The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1860-11-02
Mr.. HupHR's ELEorroN TO DE Con-

officers, which came OH on Iuesday
October 9th, will be remembere
as one OF the most closely coDteste,
that has ever taken place in on
county. No better evidence o'this j
necessary than the fact that ther'
. was an increase in the county
of more than 600 votes over an,
previous election. Every township
in the county was thoroughly can
vassed, at least 80 far as Demo
cratic candidates were concerned
and in this work, no man was more
active than Robert S. Mungen.--
His claims upon the people of the
county for their support, were Of q
very peculiar character. His re.
cuniary affairs were in q very un-
promising condition, and nothing
short Of "your support If you can
possibty give it," would save him.
The reasons for this state OF his
finances he was always free 10 state
himself. and never got tired repeat
Ing them, though he was exceed
ngIy sensitive on the subject if the
remotest allusion was made to il by
Republican, either in public or
private. On that subject he insisted
on doing all the talking himself
He would stand up before Repub.
lean and tell about the ISLANDERS that
had been circulated on him, with as
much seriousness ss though he be.
ieved such to be the fact, and then
rehearse the story Of his troubles,
until not few did agree to vote for
him, as they have since said, out Of
sheer pity. His labors among Re-
publicsns we're unremittiDg.
During all this time, what wac
the course pursued by his antag
onist, MIR. Hubert What exertions
was he making TO ensure his electionl
Simply this-Mr. Huber stayed in
l,is mill attending to his business as
though nothing was going on. He,
probably did not attend three po.
litical meetings outside Of Findlay,
during the campaign. His language
was that the people of Hancock
county had tried him once and they
knew him. Ii they felt disposed
again TO give him their support, he
wonld Thankfully y receive it.; if not.
he would on this as on previous
occasion when defeated, chcerfnlly
submit. Everybody looked for
ward to the election as the final
settlement of the matter. 1t appears,
however. that we are 10 have a corr
test. TLe reasons alleged are, that
in sone instances illegal votes were
cast for Huber, and also that in
several cases false returns were
made by the judges OF Elections.
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WmA1 WOULD RE THE DIFFERENcnl
Since such desperate effort is be.
ing made by the Democracy, to re
tain the Treasuryship, AMI since
she county is to be saddled with the
expense of a heavy lawsuit, to see
il there is yet remaining n possibil-
ity for Mr.. Mungen to get possess
ion Of it, rejecting men Of both par
ties may be inclined to ask them.
selves, why all this kicking and
cursing about the election of Ben.
Huberp What would be the differ
ence to tho county, should Mr.. llu-
ber serve out his term2 Would Mr..
Mungen be more honest, moro ca
psble, or more fsithfull And would
his superiority over Mr.. Huber
warrant the county in going to an
expense of from $500 to $500 in un.
doing what they have dono, and
taking him for their Treasurer, in
stead of Huberp Now as to how
Mungen and Huber respectively
feel about the matter, the question
is easily settled. Mr.. Huber cares
hut little about the Office. He did
not seek the nomination, and it is
a fact we'll known that he for some
time refused it. 1t is also we'll
known which OF these two gentle
men made the greatest exertion to
secure an election, after the nomi-
nation. But this is not what we
intended to speak Of here. How do
the tas payers of the county, the
men who have to foot the bill, fee
in regard to it? Do they feel like
contributing from five to eight hun
dred dollars to carry on contest IL
which they have no interest, ant
which has been urged on by IL,
more active ofthe old Oliquea
WooD, WooD.-If those person
who have promised to bring n
wood, on their subscriptions will
bring it in at once, We shall b,
greately obliged. The weather I
most favorable, and we should like t