Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-09-25
Thrilling.

nocence OF salary grabbing In
Hamilton county, when he vas
Probate Judge. The Enquirer
has for SOME time been piIing up
very damaging proofs, even 60
ing so far as to insert copies from
the records of the Court. How
does the valieut Governor meet
the issues raised. He says: "If
L did take illegal fees, Or commit
any fraud upon the people, is it
not strange that they have been
three and a half years finding it
out, since l vacated the office -
Now, Governor Nnyes, this is not
the point raised by the charges,
nor are the people who pay tax
es in a mood to be led off on a
side issue. 1t may or may not
be strange that time should elapse
before these records should speak
to the publie, but now that they
have spoken, now that she press
has aired them, and on the
"wings of the morning" they
have gone out t. the people, a
r~efutation of them is asked for,
and on the part of your political
friends most earnestly hoped for.
Here in the face Of the publish
ed record is the refutation upon
which the valient Governor, we
suppose, relies. "All [ have to
say is, that these charges are as
false as hell"-and the Editor OF
the Register, says e%ditorially,
"this was said with a vehemence
and indignant emphasis that sent
a thrill through the house, &c.'
Now what does the Governors
mighty defense OF himselfamount
to. Precisely the same as a pris-
oners' plea of"uot guilty." and
his thrilling assertions of limo.
cence. What the people want.
and what they r in a temper
to demand of public servants
now is a clear, clean record. 1t
is to the record they look. Gov
Noyes' denunciation of the En-
quirer has become stale, and his
pronunciation of the charges
"false as hell" has long since be,
come familiar to the pious and
good. His elegant and classic
defense we have no doubt SEM
a thrill through the Editor of tbe
Register, and he at once hurried
to his sanctum to inform the
waiting public, that Gov. Noye'
had completely refuted the seri
Gus and damaging charges of the
Enquirer. 1t is peculiarly un'
fortunate that the Enquirer will
keep the charges standing, ana
as a proof of their genuine foun
dalton, will keep printing fa'
smile Court records. for as the
campaign progresses, the Gov
ernor will be compelled to ado
to his choice stock OF explosives
and may add damnation to hi
defense. At any rate he mus
swear harder than he did here.
If be would accept a kindly
suggestion at our hands, W.
would remark, that as the cam
paign has ONE time yet to run
he might save the use of som.
cuss-words if he would prove hi
innocence from the records
They must be as available t.
him as to the Editor of the -En
quirer. A red flag shaken at
bull could not make the bovin'
more frantic, or a burr under
horses tail make the equine more
antic than the vaiient Governo
becomes every time he hears tn,
rustic of an Enquirer. He tear
passion to tatters, he bowls, bel
lows, paws the ground, throw.
dirt and - we'll, pronounce
the charges ''false as HE'LL" anC
of course an assertion of tina
kind, fortified by the reputation
of a politician in campaign time
for veracity, settles the case for
ever, and thrills little Editor.
wonderfully. Stop Enqu5rei
printing these records, they ar,
false Stop charging salary grail
upon the Governor. Republican
officials do not grab salaries, anc
even if Noyes, as Probate Judge