Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-05-21
"Rajax" to the Public.

brOadside Gre from the batteries Of the
mighty Haskell and am sorry tolearn thai
he wishes 10 withdraw from the contro
versy and that hereafter ! must addrcs,
my letters 10 the public. Though 1t j..
possible that am weak about the ehead, p
yet don't be alarmed upon my account
Mr.. II. am not fatigued in the least
Indeed | now teel as though this sort oI
mental exercise continued from this time
till about the middle Of Augustwould result
inmuch good both 10 me rs well as 10 a Ger
tain man Of my acquaintance, whom you
or some others Of your clique have also
pronounced Of unsOund mind. And do
know Mr.. II. that this mental alteration
is spreading at most alarming ratel
Why, / know Of a neighborhOOd, where,
two months ago the people were nearly
all sound and healthy, but they have been
talking and thinking 80 much Of late that
at the present time there is but one voter
whom your medical men would call
sound Of mind and even he Is getting
feeble. Living among such class Of
people and being at the same time a very
modest man, you cant blame me for re.
fusing to "come out over my own sigma
ture like brave little man" I'll tell you
my occupation and then perhaps you can
identify me. have been engaged during
the last four weeks as the county fool.
killer" and ! commenced in Ashtabula
upon the worst case / could find. Ny
easy victory in the first contest seems TO
indicate that the business is both light
and agreeable.
Mr. Editor:-I beg your pardon for oc-
cupying SO much space with such trash.
My only excuse is that Mr.. Haskell
neither makes use of nor replies to any.
thing else. have found it necessary to
feed all animals upon that which their
appetite Graves and now leaving him to
feast upon the above / will offer your
more sensible readers dish of different
nature altogether.
Mr.. II. distinctly asserts that he does
not wish to discuss the merits or dement's
of the two candidates. That is matter
which the reading. thinking people OF
the 10Th Congressional District do desire
to discuss fully and thoroughly. He may
desire to vote for the man regardless of
his social, moral or political worth. He
may wilfully close his eyes to superior
qualities possessed by other candidates
| and vote for his own particular choice,
because he, like him, for his sociability
his cOmical jokes or his shrewd tricks
but the majority of the voters of Ashtabu
la county ask for other qualities in the
man who is to fill the place now occupied
by James A. Garfield who (as l said in
my last letter has no superior as a Legis
lator in America. Yes sir, the voters de.
sire to know something about the ability
of the several candidates for this high of.
flee of honor and trust. | asked Mr.. H
to exhibit the record of his favorite can.
didate. Now ask you again what has
he ever done to protect the rights of those
whom he represented in the General As.
sembly of the State of Ohio? l ask you
did he ever originate a single act that was
intended to save dollar or cent for the
farmers and mechanics of this county
did he during his year at Columbus intro
duce an act or utter sentiment tending
to show that the common labOring people
Of the State had any rights or interests
which were worth protecungY Perhaps l
am asking too much. 1t may be that we
have no right to expect anything of our
representatives except that they enjoy the
honors and draw their mileage and per
diem. For myself, neither ask nor ex.
pect remuneration for being a drone in the
worlds busy hive and accomplishing
nothing except to make great noise.
Stealy, every day labor for the benefit
of those who pay us our wages
is the recommend which we all ask,
expect and demand OF those who ask of
us employment. DO we in the ordinary
transactions of business employ even a
common laborer unless he can furnish us
a recommend from those for whom he has
worked? Then l fail to see why we have
not the same right to ask these several
candidates to tell us what they have done
to recommend them to their employers as
men who will be likely to fill the place
with profit and honor to the district.
Now then Mr.. Supporter of Taylor,
Hitchcock and Northway, don't stand
back any longer trying to carry your can.
didate upon your own shoulders.
He must go into the convention support.
ed by his own personal strength and
protected by his own political worth.
There will be no great wave of public ex-
citement at Warren upon which any
mans pet candidate can ride in over the
positive strength and political worth of
others. Between now and the middle of
next August every man will be carefully
weighed in the balance. The people will
learn to estimate their relative value by
work already done and good already ac
complished, and instruct their delegates
to suppors the best man respective Of per
sonal acquaintance, friendship or outside
show. RAJAx.
jefferson, o., May IS, 1880.
The LENGTH OF LIFE.-Dr Richardson
says that the body should be in its best
physical condition atforty years for thirty
years after the organization should become