The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-08-20
MATTERS POLITICAL.

the candidates couldn't be nominated,
and in consequence thereof some went
to their homes Saturday evening with
mingled feelings of sadness and hate,
and from what 1 heard, I guess there
are one or two who do not have much |
faith in the Republican party, or some
of the individual members of it, at
least not as much as they had before
the Convention assembled. 1t won't |
always do to put too much faith in |
what everyone says, as some of the
who counted on large fol- |
lowing can attest. When the ballot |
ing commenced their great following
wasn't there,
Ravenna wanted about everything
that was to be had in the way of NOM
nations, and by much wire-pulling
finally succeeded in capturing one
that of Recorder The way in which
the Ravenna caucus was handled dis-
gusted scores of good Republicans. 1t
was a cut and dried affair, aud | am
safe in saying the delegation wasn't
the choice of third of the Republican
voters in the township. l heard one
Republican say that he was through
with the party forever, and good
many more are in the same box The
contest for Representative and Treas
urer was simply a fight of Ravenna
against the county. Grinnell only re-
ceived 2S votes in the entire county
outside of Ravenna, and Grundel only
ON the first ballot and , on the second.
Grinnell's sly wire-pniling, Grun-
de's sty lie nor Seaton's eloquent speech
avsiled anything. They met the enc
my and we've downed.
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Grinnell can now retire from politics
and turn his attention to supplying
Ravenna with good, cold water. Ii
he had been nominated he might have
tapped a " bar'p' ofsonething strong
er Grundel eau now go back TO his
shop and mediate in sorrow with
5eaton over the trials and veXations OF
political warfare. They have given
themselves over for weeks past to the
maddening whirl of politics, and now
that the bewildering din is over, they
find that "sOme other county WAS
heard from" Mary. Collins alone is
the smiler. He is popular, and in this
county a Republican nomination is At
good as an election. l believe Collins
will make good officer.
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But the Ravenna delegation was not
wholly downed, although they had n
hair breadth escape. Their man for
Recorder-S. J. Post, wa+ nominated
on the third ballot. l believe it was
more the personal popularity of Post
than the support of the Ravenna del
egation that nominated him. The
other delegations were not bound to
support him; their men received
nothing from Ravcnpa. If they had
not, though, his nomination would
have gone glimmeriug. Mason's name
had been Il quiet scheme to spring
philo Rierce upon the convention as
dark horse Mason was inducted into
that sch'me with the promise, | think,
that if PhilO was renominated he
(Mason) would be re appointed deputy
and undoubtedly agreed to throw his
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horse. Rierce received one vote,
which perhaps accounts for where
Mason's strength went. It'd" and
Hierce went home hand in hand with
Hoffman, Webber, Stry ker, and the
other patriots who " didn't get there"
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Politics and political methods are
not very reliable, and are sure TO bring
defeat to the greater number who ill.,
dulge In them. All cannot be succef s.
ful and to those who entered this coE-
test which has just closed. aud who by
their own imaginations had come to
the belief that their cAances of a NOM
ination were sure, defeat comes all the
harder, and tends to incite within
them bitter feelings towards their fel-
low men. They may not show it out
wardly, but after all they do not have
that Christ like feeling toward the
ones who opposed :hem. They are
apt to think their party has wantonIy
snubbed them, and that really they
were the only ones entitled to be rec
ognized.
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1 ana Of the opinion that Doc. Sher-
man does not have the kindliest feel
ings towards some of his fellow mem
bers of the Republican party. After
all his electioneering he was defeated
in his own delegation and his name
was not presented to the Convention.
Poor Sherman thy political life was
short indeed. Thou once thought that
thou cOuIdst stir the very nation with
thy craftsmanship, but, alas! in two
short years thou hast come to the end
of thy string. You have the utmost
sympathy of your co o-patriots, Wood
worth, Grinnell and Ray.
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From the bottom of their hearts the
active Republicans are intensely glad
the convent is over. The campaign
opened up a month earlier this year
than usual, and it has been a inng,
hard, anxious struggle on the part OF
candidates to secure the few small
offices i'm the gift of the party But
the demagOgues OF the Republican
party have attempted 10 demonstrate
to you since the 4th OF March, that
Democrats are the only ones VIII are
hungering for Office. This intense
contest that has just closed, disastrous
ly for many, fortunately for but few,
has demonstrated a TACT that the dem
auopu - fnnljsh cry cann,,t Ovprc me-