The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-10-02
Democrat Candidate for State
Senator as q Temperance
Man.

In the good old days, when to be q
temperance man meant more than mt
present, when the lsiies by their cru
SADIE movement hal made 1t popular,
when in fact in some localities, partic-
ularly In Wellington, it was somewhat
damaging to ones reputation to be
known as anything else than a temper
ance man, our Democratic war horse,
though never n tetotaler of the regula-
ton pattern, thought to ride to glory
on the popular wave and cast in his
fortunes with the crusade, received the
nomination of the ladies' and temper
ance men for the office Of mayor OF
this village and made very creditable
run, barely missing an election.
His letter of acceptance thanking the
ladies for the honor conferred upon
him, and assuring them of his loyalty
to the cause Is still in existence, and
for the refreshing Of oar memories We
give 1t an insertion here:
TO THE LADIES OF THE TEMPER
ANCE LEAGUE OF WELLINGTON,
LADIE5:-I feel that i should be recre-
ant to . great duty, and do myself injus.
tice, did allow SO fitting an opportunity to
all, my most sincere thanks, with all the
emotions OF q grateful heart for this more
than hatteriug demonstration Of your conf
dence and esteem, in thus selecting me to
be placed at the head Of your Ticket, which
you 50 urgently desired to be put In nOmi-
nation, and elected by the qualified voters
OF this village. And though defeat may
seemingly be perched on your banner, II is
but momentsry. Tares must Of necessity
be plucked out, and the chsff sifted from
the wheat A combination of circumstan-
ces, detrimental, though unavoidable, SEEM
ed TO gather about you, yet, to me, II seems
o victory most complete, q vindication of
the great principles you so nobly espoused:
And, LADIES'. let me again thank you, aud
say that your acts, and the great work you
have done for me will be remembered SO
long as life shall last, as the choicest aud
dearest memories of my life, and | assure
feelings for the high honor conferred, and
can only hope and trust that the day is not
far distant when you may see all your en-
deavors crowned with success, and that the
great God given right to vote as we'll as
work, be yours to enjoy. Then, defeat will
be unknown and victory ever sure; such Is
the earnes: wish of your humble servant,
d. L. WADswoRTH.
But the unterrified have never been
noted for being specially friendly to
temperance, and when subsequently
they were looking about for candi-
date for the office of State Treasurer,
the name of our illustrious crusader
was suggested and he, as many others
have done before him, found it ex-
tremely unpleasant to have "record."
We refer to the year 1875, the year
in which our candidate publishes i'm tho
Lorain county history, he came within
one or two votes of receiving the nOmi-
nation. but of which so good Demo-
cratic authority as the "Ohio States
men" says "The balloting for State
Treasurer resulted in an abandonment
of the tally sheet AID the nomination of
john Schriner by acclamation.
His Democratic friends had no i,lea
of putting a man In office who was in
favor Of curtalling or prohibiting their