The Washburn leader., 1906-11-16
A REVIER on ELECTION
Goodrich, Nov. 10
EDITOR LEADER:

Goodrich. Nov. 10
EDITOR LEADER:
[ think it is right that we should
at this time take little review OF
the recent election. 1t may do us
good to see some Of the causes that
defeated us Germans in the distri-
button of the Offices. tthe meet
ing that was held at Washburn
last spring there was no need for
any trouble between any elements
of the republican party. Every
thing could have been settled with
out any difficulty but for the per-
nicious counsels Of Lamb. Nc
Culloch and Staley. They urged
the Germans and others to stand
out saying they could capture
everything. They were against
any compromise. Now what did
the Germans get? Only one man
on the ticket. The fight was
brought on by this bad advise and
the result was just the same as if
there had been no fight. The real
issue at that meeting at Washburn
was to make McCulloch a boss and
reelect Lamb as county judge.
The primaries came on and most
of the German ticket was defeated
and Lamb also by big majority.
I have had quite little talk with
persons we'll posted on county af-
fairs and l learn that all the howl
from Blue Hill precinct came from
Lamb, McCulloch and Staley.
They were not satisfied and had to
have recount and after Lamb
was beaten claimed their only
chance was to get Malloy elected
clerk of court so that Lamb could
be deputy. My informant told me
that when the vote was counted
showing that Raugust had still
bigger majority, Lamb hitched up
and drove to Garrison. Malloy
had received few votes as a
democrat and he prevailed on him
to run on the democratic ticket.
Not satisfied with this the same
party got up stickers containing
names of defeated candidates at
the June primaries and tried that
scheme. His only purpose was to
elect Malloy as Lamb said that
without a seal it was almost hope
less to practice before the land Of
fee. Still he was defeated. The
people did not take to this kind of
tatics and if they had been better
posted Malloy would have gotten
very few votes. After reading
Malloy's letter to the judge with
reference to Blue Hill precinct [
believe he is honest-the letter was
like a school-boy's letter written
to his father. I am fully con-
vinced when l see Wing received
every vote in Blue Hill precinct
that when Staley, Lamb and Nc
Culloch accused him of throwing
the poll books in the woodshed
they accused him Of something he
was not guilty of. I believe that
if Malloy had not jumped from
side to side at the instance Of some
rotten politicians he would have
had a future ahead Of him. He
has been misled by such men as
Lamb, McCulloch and Staley. II
hear much talk about the plans
for the next campaign. for one
think we have had enough of such
blind and selfish leaders and I
don't believe the Germans will be
fooled again by this precious trini-
ty of would be leaders. If they
are the next time they are likely
to fare even worse than this time.
All that is necessary to show peo-
pie what kind of men they are is
to look over the precinct returns
where they were working at the
primaries. Lamb stood at Wilton
precinct all day and worked for
himself and got rs votes out of'67.
The rest of the candidates he was
supposed to be supporting got on
ly three and four votes. This
shows that the Germans were
played for suckers and were put