Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-11-06
ELECTION RETURNS
Republican County Candidates Get
it in the Neck.

The Republicans deserted the ticke
they had made and gave their votes
to the opposition, and those candi
dates who succeeded in coming under
the wire in time to prevent being
counted out are those who secured
votes from their Democratic friends
1t seems to have made but little
difference whether or not a candidate
had made a good record during his
first term. Records cut no ice. The
man with grievance got busy with
his pencil and scratched the candi.
date who did not look at the world
through his style of glasses.
Governor Harris, the grand old
man, who championed the cause of
temperance was deserted by the peo-
pie whom he had served and Wood
county gave him but a small ma
jority, and his defeat by his own par
ty is enough to make true Republi-
cans heart ache.
The Republicans have succeeded in
electing F. Toan, auditor; A. G.
Roach, sheriff; E. L. Blue, clerk of
courts; w. W. Sockman and E l.
Loomis, commissioners, and DR.. D.
w. Garfield, coroner; A. r. Buck.
Leslie Stacy and James Whitacre,
intirmary directors; with George &
Reed, representative and Charles R.
Nearing for probate judge still in the
doubtful column awaiting the official
count to decide the question.
The Democrats have elected the
two Common Pleas Judges-Frank
A, Baldwin and VIM. p. Henderson
against Judges George F. Schroth
and Edward M. Fries.
In the Senatorial contest Senator
Richard A. Beatty and Ira W. Colts
chall, Democrats, are elected over
Clyde R. Painter and James L
Shinnebarger, Republicans.
In the county the Democrats have
elected VIM. Roller, Commissioner;
M. M. Fowler, Treasurer; W. w.
Dpnipace, Prosecuting Attorney; Ed
ward F. Metzger, Surveyor; Frank P.
Clark, Recorder.
This report is secured from the
Chairman of the Democratic Execu-
tiye Committee and is as nearly cor
rect as can be given until the official
figures are given out by the Board OF
Elections in whose hands the returns
are placed and where they are now
being counted. This work will not be
completed until this (Friday) night
which will be too late for this paper.
AS could we'll be expected Sheriff
Roach leads with handsome major
ity which will probably be about
100, with the other officials running
from so up.
The recent temperance fight caused
much disturbance, and while many
expected the dry vote of 1892 to be
the probable majority of those candi,
dates who had expoused the cause of
the vote shows that such |
were false hopes as the |
vote for Reed, the temperance candi- i
late for representative, is only about
10 to the good with possibility of
being wiped out entirely.
The clerk got swiped from both
iides-by the false report that he had
efused to sign the local option petit
ion on one side, and the fact that the
JOURNAL admitted an advertisement
or the local option people on the
'ther-a case of being placed between
wo fires-and the fact that he had
for the entire ticket from
President down to Coroner, instead of
,oing out in his own interest alone.
With the exception of a few personal
riends who were broad minded
nough to appreciate our position, we
1ere cut by the liquor interests and
y many of the radical temperance
eople also. The Democrats as
ule, stood by their ticket, while Re,
ublicans throughout the county
ulled out their knives and went to
lashing, and only the man with
Democratic friends could hope to live
trough such wholesale slaughter.