Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-08-04
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY

1O Ine RepuDl1can voters OF Fulton
County:
My name will appear on the ballot
for the nomination for the office of
Prosecuting Attorney for the county at
the primary election on August 9Th.
What influenced me to become a can
didate is a matter that l do not care to
take space in stating.
| served the county in that capacity
two terms some years ago. I have not
been out boring the people with per-
sonal solicitations for votes. Thew
know my record in that office, and |
could tell them nothing new in that
respect. l have only incidentally call
ed on not more than twenty men in the
county, and these calls were made on
request and on trips made for business
purposes.
Within the past six years a full de-
tailed statement of what | accom-
plished when filling that office has
been published in almost every paper
in the county and has never been ques-
toned, so l will not repeat it, except
ing to state the record facts in sub
stance During my terms received as
compensation about $4,000 per year,
or $4200.00. l collected in fines and
otherwise, and paid into the county
treasury, and saved for the county,
about 100000 more than my entire
compensation. Fulton county never
paid a dollar for service of a steno-
grapher for the prosecutor during my
entire occupancy of the office, al
though the volume of business was at
least three times as much each year
as it has been during any one of the
four years last past.
1t had been my purpose in this cam
paign for nomination not to use the
press of the county at all, excepting
to announce my candidacy, and leave
the question of the nomination to be
determined by the voters from their
knowledge of my conduct of the Of
flee and the conduct of the office and
its duties by Mr.. Stahl, but it seems
the managers of the campaign of Mr..
Stahl deemed it necessary to present
the question of the services of Mr..
Stahl to the people through the pa
pers of the county and state only their
CONCLUSION as to the conduct of
the business of the office, and that it
has been efficiently and economically
conducted. | think it but fair to the
voters and taxpayers who Dav the
bills to have the figures as shown by
the records in the court house, and
then they can draw their own con-
clusions
1t is true that Mr.. Stahl has had his
partner, Mr.. Frank S. Ham, appoint
ed assistant prosecutor in EVERY
la4 hos hna11 f1.ind ond ho c
paid him out of his salary, and it is
also true that Mr.. Ham has tried every
case well, rendering efficient service
to the state. 1t is true that at the
request of Mr.. Stahl, Judge Handy
was appointed by the court as assist
ant prosecutor in the case of State VS.
Fowler, and that Judge Handy and
Mr.. Ham gave the county good ser
vice in that case and tried it as well
as it could be tried 1t is true that
the court fixed the compensation of
Judge Handy at $4,000, that the COM
missioners reduced it to $4,000, and
that voucher was issued by the Audi
tor to Judge Handy for $4,000, and
the money was paid out of the coun-
ty funds 1t is true that after this
primary campaign was started Mr..
Stahl donated to the county $4,000
to reimburse the county for the $100
paid Judge Handy, and then caused
that fact to be published in the news
papers of the county as one of the
reasons why he should be renomlnat-
ed.
In 1914, Mr.. Stahl said through the
county papers that if he was nomin-
ated and elected he would conduct the
business of the office for the salary,
usual allowance for stenographer and
office rent HisAf act was to ask
the Court for an allowance of $1,000
week for stenographer, and it was
allowed-an increase of $1O4.OO over
the allowance for the proceeding term.
In 1916 the allowance was reduced by
Judge Wolf to $500 per week. Here
are the figures for 1915 and first six
months of 1916, taken from the books
of Clerk of Court and County Audi
tor:
Salary of prosecutor, Jan.
1915, to July, 1916 ...$195O.0 .0C
Stenographer .............. IZo.OI
/ Office Rent ............... lo7Ol
$2865 OF
In addition to this he has
drawn for expenses little
over ................ 3lU.U'
Making a total Of ..... .$3175.O
Four cases charging penitentiary OF
fenses have been tried, two convic
tions and two acquittals.
The costs in cases lost, exclus-
i've of jury fees, was.....$ 276.1'
Jury fees ................ loo'O'
S 444. Il
Making a total Of ..........$ $3619.1
Fines collected ............ 305.O
Net cost to County ..... $3234.1
Not counting the two acquittals
but counting all pleas of guilty, seven
teen cases have been disposed of.
The above figures do not include an
fees of grand jurors or grand Jur
witnesses.
You select the man to the busi
ness of this office, AND YOU PA
THE Bills.
The selection of the man to al
tend to the duties of this office
purely a matter of business. You hav
vol1r choice