Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-12-03

Another Statement of Facts.
EpToR OF JouRElL II notes that ia
Mondays Journal you give editorial proni.
nsnce ~ a transaction that occurred nearly a
year aso--the facts Of which when fresh,
seemed 10 have no such quality Of sweetness 10
them as TO encourage the hope Of improve.
meut by age OF course refer 10 your state.
meHt 0i Facts, 10 regard 10 the appointment
, Of + o, Lowe in December, 1862, 10 the office
OF County Auditor.
It Is not for me to say whether Me- Harshmap,
aho was nominated and elected Commission.
er by the Union party, acted ia bad faith"
Z by voting Tor an open recognized disciple Of
Vallaudigham to I'LL the place OF COuoty Aud
itor, or whether il was. "indrlicate' in him TO
vote his sOn-in-law INTO that office, when to
have refused, would have been cruel unkind.
ness to the friendly subordinate who had un.
dergone the fatigue Of circulating friendly
| petition to smooth the way for a reconciliation
/ Of public duty With family convenience These
/ matters DO not concern me or the pnblie u
| great deal now Making no charges, | shall
/ have no occasion for any attempt to make
amende' hereafter What I regret is. that
you could not weaken Handsomely to injured
innocence without the implication of censure
]
! represented Mr. Uarshman as deeply con
cerned for the appointment OF Mr.. Dietrich,
! ii you thought you could see it," or Mr.
Lowe ~ hiding himself away in the woods
I when the petition 10 hts behalf was started
/ bat you can hardly expect me to remain 81.
lont under the manifest effort OF your state
ment to me responsible for the shame that
finally happened You seem to anticipate ss
much by rendering zoe the use VI your col
ums for reply ...
The facts you say, "are partially devel.
oped ia the recent annuai report Of the Coun.
ty Commissioners, from which you copy the
record Of two meetings--one pUrporting TO
have been held on the 25th Of December
| Christmas day, 1868, in which il is put down
that the Board being unable to agree on the
| appointme Mt OF ah Auditor, adjourned until
Wednesday, the 30lh and the other held
pursuant TO ad dOurnOlent This is all Of the
pretended record, and aside from the reul
! facts of the case, it amounts TO very little,
and with those facts IL amounts to nothing.
! In the FIRST place the Commissioners never
J held a mseiiag on that Christmas day to ap.
| point al Auditor. They did come toeelhe,
! tor Il lew minutes n The Auditors room that
day, and it was my first meeting with Mr.
! HGIshman. The busiuass was entirely new
! 10 me, aud OF coarse was not disposed to
lead in anything Mr. Harshman, being
PreSi tent OF the Board said we could not
make an appointment that day, aud invited us
TO 20 with him, not naming where, but we
went with him to his office in the Bank, on
Jefferson street. He then said we would talk
over this matter, and asked ar Iams II he
had man. Mr. lams named Mr. Boyer.
Mr.. Harshman then asked me It ! had any.
| | ren aH has I had t,yn ind
and mentioned Mr. LaROse aud Captain Har-
man He continued the conversation by say
ing be had man that he ihought would suit
us all--Mr Dietrich After that | did not
again mention tho names introduced by me,
but made up my mind 1T ouce to go with Mr..
1 Harshmen. He and Mr. Iams had quite an
animstep talk over their candidates, and |
know that | agreed with Mr. Harshman, and
then and there expressed myself that We wan.
ted man like Mr. Dietrich at the head of the
office
This meeting at the Bank was wholly uR
official and informal--no move towards an an
pointmSnt being proposed or attempted aud
no one being present to record what we did
or failed to do. ] know that the record was
never read to me or in my hearing, and neV.
or suspected its existence until Mr. Lowe call
ed my attention to it a few weeks ago 1t
was signed as matter OF TORN, without being
read by me at the time upon the suppostion
that all minutes presented for signature have
been previously read in open Board and ap.
proved as correct This is the naked truth,
and fofbear any comment upon it.
Before separating at the Bank, we agreed
to meet the following Wednesday at the Aud
itors Office and make an APP ointment.
went away fully believeing that Mr. Harsh
man would vote for the gentleman be had pro
, posed, and that his vote with my own would
} make Mr.. Dietrich the Auditor On Monday
1 went to Cincinnati, getting home on Wed
4 nesday, just IN time to go from the cars TO th,
meeting. The appointment was the specia
=, business 10 be transacted, and we proceeded
10 vote. On the first and only ballot tha
was taken, Mr.. Lowe was chosen Ny vott
alone being cast for Mr. Dietrich and the 9th
er two for Mr., Lowe
Does this lock as il Mr. Harahman ever in
tended to vote for Mr. Dietrich, or to max,
+ any use OF his nauie, except to scare Mr.
: lams from the support of Boyer to the sup
d port of Lowe If such is not the appear
y snce, at least such was the result accomplish
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