The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-06-26
WHAT THE PEOPLE THINK
ARnuT TIL

We have interviewed several per-
sons with view of showing the
drift of public sentiment in this
county. We first interviewed our
self, and we find that we have an
abiding confidence that the tide
which has been gradually bearing
the Democratic party to power, still
sets stronger than ever toward the
complete victory Of our principles
that tie people are tired of war and
long for peace and prosperity-that
they are determined to cut down the
salaries of officials, and restore fair
rewards to home labor-that they
want "free ballots and fair counts
and they will continue in old Preble
County to gain upon the ~''bayoret
party" until the Democratic party
will hold the reins.
E.. S. of Washington township
said, he had been a Republican and
voted the ticket ever since the party
was born, but he could not stand the
dogoned nonsense any longer, and
tina he believed as Charley Foster
did when he went to New Orleans,
that the people r nearer right than
politicians, and that as Charley Eos
ter stuck TO the yard stick while sol
diers fought and EwING was enough
of a patriot to go to the field, he will
vote for EWING and RICE.
A. D. of jackson township said
since he saw the arithmetic of the
editor of the Register. he had lost
all faith in a .fair count" by the Re-
puhlicans, and if party editors can
not make more sensible estimates
the Republican party must be nearly
out of timber. A. D.. says he will go
with the crowd and vote the Demo
cratic ticket. He says he knows of
a host of sensible Republicans who
will vote their first Democratic ticket
this fall for EWING and RICE.
C. T. The National who was
claimed to have been interviewed by
the editor of the Register, says that
the editor of that paper evidently
cannot understand language much
better than he does arithmetic, for
he will vote for Gems, EWING and
RICE.
j. w. of Eaton says he is opposed
to Foster on account of his surren-
der to the Confederacy when he went
to New Orleans, and wi never vote
for him. That neither Ewing or
Rice found time to sell calico and
groceries during the late war, and
that he is opposed to a party whose
only show of gratitude to the Union
soldiers is passing bumcombe reso-
buttons in their form and then ap.
pointing such men as Longstreet
Mosby and Key to high offices ovel
the heads of the boys in blue.
D. L. of Eaton says he don't want
to be written down such an ass, a:
ito be made to a that as an ole
democrat he has just found out the
party has no principles. That i:
thinner than the editors arithmetic
He says, set me down for the sol
diers and patriots, EwNG and RICE
Y. R. of Harrison township says
when the Republican party tax,
knights of the yard stick and thu
Democratic party Union Generals a.
candidates for Governor, l shall vot,
for a gallant Union General. l vot
ed my last Republican ticket las
fall, and l know of twenty others il
this township who will pursue thu
same course. We are done with tn,
Republican party.
W. L.. of Eaton, Republican.
; will vote for EWING and RICE. Char
ley Foster is simply a Democrat il
disguise. His New Orleans repor
shows be is no Republican. He i
simply a standard bearer of the Re
publican party, and will go off as h
did at New Orleans. / will no
, throw my vote away on a man VIII
would not go to war as long as h
could make more money selling call
; co and molasses at his corfer groce
ry. I will vote for straight out mer
We do not give the names of thes
> parties, because all these iateruieu
. acre gotten up IN oar office, as a
offset to the silly twaddle of tn
great arithmetician of the Eato
Register. AL the above parties sal
they wanted a "red-hot campaign.
Neither do we expect the editor
the Register to answer this, but
can make a personal attack on som
;. civilian for what his old soldiers 50
about him and that will answer ev
~ purpose.
The Cincinnati Enquirer of IL
goth inst, quotes from the "powe