Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1878-10-03
To the Voters Of Fayette County!
A Wi1lfu1 and Malicious SLAM
der on Major Cook Nailed
to the Counter!
''See How a Plain Tale will Put
Them Down"

Them Down"
A premeditated SANDER of the deepest,
blacklist and most internal character, was
put in circulation in this town, and ped
died out through the county by the vilest
with hearts as base and
corrupt as sin itself, on Sunday and Mon
day last, charging that Major James F.
Cook, the Republican candidate for Sher-
iff of this county, was so drunk on Satur-
day evening last that he had to be taken
home by another man. Some of the vile,
Shiny reptiles say that he was taken home |
by ''niqger'', too drunk to drive his |
horse. And with the hope of giving the
semblance of truth to their SANDER, they |
refer to the names of respectable and re-
sponsible men, to sustain their infamous
charges of drunkenness on Major Cook;
and for fear their falsehoods might not
deceive and dupe some of the Republican
voters of the county, they have stated
that certain responsible men were willing
to make affidavits to sustain them in these
willful, premeditated lies.
These ISLANDERS were put in the mouths
of INSCRIPTIONS friends of Sheriff Smith,
who took lively interest in circulating
them, and with feigned and hypocritical
sorrow for Major Cook, protested that
they were true, knowing that if they could
succeed in making certain persons belieye
that Major Cook was drunk, as charged,
it would largely detract from his vote in
the county, and in all probability defeat
his election.
This was a desperate game, which Mr..
Smith and his friends have sought to play
at the end of the political contest, and it
shows plainly that there is no trick, no
meanness lower down in the scale of NOR
al pollution than these unprincipled men
will descend, if they can, by SO doing de-
feat the election of Major Cook.
But, fortunately for the cause of justice
and truth, the trap these pestiferous imi-
tations of the human race supposed they
had so adroitly set to catch and victimize
worthy man, has been timely discover
ed, and the whole infamous scheme uE-
earthed and exposed, and its perpetrators
consigned to public infamy.
Now, in connection with this daring
attempt to ruin one of our most respect
} able and honorable citizens, we call upon
! the voters of Fayette county to say wheth-
: er they are willing to be quiet and allow
him to be the victim of defeat through
} the instrumentality of infamous ISLANDERS
And since these men have made the boast
that they could prove by responsible par
, ties that their statements that Major
q Cook was drunk on Saturday evening
fol
a minded, unprejudiced, honest man, tt
/. read the following affidayits, which Wa
Y present to disprove the statements made
$ in relation to Major Cooks condition OF
Saturday evening last:
s STATE OF OHIO, FAYETTE COUNTY, SIS.
|, Personally appeared before me, E. W
IL Welsheimer, Clerk of the Courts of Fay
cite County, Ohio, Eli Craig, William
Millikan, Jesse Arnold, VIM. Burnett ant
n E. C.. Hamilton, who, being by me frs
d duly sworn, say that they are PERSONAL.
IF acquainted with Major James F. Cook
, that they saw him in Washington G. H.
Ohio, on Saturday, the 28th day of Sep
9r tember, A. D. 1873, between the hours o
re o'clock p. m. and 6 O'Clock p. m., an
i that they conversed with him, and tina
= to their knowledge and belief he was no
u intoxicated, or was said Cook under tn
le influence of intoxicating liquors, or ha
II he been drinking any whatever; that W
i, did not suspect that he had been drink
ing, and he was perfectly sober.
ELI CRAIG.
id VIM. MILLIKAN.
ne E. G. HAMILTON.
Il JESSE ARNOLD.
VIM. BURNETT.
Sworn to and subscribed before me thi
ne the 1st day of October, A. D. 1873.
u [sEAL] E.W. WELsHEIMER, Clerk.
If STATE OF OHIO, FAYErrE COUNTY, S..
as Personally appeared before me. E. Y
If Welsheimer, Clerk of the Courts in an
as for said county, Geo, I. Bailey, c. Carl
- j. W. Gillespie, who, being by me dul
1o sworn, say that they are personally a
of quainted with Maj. James F. Cook; tn
nd they saw him in Washington G. H., Obi
in on Saturday, the 2Sth day of Septembe
A. D. 1873, between the hours of 3 o'clo(
~ p. m. and o'clock p. M; that they col
ge versed with said Cook, and to the best
Us their knowledge and belief he was pc
bo fectly sober, and that he was not intox
Gated; neither was he under the infiuen
of Intoxicating liquors, or did they b
he lieve or suspect that he had been drin
ng ing anything whatever.
re- GEO. I. BAILEY.
G. GARIs.
'ge Sworn to and subscribed in nay pre-
he ence this, the 1st day of October, A.
ed 1873. E. W. WELsHE1MER,
oo' [sEALl Cler
Mr.. Benz. Burnett, who was on his W
to Pittsburg with lot of cattle, was t.
egraphed to on Tuesday, in relation
= ~ this charge against Major Cook, of bel
-. drunk on Saturday evening last, and
- the same day Mr.. Burnett telegraph
- to his relative, as follows:
'o1 BREMEN, October 1st, 1873.
"WM. BURNETT Jim Cook ate supp
'tef at my house at O'Clock fSaturday eV
hat ningl and left for home as sober al
judge. B. FL. BURNETT >
Tr, We warn the voters of the county to
tile on the lookout for more, and perha
of worse ISLANDERS, upon the eve of the eli
lch tion, when the perpetrators think tn,
uld deceptions are put out in manner tt
uld they cannot be detected until it is too Ii
ing to refute them. They are desperate, a
ds- will resort to any trick or misrepresent
tion that they think will subserve tn,
'yil ends.
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or Another Base Fa1sehood!
be We are reliably Informed that certa
wn parties in the political interest of Shel
of Smith, have originated story that t
sty Republican Central Committee of tt
ed, county have held meeting for the pr
uds pose of Withdrawing Major Cook from
ticket for the Sheriffalty. This falsehoC
us as we learn, is being fndustriously Giro
We lated in sections of the county where il
to thought it cannot be timely and succe
I'VE fully controverted. The whole thing
md bare-faeed lie. No such meeting
air | been held. and there is no such desire