Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-10-30
THE JUDGESHIP.

In my first letter to the voters /
spoke briefly of my conduct of the
Office of prosecuting attorney from
1892 to 1898. I give you now a more
definite statement.
l find that my report of the husi-
ness. Of the office for one year has
some way been lost, but for the other
five years, as near as can be ascer-I
tanned without reading all of the court
records for the six years, / find the
following:
The grand jury returned ffty-one
indictments on penitentiary charges;
seven were nollied for want of suf-
fcient evidence; five were acquitted
on final trial, and thirty-nine were
convicted. In misdemeanors I col
lected oyer me thousand dollars in
fines, over nineteen hundred dollars
in costs. In p~enitentiary cases r
collected back from the state over
twenty-one hundred dollars. In 1898
prepared an amendment to Sec.
,6327-1 Revised Statutes, sent it to
Representative L. C. Ely, and it was
enacted. into law, and by thatsamend-
ment ! collected and paid into the
county treasury fifteen hundred dol
lars, which could have been
collected without this amendmeHts
making a total Of money collected by
me and covered into the county treas
Eury ofaat least six thousand five hufs-
dred dollars. The county paid me IN
the six years only about forty-two
hundred dollars as salary and compenl
sation. - IS
These results have never been Sc
cured in the history of Fulton County
before or since. y.
If you should select me to preside
over our courts for the next six
years, l nov say to you that / will
use my best efforts to give this coun-
lty an administration of the office as
much to the interest of the people
and as economical, as my administers
ttion of the office of prosecuting at
|torney, and e that everybody who
comes into the court has "a square
DEAL
1t has not been necessary for me
to distribute my portrait to introduce
myself to the people of this county.
I have met but three men who did not
recognize me, and so I have taken
chances on saving that expense.
Neither has it seemed necessary ITO
publish letters to inform you of my
qualifications for the position. n
have been in the courts in active prac-
tice long enough for you to be able
to judge of my ability for yourself.
Neither have / found it necessary to
quote press comments of uncertain
origin. y,
In this, my last prediction state-
mpnt LET ma saw Ia uof ha DE-
CEIVED by the HIRED PROPHETS
who have been sent over the county
by some POLITICAL FAKER to tell
you what the vote of the several can
didates will be. They are FALSE
PROPHETS, predicting what they
HOPE FOR, but will not realize.
Other FAKES may be sprung before
the election, but the people of Fulton
County will not be misled by them.
II AM WE'LL SATISFIED WITH
THE SITUATION.
1t has been impossible for me to
see all the voters of the county, if l
had desired to do 80. / believe the
voters of this county, knowing the
several candidates as they do or can,
will be controlled by their best judg-
ment in casting their votes. If they
are, / will be satisfied with the re-
suits. l have made my best effort to
avoid all unpleasant contentious with
other candidates, as I believe a can
didate for this position should, and |
think | have succeeded.
October %, 1914.
Respectfully yours.
iAdv't.. ]. @. FILES.
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