Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-09-23

EDITOR LEDGER, You Will please
permit me, through your columns, to
give to the people of Au,lrain county
correct statement of the facts rela-
tive to the appointment of election
judges, about which the Press and its
Greenback coadjutors are making SO
much noise. l would not now give
it the slightest notice were it not that
In the last issue of the Press other
parties have been dragged l
who had no more connection with it
than was required of them by the
court. Now, then, what are the facts?
AT the August term of the court,
which was the time for the appoint
ment Of election judges, the press of
business was such that we were unable
to get through, hence adjourned to
the 18th for the purpose of bearing a
road case, and not, as has been stated
in the Press, for the appointment of
judges. That simply came up incl
dentally. At the August term, in
talking ove the business before u.s.,
Which is our habit, the subject of the
appointment of election judges was
canvassed, and we agreed that if the
three parties put tickets in the field,
that We would give TO each one rep
resentation in the election judges ;
and, as the Democratic party out
numbered both of the others, We
would give them two. and to each of
the others one. The law did not Re-
quire this of us, but simply to make
honesty and capacity the %prerequi-
sites. This we endeavored to strictly
adhere to, regardless of everything
else. Now, will these pure and i'm
maculate gentlemen say that we have
not done this? 1 wish to pat them to
the test. Will they put their finger
upon a single individual, whom we
have appointed, and say that he is
not honest, or that he is not Ca
pable, or that he is capable Of and
mean enough to pepetrate a fraud !
l dare them to the test, and until
they do this, every sensible person
must know whether he be Green
hacker, Republican Or Democrat,
that all of this noise and fuss is
nothing more than hypocritical cant,
which is intended to mislead the
supplemented, but well-intentioned,
and capture their votes. To proceed
with the facts: On the 18th day Of
August, the day on which the ap-
pointments were made, there came
before US a committee of gentlemen
belonging to the Greenback party,
with a list Of names whom they de-
sired to have appointed as election
judges and the petition of this CON-
mittee was not suggested, as stated
in the Press of the 9th inst, by see.
ing the maneuverings of the cour,
house ring, for there was nothing o.
it. No Democrat ever approached me
on the subject but I was approached
by Greenbackers at the reular term
and they are the only persons who
have aver offered any interference
whatever in any way. Not one Dem
ocrat ever offered n sentence to m,
at all. Now, Is stated, this commit
tee desired that the names which they
handed us should be put upon the lis
of judges. This We declined doing
because VIZ thought that was carryin!
things a little too far. We believed
that we were the proper one to MAKE
the appointments, that the law hat
entrusted it to US, and that We shoult
not give the power to anyone else ;an'
the attempt to coeree us into maxim,
the appointments suggested by then
was the highest arrogance, and
thing unheard of in the history G
Audrain county. A reason was ask
ed for refusing to make the appoin,
ments demanded by the committee
and the reason stated in the Press
correctly stated, which then proceed
t to show the relative strength of til
two parties, by giving the vote cas-
for Judge Douglass and Mr.. Downing
It knows it was no correct test, b.
t cause first, Mr.. Downing a ahea
Of his ticket; and secondly, the vo,
cast for Mr.. Downing was more tina
half Republican, so we can e at
glance that when the real Greenbac
8 vote comes to be sifted out from tt
Republican, from partisan standpoint
they have now more than they al
entitled to. Bot they say in order
keep down suspicion parties ougl
to have been equally represented
? Who is it that is suspicious? The
say they believe the men whom v
appointed are honest and capabl
then where is the ground upon whic
to even hang a suspicion? And I'm,
a they bring charges against the mt
appointed, they are forever estoppe'
l come now to the last act in Il
drama. They have not been Statistic
: with decorating US with their poiso1
0 Nous fangs and heaping upon us the
foul venom, but they must drag b
fore the public gaze two unobtrusi'
t Young gentlemen, who had no mo,
to do with the appointments thu
they had, and not half SO much
q they desired to have. These tv
n young gentlemen were called in the
with the tax books to assist Us
getting up the list, in order that L
d parties appointed might be in tht
proper townships. MI. Dobyns bel
= we'll acquainted all over the count
5 would enable us to facilitate bushes
. Nov, these two young gentlemen b
{. no part nor lot in making the q
: pointments; but suppose they ha
are they . whit worse than the
70 Greenback gentlemen2 And one
5. that committee, too, was q candida
But would not Messrs. Dohyns a
st Hooton be less culpable in the sig
of all intelligent persons. supposl
they were guilty Of the charg
of the Press, than that Greenba
In committee? Messrs. Dobyns a
uo,xnc ,arn In fhnro at 0ur inafau