Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-09-21
Representative Matters.

"Things is workin' Our young Ly-
curgus begins to realize some of the conSe-
uuences of his resort to trickery in secur-
ing his nomination. Dissatisfaction ap-
pears in various portions of the county,
and the staunch men, young and old, who
haye stood by the party and its principles,
through good report and evil report, are
becoming not little reStive under the man
euvering resorted to to force upon them a
a candidate at once incompetent and dis
tasteful. The reckless issues raised to scat
ter dissensions and bring about divisions
in the ranks, they are now enabled to see
and appreciate, and their repugnance to
such sinister and unworthy plots, give place
to anything but generous and kindly emo
tions. The yeomanry of the county see
through the frequent repetitiOns Of
''young man" as a weak and empty catch
word, and would prefer dignity, discretion
and balance of character first, and with little
care whether these qualifications are found
in young or old. They naturally ask if
this discounting upon the merit Of being
a ''young man, is the chief merit of a
candidate-will it fill the bill? They do
not care to be compromised before the
State, and subjected to modification by
sending to the General Assembly ''young
man." who has done so much TO compro-
mise himself, and thus given an earnest Of
what he his capable of doing for others
whose first effort at stumping the county
resulted so disastrously. The evidence
then and there given was sufficiently strong
to show his unftness to be trusted with
questions of State concern. 1t was a
young man, we believe, chairman of the
meeting. who picked up the glove so def
anlly thrown down in his letter in the
TELEGRAPH of last week-asking for some
one to take the stump with him. This
young man felt that the party and its head
were compromised, and upon him, as
chairman and friend of the Administra-
tion, ,devolved the duty of stepping into the
breach, and controverting the positions,
and correcting the fOllies of our housing
young law-giver, from which our ''yOung
man" came out second best.
The attention of the whole State has
been attracted to the able and dignifed
bearing-in the performance Of his legisla-
tive duties-of our last Representative,
W. P. Rowland, Esq, and what think
you, electors of Ashtabula, will be the sense
of such intelligent observers, when they
come to draw comparison between the
past and the present? Will it be credible
to the discrimination of the Republicans
of the county? Let US for the sake of get
ting at the true measurement of our''young
man." ask ourselves how far would Mr..
Rowland allow himself to engage in the
trickery and low cunning-mousing about
and using personal and local considera-
tions-such as post offices and post routes
to ingratiate himself into favor, with the
end in view Of gaining thereby, anindivld-
ual and neighborhoed vote, and then-as
in the trick of changing the time of hold
ing the convention-resort to the readiest
means at hand to keep the light from fall
ing upon his little games. Why, the very
thought of placing Mr.. Rowland in such a
category, though in fancy, calls for an
apology for the freedom taken.
Many of the voters of the county feel
outraged, and have already determined to
wash their hands Of the whole thing-un-
willing to allow themselves to be sold out
by dupicity and impudence. The ques-
tion is mooted-can we not have the privi-
lege of voting for some man of experience,
position, eharacter-s resident of the coun-
ty and enjoying its respect and confidence?
The casting of our votes with compunction
and misgiving least we are compromising
ourselves and the county, is not favorable
for full vote or healthy majority, such
as Ashtabula county has been noted for,
and which at the coming election is espec-
tally needed. Willnot Mr.. Thorp read the
signs of the times and withdraw from the
canvass, and leave the party to concentra-
ton and harmony? 1t might result to his
benefit in the future.
The suggestion Of the TELEGRAPH, of
Judge Demming's name meets with hearty
acceptance.