The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1901-07-11
cau't Fool uehuek" Armstrong.

The Journal.Gazette of last week |
shid, "The editor of the OEfo
DEMOCRAT appears to be shedding
tears and weeping over the defeat
of our friend "Chuck" Armstrong.
Why is this2 The reason is that
the Democratic bosses had put
their heads together to help place
Mr.. Armstrong upon the Republic
can ticket, and at the same time
had prepared column after column
of slush and falsehoods belittling
the standing of Mr.. Armstrong,
which would have appeared in the
DEMOCRAT had Mr.. Armstrong been
nominated for sheriff of our county.
This kind of blather spun out by
the DEMOCRAT has made no i'm
preston upon the good sense and
good judgement of "Chuck" Arm
strong. "Chuck" is republican
and believes in fair play and al
ways stands ready and willing to
assist in the election of honest Re-
publicans, that the public treasury
may not be filched as it has been
in days gone by"
Did any body ever see such salve
spreading as the above. Does
Chief. .of-Staff Sands think he can
smear such prune juice as that,
upon the lips of "Chuck" Arm
strongs' friends and make them
speak sweetly. "Can't fool Chuck
Armstrong" That is very true.
1t will take smarter people than a
few old broken down war thieves
and deserters to fool Chuck Arm
strong, with all their access to the
columns of the "Hinky-Dink."
"The Democratic bosses had put
their heads together to place Arm
strong on the Republican ticket" :"
No, the Democrats that were inter-
ested were afraid Armstrong would
be the nominee on the Republican
ticket and then we would have a
fight to make. Thomas is an easy
mark and we are glad of his nomi-
nation. The man that sold out the
lowest dive in Murray City to run
for sheriff; that bartered good
man and Republican like Evans
out of the mine inspectorship. We
longed for his nomination and
thanks to the plugging of Sands
and his gang, Thomas is the victim.
"Chuck Armstrong is republi-
can and believes in fair play"
That is true, he does believe in
fair play, but the very gang that
he has fought for the hardest,
| gave him fair (?) play; where
Katy wore the beads. If this
"fair play" Sands committee had
not sent all the tickets into Ward
Township without "Chuck" Arm
strong's name on them, he would
have given the "fair play gang a
wrestle after all.
"Fair play!" Holy Jupiter
Did any body ever see any fair
play in any thing born in the
bosom of Alex Sands or John
White. They gave Senator Bright
"fair play" and he is still wonder
ing what hit him, while these great
politicians, Big Alex and Honest
John, are on the State Committees
as result of Bright's defeat.
After we got over our vomit
from reading the "Can't fool
Chuck"-"Fair play" smear in
the Sands Hinky-Dink, we took
occasion to wait upon Marshal
Armstrong and the following is the
interview:
"We see by the Sands Gazette,
Mr.. Armstrong, that your Demo
cratic friends have been fooling
you by trying to get you on the
ticket and then slander you into
defeat.
Armstrong-"Don't think for a
minute that old war thief Sands
can fool me second with his
salve. I've been wanting to see
you and get you to make it strong.
You CAM t make it too strong for
me. I'll back,up every word say.
That old blank blank Sands thinks
he can line me up with his slush.
You just say for me that am after
them and after them good and
hard, and I'll trot them a merry
heat from this out. They can
flash their straits and full houses
ON me, but they will always find
me with four aces and another up
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