The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-07-15
THE
DODGE TO ELECT THE
WHISK~ T-REPUBLICA co.
TICKET.

Since our last Issue, the Command
ers of the Whisky Brigades of Morgan
County have, evidently, determined
upon a new system Of tactics. Atleast
they are not seen button-ho1ing each
other in public places, eounciling as to
the most efficient means they can en-
ploy to defeat the Prohibition County
Ticket, as was their wont during the
two weeks previous to oar kst weeks
issue. It is evident that they have had
a meeting somewhere under the cover
ofnight, and mutually agreed MOTTO
evince any feeling of fellowship or
brotherhood where the gaze ofthe pub
lie might rest upon them. In thi, way
they hope 10 give the ale" to our as
sertion that they are acting together
to effect a mutually wished for result.
This is a shrewd dodge aid, if well
carried out, might be successful in de-
ceiving the people but it must fail be-
of the fact that they are boGhus~.
ing the game argument, singing the
same song to the same tune.
Both of them have been busily en-
gagged in circulating falsehoods which
they hope to make suecessfnli in mil
itating against the financial Welfare of
the Conservative. We are not surprised
at Pinkerton doing this, because Of the
fact that the Conservative has alwagsde-
nounced him as a political trickstef
and shyster OF the first water but
Gaylord, a man whom the Conservative
has defended time and again, resort
ing to faIsehoods to injure us simply
because we wosld not be an instrument
in his hands touse the Democratic par
ty ~to.secure the election of the Whis-
ky Republican Ticket, reminds US very
much ofthe story of the viper that bit
the man that warmed it into life In His
bosom.
The object Of this article is to con-
tradict tKoAes that the above wor>
Tries have been peddIing. but which
Gaylord is the father of, and whom We
shall hold responsible.
The first one is that the HConserra-
tire refused to publish a Call for DEM
ocratic County Convention" Gaylord
knew every time he gave u~ttersnce to
tAis-assertieh that he uttered a ke.-I
Ife-knew that we we're always kilIing1
to-publjsh a Calffor a Democratic Coun-
ty Convention whenever the Central
Committee Of Morgan County, at one
of its meetings, should determine that
such Convention should be called
Heknew that our only refusal relative
to this matter vas TO rsfEse 10 recognize
lanes W. Gaylord as, tie entire Democrat
&c party-@ MOzgan- County. This latter
we did do; and persist in doing In
support of the fact that we always ez
pressed a willingness to publish a CAL
for a Democratic County Convention;
publish the following certificate
of the leading Democrats of
this Township, with, whom we had
Conversations on the matter, and who
have not been identified inyany way
'Flth'the Prohibition movement and
one of whom Benjamin F. Power,
eIaylordpublished in the Herald as a
member Of the Democratic Central
Committee and as saying that we did
make such'refasal
McCoSNELsvfLLE, July 18th, 1870.
To the Demoeracw9 Morgan Covatv = +,
We, the undersigned Democrats of
Morgan Township, Morgan County, O., 4,
certify that we have heard Jo-
seph A. Kelly, publisher of the COnser-
eqiive, express himself on the question ]
81 Publishing q Gail for g Democratic