The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1895-10-31
School House, Yes |!

The school house issue has been hap.
PLY closed. The people have for the
third time given the lie squarely to the
Gazette gang, who claimed thep did not
want it. There were a number of ex.
cellent citizens who were conscientious.
ly opposed to the erection of new
building. They worked hard to defeat
the proposition, using every honorable
means to that end, as they had a perfect
right to do. Though we differed from
them very decidedly in our opinions,
we hold them in personal respect and
esteem, and had they, by their methods,
carried the day, we should have &C.
quiesced cheerfully.
But, there was different style of pro.
cedure on the part of the Gazette gang.
This childless aggregation, who have
held up their hands in we'll simulated
pretences of holy horror over alleged
Republican boodling, unmasked their
own hypocrisy, and boldly tapped the
Brice corruption fund, sent here for
Democratic workers, and went on the
streets and openly bought such voters
as were purchaseable. Their work was
notorious, outrageous.
A part of the chattels they bought
were so ignorant, they were afraid to
risk them to mark the ticket, and gave
them their money and their flask of
liquor in consideration of their putting
in blank ballot, that is, q ballot with.
out any marks on it. Since the propo.
sitions must be supported by a majority
of the electors registered as voting, each
one of these blank ballots had to be
overcome by a valid affirmative ballot.
In pursuance of this shrewd scheme
nearly half hundred blank ballots
were voted. Besides these, were other
ballots marked for both yes and no, q
part of the same plan. These, added to
the vots purchased outright, made quite
formidable element of shameless fraud,
all coming from the INSCRIPTIONS Gazette
gang.
1t will be remembered that the News.
HERALD prophesied the day before the
election, that the Gazette gang would re.
sort to all the corrupt and scandelous
means in their power to defeat the will
of the people. The NEws-HERALD is al
ways cautious, and insists on being we'll
informed before it makes an assertion.
This is why we have never been over.
thrown in any of our charges against the
Gazette gang. We use the word "gang"
advisedly. While they shout "gang" at
others. 1t is only the voice of the thief
who cries "stop thief" They are the
actual and only gang" and there is
nothing 30 mean or desperate that they
will not resort to it. to accomplish their
purposes. In this case, they hoped to
defeat by foul means, the will of the
people, and in the event of success,
would have heralded the fact abroad as
agreat Democratic victory. They failed.
But, they gave every boodler to under.
stand that there was lot more money
available from the same source, (Brice's
barely and that each one of them should
have mot cent less than FIVE dollars
for bis vote on the 5th of November.
These conscienceless scoundrels are
determined to debauch Highland county
with Doodle next Tuesday. Mark oul
words, there will be such shameful
work then a. was never known in thil
county before. 1t is to be hoped that
the determination Of . number Of promi
nent citizens, regardless of political afili'