The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-10-02
The dicalCandidate for senator.

The Radical Candidate for Senator.
The Radicals of this District have
nominated Nat. Goodhue as their
candidate for Senator.
We copy the following article upon
the political career of the candidate
from the Akron City Times;
GooDHUE NOT AN oFFICE-sEEKER.
When Mr. Goodhue made his littlc
speech to the Senatorial Convention,
the burden of his song was that ''for
twenty-three years past, he had never
permitted his name to come before
any county, senatorial or judicial con-
Ventlon foH=any Office, and the present
honor was the more welcome because
unsought.D That was the place for
applause ID come in. but as there was
no applause we will put in a little
story. One of the sires of the Radical
paEtysrOde up, to the Court House
WithsSenator Goodhue a day or two
siace, and after arriving there took oc-
casion5 to give him some advice.
'sGoodhue," said he, "we are all glad
YOU have secured denomination, but
there is one respect in which you must
reform. You must stop. lying.
( s Thereby hangs another tale. %
years ago-we suppose Mr.. Goodhue
stated the date correctly and so. have
put it down at that-Mr. Goodhue
was County y-Auditor.-We will pass
over the narrowing period when his
books were examined and his pockets
depleted, only stopping to air our i'm
aglnation on the spectacle of Goodhue
crying like spanked schoOlboy while
his empty pockets hang distended on
either side of his robusts sstomaeh.E 8 We
come to the time when he was through
with the cares of office, and wanted
another. From that day to this there
has not been more chronic seeker
after Office than MAT" Goodhue, his
very name having become synony-
nous of such action. The sweets of
his service as Auditor have soured the
whole of his long life. First he
sought Canal Collector ship, and by
hook and by crook, or as an old Re-
publican has said to us, by "backing
and lying Lane out of it" secured the
Office. Then he would be Senator,
and declined all the way to Garfield
and back" as the papers of that date
stated it. About this time he was also
an aspiliant.foF the honors Of Secretary
of State, and lived through summer
on the expectation of that office. Then
he soughtcfor. Office lower down in the
scale, and aimed to be Mayor. His
desire to be Mayor returned a few
years later, but without result. AT
two different times he begged votes
from delegations to Congressional
Conventions-once when Mr.. SpaQId-
ing was nominatedx ahd once when
Mr.. Upson was made the nominee
asking for>a complimentary" vote, if
nothing more. For few weeks he
tried to stem the tide of popular favor
which made Mr.. Mckinney Senator
from this district, and turn it upon
himself, and the office of Internal
Revenue Collector was held by him
for brief period. When the Edito-
rial Convention was here three years
ago, the editor who "boarded" with
Mr.. Goodhue went home so "cram-
med" with the greatness of his Host,
that he nominated, Mr.. Goodhue for
Governor. There is no end to the
consulates and fat .berths under
government which he has sought, and
sOsWe siinh1eF doRndhe whole of his
% years, in which he never allowed
his name togo before any convention,
TO find that if he did not allow his
name to be so used it was because he
! found it of little USE. He has been
known to beg and plead and fawn up
on men for votes IN convention, and
fatteFedy .eajoled and caressed dele
gates to the convention which nomi-
match Aine-;; yet thel Office was Gun
sought, -....5 aar1
Wei, al Eter-aiEi there is something
Of q I6of4i ID Mr.. obdKue's history.
IF he had attended properly to his
private business made the mark in
Ills profession which it was possible
for him to make and applied himself
diligently to work during the past %
years, instead of seeking Office, there
! is not q spaTtielesof doubt but that he
WdhlAs Vessecufed an Office long ago.
AS it is, we do not see how any one
can wish to elevate him to position
in which he stands as representative
of the people of Summit and Portage
counties. He can no more represent
the people than could Jack the Gal
fSpef3, Sa1fdS as to fitness is not to be
compared with his opponent, whose
qualifications are set forth elsewhere.
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