The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1875-09-23
THE COUNTY TICKET.

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We have paid but little attention to
the county ticket SO far, in this cam
paign; but from this time to the election,
we intend to urge the Importance of
electing the entire Republican county
ticket. 1t is of more Importance to the
people of jackson county than the de-
feat of Allen and Cary. 1t has been sew
enteen years since the Democrats had
control of the affairs of this county. They
have occasionally had an officer as they
now have one Commissioner and the Au-
dItor by Republican votes. But they
have been powerless for evil, as the Re
publicans have had the controll-
ing majority. When the Democrats had
control, they proved themselves un-
worthy, and by seizing the public money,
and dividing it among themselves, and
specu lating with it in Iron Valley Fur
mace and the Citizens Bank, they de-
frauded the taxpayers out of twelve
thousand dollars. This they can neither
deny nor explain. The records to prove
this are all in the offices of the Court
House. 1t is impudent and insolent for
men who have made such a record, to
ask the people ever again to trust them.
But it is no more insolent than for the
same party, after an open rebellion to
destroy the nation, to ask to be put in
Office to control national affairs.
We will say in the commencement,
that the candidates on both tickets are
as good as the average of their respective
parties.
That DR.. A. B. Monahan is the supe-
rior of R. Booth,'i point of intellect,
experience and influence, no man ac-
quainted with them will deny. Mr.
Booth is clever man, but he possesses
only moderate degree of intellect and
energy. What l. T. Monahan wrote
about him one year ago is too true. He
is just the man to be the dupe and tool
of unscrupulous tricksters. The copper
heads, Catholics, or any other faction of
the Democratic party, could manage him
to their entire satisfaction. He is an
unsafe man to represent the Republican
county of jackson in the Ohio Legisla-
| ture.
There is no room for comparison be-
tween Judge Evans and Aleshire. Evans
is one of the very best men in Jackson
county, and there is perhaps not single
Democrat in the county who will deny
this. He is thoroughly honest calm and
npnrain1ioad Mr. laSbipa a1
sociable man, but he is dangerous man.
He is entirely too headstrong When he
was in the army, pretending to fight for
the Union cause, his heart was on the
other side. He was an enemy to the
cause he was pretending to serve. and
was bitter copperhead, and voted fol
the banished traitor Vallandigham. He
may be personally honest, in money mat
ters, (leaving out of view his gambling
scrape,) but his conduct as a politician
and soldier. cannot be reconciled with
honesty. This headstrong prejudice he
carries into the affairs of life Wher
Mrs. Tilton committed the -blooded
cruel, horrid, unprovoked murder of al
innocent little school-boy, Aleshire al
once took sides, although it was none o
his business, and he hunted up testi
mony to the very verge of falsehood, tt
clear the criminal. He went to the scent
of the murder, measured the ground, go
up his theory, and did all he possibl,
could to swear his theory through. w
say that such a headstrong, meddlesom
man, is utterly unfit to hold the impo1
tant Office of Probate Judge He woult
be dangerous man in such position.
Then take the candidates for Auditor
Patterson is an obliging, sociable, cleve
gentleman, and would be accommodating
to the people of the county who woult
have business in the Office. Mr. johnson
is cold, stern, unsociable man, who wa
never known to treat any man with evel
gentlemanly courtesy. A Democrat re
marked to us on the day of the nomins
tion, that it would be sad change t.
have johnson in the Auditors office
after having SO accommodating a man il
the Office as Mr.. Booth.
We will m axe comparisons betweel
the candidates for the other offices, bu
we must def er it until next week