The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1863-04-24
UPPER sANDUsKY. 0.
How "Ridsculous 4"

- VuK sssA0 W <Atth sSsA'S So s~'~'6
tsAshsss sslestion in Crane Township. ws
aid:
s,e.Ths, result ofths election in Crane
TowAship on Monday last, may BE- con.
sidsrsd ! Union victory. Il 10 . moral
Ssiumpk IL favor Of sustaining The Gov
Sehasas. II 10 the voice Of the conser.
sivs slsMsnt. spanking out in favor Of
,thssvar., Lat us then rejoice at the pro.
,eysss " have made in cutting down the
Battsraut nsjori.y Of Crane Township.
70 shis. under the caption Of "Ridisu'
iops," ths Editor OF the "Uniou." in his
issue of.hs 18th inst. says:
s'Is Il indeed ridiculous to sse mon so
lAr transcend their moral standing as to
smissspssssat and falsify the facts. when
.thsyt sss pateasto every observer. We
have sn instance Of this in the published
stassmsnt of the Editor Of the U. l.. or
gsn of this place. He says Union men
-osehttosrejoies. because they have re-
dscsd the Democratic majority in Crane
To~aship. since last Spring. Now this
rs the pslpabls falsehood to need refu-
atA,iop. and we are some little inclined to
believe that The Editor gave expression
70 il more for Joke than anything else.
But. nevertheless. we give below
gthe figures, to show that the greatest
forte Of the U. L Editors, is to utter
barefaced falsehoOds.
IN the Spring Of 1869, tho vote was
IS follows:
" Then follows the vote Of both this aud
last spring;and what is showato be the Jas
~ his own figures. and who is made to
sppesr ridiculous :"
Last year the candidate for Justice Of
ths so.oailed Democracy. not possessing
che elements Of popularity. ran fer behind
those Who got the full vote Of bis party.
while shis year the But.srnut candidate
forJssties. ran ahead Of bis party vote.
stksrstsrs. neither Of those can be used to
lassiys q . correct conclusion regarding
ths result. But Let us take the result on
Tssstsss for both seasons. There are
thrss candidates on each side, snd the
party vote vas held very close for them.
TAslsysrags majority, BY Esq. Dnmm''
sssl1gsrss. last year for Agerter Beam
snd Tobias, wa- nInrIrr EIGHT -
Tnr ysH sns average m.iority Cor the,
aas nan. BY the same mans figures, ID
bat RiaHrY-yous! Whore is the "bare.
kcsd falsshood :" Put on your specA-
slss. brother DUNN, and read!
The two highest votes last year for op-
posing candidates for Trustees, by Dumm's
AEsres. Vas "Agerter. D. 3o7" and "Sto-
hsr. o. Els" majority %. This year
Che two highsss opposing candidates. by
Dsmm's 6gures. were Beam. D. sOo."
''ySue'. y. 29s." majority 81. Last year
~. this year 81 and yet, Mr.. DUNN
sAys the "lAlsshood is too palpabls TO need
rsfutAtion."
Nov. At the elsctios last Spring but
little effort wss made, and tho whole vote
snly reached about 522. Last Fall. with
. voting population Of At least so less
shan in the Spring. We pollsd over 600
votss. and were beaten about l27. This
Spring. with nearly every Busternus at
atkerpolls and many Union men away. We
avsfsionly defeated about 80. Brother
Dunn. yield the mantle Of '.palpaJls
falssAood." and ask that as II will not ft
On rshs shoulders Of private citizen, that
yeusaov apply it TO the shoulders Of your
OFFICIAL majority, where it will rest
easy and feel at home.
But We are not done yet. Deception
end misrepresentation presents themselves
yet more complete, and were not brother
Dumm's checks case hardened, they would
melt ia shame in the face Of suoh decls.
sstions Is the following, viz He says
ID proceeding:
a 1T will BE- seen by comparing the
.'above vote, that we have increased our
3 majority materially. in Crane Township.
The rsss Of the Townships in the County
did ssIl bsassr than Crane. &o."
"lyvsassd oar majority matr;aly"--
"0ld Nick" himself never told bigger
ssas than that. Where 10 Msrssilles {!
j she not zone Of the rest p And brave
httls Sycamore, with about 10 mon it the
-. and more than 50 Of thsm not only
sN men but RspsA;oaas--whsrs is
sAee Last Fall shs could only raise bare.
A4 UAion majority, and now. altar the