Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1875-05-13
Primary Elections.


didates, where there are a great many
gentlemen, ready and anxious to sac
rifice their comfort and ease to the pub
lie service, it became apparent to the
unsophisticated lockers on at the
scenes being transacted in the political
whirlpool, that means to secure nom
nations were employed that were not
strictly in accordance with principles
calculated to inspire feelings of har-
mony, and concentration of the full
strength of the party on the candi
dates nominated.
Whether true or false it was charg
ed that dishonorable means were re-
sorted to in order to secure no nina
tions. The system of nominating by
Primary Elections of itself is unob,
jectionable, and when fairly conducted
ought to bring out the strongest ex-
preston of the people, but like all
other systems it is liable to abuse, and
we are not going to say that it has al
ways been Innocent of these charges.
Of one thing we are fully convinced,
and that is, that the majority of the
Republicans in this county are not
anxious to continue the primary sys-
tenn of making their nominations. To
use common expression, the system
has played out" and we believe the
Republicans throughout the county
demand change in the mode of pre-
senting candidates to the people. 1t
is matter that should be well consid-
cred by our County Central Committee
before they decide upon the mode of
making nominations for the next cleo
tions. What we want and what every
body should desire is that we have
good and competent men for the vari-
GUS offices, men upon whom the party
can unite, and it, in fact, matters not
what system is adopted to make the
nominations, so that it produces the
above results, but under existing cir
cumstances, we do not believe the pri-
mary election system will meet the
wishes of the party at large. From
our observations we are satisfied that
so far as Fayette County is concerned
the Primary Election is ''played out
and should be abandoned 1t served
its purpose for a time, but its time fo1
doing good and uniting the strength
of the party has expired.
Something New in Church Social
They have instituted a new feature
in Church Socials in the I'd Presbyte
rian Church. We give it from the Co
lumbus Journal as follows:
Each person in attendance takes t,
the party package weighing just one
pound, it may be feathers, or pounC
ofcoffee or anything else and this con
) stitutes his or her card of admission
and is taken at the door During the eve
ming these packages are sold at auc
ton, thereby promoting a great dea
of amusement-the same elemen
which excites bidding at unclaimed
baggage sales. Refreshments extra.
"A couple of weeks since we saiC
; there was % persons named in tht
Wilmington Republican as candidate
for the different offices to be filed il
Clinton County next fall. A week la
ter the Republican asked us to coun
: again. We did so, and find that
week ago they had the names of 8
> persons announced as willing to sacri
fee themselves upon the altar of tn
f primary election in old Clinton.
Crops.
e Hay is selling at $2O a ton in Mon
roe county.
The apple crop in Lawrence count
l still safe.
+ Vinton county farmers report til
! fruit nearly all killed.
. Wheat in Fayette county will prov,
d more than half crop.
There will not be more than half
D
crop Of wheat in Wood county.
: Considerable wheat is being plowe
], under throughout Northwestern Ohio
Ross county farmers say the groun
was never in better condition for ploV
ing.
, The fruit crop in Fayette county i
badly damaged, but by no means a
j, destroyed.
t The Wheat in Holmes county is sal
to look much better than it did at thi
time last year
! In Summit, Medina and Wayn
! counties, the young wheat never look
! ed better and gives promises of a
abu ndant yield.
Z Under stimulous of recent rains til
4 growing wheat is reviving in Unio
: county, and is probably not so muc
3 injured as was supposed.
In Miami county the bare wheG
!. fields are coming out beau tifully sine
the recent rains, and a good crop
i anticipated. Fruit, also, is NOR
promising.
In Montgomery county some YariC
n ties of apples are yet safe, and theI
: will be partial crop of pears, but n
: peaches or ounces. There is a goo
prospect for grapes and berries.