The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1889-10-31
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Il Il Our Daty to Fight Hin.
The NEws.HERALD seems to have
dropped all the other candidates and 10
fight for Roads alone. Ga.
sete.
Not exactly that way. The NEWS
HERALD has fought on the principles
and belief, that any fair Republican can
didate is a. good as any Democratic can.
date. You will certainly admit that that
IL fair statement, Mr.. Gazette. An.
other thing the News HERALD has con.
tended for and one which you have
never denied, Mr.. Gazette, and that il
that Highland county is Republican
county. That being true, it is but q
reasonable conclusion to be arrived at
that proper men being selected by the
Republican party, those men will be
sure Of election. This is generally true,
but we find at the present time, during
the present contest, Democratic Sheriff
holding Office in q Republican county.
This is abnormal, and for this reason we
are fighting him. And we would not
be true to the interest Of the Republican
party II we did not oppose him. The
NEws-HERALD has fought Sheriff Mack
erley on his Democracy and on his rec
ord as jailor, two points that we have
considered quite vulnerable from the
beginning OF. the present contest. In
attacking these points, Mr.. Gazette, you
have accused us Of making personal at
tacks and also of falsehood. The NEWS.
HERALD has demanded the pointing out
OF single sentence wherein the stand
ing Of Sheriff Mackerley as a citizen has
been assailed. This the Gazette has fail
ed to do.
The Gazette and the Sheriff are both
wretchedly lame, the first as to informa.
ton promised and the latter as to his
record. The record OF the latter as q
jailor embraces the escape of q number
Of prisoners from the county jail and
the cost to the treasury OF Highland
county of $4OO for the capture Of one of
those escaped prisoners. In regard to
the payment of that $400, there has
been good deal of mystery and sur.
missing, too, as to how that $4OO re-
ward paid by the County Commission
ers for the capture of Ed. Blair, was
divided, and the Gazette, though promis-
ing its readers the whole truth in regard
to the record of Sheriff Mackerley's
Office, has failed to say single word, al.
though repeatedly requested by the
News. HERALD to do so in reference to
this mysterious transaction. Sheriff
Mackerley also offered reward OF $50
for the capture of Blair. If this money
was really paid, it would have been
but justice to the Gazette's candidate for
the Gazette to have told to whom this
money was paid.
This continued silence on the part OF
Sheriff Mackerley and the Democratic
organ of this county, the Hillsboro Ga
s4tte, is capable Of only one solution,
a4d that is that it would be ruinous to
the interested parties, Mr.. Mackerley
and the Gazette, if all the facts were told.
Therefore the Gazette tries to divert the
attention Of the voters by saying that
our speaking of the Sheriff g record has
been personal attack and falsehood.
Now we leave it with the intelligent
voter rs to what is the true state oi
affairs in regard to the efficiency or in
efficiency of Sheriff Mackerley as a
jailor. That he holds his Office through
Republican votes cannot be questioned.
Is it to be continued ? Is Harrison
Roads name to be scratched from Re.
publican tickets and Mike Mackerley's
to be substituted in the face of all that
has been said And will the Gazette.
appearance this week in high dudgeon
(for it will come at US as blackmailert
and liars), going to influence a single
Republican from doing simple
justice to his party and its candidates
If not, Harrison Roads name will ap
pear in the next issue of the NEws-HER
AID as Sheriff OF Highland county.
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