Show political corruption the stories f from rom adams county ohio of election bribery and corruption would be funny if they were not so serious for or instance the judge who started the proceedings acknowledged that he bought votes in his youth and the foreman of the grand jury which found the ineice ments against the guilty ones voters did no not t know they were doing wrong in in selling their votes their fathers before them had sold ther their votes it is assorted asserted that a third of the lation of the county habitually sold their votes if they could not get their price they refrain ed ad from voting it was a oom COM merical transaction just liko lika sailing wheat or hogs bogs they woul dent sell unless they got their price further the political le leaders aderi knew their men they kept a list of purchasable seble votes at ac d the price of each ranging f from rom a dr dank or two to 25 incredible as it may seem the story is told of Y young oung men whose price had not been fixed offering their vote at public auction to the highest bidder all these things may not be true literally but certain there is enough truth in them to t 0 warrant the belief that tho the right of suffrage rage was highly hold held and it hardly seems likely that in Z any city in the country no matter how boss ridden it might be could similar or even campara com para ble corruption bo be found cert f e y ainaly adams county needed a little rehabilitation a little moral awakening a little publicity a to P point out the error of her way no now w that she has got it it is likely the bribe giver and the bribe taker will be eliminated 3 from arena of the aj county when things get to such a condition there la ia nothing like letting a little light filter through to illum illuminate i nato t the he i 4 dark places intermountain ti f catholic Oat Gat holic |