty-six thousand dollars lie had no means
of knowing that the facts were falsely represented,
and therefore had every reason to believe that
Young & Dodd were taking the job at reasonably
low figures. He might have seen this when Back
us & Co., who had been bleeding the State to the
tune of forty-six thousand, proposed to do the
work, and make money out Of it, Tor twenty-toul
thousand dollars but it would have done 10 good
for he was without power to act, being overrulcl
by two men who were determined to carry out the
iniqui,ious business which they had 80 boldly uu
dertaken.
Another fact which goes fur to sustain Mr.
Blckensdercr is that the only contract made il
which there was no fraud was on section No 3
(which is under bis supervision. This contract wa
made in Mr.. Blickeuslerf,r's own straightforward
honest manner, aul no person hes ever claimed tha
there was even the mos: remote somblance Of frauC
in the entire transaction and the legislature in thc
act annulling the contracts, excepted this one be
cause the law under which it had been made wa
strictly adhered 10. No man dared to approach ia
cob Biiekenslerfer with propositions to rob th
State either by selling or buying bids. lie wa
too pure man for that class Of persons 10 lcl
With ....
The most that can be said against Mr.. Bcl;cn,
derfer, who is universally knawn throughout NORTH
Eastern Ohio as - Honest Jake" is that he was
member of the same Board Of Pab!c Wurks wit
James B. Steedman and Wayne Griswold w
know this fact has induced many persons to cor
denim him, and this was cur only objection to Ii
denomination. We knew it would require much !,
Dor to dsaDuse the public mind on Ills point
We have known Mr.. B.ckensdoltr long by rcpr
tati0n and in his oHlria capacity, aud we hoSi,at
not 10 say that lie has no superior in Ohio for ia
tegrIty, uprigAiness OF character AMI ability /
superiniend her Public Works. lis pame shoul
not be mentioned the saIio day With that Of a
L. BacBus
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