Bell Campaign Plots and Democratic Allegations Stir Ohio Race
Franklin reports from Columbus that Kentucky Democrats plan large delegations to Ohio counties to back Bell in October. The piece accuses Bell of using slander, funding political tricks, and importing Kentucky voters to swing border districts, while alleging ties to Oakley Case and Matt Martin.
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Barnes
Columbus
Zanesville Courier
State Journal
Kentucky
Ohio
Adams, Brown
Clermont
Ohio River
Bell
Democratic Party
Bob Ingersoll
Matt Martin
Oakly Case
Brother
Inlaw Ochiltree
Zanesville
Sam Cox
Cox
Tilden
Tammany
East
Brown
Indiana
Wm. Bell
Milton Barnes
Newark
John G. Thompson
Democratic State Central Committee
Jonh G
Reform
Wm. Bell, Jr
Colonel Barnes
Cambridge
Col. Barnes
Ward
Oakley Case
Ochiltree
Oakeley Case
Goden
Case
Licking
Congress
Secretary of State
Martin
Franklin County
Franklin
Economizing by Congress Left Workers Jobless
The Ohio State Journal argues the Confederate House cut public service salaries and jobs, harming 6000 laborers and ruining unfinished government works. It warns the economy is sabotaged as workers are discharged while buildings rot, urging readers to reject such “economizing” and seek completion and use.
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Washington
Charley Foster
Mr. Foster
Monypeny
Mithot
T. Ewing Miller
Columbus
Uncle Sam
Confederate Congress
Baltimore Delegation at Democratic Soldiers Convention
The Baltimore delegation of the Boys in Blue attended the Democratic Soldiers Convention at Indianapolis. It is noted that eighty were originally Confederate after capture they enlisted in the Union and became bounty jumpers. It questions how many attendees have similar military records.
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Baltimore City
Ian
Indianapolis
Baltimore
Garfield praise to catapult Van Vorhes in major district vote
Words of praise from Gen. Garfield in Athens last Thursday will be endorsed next Tuesday by one of the largest majorities ever recorded for a Congressional candidate in this district.
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N. H. van Vorhes
Garfield
Athens
York
van Vorhes
Barnes
York Township
Hayes
Vote Alignment Tied to Secretary of State Trade
A recent political note states that voting for Barnes next Tuesday equals a vote for Hayes in No ember. It argues Democrats are eager to trade votes on the Secretary of State, showing they understand this equivalence.
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Barnes
Hayes
Dover
Old Dover
Rome
Grant
Noyes
Wikoff
Gov. Hayes
Allen
Old
Cambridge Masons Deny Barnes Secret Society ties
Cambridge leaders from multiple Masonic bodies and other orders publish a sworn statement asserting Colonel Milton Barnes is not anti secret society and has never supported such movements. They vouch for fifteen years of neighborly conduct and demand fair treatment of his character amid statewide accusations.
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Ohio State Journal
Cambridge
Ohio
Milton Barnes
Cambridge Lodge No
Colonel Barnes
Joshua K. Brown
W. M
Cambridge Lodge
Ieader
Eureka Lodge
A. M. Ross W. "Anderson
A.M
J. A. Troette
Robert Nicholson
S. W
A. M. B.S. Hering
T. C. Marsh
C. L. Madison
P. & P. of Jer
John P. McCleland
A. M. Samuel Burgess
Don't Fail to Vote in Centennial Election
A 1876 call urges Republicans to vote next Tuesday and in the Presidential election, stressing duty for new voters and aiding the aged, urging full turnout across the county to support Republican principles and uphold national institutions. A. B. W. signs.
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Friends of Good Order
Trading Dodge in the Northwest
Letter to the editor from Clinton Ottawa County dated September 22, 1970 argues Democrats risk Ohio politics by a game to elect Bell Jr. and trade off candidates to enable favorites, accusing them of capitalizing on a bill by Barnes to bar secret society members from juries.
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Northwest
Clinton
Ottawa County
Ohio State Journal
Bell Jr
Ohio
Barnes
County ticket verdict urges straight Republican vote
The piece urges voters to choose the Republican ticket without scratching, arguing the candidates’ business and official experience fit county duties and urging an honest, welfare-focused county vote to vote early and straight.
Republicans of Athens County Urged to Intensify Efforts
The report urges the Republicans of Athens County to improve the remaining days of campaign energy and organization. Statewide attention focuses on Athens as they are expected to surpass past achievements and not disappoint expectations.
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Athens County
Republicans Rally Athens County For Whole Ticket
A partisan call urges Athens County Republicans to vote the entire Republican ticket in the Centennial election. It details expected majorities by township, urges early voting, warns against scratching the ticket, and praises local candidates including Van Vorhes Barnes and Allen while urging united support and organization.
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Athens County
Alexander and Lee
Alexander
Ames
Grant
Hayes
Barnes
Carthage
Young
Waterloo
Allen
Bell
Vote To Support The Entire Ticket Against Splits
The piece urges unity for the Democratic ticket and warns Republicans against scrapping the regular party candidate. It argues every Republican opponent on the GOP slate is at least as good as the Democratic rival and calls for earnest support of the whole ticket.
Ohio Republicans warned of election fraud threats
A New York City communication in the Ohio State Journal says Republicans in Ohio face danger beyond imported Democratic voters from Kentucky. It notes organized New York election hounds planning to hunt in Ohio on election day.
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Ohio State Journal
New York City
Ohio
Kentucky
New York
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