The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-09-12
Township Campaign News.
ATWATER.

II W WAA1hs
Y0nr paper of last week is an excel
lent one.E The original articles are
spicy and the selections are well cho-
sen and to the desired point. Alto
gether this sheet would form one of
the best campaign documents that
could possibly be put into the hands
of voters. I wish every house in the
county could have copy. Let the
Subscribers lend it round. have
met with several who are going to
send In their subscriptions shortly.
The Grant malignants in Atwater
and some in Randolph are getting Bit
terer every day. They are bawling
out after me that 1 want the Post Of
fee. "You can't have the Post Office" !"
show far are you from the Post Of
iee7' In 1868 I went round with q
petition for signatures to aid in get
ting the post Office for A. ". Wilsey,
the present incumbent; and now it is
charged that I obtained some names
at'that time for myself; and that 1
was then seeking the Office. It may
be possible that few gave their
names with the understanding that ii
was for me they were signing. But
III that is their Impression now about
what they did at thatytime, it only
shows their Ignorance, for there never
Tas but one petition sent by me and
that was the one upon which all the
names were written asking the Office
for A. v. Wilsey; as General Gar
field can testify, for he 1t was who re-
ceiyed and presented the petition to
the Department. In view ofthis fact,
why should be asking the signatures
for myself? had but-the one paper
and all the names 1 got went on that !;
the heading of which showed that it
WIS for Wilsey. One bllihead here
feels sure I wanted q cferkship or
depntyship at that time, whether i
wanted the whole thing or not. Good
heavens ! a depntyship in = Post Office,
the whole salary of which at that time
was only $40, and now only about
$3.50. beg to assure these ninnies
that when aspire TO office it viii be
after something worth. having So 4
they needn't fret their gizzards about
the Atwater post Office. 'Bnt of one
thing they may rest assured, if Horace.
Greeley. is elected, NO Grant man shall
riin the AtWater post Office if { can
help it.iiis.. satiia1a4 iaoni 7ai -
4 On Friday evening we had quite a
crowd out In the Town Hall at our
regular Greeley meeting. Messrs.
Bettes and Case of Randolph address
I'd the meeting and with their strong
logic Of facts made good impression
upon q very attentive audience. We
meet in the Han every two weeks,
and expect TO have the Hon. John
Hutchins TO speak on the next occa-
'sion.ii. aais-.a a88d fad mif3l9 8 al
'n% EDINBURGJ bne fi. =.
I had q very fine Greeley meeting
at this place ON Tuesday evening. The
meeting was very orderly, and the
friendsl very kind But in spite of my
entreaty no Grant man would ask q
question, OF. discuss the subject This
is. a fine field and should be cuitiva-
ted by series of r0using meetings.
i9e no eli DEERFIELD. y goI, .,,aa !
HOniS Saturday evening the 7th, i held
the first campaign meeting i'm the
Town Hall at this place. The hall was
Wello filed and we had q lively time.
gave very large liberty To the Grant
men, either to. ask questions or dis
-cuss the, propositions. This liberty
was sbuiewhat abused, as. several irate
old gentlemen were not content with
stopping iome to put questions but
wanted to make speeches. One young
scamp from the outside lifted o the
throttie valve d, his locomotive 1whis-
stie and with fingers in mouth gave a
Hshrilis blast. But ut'ROneof1 these things
threw o me of the track 1T was q
waran seyeningt Il and the sweat flowed
easily and ideas pressed, ont so rapid,
iy that was able to roll off words.
with q happy yoluhility and with tell
ing effect. The faiends felt like Tam
iO'Shamter without anyiof his whiskey
.Kfnss may be the best, but Tam was glorious.
Der q theills q Afe slctoriouss. Hi. aai
Il spoke for nearly two hoursand held
my audience wellitogether to thelast,
although che half OF them W ere G rant
men. 1.-THE friends were anxious L
| shouidi come again soon 1 promised
20 do 50, aud also to use my influenee
20 pet them Mr.. Bettes and Mr. Case.
d find Mr. Thomas, of Ravenna, is
PfaveFite with our Democratic friends
in tins place, asealso Of Atwater; they
wish he could pay them a visit. l.aizgi
q On Sunday the United Brethren
held atheir quarterly meeting in the
woods of Mr.. Douthett, two miles
north ofthe center Of Atwater. Their,
Elder Is w. H. Miller, q Scotchman,
- particular friend of mine, and for
whom feel the strong love of o fa-
ther towards q son. He is one of the
greatest orators i'm the country and
one Of the first preachers of the age :
and withal o jealous Greeley man.
/ We had q fine day, great crowd and
IL happy time. Our friend John Ny.
/ ers was SO delighted with the grand
things that were uttered that he offer
ed TO give ten dollars if brother Mil
.ler would come aud give us a Gree
ley speech in three weeks but Mr..
Ms engagements prevent his doing
80. John 'is q whole souled fellow.
We are making arrangements to have
! Greeley mass meeting in these
woods in three weeks or month ; the
stage and seats are up and will be fur.
ther enlarged for this purpose. noses.
. 'iiiW IA sssfIl'is5 s.s!l WIN. HICK.
Notwithstanding the discovery and
exposeure of the felonious frauds, the
wholesale forgery of franks still goes
on at Washington, and the mails are
hardened with Grant and Wilson doe
unlents bearing the name of this or
that member of Congress in a great
variety of handwriting. Here is a
gentleman in q neighboring State who
sends Ms seven envelopes Received by
him, all purporting to be franked j.
81. .P.stt, III. @. Now either Mr.. Platt
never signs his name twice alike or
H. H. a-s Al