The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-10-07
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.l
THE FOURTH CONGRESSIONAL
DISTRICT, =
Interview with VAR. NIcMahon.

Interview with MIR. Mcmahon.
Mr.. Mcmahon walked into our sane
tum last evening. We asked him for.
an interview. Certainly" said he,
81 came on purpose"
GLOW is that fellow getting on that
is running against you?"
'.Whom do you mean-Biekham,
Manning Or Shultz? You know Shultz
is on the ticket, but the other two seem
to be doing the running. ] think that,
with the aid of Bickham and-Manning,
however, l will be likely to beat Mr.
Shultz.'
Glow about that story of DR.. Weav-
er's that you took a ticket out OF q
blind mans hand?" E&
81 was surprised to see the Doctor al
lude to that circumstance. But he is
mad at his removal. He was only part
ly right. He mistook the time, as his
interview shows. He speaks of it as
the time when I had a difficulty with
Mr.. Shauck, and when / was running
for Congress. l had the difficulty in
1879, and did not run for Congress in
that year. The truth is, the matter oe-
Cured in 1876, and In this way, DR..
Weaver was surgeon at the Home
and was bringing to the polls, with
closed tickets, all the sick, paralyZed,
and even the insane persons. He
brought blind man whom 1 suspect
cd to be a Democrat. Before his vote
was received I requested the Judges to
ask him what ticket he desired to vote.
He answered; 'The straight Democrat
ic ticket 1 then handed him, with
the consent of the Judges, a straight
ticket and took the folded ticket out of
his hand. On opening the folded tick
ct, what do you think / found? A
Democratic ticket, with my name
i. scratched out, and my competitors
written in. 1 have the witnesses to
) this transaction. 1 never had, at any
? time, or on any other occasion, any Diff
ficulty about a blind man. AsI Ce-
feated Mr.. Howard by a small majori-
ty, the Dayton Journal retreated be-
!, hind all sorts of malignant f~alsehoods
: about how the Home had been carried
for me, and indulged in stupid lies
about my having whisky at the polls,
t and drinking out of the same lineup
with Irishmen, &C."
elbow about that barrel of whisky,
: Mr.. Mcmahon p"
4 "My dear sir, the only barrel of
: whisky that was ever at the Soldiers
Home polls was taken there by Repub-
licans. After his defeat in 1876, Mr..
Howard served a notice of contest upon
me. One of his grounds of contest was
that l had used whisky. When he
: went to look up his witnesses, he dis
covered that the barrel had been taken
j, there by his friends, and he abandon
ed h contest without taking particle
of testimony. I never took q pint OF
whisky to Liberty Polls in my life, OF
purchased a pint to be taken there, OF
requested any n to do SO. I have al
r-n nc nAn1a., ~ 49, t. ~.
begun by Republicans in 1874, and
practiced by both parties ever since
1875. The Republicans are preparing
to do it again."
@What is that story abaHt there be
ing a new farmer for the Home ant
the opening of a beer saloon there
&c. ?"
mot one word of truth. Mr.. Pete
Weidner is not an applicant for the pc
sition of farmer, nor have / recon
IF mendcd him for the place. And as fol
l. the selling of lager beer, / have nevei
heard the subject mentonied until
saw it in the Dayton Journal. This i
u another n of Bickliam's stupid inven
tions.u
"what kind of campaign is Shift
n making?"
"a money campaign exclusively
I LIZ " 10 ts A-hlOA inO -OblCJ Oal Ali
"a his son-in-law Manning. They begaI
ID their operations right off. The propo
Of sition was made to a party to give hin
le $40 for each vote he would reduce tn,
majority In n certain Democratic town
{ ship. This announced to $40 a vote. DIR
Manning's and Mr.. SlIultz's agents ar,
trying to buy voters rather loosely, ant
are likely to be caught. 1t amt a goo
re year to SELL" (.
l. "What will be the policy of your ney
Governor ?"
81 do not know. i have never ex
changed ten words with him. He is
IN manswho will conduct things accord
IS ing to his notion of what IL right
and he is a gentleman of tie very high
~ est character. l have no doubt he will
y give satisfaction"
lie "There seems to be some squealin,
IN in Dayton among the Republican
at about the recent changesat the Home
eyes, DIR. Weaver is squealing loud
ly. He thinks he lost his place beeaus
he was a Republican. He went on
{ with a general shout of joy. The Doc
a tor was the worst politician in tn
~ whole lot; the worst pill in the box
I'd The Democratic soldiers have com
IN planned to me q hundred times that h
- Disseminated agains, them in their ex
: animation for pensions. And if tn
VI Doctor thinks That no complaints wer
IN made against his management Of tb
he Hospital, as a physician, l a assur
h. him that high authority expressed t
the members of the Board disapprova
of his management, and If he squeal
VI now | can give him the authority.n
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