The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1896-08-25
sENrw ONO DEMOCRAT AUGUST 25 1896
VIII Take Silver
Every body in the Hooking Valley have
no kick on Silver.
Columbus Press.-

Columbus Press:-
Logan, o., Aug. 2l.-The board
of education of Falls township met
in session in this city Thursday
and engaged teachers for the en-
suing year. There are twelve dis
tricts in the township, and the
applicants were quito numerous.
The entire board was present and
engaged teachers for all the dis
tricts except the first, which they
could not agree on and left the
place vacant to be filled by the
director from that districts except
the first, which they could lected:
District No, 2, A. T.. Beery; No. 3,
@. n. Loomas; No. A, Miss Flora
Meldraim; No. 8, Miss Nettie M.
Brown; No. G, j. l.. Matthias; No. Z,
John e. Zeler; No. s, John Harsh /;
No. ., John w. Filing; No. 10,
William Marks; No. II, Myrta
Guthrie; No. II, u. l.. Harsh.
"The Hooking Valley Railroad
company has given its employees an
illustration of one of the conditions
which will exist should free silver
win, by paying them off in loose
silver coin. The men who were
not apprised of the paymaster's in.
structions, were not prepared to
handle the stuff and the sight was
extremely funny. Hats, caps,
handkerclhiefs and old newspapers
were used to carry the money from
the car, after which those receiving
it sat down on the grass and
counted it. One man was paid
$75 in quarters and halves and came
from the car with his hat filed to
over-howing. There was some
kicking, but on the whole the joke
was taken in good part"
The above communication has
appeared in Republican papers and
is now being used by the gold bugs
as an Illustration of the bane9ul
effects under which labor will be
made to suffer if Bryan is elected,
and if silver is placed on parity
with gold. The Press representa-
tive having his doubts about the
Hooking Valley people paying off
its employees in quarters AMI half
dollars decided to institute quiet
investigation. On Wednesday
morning we visited the shops, and
showing the above clipping asked
them how true it was. Both the
officials and shopmen denied the
story, saying it was another of
Mark Hanna's schemes to bul!doze
the laboring man. They Informed
The Press that some of them were
paid in silver dollars and not in
quarters and halves. They are all
willing to take silver saying that
the only objection they have to
silver, is, that there is not enough
of it. The Republicans in this
county are using every means
known to man to thwart the Demo
Gratis in their honest efforts to re-
deem the county from Republican
bossism and corruption. The "Big
Four" Col. Alex Sands, Hon. l.. d.
Vickers. Billy Keynes and
Lawrence Yerges, of Hooking
county, are running around like
mad dogs trying TO whip the silver
Republicans into line, but it seems
they can't or wont be whipped.
AS an Illustration Of this fact, down
at Carbon Hill. right in the hot bed
of Republicanism, an attempt was
made TO organize a Mckinley and
Hobart club, and out Of total
voting population of 400 they man
aged to get about 20 men, by hold
ing the party whip over them, TO
join the club, while over one
hundred or more went and placed
themselves under the protection of
the Bryan banner without solicita
tion, and so 1t is going on all over
the county. The people want a
change and will have it. The
miners say they have no work and
have had u good opportunity to
read and study up on the financial !
features of the campaign, and have
come to the conclusion that n little
more silver money will help them
to keep the wolf from their doors.
Teachers Institute.
Teachers institute opened yester-
day with an attendance of 81,