Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-02-29
From the Toledo Commercial.
A Word of Explanation by a Dele
gate TO the Republican Sena-A-
tOrial Convention. 10
FINpLAY, Feb, IA, 1872.

FINDLAY, FeD, IA, 1oIZ-77
EDITOR COMMERCIAL: I"noticed q;
Communication in the Commercial or
Feb. Sd, from H. P. Gage, Senatofo
from the 33d District, in which he
says: "Sir, you knowing my antece.
dents, knowing as you did, that I was
nominated and elected as an anti.
Sherman man." &c. 49,. .- s,l,
1t is with great reluctance, thatoI
add one word to what had already
been said concerning Senator Gage;
and his public acts, and l am persua-
ded to do so, chiefly, that certain gem
tlemen, who would otherwise have
sufficient ground to brand me as an
unmitigated knave, may know that2I
have been honest. Something of,ta
credulous fool own 1 have been,' in
that believed Mr.. Gage fully and
perfectly when he assured me he was
Sherman man. About the 10th or
11th of August last, uponEmy aug-
gesting,to Mr.. Gage that he could be
successful candidate for Senatpg
we had but onecannidate Mr. Ham !,
linz whom we know to be an .antic
Sherman man, and. for that reason
could not carry the delegationZzMt: !:
Gage replied that the idea of the Sen
atorship pleased him. I said To-
him. "If you are friendly
to Sherman, there can be no
doubt about our nominating yod."
The reply was, II am Senator Sher-
mans friend, and he knows it." Ithen
put this question squarely to him.
"Supposlng you are elected, will you
vote for Mr.. Sherman for United
StatesSenator ?" EYES," saidhe, "6rst,
last and all the timex The foregoing
are the identical words in which sthe
Senator from the SD District replied
to me. a.nB
You may from this, Mr.. Editor, see
of how very recent date are the anti
Sherman "anteccdents" of this Quix,
otic Senator. Nor am 1 the only
member ofthat unfortunate delegation
who has found in Mr.. Cages course
since taking his seat in, the Senate
food for more than seven days,
wonder. Mr.. Gage is an obstinate
mainland does not hold opinions, so
much as Opinions hold, him.. Let
him once become possessed with an
evil error, and if cast out at all. 1t; Is
like demon, only with great difficult
ty. Whatever whims or notions, he
takes up, he lays hold on like drown
ing man, nor ever lossens his grasp,
though 1t but helps to sink him. the
sooner. He is determined to under
stand no mans reason but his own,
possibly for no, better reason than
that found in the fact that no man
can understand his but himself; end
whether at all times he does OF can
do this, is a question open 10 very
grave doubt. The only arguments
the Senator has as yet made, use of
against Mr.. Sherman, have nc tgeeven
the virtnre of being original, but are
borrowed from the slang whangers
and traducers of honest men, who ih-
fest the Democratic party. alias1J
What wished to say, and should,
perhaps, have said more briefly, was
that when with others I assured GER
tain gentleman Of our city-=thas Our
[ candidate was thoroughly and hon
estly Sherman man, we did SO in
good faith, believing all we said, and
no one could have been more surprised
and more chagrined by his-to use a
mildterm-very peculiar proceedings,
than were we, who were instrumental
in placing him where he is. = =.
am, sir, yours, DC,
JOHN Il. CARLIN.