The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1868-03-20
REPORT


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80 X VAN wYCK's REPORT,
Mr.. Van Wyck, from the Commit
Tee on Retrenchnlent in the House of
Representatives, submitted his report
on the whiskey frauds last week. 1t
lisivery voluminous, and presents q
sad spectacle of the extent to which
men may become depraved in their
morals for the purpose o. making
money. Congress enacted that whis-
kew should be taxed two dollars per
gallon. and -thss when it appeared
that sales had been make for less than
that sum, the purchaser might be
made 70 show that the tax had been
paid. In order to gel around this,
the distiller would sell quantity foi,
two dollars or more per gallon. and
then make the purchased present
ofsufncient whiskey 10 bring it down
70 Che figures agreed upon
Iunumerable methods whereby the
Government might he swindled, have
been brought into requisition, some
times in cooperation with Revenue
officers, and i'm case they proved hon
est, by means of dishonest Inspectors.
In this and other places it was found
impossible TO manufacture whiskey
ataproft, in competition with East
ern distille ries, and the business was
abandoned. 1t has long been well
known that the Government has re.
ceiyed but 1.-THE of what should &C
tcrue from this source, but with dis
honest President, making appoint
ments Of, dishonest Assessors, Collec-
tors and Insaeeters. nothing could
be done to improve the state of af.
fairs.
ass 1t Is asserted that this tax, togeth-
er With that on tobacco, cigars and
snuff would go great ways toward
epxy6E our public debt. We hope
that the thing will be fairly ventilated
and such action taken as will result
in the speedy removal of such men
from Office, and the appointment of
smen Of known honesty and rectitude.
Democratic Judicial Convention at
Tif1in.
Pursuant to announc ement, the
"unwashed" met in convention at
Tiffin for the purpose. of nominating
q candidsse for Judge of Common
Pleas for the new Copperhead SUBJ
adivision.a;Alarge number were in
attendance, many of them the most
brilliant lights of the party-at least
there was dazzling refulgence of red
noses. Hon. W. P.sNoble was Pres
ident of the Convention.
The candidates presented were
Dodge, of Perrysburg Pillars, of
Tifln; Beer, of Bucyrus, and Crib
ben, of Findlay. The balloting on
the arst and second ballots was with.
out any result except showing a de-
termination to prolong the matter IN
definitely, when Gribben, though far
ahead Of one of his competitors,
withdrew from the contest, which
gave matters different shape, and
the last ballot resulted as follows:
Pillars, 70; Beer, 6ss; Dodge, ss.
Total, 156.
The Hancock delegation were very
much divided-there- being three
different factions. The majority
however, were in favor of Pillars,
butif7it should appear that his chanc-
es we're doubtful, another candidate
was to be ''sprung" on the Convention
in the7pefson Of A. Blackford. Esq.
The proceedings in the main were
harmonious; little difficulty in the
Marion county delegates, in open
convention. causing some little ex
citement for a few moments. 1t ap-
peared thst an old subscriber to Hub
bardls paper was present as dele
gate, with half dozen written prox-
les in his pocket, and Holder "went
in on him and squelched him.
csg As regards the qualifications of
Z RMr Pillars, for the office for which
the Democracy have nominated him,
we can say nothing. He is said to
= be an able, shrewd lawyer. but very
tricky, and not particularly honest.
These may be the necessary qualifica-
q tions for aught we know, as we have
had no man N that position with
whose af1tecedents we were suff,cien.