Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-11-12
MILES OF BOODLERS.

the Sentinel served notice on the friends
Of Colonel Miles that IL they wished tc
elect him they must say nothing about
the gamblers who assessed him about
two years agod an:then took the money
to buy up votes to defeat him. This wac
successful, as designed, In keeping mat.
ters quiet as far MS the canvas for Col
Miles was concerned, as IL was feared
that an open fight against such an out
rage and for such purpose ms was de.
signed and carried out might result in
his defeat IN the mean time the gamb
lers were actively Mt work trading and
saving the Doodle for the home stretch
ms per two years previous. When at the
fair at Bowling Green good Republic
can put us onto the racket and told us to
watch the result in Plain, Center and
Portage townships in the direction of n
trade of Col, Miles for Major Boothman.
From other sources we learned that the
same racket WAS to be played in Perrys
burg as far as possible. Two weeks pri-
VI w tiO NN1blpii lhN
readers of the Sentinel to compare its
course with that of two years ago and
then watch The votes of townships nam
ed. This had the exact effect desired
and brought the Sentinel editors to their
| feet and the Doodle stock holders TO
their saddles. "They builded wiser than
they knew" that is if their alarm bell
had any effect Mt all upon the voters oil
the county who had probably already
made up their minds as to who were the
proper candidates to be vindicated.
After il was supposed the pins were
all set, the die ready to cast and the re.
suit could not be changed that paper
famed with n big editorial, big head
big type big alarm desperate
scheme |" positive information had
reached the Republican committee that
scheme WIS on foot to defeat Col.
Miles by treacl erously trading him off
for votes for Boothman," and added one
more shade to the Black, Brown and
various shades of Wood county Repub.
lcans by stating that "a few yaller dog
Republicans who had been bought up
by Capt. Adams money were aiding in
the scheme. 1t showed knowledge Of
the scheme far surprising the informa-
ton we had received, by stating that
tickets had been printed and sent to the
tn,utp1,i,,o .t.itL l,a
scratched to suit the trade. 1t further
added that sit is an dams scheme that
deserves the condemnation of every
honest Democrat and Republican"
This we are quite positive the Sentinel
stockholders and editors knew to be a
bald-headed lie, worn threadbare at
that.
If proof should be wanted that the
scheme was changed and intend ed to be
success in the back townships, we ne d
only call attention to few open and
unreserved remarks of Mr.. Bert Thomp.
son, son of Mr.. F. II. Thompson,
Commissioner elect, just after the polls
closed on the evening OF the election, in
Mr.. Finkbeiner's store, in the presence
of Mr.. Finkbeiner, Mr.. ID. Klingler, Mr.
F. IIillabrand, Mr.. Elmer Spafford and
n number of other young men. In
speaking of the work at The polls he
said ''if no more Republicans worked
for at the polls or voted for Colonel
Mics in the other townships than they
did in Perrysburg, he was defeated, "and
ended by saying that "he was no man
for the office anyway"
1t requires only few facts in the
case. the result, and such remarks as the
above TO show without any strain of
imagination, whatever, that the plans
were laid and worked to the close of
the polls for the defeat of Col. Miles, and
that the honors of this glorious transac-
tion must be divided with the outside
townships. of course the three iwps.,
named could have overcome Col. Miles
Ell majority had they dared to do so af-
TER the JOURNAL had exposed the "ies.
perate scheme !" And of course again
the Sentinel could have an understand
ing with the list of'leading Democrats"
that it holds over and threatens Demo-
cratic editors with, quite frequently that
they must not put them in such tight
place as great ring organ" would be
placed by general slaughter of Col.
Miles name in the three townships after
the people were apprised of the "des-
perate scheme" Who are the boodlers,
gamblers and outlaws of Wood county?