The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1906-02-01


becomes law, will serve thoroughly
good purpose. But, wait until the
committees of both parties are heard
from, as the county officers have been
on salary bills.
SIXTH CONGRESSIONAL.
Wilmington Journal: The news
paper correspondents in the political
centers Of Columbus and Washington
are beginning to devote a part of
their time and attention to the Con.
gressional candidacy In the Sixth
Ohio District, while the party papers
In our adjoining counties are also de-
voting some space to the same subject.
The time approaches for the Republi.
can nominating convention and candi-
dates are beginning to make them.
selves known. Clinton County was
early in the field having given to Hon
@. Q. Hildebrant last September al
most unanimous Endorsement. So
far no other candidate has positively
announced himself but the papers
are saying that Seth Brown, in
Warren county: ID. Q. Morrow, in
Highland, and L. II. Williams. in
Brown, will ask their counties for In.
dorsement and the delegation. This
leaves only Clermont and Greene to
hear from. There are rumors that
George Little, now representing
Greene county in the State Legisla.
ture, will become a Congressional
candidate from that county, while
Clermont has never been backward If
an Office were In sight, and it may yet
be heard from. Notwithstanding this
suggestion of a candidate in nearly
all the counties, it is a fact we'll
recognized by newspaper writers and
politicians that Clinton countys can.
didate Is the strong man in the race
and as the situation stands to-day IL
Is Hildebrant against the field with
the field far in the rear. Not only
has he the hearty support of his own
county, but the organizations in three
others are his friends and his grasp
on the situation is one which will be
hard to baeak. The Journal does not
believe 1t can be broken, but has full
confidence that he will be indicated
with nomination, out of which he
was defrauded two years ago. The
gentleman who benefited by that
political trick in 1904 is seldom spoken
of in connection with the Congress
sional candidacy now and when he is
1t is only to say that he has not de-
cided to become a candidate. We
should not think he would be, no one
seems TO be for him. Even his own
home papers and politicians are not
advocating his denomination, and
while "every body works but father"
just so everybody seems to have a
mention but Scroggy. Poor Tom
The Journal offered him good advice
two years ago when 1t told him he
had better stick to his place on the
Common Pleas Bench and leave
pOiltiSo dlOHCs I1OW nnuSu DCtLcT Ou
he would be to day had he followed
that suggestion. But that is neither
here nor there now. The Congress
sional contest is coming on and the
situation now is that our present
Representative is seldom mentioned
and stands no chance of a re-nomi-
nation, that Mr.. Hildebrant is promi-
nently in the field, with one county
solidly behind him and with friends iu
all the others that in four other
counties there are suggestions of
candidates, but as we understand, no
positive announcement. Mr.. Hide
brant's prospects, therefore, are
bright and growing brighter daily.
He should, and we believe will be, the
districts candidate. Judge Scroggy |
will be a one.termer,