The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1888-03-15
The TallysSheet Cases.

The testimony in the Taily-Sheet cases is
all in. and the argum snt is in progress.
The failure OF the Republican party to
attach the ignominy OF this crime on the
Democracy NIX = them I'll mad, and
when it is shown that the present trial is
Republican conspiracy to smirch Demo .
Gratis, they are begging OF DemnraatS 10
keep still, just as they did when Governor
Foraker made the blnnder of his life to
open his campaign, denounclng the DEM
ocrats managing the penitentlary as a ''set
of scoundrels who stole right and left until
kicked out. &c, and then proclaimed that
che forseries OF the tally sheets were made
by the convict Francis, in the peuiten-
tiary.
Pish tS Chairntn of the Republican
Committee and Huliny acting as politician
lent what character they had to the Cover
nor In his Gil ,rse that the sheets were
forged in the penltentiary by the connf-
vance of the Democratic officials.
Let no Democrat be deceived by what is
going on In Judge Pugh's Court in Column
bus. II is nos now ami never was intend
ed TO be trial for the punishment of
crime.
The man who presi les has no business
to he there. His conns:tion with the case
heretofore, the part he was Ill along ta-
ken for the .,ro 'ecution. disqualified him.
and as an honest man he should have de-
clin I'd to try the case.
Whether he was appointed because he
was of the prosecution or not, makes no
difference. rii were oriier in iges fully
as co npete 1t In that county who were
elected by the people to the position before
whom this case could h iy., bee. tried.
The indictme ITS upon which this pose
cutiop is based is the CORFU L result Of a
fraudul-ntly selected ana en,paneled spec
tal granr jury. They were conceived in
fraui and brought forth in Iniquify.
If there WAS any douDt rs to the purpose
AMI OBJECT of the trial consideration of the
rulings admitting ana excluding evidence
must satisfy any one that the whole effort
is To throw Odium on the Democratic ,rty.
AIRY thin.. tilat would tend to reflect upon
any Democrat or the party whether il has
anything whatever to do with the case or
moi isruled in.
The SHINY traIl fthe snakey fraud is on
all the proceedings, and is seen ia every
step of the wy from the appointment of
The p irtisln ju igs TO the endless speeches
that are being made now bv the foreign
and domestic ilawy..rs, imported Tor the
prosecution.
The whole. object, 1ni purpos. of this
prosecution is 10 furnish campaign mate
rial to use ag ,inst the democratic party.
The skin cane afiiiavfts have bean ex-
pended, the perjured convict's evidence
implicating Dem ,crats, that was SO ef!ec-
tive last fall, has lost its force.
Something else. something new. must
be procured upon which to run a State
campaign.
a citizens committee is formed upon the
false preteuce and fraudulent claim of
pnnishing crime.
Thou ands and thousands of dollars pro
cured and poured into the case used for the
purpose of corrupting witness 5. II re-
Mains to he Seen whether any part OF it
reached Il jury.
endorsed as proper methods in courts OF
justice, who shall see how far such cor
rupt influence will extend.
Witnesses openly briD-d, premiums held
out for perjury are the pronounced fea-
tures OF this disgraceful trial.
The ugly features OF the case will ontlast
the actors in this iniserable farce.
When sufficient time shall have elapsed
thai meE see this fr .u in all its luriG ug-
Illness, the perjured Granville will occupy
as high po.iiio. la the minds of honest
men as the mcn who hav procured him to
peIjare iiin>el. and who are seeking to
make respectab.e the corrupt use ofInoney
and other methods used that makes this
case tn wonder of the age.
These accused Inen ale moi gully, and no
one who reads the testimony believes or
las the least suspicion that they are guilty.
Tho case is simply a prosecution for the
purpose of creating campaign material
and political capital.
Let no Democrat be deceived.