Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-02-28
A Bit OF RetrOspociiOn In Wood COun.
ty Politics,

Under this head the "X Y Y" cores
pondent from Bowling Green to the Eren-
ing Bee, whose letter we copied two weeks,
ago on bitches and Taxes," thinks the
scales have probably fallen from our eyes
and goes on to read us a moral lesson Of
what might have been, in another letter to
the Bee Of Saturday, had we not been
"blinded by the glitter OF patronage from
the Auditors Office" While the letter in
the main features is of friendly character.
vet it places us in rather an awkward
position which would seem to demand an
explanation. Therefore we reproduce the
greater portion of his letter below:
Better late than never, friend Tinmons, but
IL is still sad to think what good you might
have done had the weight of the Journals in
huence, as the oldest Republican paper in
Wood county, been thrown last fall against
this same Court House Ring instead Of for
IL. Think how much better II would have been
for the county, and how much more consistent
your present position would now appear had
the Journal last fail contained exposures of the
duings Of this little ring Uf convention mani
pulatOrs instead Of abuse of personal friends
nf the same political fai.h. Friends who firm
by believed aud still believe, that unless this
crowd that has been fixing states and calling
the Republicans together to ratify their choice
and thereby fauening by turn at the public
crib for years, be tuI ned out to "root hog or
die" like the rest Of poor struggling humani-
ty, these days, the Republican part Of Wood
cOunty will 90 to the dogs and leave as the leg
AcY OF a county debt. from under which nothing
short Of actual repudiation can ever lift us.
good, reliable paper, AMI especially the
al al. l. L. r
Hni the ring broken up, AS il was, the Dem
ncratic papers did nothing. Both were inact-
I'VE under promise Of official patronage from a
Republican source. One died before il could
claim its pay, and the other is now reapin the
reward Of its treachery of its own party by
feeding meekly from the hands of its Republic
can purchasers, while the Journal, that battled
brAVely and faithfully for a bad cause, and
thus aided the ring 90 secure another three
years Of public plunder, is d9serted and un-
cared for. Verify, the way of the transgres-
sor is hard.
Yours, xxx.
In the first place we were not aware u
the state of affairs in the county during
the campaign last fall, the Commissioners
report evidently being delayed until after
the election TO COW this up. We confess
there were several features in the conduct
ing OF the campaign by the sef-constituted
Republican managers that excited suspic-
ion that there was something rotten in
Denmark, which subsequent events have
only too clearly proven TO be true. One
o these features was the manGuverng ol
Il. W. McMAHAN, brother in.law of Aud
itor CASE, who totally ignored lending
Republicans in his visits here and figured
only with Democrats and such Republicans
aS those who accept money from either
side and work for the success of those who
pay the largest sum. While such proceed.
ings were witnessed with suspicion and
known to warrant the Journal in going
bIck on the party of it's choice. 1t has
always been our motto to have no false
alarm go out from our post of duty
In this instance the enemy was in our own
camp--did not come from beyond oul
picket lines, where expected.
With bankrupt township treasury and
a corporation debt raised from less thar
one thousand to twenty thousand dollars
mainly through Democratic management IL
the past in our local affairs, was n poor in
ducement for us to assist that parlytoa widel
field OF operation. Subsequent events, how
ever, show that this portion Of the Demo
cratic party was secretly working for tn,
Ring portion Of the Republican ticket
This was.sufficient TO Condemn the Repnb
lican ticket, and would have defeated {
had il been known before the election.
We had no faith in the wild financia
theory on which the National party set ~
It's claim for positions of public trust, RnC
felt that local encouragement would onl.
be aiding in National financial embarrass
ment.
NeVar has there been an officer elecle'
In the county since our connection will
the JOURNAL, that can say we at an
time, before or after the election, demaude,
portion OF the county patronage for III
paper.
In view Of these briefly mentioned fact
and with no definite grounds upon whic
10 base and faslen fraud, what was lei
Tor us to do but stand by the party OF on
choice until we found definite proof q
eorruptioni II "things" we're not wha
they seemed they must abide the conse
queaees a. the facts can be brought /
light