The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1903-08-20
The Blow.
II Did Not Quite Kill Father, But
Looks Rather Bad For Him.
Claimed by Both Sides In the
Republican Committee Contest.

10 those familiar with the sit
uation it is not necessary to pen
the fact that Saturdays committee
contest of the Republican party,
was warm one all over Hooking
county, and the victory is grace
fully and smilingly claimed by
both the Sands Mckay, and White
Ambrose factions. As near as we
can rehearse the result from the
standpoint of n man from the
house-top looking down, it looks
like twelve to eleven committee
men in favor of White-Ambrose
faction that are positive, with both
claiming the power to invade each
others sure column. There are
three admittedly doubtful COM
mitteemen. The positive for the
hite-Ambrose faction are: Am
brose, Comfy, White, Tucker,
Foltz, Kelley, J. B. Brown, Moore,
Stone, Huls, McManaway and
Loosh Hull.
The positive for Sands-McKay
faction are: Roby 3rd, Wood,
Roby 1st, Jones, Hoskins, Polling,
Ricketts,, Swackhamer, Zac Brown,
Ed. Smith and Kennedy. Twelve
to eleven, with the claim bv both
bosses that the others sure enough
territory can and will be invaded.
The three that are doubtful and
claimed by both are: Ryan and
Thurness (4th Ward contest),
Saner and Troxel. Of the doubt
full, in the Fourth Ward, w. j.
Ryan was the old committeeman
and in making his call for the
committee election for Saturday
he stated the time of opening the
polls at IL o'clock q. m, but gave
no closing time, explaining that
he would hold open the polls until
all had voted who wished to. The
Anti-Sands crowd would not vote
under such call and chairman
Ambrose called another Fourth
Ward election and elected Frank
Thurness committeeman under
regular call. Thus that ward is a
stand-off for the state committee
to decide, and according to former
actions of Chairman Dick, Thurness
will be the committeeman.
Another doubtful is Troxel of
Good Hope. He had no opposi-
tion but is claimed by both. The
Sands-McKay faction hangs to
him by the thread that they have
promised him the post-office at
Rockbridge when old man Huls
dies. The White-Ambrose faction
claim him for the reason that his
brother-in-law, A. E. Huls, start
ed the new newspaper, Hooking
Republican, the organ of the
White Ambrose faction, and that
some of the Troxel money is in
vested in the plant.
The case of committeeman
Saner, in Starr Township, is rather
obscure. He seems to have had
but scattering opposition and is
very independent. He is positive
ly claimed by both factions. 1t is
evident that the independent fell
lows, if they are willing, can de-
mand anything they want in the
organization, from a position of
100000 per year at Washington
to tea-dollar gold piece or u
drink of rot-gut whlskey.
The contest by precincts sounds
like this:
In First Ward Logan Chairman
Ambrose contested with John a.
Smith, who holds an appointment.
Ambrose had spent several days
electioneering against Thad Allen,
of the Journal. al.GaEette, but on the
last day, Col. Sands was afraid of
Aliens weakness on account of old
Tommy, Thad's father being such
a bitter enemy to Sands and was
making a fight the other way. The
shift was made at the last minute
for John Smith to run, and that
saved Ambrose. Thad Allen is a
popular man In the First Ward
and had Ambrose skinned block,
but John Smith being away from
town, had not time to make a cam
paign. Ambrose was elected by
i've votes.
In the Second Ward Logan E.
B. Comfy for the Ambrose faction,
run against Tom Collins of the