Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-05-23
THE NORTHWEST
LUCKEY'S REWARD.
AN INTERNAL REVENUE COLLEC
TORSHIP.
Claimed for His Break to the Harri-
son Column
His Competitor Went Down With the
Sherman COlOrs.
So 1t Is a Question of the Presidents
Gratitude or the Senator's Hold
on the Patronage.
Especial Dispatch to the Enquirer j

LIMA, O., May 15.-There is very
interesting fight going on in this dis
trict for the office or Internal Revenue
Collector. Collector Johnson's term of
Office expires next spring, and to the
Democrats and disinterested Republi-
cans the contest for his position is very
amusing. There are only two candi-
dates for the Office ofCollectOr, they be-
ing Geo. p. Waldorf, of this city, and
Captain J. B. Luckey, of Ottawa coun-
ty. The former Is strong Sherman
man and relies almost entirely upon
THE INFLUENCE MR.. SHERMAN
May have with the President, Mr..
Waldorf is bitterly opposed by the anti
Sherman element, which is very strong
in this comfy, so much so that long
remonstrance to his appointment,
signed by several hundred, has been
forwarded to Washington.
Both Mr.. Waldorf and Mr.. Luckey
were delegates to the Chicago conven-
ton, and both were there in the inter-
est of John Sherman. Luckey, when
he became convinced that the Ohio
mans nomination was impossible, was
among the first to break for Harrison,
while Waldorf held out for Sherman
till the last. 1t is on these grounds,
principally, that Luckey's friends hope
to secure him the Collectorship.--
Through Sherman's influence Waldorf
is placing all the postOffices in this dis
trict, and is thereby greatly strength
ening his cause. Luckey was a soldier
during the late war, and
SERVED IN HARRIsoN's REGIMENT.
He has the solid Endorsement of his
own county and about half of Wal
DORIS county, and the support of the
soldier element. Waldorf has just re-
turned from a trip to Washington,
where he deposited his application, he
having some time ago been recon-
mended by Sherman for the office.
Luckey's applications, together with
the remonstrance to Waldorf's appoint
ment, has been on file for several weeks.
JosephlM Waldorf's able lieuten-
ant, has just completed tour over the
district in the interest of his candidate.
He nearly succeeded in creating
A SPLIT IN LUCKEY's COUNTY.
By some sly work, and large number
had been secured to polt him, but Nor
ris' trickery was found out, and now
the people of Ottawa county have no
use for him. The Waldorf crowd went
SO far even to promise all the Demo-
cratic postmasters in Ottawa county
that they could remain in office If
they would work against Luckey.
Waldorf was believed to have the best
end of the fight until just recently,
when the tide turned, and cool-headed
Republicans say that it is a break now
between the two, and Sherman's de-
parture for the old country Is looked
upon by Luckey's friends to be
A GOOD OMEN.
In the mean time Waldorfs postmas-
ters are being put into Office every day,
and the Luceyites swear that the fight
is to be compromised by their men get
ting the collectorship and the Waldorf
men the post offices. The failure of the
Allen county man to get the prize will
kill him politically. A settlement of
the matter Is looked for every day, and