Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-10-08

Doodle Boss of the Enquirer for thei
next United States Senator. or JohI
Sherman. All the talk of any other can
didate is mere bosb. If the Republican,
carry the Legislature, Mr.. Sherman viii
be reelected. This is as sure as au!
event in the future. 1t is indeed doubt
full whether any other name will b
mentioned in the caucus.
On the other hand, if the Democrat
have a majority on joint ballot, th'
Doodle Boss will be elected. The tall
of Thurman, or any other Democrat, il
the State, is as thin gable as that of tht
Enquirer about Charles Foster as Re
publican possibility. The affected in
difference of the Doodle Boss ought ne
to deceive anybody. Thsre is not a sin
gle candidate for the Senate or HOUSE
on the Hamilton county Democratic
ticket who was not sounded to the cort
on the Senatorial question, before tht
Boobies lieutenant, Mr.. Brewster, al
lowed his name to go before the con
vention. There is not one of them thai
dare say that he will vote for Mr.. Thur
man in preference to the Boss.
The agents and emissarise of Mr.
Doodle have visited every county in the
State in his Gehalf, and have supplied
money where it could be useful in nom-
mating candidates pledged to vote fol
Mr. Doodle in the Democratic Senatorial
caucus. AS Mr.. Doodle himself remarks
when he wants the tools he buys them,
though in speaking of them his language
is far more contemptuous than the word
tools" implies. While assuming a mod
esty he does not possess, Mr.. Doodle is
consumed with Senatorial ambition, and
we again assert that if the Legislature
should be Democratic he will be nomi-
mated and elected to succeed John Sher+
man.
The absurdity of the exchange of such
a man as John Sherman for John r. Nc
Lean, the substitution of a dirty little
political trickster for a statesman of the
experience and commanding influence of
Mr.. Sherman, must be apparent even to
Democrats. But the loss of his influence
and experience will not be the worst
feature of such calamity. Mr.. Nc
Leans political methods arc corrupt and
corrupting. He believes every man has
his price, and openly boasts of his suc+
cess in buying them. He has neither
principle nor conscience in politics, and
makes use of men after his own fash+
ion who believe in the potency of money
in political affairs.
The infamy by which the election of
Payne was accomplished will be repeat
ed if Mr.. Doodle carries the Legislature,
and with less excuse, since Payne had
some pretention to intellectual force and
political attainment, which is wholly
wanting in the purveyor of scandal and
in this community. The
greatest scandal that could disgrace the
State of Ohio, proud of the name and
record of Ben Wade, Salmon P. Chase,
John Sherman, George H. Pendleton and
Judge Thurman, would be the election
to seat in the Senate of this Boss of
Doodle and Bummerdom.
Yet we are threatened with that ca
Iamity, and if honest and self-respecting
Democrats, as well as Republicans, do
lot rise for once above party, in their
lesire to avert it, join hands and send to
The Legislature incorruptible and high
minded men, who will scorn the meth
IDS of the Boss as they hold the man
himself in contempt, there is danger of
lis success through the agency of the
ncurable cranks who are following the
cad of Leonard to political perdition.-
lin. Com. Gazette.