South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-07-28
Athens County.

As soon as DR.. Solomon Howard
President of Ohio University, wal
nominated for State School Com
missioner by the Prohibition State
Convention, the Republicans o.
Athens County began TO take steps
to prevent the organization OF 8
Prohibition party i'll that county
Temperance meetings were held,
speeches were made, and great In
terest was manifested In tho tenn
peranee cause; but care as always
taken, by those who manipulated
the meetings, to denounce the exist
ing Prohibition party as premature,
1t one of these meetings the reso-
luton, adopted by the McConnels-
vile Herald as its platform, was
passed, and 1t was thought by the
enemies of Prohibition that that
resolution would settle the question
in Athens County. The pro-
gramme was, of course, plainly
marked out. They would pass the
resolution pledglng themselves not
TO vote for any n in the habit of
using Intoxicating liquors as a bev.
erage, the Republican State Con-
veUtion would nominate nome bur
strictly sober men, and then they
would get up a strictly temperate
set of men as candidates for Athens
County officers. They could then
say to the ProhibItIonists of Athens
County, I'VE are as good temper
ance men as you are, VIC support
mono bat temperance men Tor office ;
and By such means they intended
to crush the effort to establish a
party In Athens county that is
pledged to the extirpat;on of the
liquor traffic. But the best laid
plans sometimes fail when the time
comes to execute them. and such
has proved to be the case IN this
instance. The resolution was pass
ed, but the Republican State Con
vention thought the lager beer and
whisky vote of more account than
the temperance vote, and, con-
sequently nominated Mueller, a
German ~iiberalIst, and believer in
free lager and free Sabbaths, for
Lieutenant Governor, James Wil>
liams and S. r. Hosmer, men in the
habI: of using intoxicating liquors
as a beverage, one for Auditor Of
State, and the other for Member of
the Board of Public Works. But
the change IN the programme did
DOT end with the action OF the Re-
publican State Convention. On the
18th instant, the Athens County
Republican Convention met and
nominated a county ticket, and put
on that ticket one Parker Carpen-
ter for Sheriff. This Carpenter is
VIGOROUSLY known to be a drink
ing man, ard was nominated over
one A. J. Reynolds, who bears the
reputation of being q thoroughly
temperate man. For some weeks
previous 20 the eonvening of the
County Convention, there was con.
siderable excitement on the ques-
ton as to who should be the nomi-
ness of the Convention, and the
county was thoroughly canvassed
by the candidates. On the 4th of
July this Carpenter vas at Ames-
VILE electioneerIng, and he told his
friends there, as we r credibly
informed, that he had mo money
to distribute among them, but that
he bad plenty Of whisky IN his car
rage that they could use as might
seem TO them best" We wonder,
now, If the men that passed the res
olutIon above spoken of, will sup
port Mueller, Williams and Hosmer,
on the State ticket, and Carpenter,
on their County ticket. 1t strikes
us that the Prohibitionists of
Athens County should not allsw the
political tricksters of that County
to deceive the people further. Or
ganize a party at once, call a Coun-
ty Convention, and nominate a
ticket that you csn consistently
vote for,