The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1913-02-13

the breach of n lifelong friendship. IN
creased bitterness against his son ant
many l-told-you-sos from Miss floberta
hut John preached on He did NOR,
ihhn attack He devised and prufTprpc
inmedies with naive disregard of IN,
conservative habit of the Americ.li
lind that melted mirth in some. az
preheiiSion ~ utl""s and hewildermeut
In still Slhers 1t is not necessary her,
to enulnerate his remedies. They hav,
since become respectable.
He learned in common with Other
young iconoclasts something of the ex
istenre and character aud aims of the
personal government which lay behind
the formal ana of the marvelously
woven system by which the dominant
personalities twisted the form Of gov
ernment to their purpose Being u
young man who thought himself in.
spired he was aghast and the more de
termined to destroy that system. \ol
wholly lacking Il sense of proportion
he realized the tememty Of hin wno
undertook snch wholesale obstruction
III the people had not failed HIS tasn
| was to eXpound the machine to the
, people of his state. Always lie saw
! victory just one year ahead
In those days-to he exact. three
! years after the destruction of the
Sheehan machine-there was strife III
the organizations of both parties Upon
hn f.,I
Duffy. the respective bosses. hurtied
abuse from strange quarters Anxious
cries rang from the deck of the ship
Murchell had steered so long. Then
the storm burst
The biennial election of state treas
urer was at hand. There appeared to
John one day a plausible gentleman
who discussed the troubled waters He
was in a state of righteous Indignation
Murchelrs domination had continued
too long. Patience with his tyrunncal
ways has ceased to he a virtue His
unlitness had been proved by his
breach OF contract to let Shprrud Slir-
ceed Beck And he, the messenger,
was glad to say, in confidence. that
those able and distinguished patriots
and leaders. Mark Sherrod and Phi
lander Parrott, were organizing re
volt and proposed to make the treas
urership nomination test of strength |
And they had commissioned him to |
urge that other able, etc, John Dun !
meade. the man who had licked |
Murchell in his own back yard" to |
Join the reform. He was deeply hurt
when John refused.
Haig, who also had made New Chel-
sea his legal residence. invented sun.
dry lurid epithets to describe Johns
folly and urged reconsideration. John
shook his head.
But | thought you wanted to put
Murchell out of business o.
mot Murchell. I've grown past
that. I'm rather sorry for him lust
now. And Id rather have him run
things than Sherrod It's the in. ,
stitution we've got to destroy-as he !
ola me himself once. Nothing's gained ,
II we substitute one boss for another"
linen what are you going to do, my ]
destructive friend?" 4
Try to slip in between them, &
.hink-put up an independent candi.
late" I
Jonn made his campaign. When the G
primaries had been held, he was him.
eif astonished to discover that nearly
quarter OF the delegates chosen were
,ledged to his independent candidate. s
sui before daylight on the night be. a
ore Ine convention John learned that o
e mad been used to draw delegates o
rom Murchell for sherrod's purpose. n
g saw his band dwindle to faithful
andful.
"neh the convention met, Sherrod
vas IN control. After the preliminaries
ohh, answering to the roll call of
ounties. placed his candidate in pomi. u
ation In speech that could hardly Ii
9 heard for jeers and catcaIls. II
'as brought to an abrupt conclusion Ii
y yell from the gallery, "Sit down. G
onny' only money talks in this con. =
entlon!' Even the delegates Joined T.,
the roar of laughter. And then the 81
pup was accomplished. The parrott-
herrod candidate was withdrawn and q
herrod himself substituted. Amid u
'nfusion that amounted almost {,
lot he was nominated. Ia
A nonpartisan candidate was put I'D Ii
nat fall. John and Jerry Brent were :,
lost active in his support They made =,
That was said to be a remarkable II
ampaign. and in every county they
'ere met with tremendous enthusi-
SIN, People flocked by thousands to
ear them and cheered themselves
oarse as the young orators excoriated
he bosses But on election day the .
eople marched to the polls. voted as u
hey had always done and elected the
Id party ticket by a majority OF a
nore than 100000. a
The campaign fixed Johns place =.
rmly In the public mind. This place.
ne that practical man would have
n oh kwuVN.. l..