Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-07-31
THEY BITE QUICK.


THEY BITE QUICK.
No man should be elected ON any ticket In
Wood county this full without full pledge TO
the people That he will do all In his power to
,incirth the frauds that have been practccd up
on the taxpayers for years pnst.-ftrrgsourg
Journal.
The Journal is only ccholng the blatant cry OF
such demagogucs rs Commissioners Dunipace
nnd Junkins and the editor of the Democrat.
Junkins and Dunipncc were elected under
reform cry and yelled themselves hoarsc about
frauds and ring robbery. They promised the
people, II elected, to unearth some terrible Re
ppblicnn rnsculity, reduce taxes, and "plny
hob" generally. What have they done? They
missioner ever elected in Wood county. The
work in their districts shows the grossest care,
lcssness, incompetcncy. extrav9ganee @ ana
ing stock at home and abroad. Although con-
trolling the Board of county Commissioners,
having Mt their back Democratic Common
Pleas Judge, and empowered to make search
ing examination of all books, papers, vouchers,
ctc.. of their predecessors or any Republican
official or ex.oicial they have sd iaied In 1.-TWO two
stolen or improperly used by the Republicans
On the contrary. they have shown an utter dis.
regard OF the I'M interests T o, ,he Xrnyfrs III msy
sive bridges, ms the people living In their di :
tricts well know, and openly charge. They have
willing to get down in the dirt and crnwl at his
command. Neither of them dare cast vote
without consulting with the editor of the DEM
tempt to-day, not only Of the Republicans. but
sensible Democrat in the county; pledge to
nncarth the frauds" Bah! The people OF
Wood county don't want to see any such men
on the ticket. They have become disguised
with the braying of such jnckasstical dcinn-
gogues. When man seeks Office by trnlnping
around, yelling thief and prating about the
dishonesty of his neighbors and eulogizing his
own virtue, watch him. The. cry OF the dema-
gogue has lost its force In this county. 1t docs
not follow that man whose neighbors knew
him MS an honest man In all his business trans
actions in private life becomes thief as soon as
he becomes candidate for office, orr rascai m Mas as
county want is a Republican ticket composed OF
men whose past lives are sufficient guarantee OF
good conduct while acting for the people The
such timber. They have furnished them in the
past nnd will do so In the future, and their
names will he before the next Republican Con-
vention,-Wood County Scnttnd.
We give the ScntinePs remarks in full
above. We did not suppose for mo-
ment that SO small paragraph from the
JOURNAL could possibly have stirred up
go much bile in the who'e ring organ
combination-Merry, Poe, Brewer and
Rudolph, with Evers MS silent partner in
the back ground. But on more mature
reflection why should it not stir up the
animals? when such course carried
out in good faith and the enforcement Of
existing laws would send the proprietori
of that paper to the penilen,iary on in
dictment eacl, year since April 1872
Such course would also greatly dlslres
n large number oil others who "giped th,
ring" for revenue only.
But why should this not be 30? The,
have shown no mercy whatever for tn
overburdened taxpayers of this county
While.the mass of the Republican part.
of Wood county have been honestly vot
ing and working rhrough the long an
tedious years OF reconstruction, fearing t
say or do anything that might drive
vote away from the party, tins same it'll
patriotic band have had an eye single I
one purpose, and the shortest way to ex
pvess il is ROBBERY. With lhIs ohjet
,n view laws have been smuggled throug
the Legislature giving them almost ab'c
lutte con troll over The farm property Of Il,
county. The most improved methods {
Democratic rings IN other counties and i
this township for Systematic robbery hay
been adopted and practiced.
About the same time the system OF raj
ing money by bonds to ditch Wood coun,
was adopted. Henry county was fortuna,
TO have one honest Democratic Coms,l
siOner on the Board in that county, VII
vigorously opposed similar move ther
stating that it would open flood-gate f
corruption that would he ruinous to Il
county. He was soon swamped by ii
ring and placed ON the retired list and Il
exten, 10 whicl, the flood.gaies have bee
opened in that county is well known to Il
people OF that county.
Developments OF this system in Woo
county Enthusiastically show that the cou
bination knew exactly what they wantt
when the System was adopted. 1t III
proven bonanza for them and death
farm property. The subject was conside
ed OF sufficient importance to induce Il
combination to "hire hall" in Perry
burg where the bretlleran from Bowil
Green could meet their Perrysbnrg brotl
ers and arrange every detail-some
work the saloons while others we're selec
ed on account Of their fitness and abii
TO catch the strength of the sever
churches. All rellesrsed their pal
thoroughly at numerous meetings, a,
when their deliberations broke out amo,
the people II was discovered 10 he a man
for ditcbing, in most malignant for
and il was amazing how soon il spreu
over the county.
The details having all been duly a
ranged and In good working order, will,
Common Pleas and Probate Judges
their own selection and In full harmon
(and now Sheriff elected on the sa,
plan) the next thing in order was to y,
vide against future contingencies Il
might arise In )iiigsilon when the iull
fec's OF the systematic robbery should
painfully realized by the Taxpayers.
dilemma met them. st ll,is point. The
was no law authorizing legal talent 10
employed at the expense OF the gene
fund to defend i,e Commissioners. II
remember rrectly they failed to get su
alaw smrggel through to bridge o,
this chasm. Not to have all their pls
thus thwarted they simply set law at
Sance and Tyler x Meehan were emplo
sd,at about an Average expense Of $y,l