The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1886-11-18
OUR EXCHANGES
How THEY ARE VIEWING This OLD
WORLD!

columns. Speaking Of domineering
papers, the Dispatch says:
"The loss of influence by leading Journalism polit-
ica fight in which they represent the politics Of the
dominant party is matter that seems to call for
searching investigation at home, rather than criti-
cism of the voters"
The trouble with the people now IS,
they are becoming too inquisitive.
The public mind is thoroughly edu-
Gated. Scarcely man woman or
child, in this State at least, that has
not general idea of what is going on.
The newspaper is everywhere, and is
read everywhere. Say to such peo-
pie, "you must vote for this man, or
that man." and the ready answer will
be "why?" Then comes the moment
of responsibility and trial for the pub
lie writer. A party which is in the
right, with a good record for trusts
faithfully discharged, may always ad-
vance abundant arguments to substan-
tiate its claims upon consideration.
But such arguments must be used. The
time has passed when you can make a
successful defense by abusing plaint-
ifs attorney. But here is the Spring
field Transcript:
supposed that the people would rather have swind-
Ter for State Secretary honest upright aboring
man,
It is not necessary for us to say that
this paper is Democratic. In passing
along we may drop the remark, paren-
thetically, as it were, that the people
elected a wounded soldier and an hon
est farmer, over man against whom
we have nothing whatever to say, save
that he labors mostly with his mouth.
In the same article, the paper claims
that the Democratic party did not
keep its pledges to the workingmen.
Why bless you, it never did. Here
comes the Adams County Defender,
with the solemn asseveration:
..The Adams County Democrats have clean hands.
They are beaten, but corruption at their DOORS"
Those who have known the Demo-
cratic party intimately for a number
of years, will hail with delight the
fact that the Democracy of Adams
has washed. Possibly they are clean
ing with sackcloth and ashes, down
that way, because the Republicans
have securely captured old Adams.
True, the beating they received has
revealed no corruption at their doors,
but how is around in the back yard?
But here comes somebody we know:
Jim Qualls, being called for. said he could not
press his feelings in words, but he would stand up
and let them look at him.
This item is taken from the Athens
Journal, one of the best of our Demo-
cratic exchanges At the recent local
option election in Athens, the saloons
closed up and the proprietors conduct
ed quiet, gentlemanly campaign for
their question. On the other hand,
the better class of citizens joined, and
among these were almost all the color
ed men in the place least large
majority of them. We think this
Jim Qualls is one-armed colored SOL
dier who formerly resided here; the
man whom a drunken Democrat tried
to whip because he was niger"
Qualls bit off the mans thumb, and
used him up generally. Qualls was
quite industrious, and could do about
as much work with his one arm, as
many man will do with two. All!
Here is our good old friend Bro. John
H. Trip, Of the Carroll Free Press:
1.-THE celebrated French author, Rousseau, wrote a |
book pleading for honesty and purity in the French
Government, which was treated with contempt by |
the aristocratc class. Carlisle says the second edi
tion of that book twas bound in the skins of the |
sneering aristocracy."
We submit that the human hide
might do for binding books. In fact
among the young men Of this country
might be found excellent material for
bindins in "calf, half-calf,' and SO on.
But the idea of chopping up hides and
stringing the pieces on a rod to make
walking-sticks don't strike us favor
ably. Why, just think what a load of
associations would be carried around.
What more likely than that, on some
dark night, some spirit might accost
you, and accuse you Of murder, horse
stealing, and similar pleasantries.
"You would deny it?" Of course
you would! But the spirit would
point with bony fingers at your walk
ing-stick, and solemnly declare:
"There is a piece Of the hide of the
man that did it'-ugh! Away with
such. thoughts. Give us a hickory
limb for staff. The Athens Messeu-
ger says:
sHonest John Little through the hatred of the coal
oil rascals the histity of certain yellow dog Re-
publicans defeated in the Seventh District by
majority oftwo.''
The trouble with Judge Little-and
the sole cause of his defeat-was that
he locked just three votes of having
enough to elect That is about all
there was of it. All political cam
paigns are pretty much alike in gener-
al character. How could Honest John
be defeated through the hatred of the
,oal-oil rascals? He surely did not
expect any of them to love him, or
7ote for him, did he? Our esteemed
young friends Of the Chillicothe i'd
1ertiser say:
1.-THE Democrats of Jackson county elected their ;
andidate Auditor, George j. Reninger. by $50 ,
majority. Light is penetrating jackson County,
Not through that chink! We've