Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-11-03

will take care of that office for the
salary OF the office in the next two
yeas if Lar. Stahl is again elected
40, not {. word from them as to what
they Pre-. csc 10 do. And who is it
hat IS 1C. a.e.t enough to know that
Il AIr. SJahi il again elected, Frank
Ham will be appointed to try all his
cases for him t.gain, and the taxpay=
ers called upon to pay the bills. For
they will be through with you then,
Mr.. Voter, and Mr. Stahl viii probab-
ly return to the county from which he
came. And may / not ask you, when
Mr.. Stahl was intending to make
Frank Ham your prosecutor in fact,
why were you not entitled to know
that fact, when you were voting for
him two years ago And would you
nave voted for him had you known
that fact? You know the facts now,
and what are going to do this year.
Besides the above facts, the rec
ords of the County Clerks Office show,
that as soon as MIR. Stahl went into
that office two years ago, he at once
had Mr. Joe M. Ham, son of Frank
Ham appointed as stenographer for
the prosecutors office. While in truth
and in fact, Mr.. Joe M Ham is not
stenographer at all. And notwith-
standing that fact, Mr.. Joe NJ Ham
has drawn up to November 1st, 1916,
the sum of $S50.00 out of your county
treasury as such, although his ser
vices as such to that office or to the
county has been worth absolutely
athing.
According to Mr., Stahl's own ad-
mission, and by doing a little fgur-
ng for yourself, Mr.. Stahl has drawn
up to November 1st, 1916, as his
share of the salary of the office, the
sum of $79443, while Frank Ham and
his son Joe M. Ham has drawn from
our County Treasury the sum of
$2438.86. And Ham & Stahl have
drawn as office expenses up to July
1916, 1910 90 and their office rent of
s12O 90 per year. And they are nottell-
ing you now what it will cost you
e the next two years, or anything
about what they propose to do if Mr.
Stahl is again elected.
Neither have they taken care OF
this office as it should have been
taken care of For everybody should
that office, the Prosecutor is the legal
adviser of your County Commission
ers, Township Trustees, School Board
and your county officials. Thousands
upon thousands of dollars of the tax.
payers money is spent each year by
these officials. Their contracts anc
dealings should be under the advice
and inspection of the Prosecutor al
all times. Do you think it is boy'
job, Mr.. Voter? l am informed BY
competent authority, that during< Mr.
Stahl's term of this office, you
) County Commissioners, Township
Trustees and other officials, have hat
to seek counsel elsewhere. And thei
business dealings and contracts hav
not been watched or inspected by you
prosecutor at all If this be true, MI
Taxpayer, why complain to your goo
:. Auditor and Treasurer when yo1
: come to nay your taxes? Would
: not be well to search your own con
! science and ask yourself what yo
: have been doing? Think for yourself
Mr.. Taxpayer and Voter. and go t
: the polls and forget your polite
! long enough to vote the dictates O
your conscience, and see what you ca
do to place your public affairs in com
: netent hands, and upon bushes
n basis.
d During my sixteen years practic
: as a lawyer at this Bar, have bee
l. absolutely alone. l have no partre
u or pets to be given soft jobs at you
r expense! If l am elected by you
t votes, you will know who your Prose
r cutor is! l will see to it that you
public affairs are conducted in bus