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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-09-13

Independent and honest Republi
cans in various parts of the County
will vote against men on the Repub,
lican County ticket, not because they
are not respectable men, but because
they are the creatures of the Eaton
"Bosses" and secured their nomina-
tons by bribery and corruption, and
in a way that no honorable person
would stoop to. If this kind of ring
business is not TO- rebuked, it will
be no use for an honest poor man,
unconnected with the Eaton Ring, to
offer for any office! Then again, the
Democrats offer men fully the equal
of their Republican competitors, and
voters say now is good time to beat
the Eaton Bosses for their rascally
business.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-09-13

The Eaton Democrat plays the COW,
ardly assassin by stabbing Mr.. Ortt
by innuendo. If Mr.. Ortt. bought
his nomination, name when, where
and whom he bought and prosecute
him. The man who writes the vile
slush knows it is false and hence
makes himself a more Infamous
wretch than he would paint Mr.. Ortt.
Register.
No "innuendo'' about it neighbour.
We know men who received pay for
their votes, and so does Mr.. Ortt
know them. We hnow he offered q
Democrat last October SIS, and then
$40 TO vote for Shultz, and he knows
it too, and dare not deny it. If he
does the name, "when and where"
will be given. We are not in the
prosecuting" business, but we ad-
wise him to be more careful now that
he is a candidate, and you not to
put OF too bold a face on the matter,
or something may drop yet.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-09-13

The Germantown Press, in speak
ing of the Senatorial Convention at
Dayton, says:
The first ballot stood; Bremen 20,
Belville %, Miller Is. And just here
is where the circus began, and had
not the Preble County Delegation
been composed of Christians, headed
by our good looking and amiable
Bro.:Gould, of the Eaton Democrat,
there would certainly have been seri.
ous trouble right then and there.
Yes, Bro. Iiarkrider, it required a
heavy pressure OF Christian fortitude
to withstand gently the clamor, ex-
postulations, reproaches and cen
sures Of the bummers who beseiged
the Preble delegation on that occa
sion, and had it not been for your
occasional assistance of words to
"stand firm" we verify believe the
proceedings would have resulted
d~isgracefully.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-09-13

1t is the wool question that is be-
ing discussed this campaign among
the farmers of Ohio. Ii the whole
state of Ohio the loss will reach,
during the present year, the immense
aggregate of $1,132, 59O.05. Some
have said it was not a republican
measure. 1t was purely such. In
the house the vote stood: for the bill.
republicans 1873, democrats 16, green
hackers 2, independent l., total 1872.
Against the bill, republicans Is, dem
ocrats SO, greenbackers 5, total 116.
In the senate the vote stood for the
reduction, republicans 81, democrats
1, total 80; against the reduction, re-
publicans 2, democrats 30. Let the
voters, next October say who is 70
blame for the immense loss on wool.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-09-13

The following law was in operation
in 1878 and is still in force, in rela-
ton to embezzlement by public off
GERS:
"SEC. 6S41. Whoever being charg-
ed with the collection, receips, sale
keeping, transfer, or disbursement
Of the public money, or any part
thereof, belonging to the State, or to
any county, TOWNSHIP, municipal
corporation, converts to his OWN USE
= 4 + any portion Of the public mo-
ney, 4 x shall be deemed guilty
of embezzleren of SO much of the
money used 4 = = and shall be i'm
prisoned in the penitentiary not more
than twenty-one years nor less than
Z year, and fined in double the a.
mount of money embezzled."
There is nothing in the section of
this law by which a public official
can escape its pains and penalties,
after violating it, because he paid
back the deficiency. The use of the
money for his own private purposes
makes him an embezzler and a VIC
lator of his official oath, in the eyes
of the law.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-09-13
Did Mr. Robbins ever vote for

