Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1870-07-27
That DOleful Sound!

1' ~ J INNl r.
of the village began to form all
sorts Of opinions at random, Some
supposed one thing and some an
other; while others entertained the
idea that somc misfortune had hap
pened! Two or threo persons, think
ing twas Shorilfs Sale, put some
stamps in their pockets and hasten
cd to tho Court House to "bid. -
Others, thinking some person had
died, put on clean clothes and made
preparations TO attend q funeral
These theories, however, proved
false. The bell ringing had Il deep
er meaning. Twas tho tocsin Of
war sounded by order of the leaders
of tho Radical party for the cam
paign of 1879 in Vinton county J.
Soon tho leaders began TO "pour
into" the Court Room. j. A. I.
was the first to pour in" tho Vim
ton County Bank second; and les
ser lights in proper order. Our re-
portex,lho "Peured in" too. There
was plenty of room for others to
'pour in" but Saturday was q very
poor day for pouring. IT was soon
asccrtaincd that the object in view
was tho appointment of delegates to
q County Convention to be held
next Saturday-a few leaders only
being present TO select the dele
gates. The l0boring man, the far
mcr, and the poor man who vote
with that party were not present.
All were hard at work in the broil-
ingsun earning money to hand TO
the leaders, ohlco.holdors, bankers,
and bondholdors Of that party,
as there is u mountain load of
taxes to be paid on al they cat
and wear.
But that vaSt asscmblago at the
Court Room last Saturday. 1t or
ganizcd byplacing a State Scnatorin
the Chair and making a Bank Pres
idcnt Secretary. Such officers arc
always on hand TO look after their
own dear interests. The poor men
have 10 stay at homo and work and |
pay high taxes, and cannot find
timo to attend any of these wire
pullings.] The Chairman stated
the object of the meeting, but it
wasn't necessary for him to do so,
as all knew its object, "Any mo-
tions that might be made would be
considered in order" Certainly
One of the assembled moved that
they dispense with balloting for
delegates and appoint them "ripa
uoce." This was agreed 10 of course,
rs it is their creed and intention to
do away with the ballot on all SINH
lar occasions and at their conven-I
tions and even at the elections, if |
possible. The 18th amendment
was declared ratified in tho same
manncr-not y ballot allowed 10 be
cast For some time quiet rcigncd
in the room, and upon looking over
the asscmblago VIC were forcibly re.
minded Of the picture, often seen,
representing our torofathcrs in Con-
gress, at the signing Of the Dcclara,
ton of independence. In that pic.
turo Congressman Hopkins was al
ways represented as having q straw
hat on; and while looking over the
assomblagc of last Saturday after
noon VIC could not help thinking of
that good old man-Hopkins-
whenever VIC CHANGED to look at
that carpet.baggor RAPER, from
ChiIlicotho. The appointment of
delegates was then in ordcT and
the "hcir apparent QO" to the
Treasury Of Vinton County, after
consulting with old man Hopkins,
made the first nomination-James
Miller. Motion seconded, put, and
carried just like July whirlwind.
Quite complimentary to F. Shades,
who was at his mills, at Zaleski,
hard at work. Old man Hopkins
nominated Frank Strong (do you
sec how nice it's dono? and he was
was declared delegate. The Vim.
ton County Bank then got in cou.
pie Of delegates by reason Of the
Chair ruling the "hcir" out of order
and giving the floor TO the Presi-
dent Of that institution. Some one
nominated VIM. Mark, but the Esq,
not secingit, porcmptoriIy refused
10 be delegate. In about three
the requisite number Of
were appointed, when
VIM. Mark moved the appointment
of altcrnatos, which was done in
good style. Some business like in