Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1895-05-16
DIFFERENT NOW.
When The Shoe Is On the Other
Foot.
STATE AUDITOR POE'S
METHOD OF Running
DEMOCRATIC OFFIC-
For the Purpose of Breaking
Down the Democratic Party
In Democratic Counties.
His Own Republican County Of
ficials Loot the Treasury of
Thousands.
How McKinley's Canal Officials
Plunder the State In Ross
County.
CoLuMBus. O.. May 18th. 1895


There is man running for governor of
Ohio by the name of E. W. Poe. This par
ticular Poe resides in Wood county, a
locality made famous by remark of the
late John G. Thompson as well as the state
of North and South Carolina by remark of
certain il discreet executive. Ohio Demo-
Gratis will recall that Mr.. Poe acquired con-
siderable fame while serving the state as
Auditor and also Wills conducting and in
ducing certain of his Republican friends in
strong Democratic counties TO circulate
rumors and stories of crooked ness in the
books and accounts of Democratic officials.
No sooner was this nefarious work done and
the character of
HONORABLE DEMOCRATS
aspersed than Mr.. Poe gave that species of
political black mailing an official sanction
by sending out representative of the state
to investigate the charges. The official
character of public men is as delicate as the
credit of. bank or the good name of a
woman. But when a few votes could be
made by besmirching the, character and
reputation of Democratic office holder Mr.,
Poe and his gang of disreputables were on
hand to do the dirty work. Now from a
pamphlet issued by the Wood County DEM
ocrat 81 pages are devoted to an expose of
the most impudent and
OUTRAGEOUS STEALS
by Republican officials in that county ever
known in the history of the state. Mr.. Poe
heelers are not now saying anything about
Investigations of county officials in Ohio.
Some of the findings of the investigating
committee appointed by his own neighbors
discovers that his predecessor in the auditors
office of Wood County in less than seven
years drew $43,83S.79 which was $4,000
more than rightfully belonged to him. Two
county commissioners demanded 5000
each to give the superintendency of the new
court house construction to an Akron firm.
The same fellow demanded $500 for giving
the heating apparatus to a Toledo firm.
There was $4,000 steal in the vault, $4,000
in stone, S20C0 in plumbing, wood furniture
$4,000; metallic furniture $4,000 and $4,000
in an excavation job. These are mere
SAMPLES OF oRooKEDNEss
by Wood County Republican officials in the
court house alone. Other jobs are just as
damaging. Had this been Democratic
steal instead of Republican steal every
Republican paper in Ohio from the lakes to
the river would be bowling itself hoarse.
M'KINLEY SCANDALS
still multiply. gum shoe investigation by
state fficials throws bad light on super
intendent and foreman of the Southern Ohio
Canal. The latter gentlemen was charged
by dozen Chillicothe Republican with buy
ing buggy and placing the name of the
seller on the pay roll as a day laborer the
money thus taken from the state going to
pay for the buggy. He took $50 for the rent
Of a state boat and never accounted Tor it.
He used state labor and material to
BUILD A KITCHEN
for himself and putting up a cook pit for the
pleasure of himself and friends. People
who wondered where the superintendent was
all this time found out when il was discover
ed that he had bought two new wagons for
the canal and instead of sending them where
they belonged he substituted two old worn
out wagons of his own and sent the new ones
to his iarm in Scioto county. When the
state bought new mules the old ones were
sent to the farm of this same esuperintenden
The name of the foreman is Guin and he has
additional charges Of selling skiff boat be-
longing to the state to man named Nash
for So, which was never accounted for; that
he had purchased groceries at certain place
and paid for them by putting the grocer on
the pay roll as laborer. There are also
numerous affidayits by farmers showing that
the driver of the state mules was permitted
to
STEAL CORN
fre m farmers along the line Of the canal, in
Gums presence, while Guin received pay