The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-08-26
HON. w. u. SPRAGUE.
The Radical Candidate for
Congress-.

HON. w. Y. SPRAGUE.
The Radical Candidate for
Congress.
William P. Sprague, the Radical can
didate for Congress in this District,
was born near the mouth of Island Run,
in Bloom township. this county, on the
2lst of May, 1927, and has resided in
this county all his days. The most Of
his business life has been that of a Dry
Goods merchant, in which business he
is now engaged. In politics, he has
always been one of the most ultra Of
his party, and now endorses all the
most cu'pable acts of the present Adj
ministration and of the last session of
Congress. As a local politician, he has
been active and energetic wherever
there has been a chance of his own ad-
vancement to political positions; but,
when he has not been a seeker, he has
kept aloof from political s,rifes. In
1859, go '6I and 90, he represented our
State Senatorial District, composed OF
part of Noble, Washington and Morgan
counties, in the Ohio Legislature. Since
then, although he has always been
ready to ''serve his country" he has
not held any prominent political Office.
His nomination for Congress, although
the delegation from this county 70 the
Convention was instructed to vote for
him, was not desired by any of our
leading Radical politicians, and has
been the cause of great d~isaffectiou in
the Radical ranks. As a man, he is so
unpopular, that there is not a leading
Radical politician in McCounelsville
that has the disposition to, or dares to
earnestly and persisteut!y work for
him, now that he is nominated. -
Throughout Morgan County, the R&di-
Gals are grumb.ing, and declaring that
they viii not support Mr.. Sprague; and
the chances are,~ from the present out
look, that he will hard be abe to car
~ the County. Those most sanguine
of his election, concede that he wi ! not
get more than two hundred majority
in the County. All that is necessary
to insure the election of John Cart
wright TO Congress, is for the Democ-
racy of the other Counties of this Dis
trict to poll their full Democratic vote.
Monroe can give a Democratic MAORI
ty of at least $500 if she will; Wash
iugton can also give a Democratic ma
jority; Cartwright Will cut down the
Radiea! majority in Meigs and Athens;
and, take it all in all, the Democrats
have only to put their shoulders to the
wheel, to carry the District by a rous-
ing majority. Hurrah, for CABTwRICHr!
The following has undoubtedly,
been put in circulation for political
effect, to wit That Judge Granger
has appointed J. T. Crew Acting
Prosecuting Attorney during the
temporary absence of Mr.. Jones. 1t
is scarcely necessary to state that
not a word of this is true, and we
should not have noticed il had it
emiGated from any other source
than that which 1T did. 1t was to
be expected that the men wAo en-
gagged in the Reform or Advance"
movement, as it is called, would de-
wise other means for securing their
ends than trickery and false reports.
Such means for securing ends are
only employed by unscrupuIous pol
iticians-the scum, the excresence
of political parties.-HerGLd, 18th
inst.
1t is our opinion that if any body
put this foolish story in circulation,
1t was some one who desires the
election of William Foulke to the
position of Prosecuting Attorney
and that the political effect" de-
sired to be caused, was that which
would follow the denial of the story
by just such an article as we clip
from the Herald.
If a friend of Mr.. Crew had started
the story, we take it that he would
have had sense enough to have said
that Judge Wood, not Judge Gran
ger, had done the appointing. The
idea of Judge Granger interfering
with the local affairs of Morgan
County, when Morgan County has
a Judge resident here, could only
have originated with some of the
"roodles" who are attempting to
pull the fine wires for the Republic
can Whisky Ticket.
10 A. Mt is supposed that the
Telegram from Marietta, intended for
as, has been sent to France, and that
it will not be forwarded for fear of the
aid and comfort it may give the enemy.
Nc opneLsUiUe Herald, 1911 inst.
There is point in the aboveI The
telegram referred to was the one exs
pected from Marietta announcing the
nomination of W. P. Sprague for Con-