Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 October 1886 — A Few Words about Mr. Robinson. [ARTICLE]

A Few Words about Mr. Robinson.

George M. Robinson .served as sheriff of Jasper county from 1876 to 1880, a period of four years. We only state .what is universally known to be a simple truth throughout the county, when we say that in the capacity of sheriff he was a model olhcial, doing his duties promptly, efficiently and with a constant care for the public good. At the same time he was so generous, kind hearted and accommodating in his intercourse with the common people, of the county that he obtained a stronger hold upon their confidence and affection than any other man eVer did obtain. So deep was this affection and so strong was this confidence, that in 1882, when the republicans of the county came to face the Herculean task of wresting from the hands that then held it, the office of county auditor, the faces of the people w.ere turned to Mr. Robinson as the only man in the county whom they felt sure was equal to the task, and he was nominated by the free ballots ot his fellow republicans, by a well nigh unanimous vote, even when opposing hihi was one of the most reliable and deserving young republicans to be found in this or any other county. The contest for the election that followed was, doubtless, more strenuous and bitterly contested than any that ever took in the county, before or since. Mr. Robinson’s opponent nehl /the fort. At his back were the solid Democratic and Greenback organizations, and a considerable body of Republicans, who, deceived by appearances and professions, thought that he deserved a second term on account of exceptional zeal and efficiency as a public officer/ and still others, zealous temperance men, who had been won* by months and -years of persistent wmd-work at tlie weekly blue-ribbonYaeeiings in the court liotise. The democratic and greenback organizations fiung away every other locfd interest in »the attempt to elect thei r phe joint candidate. Trading of tlie most' unscrupulous character was constantly attempted in his interest, and his money was poured out like water, and not,All of it for purposes, that would stand too close a scrutiny there is much reason to believe. Rut Mr. Robinson bore the brunt of that whole campaign and was triumphantly elected. As results of his election the “true inwardness” of the “efficiency” and “fidelity’’ with which the office had been managed under his opponent in the campaign came to be fully revealed. Another result ivas that that opponent no longer tried to masquerade as a Green backer, but became openly known as what lie was, a Bourbon Democrat, of tlie most ultra kind, and the long coalition between the Democrats and the Greenbaekers of the county was finally dissolved. . As auditor of that county Mr. Robinson’s bitterest enemies are unable to show where he has failed in his duty to the people in the least particular. He is a careful, zealous and faithful officer, himself, and he hat* chosen for his deputy and assistant in the exceedingly onerous, difficult and complicated duties of the office, Mr. J. Fj Warren, a fine andr rapid writer, a quick and marvelously correct accountant, and personal v one of the ' most estimable" "anti itieproachaWe young Christian ger «. tlemen to be found in any "community.

Personally Mr. Robinson has, in common with all that are born of women, some faults of disposition and habits, but these faults do not, iu even a -remote degree, justify the torrents of slanderous abuse that are now being poured out upon him by an unscrupulous and malignant enemy. He is genial, frank and obliging, and quite too generous and accommodating for his own good; often losing considerable sums of money through loans and endorsements for others. Although he has at different times held office in the county for almost exactly seven years, he is still a poor man, his his emoluments during that time having beeu vastly less than one of his enemies recently published, and he being'the head of a «very large family which he supports in a most liberal and generous manlier. "With all the facts of Mr. Robinson’s official career and private character clearly before their eyes, (and he is a man whose life and character § clearly before the people— being incapable of any hypocritical concealment) the Republican masses of this county have decided, by a free ballot and a majority that was almost unanimous, that, he shall again be their candidate for the office of Auditor of the ; county. There is not a shadow of grounds for disputing the fairness of his nomination. The masses of the party know him throro uglily, and, thus knowing, they have freely made him their candidate, and to suppose there is any truth or justice in the torrents of abuse and denunciations of which he is now the object, is to suppose that tllo great majority of tlie Republican voters of tlie county are either ~ knaves or fools. "Her features arc not regular, yet what an attractive face she has!’’ It,i% her beautiful hair. Once it was thin, grayish amt fading, A few bottles of Parker’s Hair Balsam wrought the transformation. It will do as much for anybody-