Did Mr.. Robbins ever vote for q
Republican? Let's hear his name.
Spit it out gentlemen; the public
is breathleas to hear the startling re-
velation.-Register.
Some member of the Republican
ring or Rhea "kuklux' band, seems
to be in a great sweat to know if Hi.
Robbins ever voted for a Republican
against a Democrat. Such matters
have very small weight in controlling
men of brains as to how they should
vote. AS the anxiety of the FELLOW
to "bore" the fact out looks very
much as if his own vote and many
others depended upon an answer,
and probably the final result between
MI. Robbins and MI. Mikesell, and
not wishing to be held responsible
for keeping "the public breathless"
any longer, we propose now to graft
fly him and hope he will be manly
and honorable enough to publish
the intelligence to the readers of
the Register. Mr.. Robbins did vote
for Frank Whitesides. Republican
candidate for County Treasurer,
against John T. Deem. the Demo
cratic candidate! Is that sufficient,
or do you want more? Let the pub
lie now "catch its breath" and you
go into your hole and take it with
you! AS to how Mr.. Mikesell has
voted we care not one farthing.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-09-13

Don't forget it that the Democratic
patty is not making the Temperance
question an issue in this campaign.
Every man is expected to vote his
own sentiments upon the proposed
constitutional amendments, and
while Republican leaders are making
the PRoHIBlToRY amendments a par
ty issue, and a great majority of the
rank and file will follow the leaders
into the Prohibition party in hopes
of achieving party success by such q
movement, Democrats make the liq-
uor question no test of party feality,
but leave every man to vote his own
sentiments, untrammelled in any de-
gree by party affiliations.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-09-13

NJ. L. Hollis books for the past
year show q law business of nearly
100000 and the bosh in the Regis
ter about him taking q 100000
Deputyship in the Auditors office, is
about as silly as the clatter about
Hi. Robbins, ever voting fora Repub-
lican against a Democrat! In the
name of God, gentlemen the Con
stitution of Ohio and the common
intelligence of the voters of Preble
county, if you have no better argu-
ment in support ofyour candidates,
we advise you to quit and abandon
them to their fate.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-09-13

Wool growers did not seem to I'M
derstand that the way to "~protect"
protection is to keep q we'll supplied
lobby in Washington during sessions
CT a Republican Congress. The
method has grown up under Repub-
lican administration of public affairs,
and is regarded very favorably by
the poor fellows who can hardly sup
port life on their SIS, 900 salary.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-09-13

Gov. Foster of Ohio is reported as
stating the amount necessary to
carry the Republican ticket through
in Ohio at q half million dollars. No
bill of particulars accompanies the
neutrality-suspicious. of grand
moral ideas are expected to believe
that it is all wanted for Legitimate
purposes" To those whose credulity
is not. equal to this draft it is by no
means an edifying commentary upon
politics that the Governor Of d State
fixes a price for which he thinks it
can be bid in. According to the Re
publican Governor of Ohio his State
is up at auction. No decent Ameri-
lean can think of such political de-
bauchery without unspeakable dis
gust.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-09-13

The Ohio crop report for Septem-
Der estimate the wheat yield at "a,
600, 600 bushels, which is but little
more than half a crop. Of oats there
will be 100000 900 bushels, again st
10000 900 last year. The present
condition of other crops, compared
with last year at the same date, is as
follows: Corn, 81 per cent. potatoes,
112; tobacco, 10; sorgum, 50; clover,
for seed, So; apples, 26; peaches, So;
grapes, Y. The hay crop was very
large, and pastures excellent till with
in two weeks, but they are now dry.
ing up.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-09-13

There + hundreds of good hon
est Republicans in Preble county,
who believe this is a good year to
rid their party of v~enality, corrup-
ton, bribery and ring rule in nomi-
nations and elections, and will vote
that way. 1t is not that they love
the party less, but that they love the
party more, and see that it is neces-
sary for its health and the good of
the county to rid it of these odious
encumbrances that are dragging it
down to disgust and defeat.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-09-13

1t looks as if this was the year for
political "Bosses" to be put Mn their
little beds! There are good indica-
tions that even in Preble county they
will be laid at rest! When nomira-
tions are effected by fraud and brib-
cry, and men are seeking to get
charge of the County Treasury who
openly purchase votes at SIS and $40
apiece, it is time for honest voters to
demand through the ballot box a
haiti
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-09-13

