South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-08-25
Williams, the Republican
Candidate for State Auditor.
Not Reformed.

heretofore, u readers are
aware, we have charged Williams,
the Republican candidate for State
Auditor, with being a notorious
drinking character. We done so
IN order to show the people that
the Republican party is disposed to
court the liquor vote and pay re-
gard to the whisky and beer inter-
eSts equally with the Democratic
party. So far, u charges against
Williams, and also against Mueller,
Republican candidate for Lieuten
ant Governor, and IIosmer, Repub
lican candidate for Board OF Public
Works, have not been denied by
any Republican paper in Ohio; but,
on the other hand, we find the toi~
lowing in the Prohibition Era, of
last week, from the pen of 4 citizen
OF Columbus. lot only r~eiterating
our charge against Williams, but
statIEg that he has not reformed in
any particular
COLUMBUS, O., Aug. Il, 1871.
EDITOR ERA In an article by Q cor
respondent of the Era, dated st MedI-
ma, Aug. Sd, ! noticed the following:
"And some have expressed a reluot-
ance in voting for the nominee IRE
publicanJ for State auditor unless they
cir satisfy themselves that he has re-
formed"
In reply to the above I would state
sEaf ! hr-n Ennv-n Ilp NsT1--n,a D.
publican candidate for State Auditor,
personally and otherwise, for more
than twelve years, since he has been a
citizen Of COumbus, and that accord
ing to my knowledge and opinion of
him, he is not, in any sense of The
term, a temperance man. Practically,
l know he is not, and, judging from
his former and present places of CON
slant and habituaI resort no man In
his senses will claim for q moment
that he has, in respect to his drinking
practices, become TO any extern re-
formed; SO that 10 Christian or tenn
peraace man can consistently vote for
him upon grounds Of temperance.
CITIZEN.
Wo have many Republicans here
in Morgan County that have de-
eIared, time and again, that they
would not vote for such men as
Williams, Mueller, and Hosmer, no
matter what party nominated them.
We have often heard many of our
Republicans say they would not
support a drinking man for any
office" Now, fellow-citizens Of tie
Republican party, will you keen
your word e? Hero is abundant CIV
ldenoe that the Republican party
mas nominated three drinking men
for important State Offices, 10 Re-
/ publican paper in the state daring
to deny it, and you must either fall
sify your claim to being temper
ance men, according to your own
definition ola temperance man, or
else you will not support them.
We again call the attention of the
McConnelsville Herald to these
three Republican candidates. 1t
will be remembered that that pa
per had q platform at the head of
its editorial columns before the
holding of the Republican State
Convention, resolving that it would
not support any MAI for Office that
was in the habit of using intoxIcat-
ing liquors as a beverage. On the
appearance of the Republican State
ticket in the Herald, the platform
disappeared, and on our charging
that the reason therefor was that
the platform and ticket would not
correspond, their platform reap
peared with the explanation that
1t had been accidentally ped. We
notice that the platform has disap-
peared again, and we wonder If il
has been accidentally pied this time
or if The Herald has concluded that
it wont do to longer hold up vii,
Iiams, Mueller and Hosmer as tenn
peranco men. Will the Herald
state Its honest convictions relative
to these men as temperance mem
Does the Herald continue to say
that it went support any nan for
office that is in the habit of using
intoxicating liquors as a beverage.
Or, has it honesty enough to avoW
that Its pretenses to beng a TEN.
perance paper, as one would be lee
to believe by its old platform, were
! all shamf