Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-10-05
The CandIdare-again.

but be left to spend itself upon the
desert air, or be made to swell the
vote of Judge Lee, according to the
fancy of the eleetor. Our decision
had hardly been given TO the world
when a delegation from Geneva
Mr.. Thorp's place of sojourn-made
a raid upon Ashtabula, and
put the straight before us that we
must have an Independent candi-
date to take the field against the
caucus nominee, as the dissatistae-
ton was such, that the appathy OF
the party would be increased; voters
would not go to the polls, or if they
did would vote the Democratic tick
ct for Representative, and having
( that bent, perhaps, swallow the
whole State ticket. This, of course,
would effect, if not endanger, the
election of Judge West. This
view is not an extreme one, when
we reflect that the election may-as
has before been the case-depend
upon the majority of this county for
its Republican triumph. The re-
sponse of Ashtabula was, "Plato,
thou reasonest weu!"' Communica-
tion with other friends showed that
similar views were taken, and they
agreed that whether the caucus NOM
nee could be defeated or not, the
State ticket might be saved. A
gathering of the friends from sever
al parts of the county, therefore,
was held at Jefferson, and resulted
as elsewhere stated. The hearth
ness with which the step is approv-
ed and the enthusiastic endorse
ment of the nominee-Prof. Tucker
man, bring feeling of much salts
faction at the course taken, and also
imposes the belief that the caucus
nominee will find his pinions very
much shortened in, if indeed he is
not forced to make an inglorious
plunge from his fancied elevation.
We therefore, find ourself again pay
ing our respects to the ''Hon. Free
man Thorp." What little we can
do this week we do not grudge, and
only regret that time is so circum-
scribed, for distance lends enchant-
ment to the view, we or might say
the view is a dissolving one. An
other week or two, and this caucus
nominee would beat the rate of
progression since his nomination
'1ike the baseless fablic of vesion"
not a grease-spot left. 1t is not a
little surprising, that he had not be-
thought himself of change of the
day of election-bringing it nearer
that the dye might be cast before his
constituency became too familiar
with him. This, however, being out
of the question, and being powerless
ourself, to gain another week, and
thus allow him to find his position
and snuff himself out, we have
deemed it but polite to give him
this much attention as the last op-
portuniJy allowed us.
If the rumors which are floating
about the Capital in regard to the
origin of the Interior Department
fire, with the attendant suspicious
circumstances, are ferreted to the
bottom, it is more than probable
that some rich developments may
be disclosed. The explanation
which Secretary Schurz offers, find
ing the chimney and hotbouse ex
plantations untenable, is an entire
ly suppositions one and very i'm
probable. That there have been
during the past few years frauds
in almost every Department of the
Government service is a generally
conceded fact, and no Department
has been looked upon with greater
suspicion than that of the General
Land Office. Secretary Schurz has
been busying himself assiduously
to unearth these frauds, and in re-
lation to the timber thieving oper-
ations has shown a determination
which will make the guilty quake.
The desperate have attempted to
burn public records before, and
have sometimes succeeded, and it
is barely possible that they may
have tried it again =?