The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1895-03-09
TIE FIRST ROUND !!
Pursell Goes Down With a Dull, Sick.
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The first ice in the usual spring
contests in the Republican party
was broken last night in the Sd
Ward w. N. Lay, the committee
man, called meeting at the May
or's office, at o'clock, and long be-
fore that hour nearly every Repub.
lican in the ward, armed with their
tickets, had assembled to shoot it
into somebody. Great, long knives
were up their sleeves and there
was destined to be harmony with Al
big II, which also, sometimes,
stands for HI.
The fight was for committeeman,
who has the power of appointing
delegates to the several conventions
ueXt summer. w. N. Lay was the
Mckay candidate, and DR.. III. G.
Campbell supposed To he the Pur-
sell man. All day long, and for
several days before, the ward was
thoroughly canvassed and II ticket
put in the vest pocket of every re.
publican, with instructions for him
to be sure and be at the Ward
meeting, and by the count of 81. all
told, they must have all come.
The Doctor had his tickets printed
on colorcd paper and Lays were
white. When the tickets fell the
coiored tickets fell thick and fast,
and it seemed evident to the by.
ISLANDERS that Campbell would win.
But Mckay isn't as sleepy as he
looks. He found whole lots of
fellows with blue tickets in their
pockets, that had pledged for
Campbell, and they said that the
doctor would know whether they
were as good as their word by the
color of their ticket. "Why," says
McKaN, 1--WE can fix that. Just
scratch Campbell's name off and
write Lays under it," And thus it
was that Campbell lost enough to
have elected him easy, and have
plenty to spare. And thus it was
demonstrated that many preferred
voting for Campbell, as Il choice
between the two men, as they were
not very well acquainted with Lay,
but they could not stomach Pursell.
1t is an unchallenged fact that
DR.. Campbell is the most popular
Republican in his ward 2 to 1, but
it was the rotten power behind the
throne that his friends were afraid
of, and they deserted him. All
that has to be done, is to say "Pur-
selW about a man, and his name is
Dennis in this town or county.
Lay was only elected by one
vote in Il count of 81, showing the
great personal race Campbell made,
handicapped as he was byFat least
one half because of the Pursetl
Stigma that hung over him. We
are sorry that the Doctor is thus
turned down by his own friends, but
it is impossible for Republican in
this town or county to get anything
unless he comes right out and de-
clares himself against PurSeW.
And passing the committeeman
it shows itself again in nominating
II councilman. For fear that 81 Re.
publican might possibly be elected
at the general election the boys
wouldn't even risk a Pursell man
for Council. The latter gentleman
was supposed to have put up Frank
Martin, and although Frank is 6
good fellow, the McKayites were
afraid of him, and turned him
down with a majority of 10 for Ike
Haines, whom they knew was =
safe man, if he happened to be
elected
In the language of the Cincinnati
Enquirer, "Pursell is dumped" /
is no use for him to struggle, ant
try to pull the wool over the eye.
of the Repubs by putting up popu
lar men, for it seems that the ole
soldiers will even sacrifice friend
if he is among the goats.