Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-01-23

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"We see that Republican Auditor Russell,
of Henry county, is beginning to STIR up the
old ring over there. He has discovered a
shortage of $1,000 in one place. Go deeper,
friend Russell; look deeperl There are things
70 be unearthed there which will bother our
big neighbor of the Democrat TO explain.
Go deeper! Revenge the crushing of poor
Jack Mally-a martyr for truths sake. II
they make it too hot for You, call on the State
Auditor-they won't bluff him."
This beautiful morsel, which is cross be-
tween yell of eIsltation and plaintiye
wall, was brought out by a communication
which was sent to the Toledo Blade recently
by the cats paw of the dirty Republican
gang which infests this city. The fellow re-
ceived his cue from the auditors office, Just
as he did two years ago, and the intention
was to blacken the official record of some of
our Democratic officials in the interest CT
the present Republican auditor, who is try
ing to pave his way clear to a re election.
But the abortion of facts just had the op-
posite effect, and if there still remained in
the minds of citizens any respect for the hon.
esty ofpurpose of Mr.. Russell, il has since
vanished. The Republican gang we're quick
to see their mistake and that their last dirty
scheme was so gauzy that it was rejecting
them in no enviable light, so they resort to
their organ, the Signal, to let them down
easy, and sickening thud is heard as fol-
lows: The Signal taking as its text little
squib which appeared in the Holgate Times:
Auditor Russell has an advertisement in
Tuesdays evenings Blade stating that he has
just discovered where $1,000 of delinquent
taxes has been misappropriated and stating
that still more startling developments will be
given this week. If there is any truth in the
statement; if there has been a misappropria-
tion of any amount of the peoples money,
we want to see it hunted down, the money
returned and the guilty parties punished
Holgate Times.
There you've got'em again! Auditor Rus
sell has no such thing. He knew nothing
about the advertisement in the Blade until
told of it by others. Neither is Mr.. Rus
sell responsible for the special in said paper
from Napoleon on Jan. 6, 1880. Because Mr..
Russell discovered that a little delinquent
personal tax had been collected and not
properly distributed, and the boys finding it
out, it seems that one of the gang, prompted
by the lashing of a guilty conscience (which
we very much doubt) or a desire to be the
first one to cry "stop thief" or to cast odium
upon Mr.. Russell, penned the special referred
to. One thing is true; if the "stop thief"
theory be correct, Billy Decker comes in No.
2.-Signal.
My countrymen, what fall was thatl 1t
was terrible, fatal to the Republican gang,
and they have buried themselves again in the
Auditors Office, eating and sleeping not to
concoct new schemes-to elect Mr.. R. Sec
ond time! Not to revenge the downfall of
the martyr (?) (God save us) as the Sentinel
suggests. They have got through with him
and sent him out of the neighborhood. Their
eye is single upon the reelection of Geo.
Russell, an event which will never come to
pass. The cry to cali upon the State Au-
ditor comes like a mockery to the ears of the
gang, in the light of past experiences, and
they shake their heads and flop their ears in
disgust. The gang called upon the state audi
tor once upon time, and instead of lifting
MIR. Russell and his set of co-workers
out of the hot water pan onto the cooling
board, he dropped them from the hot water
basin into the boiling tub, and there left
them! Oh, no, no more State Auditor for the
gang! Suggest something more soothing,
Mr.. Sentinel.