Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1873-10-09
The Malicious Prosecution ,
Moves.
Cincinnati Commercial, Saturday.

Cincinnati Commercial, Saturday.
The jabher of the Enquirer about the
lFecord of Governor Noyes in the Pro-
ibate Court IS, OF course, entirely mali
IciOus. Ihe prosecution which has been
Ic0m meGced IS clearly OF that character.
The law officers who are engaged in
lthis prosecution have been in me habit
.tof f@itirg to bring before The courts
notorious offenders, aEd tilCy proceed
now III response to the Urgency OF 4
I newspaper thai j. serving IL purpose
that i PARTISAN ;;nd personal il its
character.
There is g'sod i,e,s; pf inquiry IS to
the state OF flcts Upon which this pros
ecution is based. They are, il brief,
that Governor NOy2s is one OF cur citi-
Zen5 who WAS d y.::riie,! 81 Fat Office. He
was elected PROBATE Judge because
there was money 30 be made in the
Office.
But the Enquirer asserts that we
wish to see NoyeS elected Governor,
land therefore do not enter upon the
subject Nth prosecuting zeal. We
hope TO have cGpati0ns more useful
! and entertaining titan that Of Joining
the Enquirer and the County Commits
si0Der5, and the Prosecuting and Iuuu.
~ Attorneys iii ii raid that illustrates
partisan fury and personal Vindictive-
ness. We know that crowd. There
! fore we are not one OF them.
/ il his beea The fortune OF Governor
NoyeS not TO have I. reliable organ or
newspaper champion III this part of
the State. The utter unTsliabiiity Of
the Commercial "as an organ" is. we
presume, pretty generally understood.
The Gazette IS risky, and disposed to
initiate the Commercial, not only in
Typography and proportions and shape
bat in sla5hing about. 1t happens that
NoyeS is uOt Cle Of its favOrites, and
that, if Il slight degree OF credit for in
dependence could be gained by neglect
ing him, or damniDg him with taint
praise, or scoring him, the temptation
in truly good" quarters would be-
irresistible. The Times is the thickest
and the thinnest party paper we have,
and would have tackled tie Enquirer
long ago for bIacilguarding N0yes if it'll
were not for the fact that the factinn
of the old Chronicle clique now in pos
session OF the Times, is CONFUSED of
the Governors personal ;;eiractors.-i
They are delighted with the Enquir- |
er's stream of slang, and wonld be |
pleased 10 believe that ii is hurtful to !
the feelings, if not damaging to the
political prospects Of the Governor
Therefore, when the Enquirer gang
have been roaring fer some one TO |
come out and defend Moves, they |
nave done it with the knowledge that |
we did not regard it our business TO
champion the Republican candidate, |
f.,.lfl
unsupported 10 he unworthy attention
and the knowledge, too, that there
was NOT an eager disposition On the
part 0t the Gazette or the Times to en-
ter upon such a controversy. This
statement of the condition of the press
in this corner of the State may account
TO people at distance for some things
not well understood.
The JGD'G0r6e--if we may borrow a |
word from the Gazette--atoUt the in
deXing contract made by N0yes when
Probate Judge, is not likely to have,
and should not have any influence in
the political campaign. The Eeopie
understand pretty well the value Of
the style Of attack upon the character
0f 4 candidate in which the Enquirer
II seeking to distinguish Itself. The
financial panic may have some infiu-
ence upon the election, and if that i'll
iiaence should not be favorable to
those who have been giving Grant 5
credit for the growth Of the country,
and who have enumerated the sun ,
7hine as among his essences, they can
not reasonably complain. Tire t,a-
iI;rer's false pretenses and EUlllbaloo
about the Probate Court viii not in t
any case change q dozen votes.
Those who originated this prosecu- ..
ion viii be, we have no doubt. rs they
should be, baliied and defeated in
heir political object, but we 10 ot {
hink il impossible that there may out !
)fthis agitation come the realization of .
tdvantIges TO the people.