The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-03-31
THE INDEX
Masquerading In The Interest of The
BelIefontaine Ring.

The Index masquerades this week as
the enemy of rings and the champion
of the people! Since when did the
leopard change it's spots?
But whatever its disguise, its voice be-
trays it. Assuming the air of fairness,
it takes up the Cry of the ring. and pa
rades them as ''the voters" and with
out any proof attacks the Republican
Executive Committee, insinuating that
it is ''scheming" to defeat the will of
the people. 1t says:
s'The names of Committeeman should
be given to the voters who demand
them, and that rightly, and every man
casts a ballot should have time to weigh
the virtues of the men who ask his sup
port, and it should not be expected that
these candidates should be withheld
until the ballots are given out on elec-
tion day. Fair play is demanded"
Again, it says:
''The voters are demanding that the
names of candidates for Committeeman
shall be given out. 1t is unjust to with
hold them. The suppression of the
names is scheme that must be thwart-
ed, and by so doing kill the evil effects
of one man rule"
This is shot from toy pistol that
had been loaded with mush! What are
the facts? The Central Committee,
chosen by the people, delegated to the
Executive Committee the duty of MAX
| ing up the Primary tickets. This has
| always been the custom. If any self
appointed voter assumed the right to
take this duty off the Committee's IS
hands, or insinuated that this Commit
tee would not discharge its duties as
honorably as previous Committees had
he ought to have been set down upon
whether he was or not.
| The Committee advertised that al
4 names that were to go upon the ticket
should be handed in by given date, a!
has been the custom; and all names tha
were so handed in were printed on the
tickets, except where few candidates
withdrew their own names.
No Committee ever left off any can
didate's name from the ticket, and it il
a gratnitous insult to insinuate that tn,
present Committee would; although i
is true that the Index and its ring di,
have the Republican candidate for Rep
!; resentative crowded off the ticket tw,
} years ago.
The pretense that the people canno
/, 1ao fi11 he q +La 81
, who are candidates, is rank nonsense
: In every precinct the candidates ar
known, and they are busy button-hol
, ing the dear people.
) If there is any precinct where tn
ring hasn't candidate for Committee
} man, it will doubtless spring one th
} morning of the election.
) But what is the Index, that it shoul
l thus be throwing dust in the air to dt
ceive the people? When the ring ha
: the Executive Committee, they denie
4 the people of Lake township (who ca.
one fourth of the county vote,) a
r representation on the Central Commi
t tee, while now the people elect 81
; members of that Committee in Lake
e Under the rule of the Index ring, tt
g Central Committee, elected by the pc
It pie. was made figure head by the rim
l. the Executive Committee usurping i
It powers, and finally assuming to make
# nomination for Representative. Al
the Index was party to all this, and e
e dorsed it. 1t i'll becomes it, therefor
II to insinuate that the Committee is
r ing anything to deceive al
e one, or intimate that it is guilty of al
d scheme in withholding anybody's nan
y from the public.
o In taking up the plant of the rim
b the Index only proves that it is still wi
them.