1.-THE people of Preble county elect
Harvey Paddock Commissioner, they
will have q man on the Board who
will take care of their interests as
closely and carefully as any official
that ever filled the place. He is n
farmer, a man of excellent judgment
and business qualifications, liberal
in his views and in favor of public
improvements, wherever and when
eve the necessities of the people de-
mand them. Don't fail to give him
your hearty support.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-09-13

G. Foster wrote to the good deacon,
Richard Smith, in 1880, that the jig
was up in Ohio unless forty thousand
dollars was forthcoming, and that
eleven thousand was needed for
Cleveland. This is the same G. Eos
ter who had such a holy horror of the
use of money in politics. How can
Mr.. Sheppard conscientiously vote
for such a man for a seat in the
United States Senate?
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-09-13

Will Mr.. Gould explain what he
meant about Miller not being liberal?
Nothing ironical about this-slightly
personal tny.-Register.
We don't know what this fellow
means, and don't believe he knows
himself. We know, however, that
we never made use of any such an
expression about Mr.. Miller who
was voted for as Senator, or Mr..
Miller who was announced as q can.
didate for Treasurer. You have the
floor now.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-09-13

Mr.. Ortt's certificate in regard to
the Township Treasury business
amounts to nothing. The plain facts
in relation to the matter cannot be
smothered or smoothed over by an
evasive card. There are too many
who know the facts as they existed,
and to whom they were told when
the election to another Treasuryship
was not in jeopardy.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-09-13

AS soon. as the Register ghouls
grow weary of shaking Mr.. Holt as
the "raw head and bloody bones" to
brighten voters away from Hi. Rob
bins, he has an infant o that may
be utilized-also, an aged mother in
Camden. and sister, that they might
take a whack at. BY hat time his
father in-law, some where in so years,
and his mother in law, will be in
Eaton, and the whole ghoulish bust
ness can be rounded up on them.
Are the intelligent voters of Preble
county to be Influenced by such mis-
cradle stuff? We cannot believe il.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-09-13

There is no "irony'' in the state
ment that MI. Ortt did know three
weeks before the Republican Con-
vention that Mr.. Rhea would be
"kukluxed," or that he did illegally
misapply $500 ofthe funds of Wash
ington Township while acting as its
Treasurer. Such characteristics are
not just the proper kind for a County
Treasurer to be endowed with.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-09-13

Nominations and elections with
the dominant party in this county
have become almost a by-word and
reproach, and it is time the feet of
the honest voters be put down with
frmness upon the necks of political
miscreants and their deeds of bribery
and corruption.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-09-13

Some one of the gang of "squib-
blers" for the Register seems to be
dissatisfied about the proceedings
and the result of the Senatorial Con-
vention. Poor fellow! We hope he
will not commit hdri kari over it.
His loss would be calamitous. Boo
hoo! hoo!
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-09-13

Fl. St. Clair st Co., Pitts, VS.. S. F.
Coons, Def't. Before Fl. NJ. Friend,
J:-P., Of Harrison Township, Preble
Co., O. Amount claimed, SSS.19.
ON the 18th day of August, A. D.
~ 1888, said Justice Issued an order
of attachment in the above action, for
the sum of lightweight and 19-100
Dollars. The final hearing Of this cause
is set for October I'd, 1883, at 10 O'Clock
4. m. Il. ST. CLAIR & CO.
Lewisburg, O., Aug. %, 1888. 1908
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-09-13

The free use of the 5 has become
the winning factor in securing the
nomination in Republican Conven-
tions in Preble county, and the man
generally, who has the most, and is
willing to spend the most, is the one
who draws the prize. Isn't it time for
a halt in the business?
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-09-13

The S ring is hard at work in
this county. 1t occasionallysbrings
'em. As the time grows short prices
advance. In the morning of the cleo
ton S. will be the ruling price; later
in the day $40 will be offered.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-09-13

IfPrebie County Republicans come
out and vote their convictions, For
aker will obtain a majority of 400
votes.-Regtster.
If Preble county Republicans are
permitted to vote their honest con-
victions without any$$i interference,
Foraker will have q majority Of 900
votes!
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-09-13

Sherman cannot twist his party
out of the wool tariff reduction re-
sponsibility. No matter what he says
about voting on side issues in COM
mittees, when the tariff law came up
for final action it was passed by a
Republican Congress, and John Sher-
mans vote made its passtge possible
in the Senate.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-09-13

When Laboring men understand or
properly appreciate their true inter-
ests, they will vote for them, and not
as employers dictate. Capitalists
are the few but they control. the
many by the power of money. Things
ought to change.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-09-13
Published by Authority.
Amendment to the Con
stitutiOn Of Ohio.
Section Eighteen of Schedule.
JOINT RESOLUTION NO. so.

JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing Amendments to the Constitution.
Be ii rssolved by the General As emily Of The Stdts
Of Obi, That, at the general election to be held on
the secoad Tuesday of October, 1855, there shall be
submitted to the electors for their app ova! or re-
lection two propositions TO amend the constitution
Of the State, as follows:
FIRST PROPOSITION.
9TH additional ~section'' in and with section
eighteen of the schedule shall be T pealei, and
there shall be substituted the following:
"rhe general assembly snail regulate the tr3fic
in Intoxicating liquors 50 as to provide against evils
resulting therefrcm and its pow r to levy t.xcs or
assessments thereon is not limited by any provision
of this constitution"
SECOND PROPOSITION.
'fThe additional section" in and with section
eighteen of the schedule shall b. 'epealed, and
there shall be substituted for it the folio wing:
"The manufacture of and the ira fic in int0xicat-
ing liquors to be used as q beverage are forever rrI-
hibited and the general assembly sha ! provide by
law for the enforcement OF TINS pro. ision."
The electors voting in favor of the said FIRST
proposition shall have ON their ballots tie wo' DIS,
Regulation and taxation of the liquor-trafi-
Yes" and those voting in favor of the said second
proposition shall have on their ballots the words,
Prohibition of intoxicating liquors-Yes."
If either of the said two propositions be thus ap-
proved by q majority of the electors vo ing at the
shall constitute a separate lection of article fifteen
of the constitution. o. J. HODGE,
Speaker Of the House Of Represeniativ s.
T. G. Ri HARDS,
Preside.tG The Senate.
Adopted April 4, 1888.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-09-13

If the Republicans get a majority
in the EXT Legislature, Fos'e r will
be the next Senator. That platter
is settled. He is not going to run
the Republican party for nothing.
When he owns Thing he is going to
do what he chooses with it. MI. Shep.
pard is in the Foster ring.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-09-13

If Foraker didn't have boom in
Eaton there seems to have been some
person connected with the ''para-
graph" department of the Register,
who was willing to take the response
bility of holding the sickly affair up
bv the tail and strain at the truth to
make one appear! "Jayhawker's'
5000 lie is now in the shade!
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-09-13

Judge Foraker's attempt to alarm
the business interests of the country,
by predicting financial ruin in the
event of the overthrow Of the corrupt
Republican party, is a species of dem
acogy beneath the level of the orGi
nary curbstone statesman.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-09-13

The supremacy Of righteousness
has been reached by John r. Nc
Lean, of the Cincinnati Enquirer,
attempting to read Senator Pendle-
ton out of the Democratic party
Like the monkey that climbed the
pole, the higher Mclean went the
more monkey he exhibited! Whew!
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-09-13

1t is not so much the men on their
county ticket that SO many Republi-
cans are finding fault with and
"kicking" so vigorously about, but
the methods by which they were
nominated. Honest Republicans
cannot and will not swallow such
business any longer.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-09-13

1t is said that the interest in the
late Mr.. Garfield has so far subsidized
that it is impossible to raise funds
for the proposed memorial hospital
and monument in Washington, and
the managers propose now to abanon
the hospital part of the programme
and concentrate on the monument.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-09-13

The Republican State Committee
is playing double on the temperance
question. To the cities they are send
ing documents pledging the party to
a recognition of the traffic and the
taxing of it. To those parts of the
State where anti-tax sentiment exist
and where prohibition prevails they
pledge the party to prohibition.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-09-13

Had John Sherman voted with
Senator Pendleton in opposition
to the tariff measure, it could not
have passed the Senate and become
a law. Let the wool growers of Preble
county keep this fact before them.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-09-13
Is nerson who openly and defiant

