Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1877-10-06
TRIBUNE.
SATURDAY. OCTOBER 6. 1877.


There certainly never was party which
needed reforming more than the Demo-
cratic party. The revelations OF Boss
Tweed show the true inwardness Of that
immaculate party of reform. They show
how New York city, while it was rolling
mp Democratic maiorities of tens of
thousands at every election, was being
Systematically pIundere1 of millions up
on millions OF dollais The history of
the national government show that New
York city was not an exceptional case.
and everywhere large Democratic ma
jorities are closely allied witt. thieying
and corruption. Take, for instance. the
great state Of Ohio, and notice how great
is the need of ref orln in the strong Dem
ocratic counties in that state. Butler
county, that gave a majority OF 2,67S for
Tilden and reform" the stealings of the
''reformers" amount up into the hundreds
OF thousands, In Fairfield county, with
Il majority Of 1897, they reformed the
county out of $4,000. In Holmes county
the ieformers Systematically robbed the
county by adding per cent. to the
enumeration Of school children. and
When the school tax was drawn these re-
formers pocketed the surplus. This was
kept up until $4,000 was traced into the
hands OF one, more awkward than The
rest Tor which he had no vouchers.
when tue state examiner called on this
reform" official. one warm day i'm June.
he was surprised to find him shut up in
bis ofiice with blazing fire in his stove.
lhere were papers burning up, but smoke
and ashes could not reveal any secrets
Aoundant evidence, however, was FIR
hished TO convict this Democratic Off
elal, but the grand jury took no action
and he escaped punishment. Holmes
county gave Tilden and reform abou,
1880 majority. to
Masses of Democratic corruption are
being unearthe1 in Ashland and Kuox
counties In connection with The erection
OF public buildings. Ashland county
gave 1llden and reform" about 700 ma
Iority, and Knox helped to swell Tilden's
vote. 1r
III wayne county the Treasurer is a
long way behind in his accounts. aid
IildeH and reform" received 59l ma
jority.
In Coshocton county Democratic
Treasurer robbed himself and did T. 90
skillfully that others came very near
being punished for the crime before tho
facts were brought out that traced RI.
roooeiy to the thief. As usual, Coshoe- |
ION gave Iilden and reform" about 500
majority.
Ana now comes Auglaize county.
where The Democratic County Treasurer
Claimed 10 have been taken from tho
street, by masked robbers, TO the Treasu-
rer Office, Where he was gagged ami for
iured until he was forced to omen The. |
s;de ana allow the robbers TO helm them
serves TO large amount of money. Some
people OF the state did not swallow the
STORY it was too much like that concoct-
gu ny The Treasurer of Coshocton county.
detective john L. Norris, of Springfield
on'o' went to work. and. notwithstand-
i"S lie was Threatened by the reform
Al. friends OF the County Treasurer. be
eooh hih web OF circumstantial evidence
mo'e mat pointed strongly to Treasurer
myers as having robbed himself. and
winch showed that there had been /,
great Zeal OF rottenness in that cou,,v
running back TO- years. Treasurer NJ
CTS was arrested and lodged in iail. He
mas since made a confession, not only &c.
his own comp.icitv. but
mpiicating number of the nrom;n.,.
rc'o'iners7 of that county, Auolaize
county gave 2,04O majority for Tildeu
nnd reform. -"N
Inc counties of Crawford, Henry
"yandote, Hancock, Allen
Dciinont' Brown and Ottawa have all had {
more OF less Democratic stealing. and
'neie Is not one i'll all the number that S
gave lllden and reform less than GOO s
majority, while several or them rolled ~, +
over 1000 majority. Not one Of all the S
democratic thieves in all these counties II
nave received the punishment which {
mould be dealt out to the pIunderers Of I
he people
=" seventeen Democratic strongholds I
u mat state have the -Reformersr beer
caught defranding the people. and in1
10 instance have they been punished.
low has it been with the Republican ]
officials? During the time that aIl the t
Democratic stealing above referred to t
Vas going on. three Republican officials t
ave proven unworthy OF the confidence I
opposed lin them by their party. In one. 2
County Treasurer overcharged the tax a
ayers per centage which he poeketed a
or Ills own benefit. In Clark county the y
treasurer was found using the peoples J
money TOR his own private speculations. /
lie was arrested, tried and convicted, and s
erved term in the pententiary, besides 7
all his private property to Y
make restitution to the county as far as
would go. In Lucas county there was
loss by the. failure of bank. :
To show how sincere they are for re- n
ofm, the Democracy of the Toledo dis a
ret have nominated the notorious Jim Il
,tcadman. who proved a defaulter TO the =