Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-10-29

and obliging deputy Audi
or ever in that office. Never was
here even a suspicion against his
character until he refused to be die
,ated to politically by ex-Auditor
Geo. Russell. He Matched the scheme
20 blacken the character of Mr.. Coe,
believing in this way to defeat his
in order that he, Geo. Rus
sell, could become the deputy Audi
tor under Stevenson, the republican
for Auditor, compact Of
that lind being made.
tieo. Russell has chosen as his
clief weapon to ruin the character
of Mr.. Coe, the fact that Frank
hunted up unclaimed fees and noti-
fed parties of their claims. Russell
has hunted up several Of his political
and got them to sign dis
torted affidavits, which In fact are
wholly devoid of semblance Of
truth. Mr.. Coe has explained these
transactions in manly way and has
published affidavits from RESPONSE
BILE parties interested, who do not
hesitate to say that they were treat
ed square and honest. Certainly the
opinion of such men as Gov. R. K.
Scott, DR.. Bloomfield, Chas. Van
Hyning, J. P. Belknap, DIR. Talbot,
II. 81. Woke, and many others, car
ry more weight with them than two
of Geo. Russelps political henchmen,
and they all say that Mr.. Coe rem
.dered them q personal favor in the
interest he took in looking up these
unclaimed fees, and that they volun-
tarily paid him a reasonable fee for
the service performed. Now, if there
was anything wrong in this matter,
Geo. Russell himself is guilty, for In
January, 1889, he furnished the Signal
for political effect, list OF over $50
names having old fees due them, and
he sub-headed the list as follows:
"Boys, here's a little glue that
might just as well stick to your
fingers as to remain in the County
Treasury" Sly dog, this Geo. Rus
sell.
The fact that Geo. Russell edu-
Gated Mr.. Coe to be a democrat does
not set very well on his stomach.
1t did not take Mr.. Coe long to learn
the selfish and biggoted principles
which Russell called republicanism,
and he was not slow in making his
choice between them and the princi.
Piles advocated by the Democrats. In
! fact Mr.. Coe was q democrat long
before he ever left the employ of
Russell. But probably the one chief
thing for which Mr.. Coe can be
thankful for the enmity Of Geo.
Russell is the fact of his refusing to
sign his application for the Napoleon
postofiice. Citizens well remember
that the body Of D. M. Jones was
still warm when Geo. Russell was
running frantically around asking
for signatures to petition for. his
appointment as p. IN. OF Napoleon,
vice D. M. Jones, dead. He did this
knowing that Mrs. Jones, the widow,
a very estimable lady, whose finan
cial circumstances were such that
she needed the income of the office
that her husband was deprived of by
death, and which Office he had re
furnished at q great expenses, woulG
be an applicant for the vacant posi-
tion. In fact Russell's greed for the
office, he being out circulating his
petition before the body of Mr.. Jonei
had grown cold, so disheartened the
; soldiers widow that she concluded
not to contest the place with such {
beast but her daughter took up th,
fight, and became candidate fol
the position. Citizens right and left
signed her petition, but the greed o
Russell won and the widow and he
family were deprived Of the support
which rightly belonged to them, a
least for the unexpired term OF thei
husband and father. Mr.. Coe wa
on the side of the soldiers daughter
and widow, and he was not slow II
letting Russell know what he thought
of him. For this it seems he wa
never forgiven, as Russell's action
toward him now testify.
And this is the man (9) that is nov
asking honest citizens to. vote agains
, Frank Coe for Auditor He had bet
| ter hide his face in very shame.
l
/ The number of people in Henr
county whom Geo. Russell has al
tempted to ruin and blacken thei
good characters are innumerabie, in
cluding both sexes! He seems t
, have a mania for the disreputabl
business, in fact he takes delight il
placing his fellow beings in q falls
, light. Even in his own township an
l neighborhood he has waged his dit
honorable practices. Our old frien
VIM. Booher, one of the best know
9 citizens of Monroe township, homes
: as the day is long, respected by al
4 fell a victim to Geo. Russell's failin
some years ago. To gain partisa
point he went so far as to accuse MI
{ Mr.. Booher of doing criminal act
q which he said he would not say any
! thing about if Mr.. B. would desist i
crossing him politically But Georg
struck the wrong man that time an
g before Mr.. Booher got through wit
t him he was made to confess hilnsel
a liar, and at the same time yer
much of scoundrel before man
citizens of Monroe township. w
d might go on and enumerate instanc
9 after instance of this kind, but W
believe enough has been said I