The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1882-07-05

l4lu5 ulhIOLlly over LOWub5lLu was
1912. So that the majority against Town
send was 200 more than Leedom's majority
against Hart.
1t is significant fact that in Highland
county we get one more delegate in the
coming Congressional Convention on &C
count of Governor Hart having run ahead
of his ticket. By the Townsend vote we
would get only "a delegates, but by the
Hart vote we get 25.
Thus it will be seen that the statement
made by Original Republican" is wholly
incorrect. He should be more careful. It
may have been purely mistake, but the
negligence in not making a more thorough
examination Of the record is almost mex
ousable. The statement that Gov
ernor Hart did not run ahead of his
ticket has been repeatedly made by Mr..
Pugsley's friends Please don't make it
any more, for it is not true. Whatever
they may have believed about it, they know
better now.
"original Republican" in his letter,
also uses the. following language
'It is not too much to say that the Re
publicans of, this District were grievously
disappointed by the race made by Govern
OF Hart as compared with that of Mr..
Townsend, who ran several thousand be-
hind the rest of his ticket in the State.
Last fall Governor Foster was only defeat
ed in the Seventh District by majority of
SAG, running 76G votes ahead Of Governor
Hart"
Here 80. r." is still more unfortunate
in his figures. Mr.. Townsend ran only
flee behind his ticket in this District
| Governor Hart ran ahead of the entire Re
publican State ticket. But the election OF
| 1881 is alluded to- and it is stated thai
Governor Foster ran 766 votes ahead OF
| Governor Hart. This also is a mistake
Does 80. R. wish to make the public be-
| lieve that Governor Foster really got 7GC
votes more than Governor Hart in the
| District? On the contrary, Governor Hart
| in 1880, ran l, 545 votes ahead of Governor
| Foster in 1881. 1t is true the majority in
the Seventh District was reduced in 1881
! but this was on account of the falling of
of the Democratic vote The vote received
! by candidate is the true test of his
strength. Governor Hart received il
1880, Is, 663 votes; Governor Foster re
ceived, in 1881, in the same District, only
IA, 118. (See pages 1888 and 1874 of Report
for 1881. Subtract one from the other
and it will be seen that Hart received l. 545
more votes in 1880 than Foster in 1881
The other part Of the paragraph above
quoted requires no answer The peopl,
know whether it is true or not. A rotor
might easily be made, but such discussion
would have tendency to stir up bitterness
and this should by all means be avoided
If the Republicans were ''grievously dis
appointed" it is the first time the writer
has ever heard of it, The friends of Gov
Hart do not propose to attack anybody, O.
make insinuations against anybody. TIE.
desire no ill-feeling or any state of affair
which viii bring about party divisions
The object of this communication is to cor
rect mistakes which Original Republican
has permitted himself to fall into; they be
lieve in fair play They know that Gov
ernsr Hart conducted the campaign i
1880 with ability fighting for the Republi
can cause; with no hope of personal pro
motion. They know that he is a man o
integrity and experience and they believ
that the best good of the party will be Sc
cured by his nomination.