The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1886-07-20

Coiutuus are given Del0W, iul.
ly explain the sua gestions and discover.
les made above.
"Agricola," writing from Spring field
on the 3O,h dav of June, 1884, to the
Commercial Gaze'te, said OF the Greece
County primaries:
"'Honest John Little entered the
lists against Kinney with the determine
tion, openly avowei hy bis friends, OF
fully testing the power of money on this
purchasahle vote, which can always he
depended upon to be st the polls. Mon
ey was lavisbed upon the elective fran
chise as it never has heen before, even
in Greene COUNTY. 1t was placed at
every voting place, in quantities that
made the boys laugh ard hnrrah Every
salablc person OF influence al every pre-
cnct was paid his own price for himself,
and was furnished with funds icr pric.
ing his friends. TIE bnod!e "; pu, out
with the recklessness which a fellow
spends another fellows money. 1t was
in many instances c"un,ed ont and paid
to voters openly in the streets. Ii is no.
torious that Greene County has more
votes for sale at primary election than
any other county Of equal population in
the State"
On the 2d Of August, speaking Of the
Clark County primaries of that day, j..
Guilford White, General Keifer's part.
ner, said to the CHmmercisl Gazette's
Sprinefe correspondent:
II ascrihe the defeat of General K.i.
fer TO the shameless and lavish use IF
money on the other side They bought
our workers and our voters. We could
have bought in hundreds OF voters &ho
would have preferred to vote for Gener.
al Kiefer il his managers had heen able
to pay them as much as the other side
But because they hadn't the money the
votes we're cast against General Kei'er.
The election VAS the greatest farce that
ever disgraced CITY,"
just now the soul of General Asa
Bushnell is sad within him oD account of
Doodle and noodle methods, and bis
wrath is kindled against Logan, Evarts
and Teller, and yet il was the boodle OF
Bushnell that captured the delegstes OF
Clark County, as the Doodle of Little did
those of Greene The two boss hood
lels were getting ready 10 compete for
the favors o. the nominating conven-
tion.
On the 4th Of August a"Republican,"
OF Springfield, said in the Cnmmer c,,l
Gszette:
"Give me The money that is being
spent in this contest and they may take
the salary. 1t has Iroved bonarzo TO
the colored voters, N'ne-tentbs oftEem
have not done stroke cf work for
week. AS 1 passed the Bushnell head
quarters moment ago / counted twen-
ty one OF thee cable gentlemen sitting
on the stairs, all OF them smoking cam-
paien cigars, and many Of them wearing
the signs OF their infamv in he s aye
of Bushnell badge. The man ~ho is
this coun,,'s candidate will be 81 by
virtue OF the dolla s he has pu' into the
canvass. and not by the unso 'icttd ytt's
of the Republican voters Bushnell is
said 10 have paid his manager 81 900 for
one weeks services
Ard this is the good General Bushnell
who. at the bead of the Rel uhlican S ate
Committee. is hoo-hooing about doodle
and is cal ing upon the gods to sm'to
Logan, Eva,ts and Teller with the dry
rot.
The regular S1iins field correspondent
of tie Commercial G'zpte. who was
Bushnell's friend and Kei'er's enem,
on the same "a, was constrained To
write:
"Kel'cr's career came TO fitting close
among scenes of political debasc nent
which have nev.r been equaled berp.
Both candidates seem 10 have lost their
heads. and poured 'or'h money wrh q
r. ckless pt"digal't, lhst was sppsl'lng
There ia one crv Of universal condem
nation to d;y among The h,t'er citiz~ns
OF the methods used in the election. TIE
negro vote was bought and .od as
There is ruuor that The
next G,and Jury will he cs'l,d upon t.,
The election
And this is The noble Bushnell who
now lifts up Lis voice and ho~ls about
noodle, when bis own Doodle PERFORM
arces are not Two years old!
On the 9th OF August Mr.. James
Boyle. the brilliant correspondent and
t,af writer Of the Commercial Gszct'e e,
pitched his head quarters in the Eighth
and, after reviewing the fi'ld,
said with sorrowful anger:
ITO mince words would be hu: to in
horse the great st disgrace ever attempt
ed to be put upon the party"
Whereupon he proceeds to lash the
hoodlers in fine style, and in almost the
same words as the writers whom have
all eady quoted
On the next day, which was The FIRST
day Of the CONVENTION, Mr. Boyle. a'ter
referring TO the fact that tie Bushnell
helegstes openly adm tied that the,
y ere boodled. said:
But they. sill do il. Delegates to this
who have retained their po-
Iiical honor reply that unfortunately
that may he tue, hut thai when they
have The dead wood on any man they
would let him know plumply :and plain.
!, that they disapprove Oft This is a
rasty puddlejor Republican to stir up,
but those who bred the corruption are
TO blame. II The evil is not checked,
then the Eighth DistIitt had better pub
licly auction of It's Congressional seat,
20 ss 10 give fair show 10 all who
claim the prize.
Ah! When, bef're or siuce, was there
such grand Old hoodling ss this9
The next day was devoted entirely 10
boodling end baloting, 527 ballots hav-
ing been recorded aud no nomination
Nh Boyle eummed up the hot August
lays work by saying.
"Busbnel's romInation is conceded
on all hands 10 he an impossibiIity, on
account of the terrible corruption of TIE
primaries by which he was elected, and
which is not denied"
On the third day of the convention.
Ind after nearly ST hundred ballots cd
been taken, Little, the Greene Count,
,oodler, was nominated over Bushnell,
h. .Eo H,not, Ha> Al,r