The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-07-08
AWordr TO Our Patrons.

into line and giving it their hearty sup
port. The Campaign this Fall, for
County officers, will have but one issue
in it, and that whether Whisky or Tenn
perance shall triumph. There has
been a complete understanding effect
ed between the Whisky Rings of both
the old political parties of the County,
and both of these Rings are earnestly
at work with a common object in view,
to-wit: the defeat of the Prohibition
County Ticket. D C. Pinkerton, the
leader of the Republican Whisky Ring,
and James NJ. Gaylord, the leader of
the Democratic Whisky Ring, have
shaken hands, buried the Ratchet, and
now standshoulder to shoulder, fight
ing under a common banner.
The only hope these old command
ers of the Whisky Brigades entertain
for success, is in being able to draw off
from the Prohibition County Ticket
the support of the moral and christian
men of the Democratic Party, by put
ting in nomination a so-called "Demo-
cratic County Ticket" To effect this
end they have falsely and maliciously
circulated a report that we refused to
publish a Call for a Democratic County
Convention; and then, by trickery and
fraud, they induced five of the mem
bers of the Democratic Central Com
mittee, Gaylord being one of them, to
issue a Call, through the McConnelsriM
Herald, for said Convention. We sup
pose said Call will appear in this weeks
issue of the Herald, 1t viii appear, pro-
badly, under the head of New AdTer-
tisenents."
If we know the substantial and NOR
al men of the Democratic party of
Morgan county, and We think we do,
this dodge of Pinkerton, Gaylord q
Co., to defeat the Prohibition County
Ticket, and elect the Republican Wits
ky Ticket, which is the object desired
by both of them, will prove abortive.
1t strikes us that Gaylord, with all his
ability to falsify and work in the dark,
will find that the Democracy of Mon.
gan will not be made a cats paw of to
pull Whisky Republican chestnuts out
of the fire.
1t is the duty of every wellwisher of
society; every advocate of christianity,
morality and humanity, whether they
be Democrats or Republicans, to rally
to the support of the Prohibition Coun-
ty Ticket, and teach such men as Pink
erton and Gaylord that men of their
principles will not be countenanced.
RP On Tuesday, there was some local
excitement here yer the trial ofone of
our citizens for vending beer contrary
to the provisions of our Town Ordin-
ance. The affidavit was fled on Fri
day of last week, and the defendant
desiring to fight the matter, the Court
postponed the trial until Tuesday,
thereby giving the defendant ample
time to send to GAINESVILLE and get
Judge Marsh to come down and defend
him. Marsh was on hand at the ap-
pointed time; and, after the forenoon
was spent in gettinga Jury, J.T. Crew,
who was acting Prosecuting Attorney
for the Corporation, discovered that a
great many of the most important wit
nesses for the Corporation had not
been subroenaed, and that some who
were subpenaed were not present.
Crew Immediately made application to
until said witnesses could be obtained,
which the Court refused. At 2 o'clock,
i. a., the examination of witnesses
who were present began; and, after an
hour spent, the prosecution rested
The defence introduced no testimony.
Mr.. Crew then announced to the Court
that he would not claim a conviction
on the testimony he had been able to
bring before the Jury. The Jury,
therefore, declared the defendant mot
guilty without rising from their seats.
This state of affairs caused no little re-
joicing among the beer vendors, you
bet But it was short,lived. A second
thought showed them that the object
in bringing Judge Marsh down here
had not been accomplished. The truth
of the matter was that they had club
bed together and raised money en-
ough, one hundred dollars, to get Judge
Marsh to undertake to defeat the case
in the expectation that the defendant
would be convicted and an opPortunf
ty thereby offered to take the case into
the higher Courts and have the validf
ty of the Ordinance tested and, the
Corporation failing to make out a case
under the Ordinance, the opportunity
for getting the Ordinance before the
higher Courts was lost, and Marsh was
entitled to his money. These second
thoughts are said to have caused a syas-
nodic contraction of their jubilant ia
ces. In justice TO Mr.. Crew it becomes
US to say that the case did not fail be-
cause of any fault Of his. The case was
made when he was requested to go into
It. He done al that any Attorney
could have done under the circumstan-
ees, and his management of the case
was highly eulogized by some of the
ablest lawyers in this county.
A GIANT APPLE TREE.-SimBkm
Fl. Brown tells Us of a giant Apple
tree on Mr.. John Becket's farm, in
Windsor Township, that is al OBJ
Ject of curiosity to many people
It is. eleven feet and seven inches
In circumference two and a half
feet from the ground, and is between
forty and fifty years eld and epigi~