Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1875-07-01
From the Springfield Republic
What the Temperance Men think
of Our Ticket.

The Miami Helmit, a Temperance
organ, published in Piqua, and one of
the best tempered journals of its class
and enc of the ablest, has this to say
of the Republican candidate for Gov
ernor:
'sOf Rutherford B. Hayes we need |
hardly say to citizens of Ohio, that
he possesses all the qualifications
needed. They have tried him in Con-
gress, and tried him two terms as Gov
ernor, they have tried him on the
field at the head of Ohio men, and no
stain or reproach attaches to his
name. If the State had been canvass
ed, perhaps no man more welcome to
the masses, and no man more worthy
of their support could have been
found. We know nothing of his pri
vate views, we know not whether he
belongs to any church, or whether he
is pledged to any Temperance Order,
nor do we care, since we do know
that his character as a worthy, pure,
high minded citizen, is above reproach.
We fully believe, also, that be will al
ways tie found giving his influence,
the power of his example, and the
weight of his name to everything
that pertains to the moral and temper
al welfare of the people of this great
State, without regard to sect or par
ty"
OF the remainder of the nominees,
the editor remarks that, as he does
not know them, he cannot speak by
the book. Of two of them, however,
he speaks os follows:
''Judge McIlvaine and Attorney
General Little are both excellent men
with clean record, both of them men
| who can be recommended to the peo-
pie for their support
| OF Auditor Williams the Helmet
says:
GAS to Auditor Williams we have to
say Of him that we have some knowl-
edge of him personally, and while we
know that he is an excellent officer,
and one who has done the work of the
Office he now holds for more than ten
years, and that he is a genial, afable,
accommodating man, we are informed
that he is, or at least has been, an in
temperate man and therefore one that
a consistent temperance man connot
support, if still addicted to that habit.
We say this much with regret, and
hope that such assurances may reach
US as may enable US to cordially sup
port man whom we regard very high
ly as a clever gentleman"
We are personally acquainted with
the gentleman referred to, and hearti
ly approve the good things said o
him. During the past winter he rem
dered service to the people of thr
State, in resisting the raids of tn
Democratic administration the Leg
t isIature especially upon the Treasury
! and showed himself a most efficien
] and excellent officer-the right maj
: in the right place. If we wish to re
tain an Auditor who has been intelli
gent and faithful in the discharge o
his duties, we shall re- elect DoctO
especially as (to our know
edge )-he is not now an intemperat
man--iS never seen in whisky saloon
,. or carousing with bummers, but is a
Z : tending closely 10 his duties as Audi
:. tor-as all will find, who take pains t
~ call upon him. We have a high d.
gree of personal respect and regal
= lOE our lEISHu3 GuG SulIOI OIL OH6 116u
- Leland for all men who, in q spir
y of courtesy and personal coLvictio
- and not from prejudice, and we thir
a - that, if they will personally investigat
. this matter, they will find not on
= - that they can coscienciously suppo
- - DR.. Williams, but that they will regal
~ it a matter of public necessity to +
elect an Auditor who has so faithful
" and courageously defended the pc
~ ~ ple's money against horde of hui
- CRY Democratic legislators
- In closing, the editor remarks:
~ "a Meanwhile, we shall watch t
'ne ~ Democratic nominations to be ma
ol on the 18th inst with much solicituG
X hoping that they may present men,
10 at least some of these offices, who
'A record shall be so clean that they m
u d, be held up before the people as wort
~ ~ of their support