The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1900-01-30
COUNTING HIS CHICKENS:
Hon. d. w. Ayers Thinks Logan
County His Picking.

Hon. d. w. Ayers is evidently count
ing on the support of Logan county, in |
the fight for the Congressional nOmina- |
ton, because he had majority of the |
delegation, four years ago, and because |
the same crowd that worked the coun-
ty for him then, are for him now. A |
letter from Marysville to the Redwood |
Review, speaking of the Congressional |
fight in Union county, says:
The contest between d. w. Ayers |
and w. c. F'ullington is growing quite |
warm, and lucky is the Republican who
comes to Marysville and gets away
again without being surrounded by the
friends of both of the candidates. Mr..
Ayers gave out to the papers last week
a letter announcing his candidacy in
| which he expresses himself as willing
| to let the Republican voters of Union
county decide whether he or Mr.. Full
lington shall be the candidate from
this county. Mr.. Fullington has not as
yet agreed to this plan, but he will
probably do so as under existing circum-
stances he can hardly do otherwise. 1t
is still undecided whether or not Lo-
gan county will have C ndidate. Some
county politicians intimate that there
will be, while others declare that there
will not but they will be for ID. w.
| Ayers. Mr.. Ayers had large major
ity of the Logan county delegates four
years ago, and would have been nomi-
mated at that time had it not been for
a combination of the other candidates.
Logan county, however, remained faith
full to the last and if Mr.. Ayers gets
the delegation this year they can be de-
pended upon to do the same again. Mr..
Ayers has many personal, as well as
political friends in Logan county.
Mr.. Ayers is building on sandy
foundation, when he counts Logan
county as his. He will find different
state of affairs here now.
He will find that the people in this
county recognize him as the candidate
of the ring, that attempted to force his
nomination four years ago, by spring
ing the Convention three months earlier
than usual, when neither the candidates
nor the people were expecting it; by
forming ring throughout the district
to defeat the will of the people and
cheat them out of all voice in the selec-
tion of candidate; and by promising
parceling out all the offices in the dis
trict, to those who were to thrust him
on the people. The people have not
forgotten that his followers were the
same ring that assumed the right to
appoint candidate for Representative
in the Legislature, without submitting
the nomination to primary, and were
, beaten over 1,50O in the county.
1t is true, Mr.. Ayers can depend or
S them now, as he did then. For while
3 the Office holders among them are the
q creatures of Mr.. Lybrand, they know
y his candidacy is farce, and they are
{ for Mr.. Ayers.
q But Mr.. Ayers will find that the rine
d is now in power. 1t cannot manipulate
conventions, nor appoint delegates, no
e bulldoze nor buy those who may b.
n chosen.
n He is therefore leaning on broker
j reed when he leans on Logan county
r because he had majority of the dele
IS gates four years ago.
81 Logan county will choose her dele
;, gates honestly and fairly this time.
J. We do not know whether Loga
s will have candidate or not. No on
4 has intimated to US that he wants to o
intends to be candidate. But if an
one is putup as candidate in Ayers
u interest, he will have to fight Mr.. Ayers
ID battle. The people will not be fooled
-o The REPUBLICAN, as it did fou
lie years ago, will oppose any candidate c
delegates who favor the candidate {
any clique that is working to secure tn
~ nomination by any but fair means, an
le we cannot trust those who betrayed l
le or the people four years ago.