Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1846-10-07
AYENNA, OHIO, WEDNESDAY,, OCTOBER 7,ts4e
Faom the Ohio Statesmen.
Whig MISREPRESENTATION

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ts true, as is often said, that in pro
portion as q cause is weak, its adyoc ates re
Esort to falsehood and misrepresentation tc
bolster it up, we should not hesitate to say
that whiggery was in a very bad way in
Ohio--a cheering fact to the friends Of @
quail laws and good government. In his
speech of last Friday, in this city, Mr.,
BEBB did give his tongue degree of Ii.
cense that we were not prepared for, and
made statements excusable only from igno.
rance Of, the facts, which would be in itself
most culpable in public man who has tax.
en- it upon himself to enlighten others. But
we cannot permit Mr.. BEBB to avail him.
self of so poor plea as this, as the facts
are too notorious not to be we'll known to
men reasonably we'll informed. '%'".-
Mr.. BEBB asserted that the democrats re-
fused to remove Mr.. BATES from Office
when it was known that he was a default.
er. Now, it is well known fact that Mr..
BATES vas removed by the democrats, du.
ring the session Of ls4l-42; and it is equal
y we'll known that every whig voted a.
gainst the resolution displacing him. This
resolution passed the Senate Of Ohio on the
4th of March, 1912, by vote of ls yeas
to II nays-every one of the former being
given by democrats, and all of the latter by
wings. In the House of Representatives,
the same resolution was adopted, by vote
Of AZ yeas to 26 nays. An analysis of this
vote shows, that Of the 40 votes thrown in
the affirmative, "a were given by demo-
Gratis, and eight by wings; while the nays
were giyenby Fl wings and five democrats.
Not one whig in the Senate, of the II
present, being the whole strength of the
party in that body, voted for the removal
of the man whom they knew to be a de-
faulter, according to the showing of their
own candidate for Governor; while every
democrat present did vote for his removal,
and Mr.. BEBB now asserts that they refus.
cd to do so! In the House, only about q
fourth part of the wings voted against the
continuance of Mr.. Bates in office, while
seven-eighths of the democrats Yeted for his
removal. These are the plain, literal, un-
vanished facts in transaction which Mr..
BEBB seeks to misrepresent, though the
Journals of the proceedings Of the Legisla-
ture Of 1912 give most palpable and
unqualified contradiction to his entire asser-
ton. To those Journals we refer such of
our readers as may desire more minute in
formation on the subject. We make no
extracts therefrom, because to do so, would
be to republish what has more than once ap,
peared in our columns.
Not content with misrepresenting the
action ola democratic Legislature in mass,
Mr.. BEBB descended to the Misrepresentation
of individuals, and uttered some astounding
untruths respecting the course of Mr.
HARTE, now Of the Senate, from Washing
ton and Monroe. Fortunately, we are en-
abled to put down his statements most en-
phatically, by contradictions under Senator
HARTE's own hand, Mr.. BEBB hayine
made these charges elsewhere, which calf
ed forth prompt denial They were o
riginally made at meeting in Defiance
which led to the writing Of the following
letter. t.,- 49,. ......
'i'' DEFIANCE, Aug. 5, 1916.
Hon. RUFUS E. HARTE-Dear Sir: Or
the 18th ult., William Bebb, the whig can
didate for Governor, in a speech at this
place, stated that last winter, when the TaA
Law was under consideration in the Senate
a proposition was made by whig to bring
the banks under the general provisions o.
the tax law, to which Mr.. Harte, demo
cratic Senator from Washington county
objected, stating that he (Mr. Harte) was
well satisfied that the banks, as the bill ther
stood, would pay more tax than they woult
ifthey were brought in under the genera
provisions Of the law, and that they were
now bound to pay six per cent on their div
dends, and that he (Mr, Harte) was fol
holding them to their contract; and that
you made speech against their coming in
under the general provisions of the law
| have. looked over the Journals and
Statesman, and do not find you SO reported.
Will you be, SO kind as to write 70 me the
facts, and say whether Mr. Bebb correctly
represented you or not? a5
Most respectfully, your ob't servant,
J. M. PALMER.
Mr.. HARTE replied as follows:--.
MARIETTA, Aug. IA, ls46.
DEAR S1R:-I have just received youl
letter ofthe 9Th inst, inquiring as to the
action in the Senate last winter, on the sub
ject Of taxing Banks.
BY referring to the Journal of the Sen
ate, page 52l, you will see that Mr.. Ew
ing democratic Senator from Hamilton
moved an amendment to the tax bill, which
if adopted, would have compelled all the
banks to pay taxes on their capital stock
invested, to the same amount as charged or
other property. For this amendment vot
ed, as did all the other democrats, but the
motion was lost, the wings voting against it