The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1896-09-25
THE sEMWEEKLY DEMOCRAT FRTDAY sEPTEMBER 1855
Ouch!
Something Must Have Hurt or Mckay
Would Not Howl SO.

Well, now we didn't see anything
flying up against the Journal Office
that might have frightened our
pious brother Mckay TO such an
extent as to have produced such q
wall. What is the matter Nc; did
anything drop? Was there bomb
exploded under your "biler? ~
Nothing only force of 2200 votes
in Hooking county joining hands
with 500 votes to defeat 2300, that's
all. The Populist committee, Nc
Lain, Haskins and Holt, met the
Democratic committee Lappen,
Armstrong and Wilson, both COM
mittees being duly appointed by
their conven tions, and unanimous
ly agreed to fusion, by the resig-
nation Of Jno. w. Smith and John
Mathiott, commissioners and coro-
ner, and filling in of those places
with the Populist committees
recommendations, George Jacoby
and w. p. Jonas. We say this was
unanimously agreed 10 by the two
committees, standing the
wall of Mckay that Mr.. Holt did
not sign the fusion. Neither did
A. II. Wilson Of the Democratic
committee sign the fusion papers,
and we never knew that every
member of a convention had to
sign the certificate of nomination.
These papers were signed and GER
tilted to by j. ID. McLain and w.
II. Haskins, chairman and secre-
tary of the Populist committee,
and by d. III. Lappen and Nelson
Armstrong, chairman and secre-
tary of the Democratic committee.
Is it necessary for the entire DEM
o1ratic and Populist parties to
come in and sign the papers OF
nomination 1t is the business of
the chairman and secretary of
each to make such certificates, and
such was done.
Now as to the salaries of the two
offices. If Brother Mckay will go
to the books he will find that the
commissioner Office pays on an
average of from 800 to 600 dollars
per year, and less work for the
amount of money than another
office in the county. They meet
but once or twice in a month un-
less they have special work, and if
he be farmer, merchant or me-
chanic he can carry on the usual
vacations of life and still draw this
goodlY salary from the county,
while in the $1,000 Offices of the
co untry there is ones entire time
occupied, and the paying of
deputy. In the commissioners
Office there is much party patron
age TO distribute, which does not
stop with the benefit to the officer
alone, but reaches out to the fell
lows OF his party and his friends.
The Populist committee asked for
this place and John w. Smith will
ingly resigned. If our brother
with the wall don't believe John
Smith willingly withdrew from
the ticket and his friends were
willing for him to do so, just turn
your X rays on Laurel township
this fall and see the mighty roll OF
an hundred majority. John Smith
will show you II thing or two. He
is Democrat and for his ticket
and will make more of an effort
now for his township to come in
with an increased majority, be-
cause of the accusation that he was
"pushed off" He will repute the
opposition by doubling the major
ity in Laurel township, and he VIII
run George Jacoby ahead of the
ticket. Mckay will wish George
Jacoby and seven others had been
"pnshed Off of the Democratic
county ticket, when he hears the
news on the happy morning of the
fourth of November.
AS to the coroner, whom Mckay
says gets "almost nothing" "(and by
the way he says he always tells the
truth) we will sight the truth
seeker to the county books that he
may see the 00"nothing" that DR.
Lyons lias been drawing, and pray
tell us why the Doctor is hustling
so hard among his Democratic
friends, asking them to vote fol
him to help him along little, If Il
Is a fact that there is "almost moth
ing" in it. We will ask the Doctor
Isn't the coroner's Office wortl
having, and don't you want 1t fol
what there is in ii, and doesn't II
pay as well for amount Of work al
any Office in Ahe county, and doesa'
Mckay just lie a few lines?," ant
dear reader you may take these
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