The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-03-03
Good Republicans.

not Hsound on the goose" He would
think himself outraged were you tC
intimate that he was given over tC
Democracy He claims that he al10dy'
votes the straight ticket. That he
never voted for Democrat in his
life and by - he never will. We
met John Smith the other day and
interviewed" him after the latest and
most approved mode. We give our
readers the benefit of the interview
We introduced ourselves thus:
"Good day, Mr.. Smith; a fine day.
sir; splendid weather for the time Of
year"
Mr.. Smith, (condescendingIy.) "Do-
llightfull Delightful! the finest L have
ever known. But sir, who are you, l
have not the honor of your acquain-
tance."
81 am, sir, connected with the Press.
am, sir, sent to interview you. l
desire sir-pardon me, I know the
question is Unnecessary, butt ask it
as matter of form, only, to know
what your politics are.'
Mr.. Smith, Gin blank astonishment)
"I, sir, l, ha, la, ha, why bless your
soul, sir, every one knows I am Re-
publican, always was, sir. Why, sir,
a man who is not, has not the fear of
God before his eyes. As well try to
put hay-stack through the eye of q
needle as for Democrat to enter the
Kingdom of Heaven. Yes, sir, look
ing for Democrats in Heaven would
be like hunting a camel in a straw
pile" (We thought Mr.. S. a little
at fault in his quotations, but seeing
the high state of excitement he was in,
we said nothing and be dashed ahead }
"I always have said so. And more
than that, sir, I look on the entire
party as traitors. These at the North
are as much to blame for the war as
those at the South. Yes, sir, the
hands of every one of them, are Grim
son with the blood of the brave. Yes,
sir, Mr.. Newspaper man, ask my
neighbors what my politics are, they
can tell you as we'll as l can"
Mr.. Smith, (aPologetically.) Dwell
no I don't. You see I take several
foreign papers, and in fact I hardly
have time to read them. l am, be-
sides, agent for a city paper, and 1
have been taking subscriptions for
that, and get good many. like
our county paper we'll enough, and
hope it will flourish, but then L have
no time to read"
"Well, Mr.. Smith, you advertise
your business in your county paper?"
Mr.. S.-"NO, dc not. The Re-
publicans will all patronizc me any
how. So advertise in the Democrat
ic paper. By that means I get Gus
tom from both sides. Then the Dem
ocratic editor deals it out, and that
makes it come cheaper. did adver-
tise in our paper, until fellow got
hold of it who wanted cash for his pa
per and for advertising, so thought
Id quit"
"Well, you get your job work done
at the Republican officer"
Mr.. S.-"No, sir, no, sir. 1t was the
same way with the job work, that it
was with the advertising. Our fellow
wanted money for his work, so now 1
get my printing done at job office,
and he takes his pay in goods. He's
mighty good fellow, but a very
strong Democrat. However, he new
er talks politics, and works cheap
Once the Democratic editor got in
! debt TO me, and | took that out in lob
work"
"Well, Mr.. Smith, how does your
neighbor Jones stand?"
Mr.. S.-"He is a good Republican,
but does not take the paper, advertise
with, nor get his job work done there,
because, you see, Mr.. Jones is at the
head of q temperance society, and as
the editor will not publish all Jones
wishes him to in regard to his hobby,
he goes back on the paper; think be
is very unreasonable. Then there is
Brown, he is a good Republican, but
belongs to the same church that the
Democrat man does, SO be patronizes
him. Then there is Thompson, who
always votes the straight Republican
ticket, but does not patronize our pa
per because the editor won't convert
it into a Sabbath School Journal
Thompson is Superintendent of Sab
bath School, and a good one he is, but
fanatical. Then again there is John
son, he is as good Republican as 1
am, and that is saying enough. Well,
Johnson thinks that he is the head
and front of the Republican party, and
that be should be permitted to run the
paper, but the fellow who has charge
of it and whose money bought it, has
some ideas Of his own, and will
not let Johnson control the paper, so
Johnson will not patronize it."
We asked Mr.. Smith just here if he
did not think it would be a bad
state of affairs if they had no party
paper in his county.
Mr. $40, sir that would never
do! no, sir, never dol We must have
paper. Oh, certainly! Why the
Democrats would sweep every town
ship in the county if that were the
case"
"But, Mr.. Smith, if all were like
yourself, Brown, Jones, Thompson and
johnson, how would a paper live ?
And besides, if it is so necessary to
havea county paper do you not think
you owe it your support? Do you
not think that all in all, you and your
I friends very much misuse your coun-
ty organ? Don't you know that the
! Democracy never go back on their
journal? Don'tyou know they would
cling to that if the Devil owned and
= wrote?"
u Mr.. Smith here took time to reflect,
then said: "Sir, upon thinking, be-
ilieve the party paper is a necessity. I
believe that, without thinking, l have
acted very selfshly in the matter,
and so have a number of my friends.
Why, sir, some folks go to the county
paper, and get their little notices in
serted, and then when they have a job
they take it to some one else, just to
curry favor. and sell a ward of calico