The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1899-11-02
The Investigation.

The only claim that is being urged
against the election of the Republican
county ticket is based on the recent in.
vesigation of the county Offices. This
claim is not made in good faith and ie
only made for the purpose of prejudic-
ing voters. hoping thus to blind them
that they may be made tt unwitng
tools for showeripg personal benefits
on those who raise the cry, and Of
avenging farcied grievances.
1t was urged in Ike beginning that
the purpose of the investigation was to
make it wholly nom partisan to dls-as-
associate it wholly from politics to dis
cover the individuals, who from follow
lowing bad precedents, flom want oi
knowledge, or if true, who fraudulenlly
and knowingly had taken mooey from
the county treasury.
But scarce had the report been filed
until the Democratic press and their
sypathz3r 3rs began 10 make psrtisan
matter Of it until all intelligent thinking
persons b gan TO conclude that after all,
that WAS its real purpose.
Ia their desire to reap a political ben
eff therefrOm, these papers, as we have
Repeatedly shown, have gone entirely
beyond the platf I'M # their own party
and have been charging the report OF
the committee TO be proof, not only o the
overchargas which it CLAIMS, but that it
is proof that every cent was taken with
deliberate purpose to make good the
money spent in corruption of the ballot
There is rot Democratic paper in
the county but knows that the report is
full of inaccuracies growing out of lack
on the part vi the committee either OF q
knowledge Of the law, or the facts, or
both
That said report was not made by per
sons conversant with the law, and that
the only guide they had Has the writ
ten instructions OF Judge Hughes, who,
according to their report, was not able
TO tell what were legal fees, either in his
own Office or any other Office whore he,
as required by law. certified to their
correctness.
That whatever overcharges exist, exist
alike among Democrats and kepubii.
can indiYiduals, with no party to blame,
and no one except the respective Off
cials to ans yer iJr their foIliwing Ui
precedent ignorance Of the law, or
whatever may have produced the
wrong
That, as demanded by both par.ies,
suits are being brought 10 test every
question Of overcharges and hat after
lair judicial determinations. reparstion
will be mads wherever reparalou is
due
That in order to make this pnwarrant-
ed use of the investigation, that TesrPct-
able Democrats, dead and alive, have
been villited, traduced, abused, and
the slightest opportunity TO defend their
character or their debts
T at after the election is over, every,
one of those papers will be willing tn
lave the matter judicially determined
and would even be willing To ptrmi,
such men az Mike Mac&erle', Brsson
Worlev, Isssc Larkin, Alpheue Cochran,
Bert Burnette, VIM. Williamson, and
A. w Willett to enter their Offices with
out turning the lnck on the safe or or
deripg them out because they have
b,ea proven by the investigating COM
mittee to have taksn part of the $751;
600 illegal rske-of money gained by
"reckless extravaRance not to say hare
faced robbery" (Gazstt,) to make good
ths tributs-levy of corrupt politicians.