Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-11-30
AN OPEN LETTER TO PRES
IDENT HAYES WITH
WORDS OF ADVICE!
FROM CAPT. CHARLES ". EYERS I,

Open letters, published in newspapers of
general circulation, being considered the
best means of getting before the public
opinions Of great men oil the present day
on important subjects, it is with no little
degree Of satisfaction that we are enabled
to place before our many readers to-day a
document OF this nature, from the pen of
Capt. CHARLES w. EvERs to the President
OF the United States We give il the BEN
eft of our entire circulation at the earnest
desire of Captain EvERs, in order to en-
Tighten the masses as far as possible. What
action President HAYES may take in this
matter will be looked for with deep interest
and will be given to our readers at the earli-
est possible moment The following is
Captain EvERs' letter:
MR. PRESIDENT HAYES:
take my pen in hand to write you an
open letter, because every great man like
ME when he wants to instruct the natires
writes an open letter to some other great
m N and has il printed in some newspaper.
That you may know who me is, " may as
well " say "right here" that | is Captain
CHARLES w. EvERs who runs the Wood
County Sentinel and who tit, and tit, and fit
the Johnny rebs until | made them heller
enough and then | come home and changed
my politics to git the public printing of
Wood county and | got it and tell you,
confdentiaLy that it is purity good thing
| then begun running the Republican
party of this county. When | begun it
had majority of 600 to 500 but this fall
some of the candidates got defeated and
the rest got in only by the skin of their
teeth. Old IIollenbeck and Timmons, and
Cook and Ross and Troup and lot Of other
sore heads saws that ! am "driving" the
party "to the devil - but they lie, it is the
of year and Clark Waggoner that done it.
| wanted jim Luckey for collector as
yon well know, but you appointed Wag-
goner don't think that was hardly fair
and al wish it understood that / hold no
personal feeling against you " for il as |
suppose you thought 1t was all fSr the best
/ didn't have the Senate refuse to confirm
his nomination as l thought may be it
might embartass you but 81 believe vou
are now convinced " that yon made mis-.
take and "you will take notice that [" am
your hest and greatest friend you have in
the Northwest.
After Mr.. Waggoner was appointed, /
was told that he calculated to make Jim
Roas one Of his clerks and wrote to him
and protested against his doing 40 because
Ross had one boy in the postofice at Per.
rysburg and another had gone up to Lake
Superior on a recreation trip with some
Light House builders, and he, Jim Ross,
was member Of the Board Of Health OF
Perrysburg, was President of the Wood
county Bible Society, acted as clerk pro
tenn of a Murphy organization, was an
elder in the presbyterian church and am
not right sure but think he had some posi-
tion in the Wood County Agricultural So
ciety. Waggoner, instead OF needing my
protest treated me with perfect contempt
and as II i was OF no more account than n
pup.
Great Heavens Mr.. President! what is
a going to become Of your G. s. regulations
il you let one man hold most all the offices
In the country and that man Jim Ross
who sued me for libel and proved me a
libeler by the testimony OF Chief Justice
Waite.
Aud there is old Hollenbeck and Troup
they are writing for the Journal and try,
ing to make the people believe that | am
ruining the party aud am sorry to say
that good many silly Rates are beginning
to think 80. tell YOU Mr.. President this
thing wont do and | give you notice ti,at
unless there ia \ change OF pogram you
are gone mp aud the party & the devil,
The first thing 10 be done is for you TO write
To Waggnner and tell him to turn Ross out
Of the collectors olhce-that will make me
feel good. The next thing is to send old
81 t.,fl nl.utl
cOnAul 10 the moon or to any other place
out of the country 80 that he can not be
continually lhorning me. As TO Tronp you
might have him arrested, tried, convicted
aud sent To the Dry rortugaS as "moon-
sinner "--anyIhing no as 10 get him out OF
the way and secure peace 10 me.
"fhe world moves" aud Tam the mover.
With the Highest Consideration | am
Your Excellency's Most obedient Humtle 10
Servant
Captain CHARLES W. EyERs.