Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-10-05
COMMUNICATED.
litors Rolmes Go. Rspa6liaR:

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Wishing that every honest, think
ing man may fully understand the
Importance of our Judicial contest,
| ask permission to present a few
points for earnest consideration
through your columns.
First, we would have it clearly
understood that VIC find no fault
with the ability or moral character
of Judge Reed; but to elect him is
to continue in power and encourage
the Holmes county clique, who, as
we firmly believe, are as corrupt in
their disbursement Of OUR funds, IN
proportion to the amount handled, J
as the Tammany Hall clique of New
York, the exposition of which is so
astounding that it has set to work
an element of investigation into the
secret workings of public officials
the whole country over. We have
only to point you to Cuyahoga and
Ashland counties, where the fight is
going on hotter than with us, to
prove that irrespective of party, a
succession of terms of Office filled by
the same political organization,
from one decade of years to another,
,cM fill your offices with corrupt
men. 1t is unnecessary to refer you
to the number of terms of office
filed by men elected, not by the
people, but whose nominations have
always been controlled by the clique
referred to. ..--
l ask every good citizen the ques-
Ition, Would You like to have an in
vestigation of the manner in which
the money, for which you have been
so exorbltantly taxed, has been and
is being disbursed2 Then, we ask
| you to THINK before you vote for a
man who is committed to the Ring!
To}you, Republicans, / must say,
you are doomed to have Demo
cratic judge. Will you crush the
rising prospect for the right by be-
ing entirely Indifferent in this con-
test? Some of you say Critchfield
is the representative of the whisky
ring. and only an aspirant to Office,
DC. If it were so, he could do no
less than Judge Reed has done in
execution Of the whisky law The
alarming amount of ten dollars
apiece was the penalty assessed by
your present judicial incumbent for
each violation of that law when the
grand jury compelled him to- do
something. His charges to the jury
in the Moods case is only what
Critchfield would be compelled to
fgive in accordance with law in q
similar case.
| The next argument you offer is
tthat if Critchfield is elected he will
just be bought over and work fol
the clique as formerly; all he wants
is office. Allow me to assure you
he is too far committed to an inves
tigation to "back down." He has
been and is now being too much
abused by his old partizans, (who
would annihilate him if they could,
to forget his pledge to his constitu-
lency, and the prospect of a higher
fpolitical life before him in defense
of the right; besides, he is natural
ly iof a vmdietive temperamentol
mind, and ready to mete out retri-
ihntiOn to his enemies
If we were asked to select a per
son eminently qualified to conduct a
Judicial investigation of our affairs,
where, could We find another such
opportunity. Heis acquainted with
the official workings, familiar with
1.-THE circumstances, a good lawyer
and little mad. To elect him you
have a Democratic Judge it is true
but prospect Before you.
INDEPENDENT DEMOCRAT.