Is person who openly and defiant
ly, with the penitentiary looking him
in the face, goes on the streets and
offers to purchase votes, the proper
one TO have charge of our County
Treasury? Let the honest voters of
Preble county say at the ballot box
on the 9th of October.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-09-13

Instead of the personal "squib-
blers'' for the Eaten Register abus-
ing parties who are not before the
people asking their suffrages for pub.
lie positions, they had better turn
their attention TO those who are and
who "kukluxed" and purchased
their nominations, and assist them to
UNLOAD"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-09-13
N

The proof of the pudding is not in
chewing the string, but in having an
opportunity to test the article direct.
Webb 81 Coover, the Druggists. have
a free trial bottle of DR.. Bosanko's
Cough and Lung Syrup for each and
every n who is afflicted with Coughs,
Colds, Asthma, Consumption 81 any
Lung Affection. ~[mar29-1y
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-09-13

Any candidate who his
nomination for Il public Office through
trickery, fraud, bribery or tie pur
chase of delegates, should be sit
heavily down upon by the honest and
independent voters.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-09-13
SECOND PROPOSITION.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ONO,

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ONO,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
I, JAMES w. NEWMAN Secretary of State of the
State of ohio, do hereby certify, that the foregoing
is a true copy of a Joint Resolution adopted by the
General Assembly of the State Of OHIO, on the 4th
day CT .pril. A. d. 1883, as taken from the original
rolls flied in this Office.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto sub
scrfhed my name, and fixed the great seal Of the
State of Ohio, at Columbus, the 4ih day of April.
A. d. 1888. JAMES w, NEWMAN,
lsEAL Sec, e.ary Of STATE.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-09-13

This is The year for the independ-
ent and honest voters, the poor men
WHO are competent and seeking pub
lie preferment, to strike down the
Boss system and ring rule in the
Republican party in Preble county.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-09-13

There is some boss business up
at Cleveland, as well as in Cincinnati,
that should be showed under. Down
with the political 'bosses" Should be
the battle cry of every honest voter
in the land,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-09-13

The choronic office seeker is a pes
thence in any community, and the
oon he is got rid of the better for
the sacredness of the ballot and the
purity of elections,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-09-13

Ben. Butterworth in his Eaton
speech made no allusion to his vote
in Congress on the river and harbor
steal, by which the people were swim,
died out of millions Of dollars. He
didn't even brand Dorsey as q liar.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-09-13

Two or three hundred buggics al
most any Saturday can be counted
in Eaton atthis time of year, and no
Foraker or our "oid friend Ben
Butterworth" need be announced to
bring them in.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-09-13

A Republican Congress reduced
the tariff tax on wool in the interest
of the wooden manufactures, because
said wooden manufactures contribut-
ed to the Republican campaign fund
and bull -dozed their employees into
voting the Republican ticket.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-09-13

Henry Miller was a candidate for
State Senator at the Democratic
Senatorial Convention held at Day
ton, last week.-New Paris Mirror.
A mistake. Henry Miller was not
a candidate, although voted for by
the PEBBLE delegates several times.
Interview him ifyou have any doubts
about it.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-09-13

No delegate to the Democratic
county Convention was stuffed with
cigars, or offer 81, 50, So, 81, SIS,
or any other amount for his vote.
All went unbribed and "unringed"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-09-13

How much "swag' has C. Foster
sent into this county to help Shep-
pard's election foc a second termf
Can S. and $40 be offered apiece for
votes?
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-09-13

Will Mr.. Sheppard vote for the
second amendment or Lot2 Isn't be
a Foster man for the United States
Senate? A "%breathless public" is
anxious to know.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-09-13

Peter Ozias, like most great men,
came into the world naked.-Regis-
ter.
OF course the author Of the above
discovery came IL with his clothes
ont
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-09-13

When candidates for public posi-
ton find it necessary tofurnish cards
and certificates of their integrity, it
does look as if the "dry rot" had
struck the ticket.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-09-13

There lever was a State VI
in Ohio in which the republicans
were driven to such straights in
order to accomplish their ends.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-09-13

The Southern COURAGE mills are
not furnishing the usual quantity of
grist for the Ohio campaign. What
is the matter?