The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-08-12
GAYLORD'S

Gu last Saturday, Gaylord's Conven
ton met in the Town Hall. Abour
forty delegates were present. They
nominated Robert a. Pinkerton as
candidate for Treasurer; William Sher
wood for Commissioner; and John
Medley for Inirmary Director. MOI
being able to obtain any timber out Of
which to make a candidate for Prose
cutting Attorney, they authorized the
Central Committee to appoint such o
candidate, provided j. NJ. G. succeed
ed in whiting out, any time during
the campaign, an individual possess
ing the proper qualifications for the
Office, that would accept of such -ap-
p~ointment.
After making the nominations, the
committee on Resolutions reported.
We do not know who this committee
was composed Of, excepting j. NJ. 6.
himself, nor do we know exactly
what was resolved on, not being pres
ent when they were read to the Con
~vention, and not being furnished with
q report of the proceedings of the
Convention. We are informed, how
ever, that they were principally de-
mandatory of the Conservative, and that
they were draughted by J. N. G. We
happened in about the time j. NJ. G.
finished reading the resolutions to the
Convention, and heard his speech
thereon, and we purpose in this arti>
Gle to review it slightly.
Gaylord's speech was but the reiter-
alton of the many falsehoods we have
charged him with uttering, and proved
to be false, during the last four or five
weeks; and we shall not occupy space
by replying to but n of his charges.
He charges US with betraying the De-
mocracy at the time of the Judicial
election, which terminated in the
election of Hon. F. w. Wood to the
Common Pleas Bench, about one year
oSO- AAS SAo-SO udS OOSA "dO0 Dy
this same worthy" before, but, on
account of our indisposition to pub
lish anything hat would reflect on the
character of William @. Okey, who
was the Independent candidate for
the Judgeship, we have not replied to
it. But j. N. G. seems disposed to
force us to give u reasons for pursu-
ing a neutral purse relative to that
election, and here they are.
First, Mr.. Okey was not a Demo
cratic candidate, was not brought into
the field by Democrats, and, therefore,
we were under no obligations as a
Democratic editor, to support him.
He was brought into the field by the
Republicans of Noble county, and run
as an Independent candidate. Noble
county wanted the Judgeship, and
was bound to have it at all hazards.
Some of the Democrats of this county,
thought that if it was to Noble coun-
tvs interest to have the judge, that it
was also to Morgan county's interest
20 have it, and they came to us and re-
Quested that we should maintain a
neutral position on the question. We
saw proper TO do SO, and we now ask
what there was in such action to justi-
fly any n in charging ue with betray-
ing the Democratic party? Mr.. Okey
did not come before the people as a
Democrat, but as a man Independent
of all parties, and especially devoted
to the Interests of Noble county. How,
then, car such q charge be sustained
against US for our course We leave
the question for the decision of the
people.
Second, we have another reason for
our course, and that is that Mr.. Okey
showed himself, when on an electio1>
eering tour in this county, to be an
unit man for the place. lie evinced,
while in this town, a disposition to
truckle to the Liquor Vendors, and it
was understood, in case he was elected,
that such violators of our laws should
be very lightly dealt with, 10 say the
least of it. For this reason, alone, we
blame ourselves for not giving Judge
Wood the full and hearty support of
our paper, and this is all the regret
have eVer entertained relative to
Bhe matter.
In our opinion, it is high time that
men who aspire to political honors and
preferment should so conduct them
selves that they can be pointed to as
examples to be followed by the youth
of the community, not as breakers
which wreck all with which they
,ome in contact.
We shall not attempt to respond to
". G's TRADE of personal abuse,
which he heaped upon us last Satur-
day. Rather are we content with our
position as we have proved it in the
asst four or five issues of our paper.
The charge j.. u. q. makes of our !
selling out is simply ridiculous.
)ur paper is devoted to the best in {
of the Democratic party of {
and will eve be while it is
Iurs. t
~ The Baptist Sociable met at !
he residence Of Hon. w. P. Sprague
n Monday evening. The receipts
Tere uqwarps of $1,000. !