Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-09-03
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BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION.

Bowling Green, feeling that She people
OF the county, il left to an unbiased express
sion of sentiment, would remove the coun-
ty seat to some other point, first made
desperate effort to prevent the people from
being permitted to locate their county seat
to suit themselves. Members of the Legis-
lature were bought with money absolutely
stolen from the people OF the village of
Bowling Green and Plain and Center town
ships. Columbus saloons and houses Of
prostitution were chartered by the month
and drunken and brutal members of the
Legislature were escorted to these places of
debauchery and crime by citizens of Bowl
ing Green, to influence their votes to de-
prive the people OF Wood county of the
privilege of saying where they desired to
Transact their county business They
went to Columbus in pairs, with their pock-
etS weif fi~ad with money taken from the
people without the peoples consent and
while one would seek out praying mem
bers OF the Legislature and have prayers
with them, the other would seek out lech-
erous members and indulge in shameless
debauchery with them, and each knew
what the other was doing and each played
his part with the same purpose to outrage
the people ofthe county by depriving them
oI the privilege of voting upon the location
OF their county seat! So Acknowledgements
the influence of the Bowling Green lobby
that, 1t will be remembered the old man
WHITE, of Crawford, with whom one of the
best OF the Bowling Green lobby slept dur
ing the winter, undertook to influence the
votes OF his fellowmembers against the En-
abling act by offering to introduce them to
his Spretty cousins" In this manner, with
direct bribery, professions of religious de-
votion and every kind OF debauchery-did
the people of Bowling Green seek to de-
prive the citizens OF Wood county of the
privilege OF saying where they prefer to
have their county seat.
But, this bold, persistent and most cor
rupt attempt to control the Legislature
failed and the question is submitted to the
people, who are now-no thanks to Bowl
ing Greon-permitted to say where they
prefer to transact their county business
But the Bowling Green corruptionists are
not idle. They have transferred the field
OF their operations from Columbus to Wood
county. Scarcely day passes that we do
not hear of their efforts to bribe voters or
to induce farmers to engage in general
scheme for the importation of illegal vo-
ters. Attempts have been made to hribe
newspaper editors, and in one case they
seem to have succeeded. They invent all
manner Of falsehoods, most absurd and uu-
to influence voters. No means
calculated to defeat fair and honest ex.
preston Of sentiment is left untried.
Now, il Bowling Green is such a desira.
ale place for tho transaction Of county bus
neSs-it the people Of the county are so an1.
lous TO continue their seat of justice at Bowl.
ing Green, why all this effort to deprive them
OF the privilege of saying sol Why these ef-
orts TO deceive the people, bribe and corrupt
men and stuff ballot-boxes with illegal
votes, II the people Of the county are 40
anxious to keep the county seatat Bowling
Green? Why did the pious lobbyists at
Columbus give money TO be used in de.
'auchery while they had prayers with 9th.
II members to influence them to oppose
granting the people of Wood county per-
Mission to say where they would transact
heir county business, ii they thought the
people wanted the county seal at Bowling
ireenI Why are the men Of Bowling
Ireen who claim to be honest and upright, |
Sinking at the robbery of their treasury
or the purpose OF bribing vsters, corrupt |
ng public journals and securing fraudu.
ent votes, If they think the people of the
ouhty want the county SaAt at that villaReY
= not their desperate effort to prevent an
Expression of public opinion and their at.
empts to corrupt the ballot-box, eonclu-
i've evidence that they do not regard Bow
ing Green as a suitable place for the coun.
y seat, and that they only expect TO keep
there by defeating m honest expression
Il sentiment at the pollsl
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