. History of Hamilton County, Ohio, with illustrations and biographical sketches. ngi-bhARBitdV y/y6 /a,-Oiyo: HISTORY OF HAMILTON COUNTY, OHIO. 293 independent candidate, when he defeated the regularDemocratic nominee by about six hundred, the Repub-lican ticket being also defeated by four thousand sevenhundred votes—a gain for him of about five thousandthree hundred. He was a very active, energetic, andfearless member of the board. As a result of some ofthe inquiries and agitations started by him while in thisoffice the law for the board of control was procured fromthe State legislature. He
. History of Hamilton County, Ohio, with illustrations and biographical sketches. ngi-bhARBitdV y/y6 /a,-Oiyo: HISTORY OF HAMILTON COUNTY, OHIO. 293 independent candidate, when he defeated the regularDemocratic nominee by about six hundred, the Repub-lican ticket being also defeated by four thousand sevenhundred votes—a gain for him of about five thousandthree hundred. He was a very active, energetic, andfearless member of the board. As a result of some ofthe inquiries and agitations started by him while in thisoffice the law for the board of control was procured fromthe State legislature. He would recognize no legislationby the board which was transacted in beer saloons or any-where else than in the rightful place of meetirig, and atlast succeeded in breaking up the practice of signing billsor records that were not regularly before the board in itsown room in the court house. Repeatedly he filed hisprotest againts the payment of illegal claims, and gener-ally succeeded in checking or preventing resolutions were introduced by him, and carried,to
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