Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-01-30


| tApplause.1 Even our good Governor
elect, to whom the people have n right to
look as the embodiment OF all tho qualities
OF a gentle, brave, liberal, grand, noble,
dignified statesman like, broad -guaged
manhood, and who above all others Is ex-
pected to refrain from outward exhibitions
| of personal spite and bitterness, in mo-
ment of involuntary retching to relieve his
| stomach of an unusual amount of political
! bile that seems to have accumulated during
the late campaign recently through the
columns of his newspaper, the Atchison
| Champion, gave vent to his pent up wrath
as follows:
"Thc Legislature, n few years ago, organ
| lied county named st. John. Ono of the
| be to wipe that blot from the map OF the
State. No county in Kansas should be dis
graccd with the name OF this shameless
| apostate and dcmngogue."
Then our good Brother Griffin, through
| the columns of his Manhattan Nationalist,
| chimes in by saying:
"Tho same bill should change the name of
| Davis County. Let tho names of the two
traitors be linked. Who will say that Davis
| is not the botter man ofthe twoW
Now for the immediate relief of Mr.. Griffin,
who is usually n standard authority on
matters of history, allow us to suggest
that Davis County, Kansas, was not named
in honor of the late President of the South
ern Confederacy, so the people will be
! saved the expense of one dollar and forty
| cents per minute (the estimated cost of run
ming the Legislature) that otherwise would
be incurred in pouring oil upon the gentle-
mans troubled waters. [Laughter.l While
| greatly appreciate the honor conferred
upon me by the Legislature of 1881, in pro-
| viding that one of the Western counties
| should bear my name, did not ask to be
thus distinguished; and now, If In the
judgment of our Governor elect, the well
| fare of his party, the honor of the State,
the duty of the Legislature soon to convene,
| or his own peace and happiness requires
that the name of that county cease to be
st. John, as loyal citizen shall inter-
pose no objection, but only ask leave
to suggest that the county be called Mar
tin, and we solemnly promise now, that
when the Prohibitionists have the power,
which will be at no very distant day in the
future, we will elect a Governor, who, not
worrying about the little things of life, will
give his attention to the more important
matter of blotting out the saloons in Atchi
son and several other rebellious cities, in =
stead of fretting about the name of tho
county of "Martin." Applause.
In conclusion, my fellow citizens, allow
me to impress upon you the fact that the
political party that has only personal abuse
to hurl at those who differ with it, is not
long for this world. Therefore / beseech
you to not follow the bad example of our
opponents, but always bear in mind the
fact that we live in a free country, where
every citizen has perfect right to work
with and vote for whatsoever political party
he may choose, and the party or individual
who by any system of persecution, vilifi-
cation or act of intimidation directly or
indirectly interferes with the free exercise
of this right, simply strikes at the very
foundations upon which Republican
government is based, and at the very
heart of liberty. [Applause.l Let us
keep prominently before the people
the fact that there are to-day
in this country nearly 100000 legalized
saloons with which the Government is in
partnership to the extent of the revenue
drawn from them. That this accursed
business costs our peoplen near one thousand
million dollars annually, which being spent
over the counters of these soul-destroying
dens, is worse than thrown away. That
this business sends to drunkards' graves
near 100000 victims yearly; that it de-
stroys homes and manhood, corrupts our
Government, makes moral towards of 9TH
erwise good citizens: it stuifs ballot boxes,
tramples the will of the people under foot,
SCOTS at virtue and revels in vice; and all
this the result of an utter failure on
the part of our Government to do its
duty to an outraged people, who have in
vain waited patiently for years with the
hope that relief would come, but instead of
relief we find that this great curse is in
creasing at a wonderful rate, and neither
of the old political parties daring to strike
blow in defense of our homes against the
destroying influence of this mighty evil,
this new party steps to the front and with
its sling loaded with pebbles of Gods holy
truth, shall strike unto death this giant,
rum. Great applause.