The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1902-02-07
Are Keeping Under Cover.
THEIR ALLIES, The BOlTERS
AND DEMOCRATS NOT
50 DISCREET.
The Combination Already Boast.
ing Of What It Has Done
and Will Do

The Agricultural mass meeting that s
'as held week ago Saturday, in the ,
>ourt House, was properly character
zed as political use of the Agricul-
ural society to forward tie interests
# the old Logan comfy gang and the
party.
The large vote cast-nearly 5UO-
showed that it was not meeting held
u the interests of the Agricultural
society, for no such vote was ever be-
fore cast-not even at elections much |
more important. There was but little
st stake-the election of only three
managers was to be contested, and this |
never brought 500 farmers together on
a cold January day-nor the half OF
them. But there must have been q
canse for such a large turnout. The
REPUBLICAN said it was put up job
bet ween gangsters, boilers and Demo
Gratis to further their political pur-
poses, and that it was therefore pros
titution of the Fair management to
political purposes thing TO be de-
plored by all friends of the Fair.
The REPUBLICAN called attention to
the fact that it was run just as the Re-
publican politics of the county used to
be run by the old gang. who called on
the heelers in Bellefontaine to outvote
the Republicans who came up from the
county to represent their various town.
ships.
Convinced beyond any question that
this would turn the Fair management
into q political machine, to be run as
the old mass meetings used to be, in
the interests of the gang, and that il
would destroy the usefulness of the
Fair, we advocated anew the selection
of the managers by townships, instead
of having them chosen by such gather
ings In Bellefontaine.
Our position was met by the 0l>~ *
gument of the gang, that tI/msnager.
are not selected to represent the town
lships, but TO represent the county
The gang made just this argumen
Iabout the selection Of delegates to con
ventions. But if the objection is good
twhy are the managers distributes
lamong the townships? If it Is th
right thing to distribute the manager
among the townships-that each town
shipmight have eq ual representatio
lon the Board why should not eac
, township select its own member of tn
, Board? The gang have simply return
ed to practice the methods at the Agr
cultural elections, that they practice
in politics before they were thrust ou
of power. When delegates we're to b
selected to Senatorial. Congressions
, and State Conventions, they would cal
a mass meeting, and calling in thei
, heelers from 9ellefontaine, they woul
! appoint all the delegates, and. kee
the organization in their grasp. Whe
the people OF the county finally revol
ed against this, the gang apportione
the delegates to the townships but Sc
lected them themselves by a mass NEE
ing at Bellefontaine. Their action
both cases is precisely similar. Tt
lpeople finally changed all this by dri
;, ing the gang from power, and tow
. lship delegates have since been chose
by townships and in the townships.
II A Bellefontaine gangster, writir
Through the DeGraff Buckeye, say
"Tne proposition to have the manage
!. Ieiected by townships, at either Il
z Spring or Fall elections, has little
a Commend ITSELF" OF course it has Ii
l. tie to commend itself to the old gan
,f It would prevent gang rule, and let Il
10 farmers run their own institution. IL
b Agricultural Fair. But this writ,
:, says II this is done, it will throw Il
=, election into politics, and everybot
Is would vote. Well, nobody but gan
y ster would object to everybody votin
d and nobody would object if Democra
re or Republicans were chosen, if tn,
" were good met. We never heard an
body advocating the overthrow of pop
lar government, because it would gi
every body a chance to vote, or becau
1t would result in Democrats votil
for Democrats or Republicans votil
for Republicans. But the REPUBI
CAN did not advocate selecting Fs
D. managers at any time, or by q
al method-only that members allotted
es the townships be selected In the tow
ships. There is no reason why Il
he could not be done more fairly, and be
ter represent the people, (few Of who
as can come to Bellefontaipe, than
ae have them chosen in Bellefontaine
mass meeting run with the ackno
Or lodged purpose of making 1t part o.
he plan for the gang, with the aid of t
as Democrats, to get into political pows
w We again give warning, that II
thing repeated will kill the Fair. Al
1t the only way to avoid it is to reno
If the opportunity to repeat 1t, by havil
D. the managers chosen in the township
A BILL has been introduced In d
st House, by Mr.. Painter of Wood count
ly to wipe out the entire canal system
>, the State, and abolish the Board
IN Public Works This ought to ha
ts been done years ago. The whole .,
tenn is kept up at heavy expense