The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-11-11
From the New Paris Mirror, Nov. 4.

appeal to Republicans to stand by
their ticket, charged pointedly that
Robbins and Jones, Democratic
candidates for Auditor and Sheriff,
and l.. G. Gould, editor of the
were running a free sa-
loon, one of the most vicious dives
in Eaton, in the interest of the two
to corrupt and debauch
young men, and in the nature of a
bride to the old topers. It was
further charged that these1gentle-
men had established an open sa-
loon in a lumber yard on Sunday,
and there dispensed liquor to all
who desired it. This certainly was
a very serious charge.
On Friday following the issue of
the Register containing the article
in question, the Democrat published
an extra, denying the charge IN toto,
and also threatening legal proceed
ings hat would give the author of
the Register article an opportunity
to prove the charges made.
A somewhat remarkable state of
affairs for this county, is presented
in the issue thus made up. If the
charge made by the Register, and
which they say they can prove, is
true, then these three, heretofore
reputable citizens, are violators of
law, not only of election laws, by
bribing voters, but the liquor laws,
as well, by selling liquor on Sun
day by their agents. And this is no
ordinary violation of the law, for
it is coupled with the basest and
vilest prostitution of their money
and influence, and reveals a most
shocking Abandonment of all prin-
ciple and honor on their part. If
the offense is true as charged, then
it is emphatically true that these
men should be arrested, convicted,
and prosecuted to the fullest ex-
tent of the law, for their violation
of the law, and held up in all their
reeking moral rottenness andscor.
ruption for. the %execration and de-
nunciation of all abiding and re-
spectacle citizens. If this charge
we say, is true, the people Of this
county, irrespective of party, can.
not afford to Jet the guilty ones &C
free of the merited penalty, for il
would but encourage the beginning
of an era of corruption which
would end no one knows where.
If, on the other hand, the charge
is false, then the Eaton Registel
has been guilty of a SANDER, and {
wilful assassination ofprivate char
acter, that deserves the most+un
measured condemnation and thu
most condign punishment. If theil
charges are false they have sough'
to mislead and deceive voters, al
well as to injure their opponents
The gentlemen whose good names
are involved in this matter canno
afford to lett drop. To do so woulc
forever leave resting upon then
the suspicion that there was a
least a basis of truth for it. Neithe
can the Register afford to compro
mise or hush it up. 1t isnot a mat
ter to be dropped after the election
along with the campaign cries. I
involves much more than any or
binary campaign matter. The PEG
pie want to know, and they have
right to know, whether we have
gang of political schemers, read,
to resort to low, base, vile and il
legal methods of influencing cleo
tons, in order that they may wip
it out Of existence Before it shal
attain to any more power. An
on the other hand, if there is a pc
, litical organ in the county that i
capable of resorting to persona
| SANDER, falsehood and deceit, an
becoming the assassin of privat
| character, for the sake of its ow
: personal and party aggrandize
ment, the people want to knowtha
too. The.issue is fairly joined tn
t people of Preble county have
right to demand that it be decided
that a full investigation be ,hat
t They cannot afford, by silence. t
encourage the adoption of the pc
, litical methods in vogue in th
lowest slums of our most corrur
{ cities. "Turn on the light an
"let no guilty man escape"
Of course the charges of tn
Eaton Register referred to allow
: are lies out of whole cloth, withou
a shadow of truth to base them uI
} on, and the day the paper made it
appearance a copy containing tn
article was placed in the hands c
an attorney in Eaton, with diret
tions to commence suit for libe
against the publishers, if in hi
judgment one can be sustained, an
it will be done, and "don't you fol
get it." Either the author of the ms
licious article, or the publishers c
it will have an opportunity to prov
the vilec harges, or stand before tn
public branded as liars and slan
derers!
Thanksgiving Proclamation.