Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-10-06
To the Republican Voters Of
this Judicial District.

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were represented by delegations from your
several townships. Said convention was
properly organized and all the forms usu-
ally known in the organization of eonven-
tions of this kind were adhered to. While
acting in its sovereign capacity, YOU gen
tlemen, through and by virtue Of the action
of your representatives, putin nomiRation
for the honored and important office Of
Common Pleas Judge, your fellow citizen,
the Hon. L. S. Sherman, Of Ashtabula.
This nomination was made unanimous, and
We have reason to know that it met with
the hearty approval of all the papers pub
lished in this District, with one single ex-
ception-snd to that exception We intend
to address ourself in due time.
1t is needless for US TO attempt to speak
of the high and essential qualities that a
candidate for so important an cfice should
possess. They are well understood by eT-
cry Republican voter in the District. He
should De cultured and learned in the law;
of sound mind and good judgment, and
above all should come to this honorcd posi-
tion without faint of crime hanging to his
garment. In this We think there will be
no difference between US. We're it not for
the fact that an attempt is being made by
the ''Hnfa-tunGte" Judge Garfield of Char
don, and his friends, to basely misrepre-
sent the action of the convention in the
nomination Of Mr.. Sherman, and also their
attempt to put him in a false light before
the voters of the District, we would not
address TO yeu this paper. Mr. Sherman
has been well known to you since his first
starting out in the struggles of life, hsan
Attorney at Law. You have been a Wit
ness to these struggles among you, and
looked upon with pride and satisfaction his
onward and upward advancement in his
profession, until he now stands unrivalled
as lawyer and advocate. During all these
wears you will give him credit for his Strict
attention to the business of his profession,
and while he has stood up manfully and ell
oquently in the defense of the government,
and the principles of the great Republican
party, he has done so without seeking for
Office. No one appreciates more than be
does, the honor you confer upon him by
choosing him as your candidate for the Of
fee of Judge of this District.
Now then, gentleman, it becomes our
painful duty to turn our attention to an ar
ticle we have before US. 1t purports to
have been published by the Geauga Repub-
icdn of Chardon. 1t bears the date Of Oct.
ID, 1876, and is without signature. 1t
starts off with statement showing how
Judge Garfield became connected with a
serious crime, for which he, with one J. w.
Nash, was indicted by the grand jury in
the Court of Quarter Sessions of Warren
county, in the State of Pennsylvania Of
the indictment Of Judge Garfield there is
no question. This article attempts to show
that he was in no way guilty of any crime,
but simply acted as an attorney for this
Nash, who was guilty, and the only part he
took in the transaction was to hold a note
given by said Nash to one Woodland for the
sum of SO, 900, to be given up by the con
sent of both paFtiesl Now then, it appears
that in time these parties, Woodland and
Nash, had o. disagreement between them,
and hence the Indictment.
We are not told of the precise nature OF
the crime with which this attorney and his
client was charged, but they would have US
believe that it was Of no particular account
"a mere misunderstanding between these
parties. Gentlemen, we do not pretend to
understand the laws of the State of Penn
sylvania, but to suppose that this attorney
was indicted for simply holding note Of
$4,000, to be given up by him whenever
the terms upon which he accepted the trust
was complied with, is the merest bosh, and
the attempt of the authors of this paper to
make you believe it, is the vainest and
most foolish thing We ever saw in a paper
Of this kind! sa z--a-ia gan 81
The facts are, that these men, together,
were charged with a crime well known to
the laws of the State of Pennsylvania, and
for which they were indicted by one of her
courts. A requisition was issued by the
Governor of that State upon the Governor
of Ohio, asking for a warrant to be issued
and directed to the Sheriff Of Geauga coun-
ty, commanding him to arrest and hold in
custody the person Of idssJudge Garfield,
with view to having him taken into the
State of Pennsylvania, there to answer to
the crime with which he stood charged.
The warrant was issued, and in the hands
of the officer, at the timeiof the holding Of
your convention, before which Judge Can
field so .tfmagnanimously" presented his
letter declining a denomination at your
hands. It's claimed, further, by these
parties, that Judge Canfel1 did not know
Of thisiRdictment till just before the meet
| ing Of the convention, and hence he had no
time to meet it. Instead of this being the
truth, e'haye the evidence before us that
Shows that be did know it before he took
his journey West, and had ample time to
meet t, had it been within his power to do
so. lit appears by the paper before us that
there wasa meeting at Chardon Of all the
parties to this indictment business on the
25th day'of September, where and when
there was settlement made and the sum Of
s2, 600 paid to said Woodland by said Nash.
and two letters given to Judge Canfeld,
stating that he had done nothing wrong.
We ask Judge Garfield, in all candor, if
these letters were not part Of the consid-
GRAFTON that passed between these parties
at the settlement of the trouble between
themi ItlookS very much like it. oq This
whole paper Of theirs shows upon its face,
taken in connection with all the facts. to
be the last dying 1effort of disappointed
aspirantsfor Office, suffering the, Just penal
ties Of the violated trusts and confidence Of
q generous people, ano.s - qssz.-
In his extremity, Ne charges upon Mr..
Sherman as being the instigator Of the
charges standing against him--whenThis
own p6peE tells upon whose testimony the
indictments we're found. They tell US that
Mr. Sherman Is Q "weak candidate" and
that ''ths temperance men would not sup
port him, y and finally closing up with a
callapcu Mr. Sherman to withdraw. from
the canvass, and lst Judge Garfield take
| his L., 9s