The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-10-01
Judge Gilmore.

Inere appears TO be no doubt
about the fact, that Jundge Gilmore,
the Democratic nominee for Su-
preme Judge for the long term, is a
man of grossly Incorporate habits.
The charge was first boldly made by
the Hamilton Telegraph, and even
the Cincinnati Enquirer, while deny
ing his drunkenness, was forced to
admit that the he occasionally Gin
dulges'' in the use of intoxicating
liquors. But the Telegraph is reit-
Grating its charges, and is sustained
by the testimony of NJ N. Maginnis,
a prominent Democratic lawyer of
Hamilton. Mr. Maginnis says in a
communication to the Cincinnati
Gazette:
81 now repeat that Judge Gilmore
was fined by the Mayor of Eaton for
drunkenness on the public streets,
and that he has been so intoxicated
on the bench that he had to be as
sisted therefrom to my Office, so that
he might sleep off his debauch.
Il was told short time since, by
one of the oldest members of the
Bar, that he and his son took him
from one of the lowest saloons in
Hamilton, where they found him
lying drunk and in an insensible
condition.
Immediately after the adjourn
ment of the National Democratic
Convention at New York, to which
he was delegate, he got on one of
his constitutional sprees, and was
found by private watchman wand
ering at night in drunken uncon-
sciousness about the streets of Gin
cinnati, and was taken to the Office
of a gentleman to sleep off his de-
bauch. At Cleveland, where he also
attended the Democratic State Con-
vention as delegate. hegot helpless
ly drunk, to the great discomfort of
some friends who would not aban-
don him. Friends, party, and ju-
dietary are but feeble barriers when
once the slumbering desire has been
aroused"
Another Democrat of Preble coun-
ty, writes to the Cincinnati Gazette,
confirming the statement of Mr.. Ma
ginnis, as follows:
EATON, O., Sept. II.
In this weeks issue of the Eaton
Democrat the editor says, ''the gen
eral charge of drunkenness, as made
through the scalawag writer's through
the Gazette against Judge Gilmore
is false"
Now allow me to say through your
columns that 1 happened to be at
the depot at the time Gilmore came
home drunk and was fined by our
Mayor (as referred to by your Ham
ilton correspondent. When the
Judge was helped off the trainhe was
so drunk that he did not know where
he was, and finally agreed to go down
town provided they would take him
to the Straub House, (which is in
Hamilton. The Judge thought he
was in Butler County,. Now this
self same. Levi Gould, editor of the
Democrat, and VIM. Doyle took
charge of the Judge and led him
home, and afterward [ heard this
same Levi Gould, editor aforesaid,
make the remark to company OF
gentlemen that the Judge did not
know where he was until he got
home. Two or three times since the
one referred to I have heard of Judge
Gilmore being led down our back
streets to his home in % state OF
beastly intoxication.
Now will brother Gould say these
statements are false? He dare not
do it! If any one doubts the truth
of them I refer him to the Mayor s
docket.
Now I claim to be as good Dem
ocrat as Mr.. Gould, and I also claim
that it is shame and disgrace to
ask the Democratic party to elevate
to so responsible position as Su
preme Judge man that we all know
is a drunkard. 1 don't hesitate to
say Judge Gilmore is a good neigh
boz, and a fine man socially, neither
do hesitate to say he is a drunk
ard. Respectfully,
PREBLE DEMOCRAT.