The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1873-08-21

faf aspirations written In his wise,
solemn face; and John w. Paine also
put In bis claim for the coveted posi-
ton. To those who were in attend
ance from the other counties-Craw-
ford and ndWyandot-it was evident that
Of tie three candidates Mr.. McCauley
was the favorite of majority Of the
Seneca county delegates, and especially
of the leaders. The leaders Of those
counties do not like the leaders Of
Seneca county, and they decided that
our delegates should not have their
candidate. They laid their heads to-
gether, and on the third ballot, and
after a hot and vindietive contest,
nominated Mr.. Seitz.
Then did Seneca county Democratic
Leaders rave with madness most des-
perate. They abused Crawford and
Wyandot counties in their length and
breadth, and called their delegates
anything but gentlemen, and accused
them Of dishonorable action. Mr..
Seitz was denounced as q "plug," was
called "wise-looking owl, without
ability enough to make q good road
SUPERVISOR" and other pet phrases
were applied 10 the gentleman with
freedom. iea
It was not such q happy, conclusion
Of the affair as we should like to have
seen, but the mad delegates acted un-
wisely, for, notwithstanding their
abuse Of Mr.. Seitz, they will all sup
port him and eventually be asking
favors Of him, if he should be elected,
The causes that led to the defeat Of
Mr.. McCauley are plain enough, and
he might well cry "deliver me from
my friends" Crawford aud Wyandot
both owe the Democratic leaders of this
county a grudge. As to Crawford, four
years ago, when that county was en-
titled to the Senator, they nOmin-
ated Mr.. FinIay as their candidate by
the popular vote system, and at the
convention Seneca county assisted to
nominate Mr.. Jenner over him. Wy
andot owed Seneca county grudge
on the old Mott matter, as it was
through the leaders here that he was
not re-nominated fOI Judge. Thus
both found the opportunity and paid
off their scores. Our fellows should
not squirm.
Mr.. Seitz in this, showed that he
possessed more shrewdness than he
has got credit for. He was not con-
sidered a strong candidate, and but
little attention was paid him before
the convention. He was not idle,
however, and put in considerable time
in both Crawford and Wyandot coun-
ties visiting delegates and Setting up
the pins" He was rather sharp in
this, as he did not visit the county
seats to any extent, but Travelled
through the country, and "played it
finen on his opponents. HIS solemn
countenance and wise look, together
with his references to Jefferson,
the Constitution and the "old fathers"
brought delegates to his support in
numbers. This course was a little
shfswd 10 John, and, perhaps, if anys
one else had done it, would have been
called tricky, but as he is a great stick
Ter for the Constitution and bis con-
science, we suppose that be examined
both, and found that such 4 mode of
procedure was right. s1..FsI
After John was nominated he was
called upon for a speech, and he was
extremely eloquent. He returned
thanks; he spoke of sshe fathers"-
f'the Constitution" Jefferson" =
''the fathers"-"thep palmy days of the
Democracyn-i'the good old times"-
f'the fathers"--ete. As this was done
In q very wise manner, It had rather
good effect on all except the leaders
from this county, who would sneer
at the well-rounded periods and stale
platitudes of their candidate.
We hope the dissatisfied Democrats
here viii tone down in their remarks
in reference the gentleman from "Ru-
raj Retreat" 1t is very aggrayating
we presume to be defeated, but what is
the use of getting mad. 1t don't help
the matter any way. Stop your abuse
of Mr.. Seitz at once and bow the
knee to him as suecesssul wire
worker, aud one who knows all about
the Constitution, the fathers and Jef-
ferson and the rest of 'em. Let Us
have peace.