The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-01-26
.FILLIPO CHIEF,
ALIAS PHILLIPS
And Depweg Kindergarten of So-
briefly to Furnish Us Real
Thing for Representative
Such Is Leading Feature Of POlit-
lcal Dope Right or Reel
by Way Of Lima.
y. W. BoalI in LIma Daily News.l

Prosecutor John Maher and "Ad'
Meeker against county commissioner
alleged to have been guilty of certain
Irregularities i'm the matter of sewer
pipe contracts and other operations
that grand juries and the taxpayers dc
not approve of, may have made some
present and former county cOmmls-
sioners wish they had never meddled
with a county Office job, but they have
not had any effect on Mercer county
aspirants. Down in that old rock rib
bed bailiwick of democracy which sur
rounds the banks Of the Grand reser-
voir there are ~ this writing no less
than twenty-five back bones of the
democratic party who are now going
about the "Kaounty" armed with nom-
ination petitions in which certain
blank spaces have been filled in with
'for county commissioner. They
have not paid all the requisite fee for
the insertion of their respective names
in the announcement columns of the
partisan press at Celina and Coldwater,
only FIVE of the candidates for this
Office have done this up to date, but
they are there with the button hole
work, looking for signatures, and the
race is becoming warm enough to
"meld" the ice from the double pinocle
deck as we'll as that from the big pond.
Allen county activity in politics is as
tame in comparison with democratic
affairs in Mercer county just now, as
game of checkers IN the Warield cigar
store would he when compared with
football contest on the campus at An
napolis, Yale, Harvard or West Point.
Not only are the candidates for COM
missioner out in force, but there are
plenty of other aspIrauts for county
office who are on the job with their
nomination petitions, their certificate
cards and the indispensable "Lottie
Lees" Few offices, if any, in old
Mercer will go begging so far ms the
democracy is concerned, though the
republicans, who have little chance of
breaking into the court house again
this year, are but little in evidence up
to date.
Among those who are most actively
engaged in building fences and secuT-
ing signatures for the commissioner
ships which VIII be handed out to
three men at the next fall election are
two present and one former county in
frmary directors. Directors Henry
Niehaus, of Celina, and Director Bruins
wick, of st. Henry, Granville town
ship, are the present directors men
toned. They have been elected for
first term, but cannot come back for
the usual second term because of the
fact that there will be no boards of
infrmsry directors after the first of
next year. The last general assembly
of Ohio so decided when it enacted a
law abolishiug such boards at its ses-
sion last winter.
The ex-infrmary director who seeks
one of the commissionerships is John
Shindler, of FIT. Recovery. Among the
other candidates who are getting busy
are "Fod" Brewer, of Mendon; John
Helm, OF Celina; Barney Dabbelt, of
Franklin township; Jason Frysinger,
of HOpewell township; Harry Jewett, |
of Celina; Noah Fry, cement work !
contractor, and Tong, lank and lean
Barney Boehmer, of st. Henry.
For the honorof representing Mercer
county in the next Legislature there |
seems to be but one man who has the |
real call. That statesman who is seek
lug to represent the county that has
three members of the legislature who |
served as speaker A. ID. Marsh, |
Frank LeBond aud s. J. Vining-is |
J. j. Bedell, an insurance agent who |
was brought into the limelight of pop |
ularity last fall when he led the fight |
for Henry Fox, of Codwater, for dele
gate to the constitutional convention |
on benalR of the Progressive League of
Mercer county. Like their dry brothers
in Allen county, the Anti-Saloon
League men of Mercer county, made
the prohibition question the only issue
in the campaign for the election of
delegate to the convention now being
held in Columb bus, and opposed Fox as
wet candidate. Bedell took up the
campaign for the vets and when the
votes were counted Fox was found to
have been olocted with a majority over
three other candidates. In the race
we're two other Democrats and one
Republican, aud yet Fox had more
votes than all three of his opponents
combined. AS a reward for his SER
vices in this contest. Bedell is now
receiving the support of the liberal
forces throughout the county and
seems likely to go through with prac-
tically no opposition.
For the office of county auditor there
are now two candidates-Ed G.. Un-
gerer, of Celina, and John Stein
drummer, of Marion township. The
latter, by reason OF his geographical
location has the advantage of the big
Democratic vote of his home township,
but 90 the race now stands it is pre-
dicted that Ungerer will come under
the wire winner at the primary on
May 2l, Steinbrunner is school
teacher at Cranberry Prairie and is a
good campaigner, but UngeIor made
the race for the same Office four years
ago and was defeated by small mar
gin by Jas. Morrow, of Hopewell town
ship, who is now serving his second
term. He is also well and favorably
known. He was born in Celina forty
two years ago, and has spent all his
life since his boyhood days in the
ranks of the party of which he now
asks support. He served eight years
as collector for the Celiua telephone
and was one year employed
in the capacity Of manager Of the
Celina office. He is now engaged in
business as brick manufacturer, and
In the summer season he works on the
hFick yard as hard as any man in bis
ampioy. Mr.. Ungerer has q number of
friends In this city and they, aa we'll az
a legion Of them In Celina and through
out Mercer county, hope for his success
At the polls.
For the Offices Of clerk Of courts and !