Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-09-11
Official Statistics.


An article appeared In the ON. Com. 0or.iis
last Sunday, rskine Kumler. Enrigh,. Dowling
and Sherwood all over the coals. The author.
ship is charged to James N. Brown. Kumler
thinks he detects Jim Browns style, being sim
liar tn articles that appeared IN the Tsiegros At
The time MIR. Brown WAS editing the paper ss
assignee. The article charges a conspiracy on
the part Of Sherwood, Bowling, Enright and
knmler TO break up, ruin aud destroy The Re-
publican party of Lucas Co. For al lawyer Of
Mr.. Browns knswn acuinen, we are not q little
surprised that ho should characterize this po-
li,ical trouble as a conspiracy. Our idea or
conspiracy Is tha, II Is something that spr,ns all
At once, ike rat trap. for instance. Now this
conspiracy did not spring at all. Sherwood
lefi the Republicans In 1879; or almost nine
years ago. There was then no conspiracy. as
II takes mors than one man, "a we understand
Webster's Dictionary, W make . conspiracy.
Last year. abont this time or sooner, Capt En-.
right departed. There was only one OF him at
that time, as we understood. too few for con
npiracy. few DAYS ago Capt. Bowling left,
single handed and alone, and in the most open
manner II was not a conspiracy; as we I'M
derstand a conspiracy TO be secret affair.
Aud now kumler declines to be transferred to
the Democratic side. He is still as firm in the
faith as Brown, so that II is quite severe and
unjust to charge Kumler as n conspira,or.
The article however has some quite valuable
statistics. IL shows the large amount Of current
funds that this desperate quadrilateral OF
conspirators have drawn from various public
| treasures We quote.
"Shorwood-Twice elected Republican Sec.
| ritary oi State, at an annual salary of So, 900,
$l2 600. One term In Congress, $4,000. Total.
Sl7 900
Enright-Four years Deputy Sheriff under
Dowling at 81, 900, 81 900; six years Clerk oi
Courts, annual compensation, $S, 900, s4s, 900
total, S52. 900.
Dowling--Four years Republican Sheriff
annual compensation SIS 900, $50 600; two
years Revenue Agent 80 500, $1,000; eieh,
years Postmaster, annual salary 81, 500, $36 :
O00 SOL 900.
Kumler- Four years Collector Of Internal
Revenue, 81, 500. .SlS, 900.
This makes = total for this lovely Quartette
OF only $l4i i,000."
Now these statistics rather starte us. There
is one item, however, that is rather humiliat-
| ing to us. While our share of the Doodle is
only set dawn AT SIT 900; Downing has credit
for SOL 900, Enright for $4,000, and ever
| kumler beats us by cool thonsand. We
think, in justice to the s144 900 in the pool, Il
ought to be divided equally between the four
cnnsprstors, giving us $36 900. II Mr.. Brown
will agree to do this in his next we shall con
slider him Especial benefactor to one member o
the human race, at least. We regret to state
however that when Sherwood was Secretary
OF State the salary was only 50 900 per year
and as his living expenses at Columbus wer,
in those days a trife over s3 900 per year; in
stead of being ahead financially on the Office I.
Secretary of State he was in reality trim
over "a 600 poorer when he left the Secretar,
OF States office, with four years Of the bes
part oi his life fooled away. AS to the accor
acy Of the statistics on the other three conspir
a'ors we have no adequate information. w,
presume. however. it is safe to say that the
are as approximately correct as the objects o
the article and the conscience Of the write
would admit. In the me antme the Commercio
G"reitee is to be con ngratulated on its high mnra
attitude in politics, with the hope that its mis-
sion in the same direction is not yet ended.