The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1897-10-28

the campaign draws to close that the
old Gazette gang which ran things with
high hand in years gone by, are read,
to do or risk anything in order to regain
the ascendancy.
The better citizens OF this communi
ty, Democrats and Republicans, have
been astounded by the barefaced false
hoods advanced by the Gazette with an
frontery that has been amazing,
Among other outrages last week it de
voted considerable space and several
stories of scare heads to an assault upon
Martin Hughey, charging him with an
attempt to bull.dose the workmen oi
the chair factory.
Among those who know Mr.. Hughey
there is no need to brand this as an un
scrupulous and self.evident lie. But
there are those at a distance, who posi-.
bly, might be deceived by these false
hoods 30 positively promui gated.
They are of piece and parcel with
the lies so industriously circulated about
Senator Marcus A. Hanna.
Without any previous notice to or con.
sultation with Mr. Hughey, or any of
those connected with the chair factory,
either as employers or employees, we
went through the institution and inves.
tigated the alleged bull dosing We did
not meet Mr.. Hughey at all, and only
saw Mr.. Flynn, after We had almost fin
ished interviewing the men. We learned
the following facts
The Demo Gratis had been indnstrlously
circulating reports to the effect that last
year Mr.. Hughey had promised the men
they should have abundant work if Nc.
Kinley was elected, ipsinuatiug that If
they didn't vote the Republican ticket
they would not be given farther employ.
ment in the factory That, after the
election he had reduced their wages ten
per cent, and that the hands in the fac
tory to man, Republicans and Demo.
Gratis. had decided to vote the straight
Democratic ticket as means of getting
even with Mr.. Hughey for having lied
to them and reduced their wages. This
story was being 30 persistently circula.
ted for political effect, the employees Of
the factory themselves requested some
means be given them to refute it. Hence,
at their instance, heading was drawn
up saying that those who signed it did
not intend to relinquish their allegiance
to either political party because of any
action or attitude of their employers to.
ward them. This paper was gladly
signed by all the employees, regardless OF
their political sentiments.
We soon found that every man and
boy about the place had nothing but
words of love and praise for their EN-.
ployers. These expressions came volun-
tarily, without any pumping on our
part. Every man was indignant at the
falsehoods published in the
Gazette, and anxious to deny them. We
told these men candidly, if they had
been mistreated in any way we wanted
to know it, and the identity Of our infor.
mants should be held sacred But, not
a man had word of complaint.
They said that neither Mr.. Hughey or
anyone else had promised them work
last fall if Mckinley should be elected.
Never was politics alluded to in their
association at the factory. Their EN-.
ployers left them to their own choice in
such matters, never attempting in the
femotest way to influence their votes.
When Mr. Hugheyg himself was candi.
date for Township Treasurer, he never
asked man in the factory to vote for,
Or work for his political interest.
The first man We met, going in the
back way, was Dave Pulliam, a Demo.
crat.
"How about this bull.dosing the Ga.
zette talks OF, Dave?'
81 don't know thing OF it. There
has never been word said to me by the
firm about politics. The only bull.dos.
ng we're getting is lots of work to do,
and I'm perfectly willing to stand that.
have read the article in the Gazette,
out it's all news to me, and regard it as
IN outrage. There never was a man
more liberal than Mr.. Hughey in regard |
% the politics of his workmen He |
never bothers them"
The next man we met was Charlie |
Joffman, Democrat
"Well, Mr. Ooffman, were you bull. |
losed ?'
."No, never. don't know what on
'arth the Gazette meant. | signed
PAPER gladly denying the reports that
ge were all going to vote to spite Mr..
iughey for something he had done po.
itically But Mrc Hughey did not pre-,
ent the paper. He has never tried in
my way to influence my political senti.