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The County Clerkship

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Parent Issue
Day
8
Month
October
Year
1880
Copyright
Public Domain
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Rumor comes to us dial friendaof Mr. Clark, the republican nominee for county clerk are using severa] apecious argumenta to induce demócrata In the townshlps of Lodi, York. LMttsfleld and Saline, to voto for Mr. Clark in return for votes for some candidate on the democratie ticket. First, they allege Mr. Clark is poor and needy. The poverty dodge was used twoyears ago, and wliat benefit haa Itbeento demócrata who then voted for Mr. Clark? What rtemocrat has reseived or expects to reeeive .Mr. Clark's vote, ontheground of poverty, or, indeed any groundV Wbal has Mr. Clark done f or the democratie party tliat he should ask ourvotes? Has uothe al ways opposed us, votedagainst usV During the past two years of administration of the clerkahip lic luis worked faithfully to discharge Jeff Duvis, a prominent colored democrat,froin the position of janitorship of the court house, in order to place therein a republican. Mr. Davis stands up among 1. is republican colored friends, boldly for Hancock and Englisb and all the democratie candidates; at the same time Mr. Clark wants to remove him, a democrat. to make pTace for a republican. an opponent of ours, and is hoping to secure snffleient democratie votes to reeleci him. Otight any man be pensionad in office because lie is poor? If that is a pood reason, two-thirds of the community should be provided with a position at tax payers expense. Another argument adopted by Mr. Clarks friends is, that, if liis opponent is elected, he will not personally attend to the dujties of theofflee. Weareauthorized by Mr.Duffy to pronounce tliis a eampaign slander; that, if elected, he will in person attend to and fulfill the diity incumbent apon liiin, placing bis store in otber hands during bis term. still another electioneering dodge in vogne by Mr. Clark'a friènds is, that, Mr. DufEy has long held the office of superintendent of the poor. True, but what are ils emoluments? Hardly worthy of consideration. It is a position that reimburses the occupant but meagerly. Mr. Qlark's two years as olerk is more profltable than all Air. Duffy has received. "We hope sincerely the rumor that calis forth tliis article is groundless. No valid reason can exist wby any democrat should cast bis vote for a rock-ribbed republuan like Mr. Clark at the expense of Mr. Duffy or anyother of the most excellent" candidatos upon our ticket. Mr. Duffy wás fah-ly nominated, is as capable a man as Mr.Clark, bas always contributed liberally to suslaiii the glorious cause we hold dear, and is laboring zealously not only for himself but the ticket, entire. Democrats of the above towns,let this rumor prove false by your action. Do not trade off c.anriidatp.s. Tlipre is nnnpp.il of it. Stand by jour political friends without the use of ajscratch, or paster, and we can electevery candidato ontlie county ticket. Do not listen for a moment to tlieplea of this or that republican begging for democratie votes, ïliey have got to get them to elect anybody. Stand by those who have stood by yon, and f rom whom yon expert aid perchance in the futaie. F rom whom, if you should happen to be placed on the county ticket in the future, wo'dyon look for aid, Mr. Clark or Mr. Duffy?- A simple question and easily answered. The republicana are getting desperate in fuisome praise of npfinlyer Garfleld. Secretary Evarts, in bis speech in New York the other night, said: "Since the time of Henry Clay, ( Hi-field is the cleanest and best candidato." Tliereis nothingmealy-mouthed about Evarts. Ile goes the whole iigure or nothing. According to his statement John Quincy Adams, William Ilenry Harrison, Zachary Taylor, Winfieid Scott, John C. Fremont, U. S. ürant, K. J5. Ilayes, and even Abraham Linooln, must bow before the shrine of Garfleld, tho pure and undeflled. If Garfield is the purest and best condidate of the republicaii party since Henry Clay. what must the otbers have beenV If James A.Garfleld, whom the leading republican papers of the country seven years ago denounced as a bribe-taker, a perjurer, dead cock in the pit, etc, is the purest and best candidato since ilcnry Clay, the people wish to know where tliey mayfind the inferiora of the candidatos who have run for the Presidency on the republican ticket in the last iifty years. The assistant secretary of the greenback national committee,Dyer D.Lum, has resigned liis position. liis reasons for so doing lie gives at length in a letter to Congressman Muroh, of Maine, chairaran of thu committee. 11e states that the greenback canvass lias been and is now being conducted in the interest of the republican party. Ile alleges that the greenback expenses of Gen. Weaver, the greenback presidential candidato, are being largely borne by the republican natiónal committee and gives excellent reasons for making such allegaüons. líe states that, notwithstanding the most urgent requeste, Weaver has refused to visit any states except those in which the democracy could bc injured. Mr. Lum is well acquainted with llie Lnside workings of the soft money party, and in charging Weaver with being a traitor to his party he knows whereof he speaks. The action of Weaver ín denouncing the Maine fusión beurs Mr. Lum out in his statements. The Springfield Eepublican, a Garflekl paper, displays more senseinits editorial conduct tlian do most papers of tbat ilk. It saya : " We will say it over again- the republican party loses by every false issue raised to mislead the people. The iirsl attaek brought out tlic Bherman correspondence, which a good many republican papers hare not even dared to give their readers. The next lias brought hls letter on Southern claims. A third mightbring abo ut t ! ie letter to the American people known as an inaugural. General Ilancock's letter on the rebel claims is by all odds his sharpest and most striking utterance as yet, and one which wil! commend him greatly to the country." The campaign in Oliio is beooming uncomfortably close. The supporters of General Garfleld will undoubtedly be glad to have the state by any majority -even 329. nemocrats carried Georgia on Wednesday, re-electing Gov.Colquitt by 50,000 majority. The colored vote was largely lor him.

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