Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1884-02-08

.is,,si. qft,ii uud ea,d il did aa ,aake any
Il fcrcpc who mH,e tdR Che reports ~ fliey
were well uindc out did III
Wcncst was advised liy one oT the ben
posed Repuhicansin the Stst 10 gel some
one 20 place our pcttiions before tlie hoard
and demand for them a respectful consider.
ntiun and explain IN the weight OF The
names thereon, We were next rivcn lctcr
of inifoductim 10 Rev. Poindcxfer, tllo col.
orcd member OF the board IL only required
ubouttnrc minutes IL ascertain that lie had
no opinion on the subject other than that
enieit,ined by Fo,tcr, aud that the matter
had been fully talked over and under
Stood b,tween Foster and the board that
McCarty was 10 lie rctAined.
TnE srouBL, /.
MrCartv was retained in the position for
three months, one member Of the board Of
trustees being conveniently absent at each OF
the monthly meetings and the other four re-
rusing Ia take any action In his absence, FL
nally 5000 was put in the safe over night to
paw of the employees, the safe being under
McCartys care. Next morning the money was
missing and 'Pickswsy" got on To it aud wrote
|, up f,r tho Enquirer. The money was ro.
placed and McCnrty came out in card IN the
Columbus papers wanting 10 know what "Pick
away" was pitching nte him for as the money
had been stolen and he had replaced II with his
| private funds so the State lost nothing by it..
| But II was thought best Ia remove him. and a
| State Senator whose vote Foster wanted for U.
s. Senator, controlled the appointment OF a
man to succeed McCarty. We have not learn
| ed whether bo was Catholic aud Democrat
| OF low degree or uot,
The brother. in law, Tanning, who was under
| investigation and n cloud OF susycian soon
| after this, for drawing twice the amount OF his
salary as Democratic Clerk Of the Supreme
| - al, lafi i,,nr rra oh nj a
skirts for even a Democratic Convention to
| renomnate. came out between tho convention
and the election full fedped Foster Repnbli-
| can, This is the kind of material from which
| Foster statesmen are made.
We repeat what we said last week that we
| have been glad ever since that we did not get
| the position, but would not nart with the inior-
| nation obtained in our two days experience IN
| Columbus on that occasion for a dozen such
| petitions. ExAuditor of tho State Williams
whom the Republicans had held in suflicien
esteem to keep him in Office twenty -four years
informed us that the Republicans of Franklin
| county had held ali Indignation meeting The
week previous and denounced Foster for at
tempting IL buy up the Democratic party by
retaining them In office. 1t had been one y
the leading issues in the campaign. In which
the Republicans had been successful, that th'
Democrats had turned out so many good men IL
the State institutions who had been retained
|
efficiency, and had put in incompetent men
that they should be displaced n order to pu
the institutions in better hands.
Another worthy aud influential Republican
who now holds one of the most responsible
positions there, informed us that he had bee
imporuned to call on Foster and explain to hiI
that the political tricksters and dead beats tha
r had surrounded him since his advent int
Columbus rs Governor would ruin him il Ii
did not shake them off He declined to call o
Foster for the reason that il he, Foster, had M
, been in politics long enough to know who
associate with, he could go TO the devil for u
he cared.
s II Is we'll known fact in Wood county tb
, our best Republicans in the county have bee
y totally ignored from the start by Foster, an
i only such men as E. w. Merry against who
4 there is recorded majority Of over 200 vot,
when he was a candidate for Stale Senate
+ and this in a county that Ind been giving
Q Republican majority OF from 500 to 1000.
:. will also be remembered that Mr.. Merry Wi
appointed by Foster as one Of the Trustees
the Reform School FOR Girls, at Delaware.
We had hoped to close Foster out this wee
but for reasons given in our last issue we W
I have to close. with the promise of a few mo-
. paragraphs to show that Fosters style
craftsmanship will ruin the best party or Il
best country the sun has ever shown upon.