The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1872-11-05

majority was 429 greater than mine
This was made up as follows:
Norris vote less than Wiley, 252
Castles Democratic vote, l39
Castle Prohibition vote, So
Total, 429
Thus it will be seen that Mr. Castle
received little over one-half of the
Democratic vote that lost. 1t is not
wonderful that he should do 80 consid-
ering the efforts made, and the different
kinds of tickets used. When will he
succeed in being elected Probate Judge
of Monroe County if he could receive
no more than 139 Democratic votes at
the recent election2 Any man who has
been in political life as long as | have,
and who may have stood in the way of
some aspirants, must expect to be
scratched, and especially where there is
no danger of the election of his oppo
nent, as there was not in the late contest
for Probate Judge. Scratching is way
some men have of venting their spleen.
Bat all this, Mr.. Editor, is foreign to
the subject in hand
Mr.. Castle says be appointed one
Democrat on the Board Of School Ex-
aminers He refers to Mr. EnOch Mar
tin. Now as Mr.. Martin is a well known
and consistent Prohibtionist, was the
Prohibition candidate for Congress, and
was the prime mover in the Prohibition
Convention at Antioch that nominated
Mr.. Castle, | do not see very well how
Mr. Castle can say he appointed DEM
ocrat on the Board of Examiners. Mr..
Martin, as a consistent politician. voted
the full Prohibition ticket. So Mr. Cas-
tie did not appoint man acting with
the Democratic party, but Prohibition
ist. Is it not little remarkable, Mr..
Editor, that the only, or about the only
consistent Prohibitionists, were formerly
Democrats l believe nine ont of ten
of the Republican Prohbitionists will
vote for that thing, Grant, before they
will vote for their own candidate, Black.
Mr.. Castle admits that Doberty and
Tilford resigned for the express purpose
of being re-appoin.ed, and that he did
reappont them to fill each others va
cancy; and he seems to rejoice over this
petty trick, for trick it was, and one
which would be ashamed to father. l
have done some things of which l was
heartily ashamed afterwards; but I
think / never did as little thing as
that. But the reason Mr.. Castle gives
for his act is the most ridiculous part of
this whole farce, and yet he seems to
think it all sufficient Hear it:
mo such thing would have been done,
had not Mr.. Morris, the day after the
election, boasted publicly, that when he
got the power, he would waive me and
my heA-hound appointees out of office
in hurry"
Now ism that rich7 Did he suppose
that after Mr.. Doherty had held the Of
fee some Is months longer and Mr., Til.
ford some 10 months, that l, the day az
ter the election, and after their election
eering over the county, must get down
on my knees to them and say, Mr.. Cas-.
tie, | will keep you in the office; Mr., Do.
herty, when you have Served 10 months
longer, and Mr. Tilford, when you have
served 10 months longer, / will appoint
each of you for two years more? Very
far from it. But I am satisfied l never
used the words or expression that ]
wonld waive him and his hell-hound ap-
pointees out of office in a hurry How
could I waive( p them out in hurry or
faster than the law authorized me to do !?
But such language is not my style. l
know that many things have been repor-
ted that ! should have said that I never
did say Had used the words imputed
to me, they are sbout on a par with the
language Of Mr.. Castles friends l did
say they should not stay in the Probate
office any longer than l could help it
did say the Probate office should not
be loahng place for the School Exam
iners. l did say that when Doherty and
Tilford's time was out would not re-
appoint them, and in that l would be
sustained by four 6fths of the teachers
of the county, as Iverily believe, from
what have heard. Ibid say, and Inow
say, that believed could find men much
better qualified for the position than
either Doherty or Tilford. Ibid say, and
l now say, if there is any way by which |
can oust them l will do so; first, because
l believe there are men in the county bet
ter qualified for the position, and, d,second-
ly, because of the manner of their ap
pointment There is this ptoviso il the
school law:
The PROBATE Judge may at any time
revoke the appointment of any School
Examiner, upon evidence being filed with
him, that said Examiner is guilty Of i'm
N nrnlit Z. Of nondnef ~