The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-04-13
HIRAM.

The Democrats in this place let their election
go by default. Only about half a vote was
polled-160 in all, of which the Democrats got
so, the Prohibitionists 20, and the Republicans
the balance. Somehow those "best Democrats"
do not rally to any great extent j. G. Ellis
was elected Trustee. E. L. Hall. Clerk. and &C.
Mason, Assessor.
Last week Monday night. thieves made raid
on several sugar houses. AT F M. Udall's the
thieves undertook to gain entrance by tearing
out portion of the underpinning. but they
came in contact with a woodplle. They then
gained entrance through the door, by breaking
the lock, and carried away about $50 lbs. o.
which 200 lbs. was secreted under hay stack
on VIM. Dyson's farm, two miles away. E. NJ.
Dyson was plowing the next day near the stack
and accidentally discovered the stolen sweet =
From E. A. Udall's sugar house, two large
pals of syrup were taken. but found the next
day secreted in tke woods. From Horace
Odell's they took eight gallons of syrup in cans,
which has not yet been discovered.
The Seniors gave general invitation to eat
sugar at F. NJ. Udall's works, last Thursday
About two hundred accepted the invitation and
gorged themselves with the delicious sweet
This has grown to besan annual custom.
The expected orange blossoms did not bloom
in our place as expected. but the parties chang
ed their place of residence to the wilds of South
ingtoD, Trumbull Co. where the same day. Mrs
Sarah s. Pritchard. aged AZ years, widow of b.
F. Pritchard, was welded to Charles Hashel.
aged % years, formerly Of Lords town, Trumbpll
county. Mother and son-I mean the happy
pair, are doing as well as could be expected
under the circum stances.
Among the many visitors In town is Mrs.
Foote of Grand Rapids. Mich, at her sisters.
Mrs Jason Streator
Mrs. Parsons died last Wednesday morning,
aged "a years. She had resided with her son
Seneca for eight years. and was confined to
the house all that time.
commend to the Democratic Press. the fol-
lowing sentiment uttered by a distiIg guished
democrat of New \ ork State. at a recent meet
ing: "Whie party leaders are necessary they
should be respected only when content to exc
cute the will of the party which has honored
them, and when they attempt to use the party
to further their own selfish ends, they should be
rebuked." l call the attention of the Press to
this, ,Bfor the reason that we have in our county
a self-constituted leader. who, it is apparent to
many loyal democrats. has been using the
party to further his own selfish ends. and has
attempted to ostracise good democrats because
they had the temerity to oppose his selfish pur
poses. A CO. worker with the opposition when
that opposition is in need of assistance;.a "a crea
tor of factions in the party, and an opponent of
regularly nominated candidates. unless they
wear a collar marked my dog" In mild
way several times | have attempted to call at
tention to this state of affairs. of which very
much more might be truthfully said. but the
Press has seen fit to suppress what wished to
say for the good of the party and in the interest
of harmony. If the Press is the organ of the
party In the county, Ithen every democrat has
right to critieise. through it, and rebuke what
ever is pernicious in the management of party
affairs. 1t is right and proper that the masses
of the party should know whether the affairs of
the party are being managed for the benefit Of
the whole, or for an individual or clique. and
those opposed to the selfish management will be
heard one way or another. have much more
to say on this subject, which is reserved for
future occasions. II,