Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-08-31
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Fromthe Special Report Of tho Cincinnati Gazette.
Speech Of Governor DhaSo as SanduSky
REVIEW OF OUR STATE POLITICS.
Democracy and RepubIioanism Contrasted


| Democracy and Repubhcnnism Contrnsted
ua [Confinued.1
RESULT OF DEMOCRATIC APPoRrIoNMENrs.
But want you to bear in mind one other
thing. The Republicans only had the Legislative
| department two years. In 1857, while the Re
pubhcars carried the State, and elected their
State ticket, they failed to elect majority Of
the members ofthe two houses Of the Legis+
lature, andthus. IN consequsnce OF the apporion-
ment, mary counties which have Democratic
majorities were enabled to elect enough mem
bers to make up majority Of the Legislature,
although the aggregate majority of those couu-
ties by no means equaled the majorites in the
others which gave Republican majorties. Thus,
with spipority Of the popular yole, the Demo
crits elected a majority of the Legislature.
What under such circumstances, was it their
duty to do! 1t seems to me that when there is
a Republican administration aud Democratic
Legislature, it is the duty of each TO acquiescc
10 what the people have done under the Constl-
tuition; it is the duty of the Republican admin .
istralion to acquesce cheerlully in the existence
OF the Democratic Legislature and of the Demi
ocratic Legislature TO acquiesce as cheerfully in
the existence of Republican administration.
And when l met these gentlemen, ! proposed
70 meet them in Just that spirit, that we might
feel that we were citizens of the same State,
having the same common interests, and desiring
to act together upon all public matters, in per-
feet harmony.
What idihoyd6l Having thecontrol ofthe
Legislature, they wanted to hive the adminis
tratop too, and although they,were in minor
ity Of the people of the State, and although the
majority Of the people Of the State had elected
a Republican administration, they Immediately
undertook to deprive the Execltye Of his pow
er, so far as they conceived themselves able to
lp an In the first nj tbnaa onntlpppu
ted the appointment ofeertain officers, to occu.
py certain places They thought they would
try the experiment upon the Penitentiary, and
upon the State House The Constitution and
the law, as | understood il, and asit was gen.
Cray understood, vested the mower Of making
these appointments in the Governor, with the
advice and consent of the Senate They were
not satisfied with this They thought they
would, forthe purpose Of using these offices for
partizan purposes, appoint three Governors in
stead They did not think that ! was good
enough Governor for them, and they thought
that you, the people, in electing me rs Gover>
nor, had made mistake Well, they kindly
and charitably set themselves to work to cor
rect your mistake, and inasmuch as they thought
probably that one Democratic Governor was
not enough to take the place of one Republican
Governor, they appointed three Governors in-
stead; that is to say, they appointed three cti
Abuh W uldht Lltht appointments W N.Y. INl
any public good For any purpose of public
utilityl 1t was not pretended that it was so
7 Why thenl Because they wanted these direc
1 tors TO appoint partizans in the subordinate pn-
= ces
/ Well, l would have no objection to theii
= making such appointments as they chose to
:, make of their own party, providing the COnsti
tuition sanctioned it; if the people had given
: them thepower, to mako them& This was NOT
the case at all; on the contrary the Consttu,
8, ton expressly declared that the egiflature
should exercise no appointing power, .cept
in the cases specially provided for in that in-
strnment But disregarding entirely this plain
: provision Of the Constitution, taese gentlemen
proceeded to make their appointments OF these
three gentlemen Then this matter was sub
Z mitted to the Supreme Court, and the Supreme
. Court said just what the Constitution said, that
p the Legislature had no appointing power, and
that its acts were null and void, and those three
ID governors, who had been with so much expen
Z diture of Democratic brain and contryance ap
= pointed, having achieved the mighty effort O
ID taking their oaths to perform their duties, ac
tualy went home to attend TO their domestic
\ affairs. They were a little like the army of {
r certain king of France that marched up the hill
!; and having achieved that glorious feat came
IT down again. IL was all null and nugatOry, bu
nd your hme--becauso the time Of the Legisla
r ture is your tme-and your money was expen
ded in this partizan work.
ABOUT THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
Next look at the canals. There is vast in
terest in these public works, an interest il
which the whole people who reside upon th
= line of the canals are Immediately interested
they being the channels of transportationi thu
great works in which the people of the whole
State are interested, because the whole peOpl
,,r Yb,l, hux, q, fl,nt tov
! for their support
/, Now the Constitution ofyour State commit
m these canals to a Board Of three members, an'
r. it gives 20 the Legislature the authority to pro
g scribe the powers and duties Of the Board an
Ne it's members, Why do you have a Boardl--
d Every body answers at once, because we wan
ys the concurrent wisdom, experience and judg
ment OF three meu, the two acting as check
,s- if necessary, upon the one hut each enlightened
% by all. That Is what is understood by Board
I What did the Legislature do The affairs O
your State, remember, had always been com
d mited to a Board Of Public Works. Under th
m old Constitution 10 a Board Of Canal Commis
~ siOners, apd under tho pew CONSTITUTION TO
Board Of Public Works, land always eyerythm
had been done by one member in charge Of on
division, subject 10 the control Of the whOl
Board. What do these gentlemen do! 1t 8
happened that in 1857, they had elected, upo
the state ticket one Ot their candidaiest Lha
is member Of the Board Of Public Works, j
~ consequence Of division in the Republics
party They divided the whole public work
Of the State into three divisions, and gave on
of these divisions to each member ofthe Boar
and they authorized each member Of the Boar
to make all appointments Of Collectors and Il
speotors; to make all contracts in respect
work, and generally to manage the whole affai
of the work as he might see ht without the col
troll OF supervision Of the other members
IL seems 10 me that IN this legislation the
violated the Constitution, because they create
ia three Boards Of three divisions instead Of pla
eis ing the whole public works in charge Of Il
., whole Board as they are ftqoired by the Coz
- stitution But not only did they violate Il
Constitution, but they violated the sound prime
iplegupon which every ppbac tnist shohIds y
administered, by giving uncontrolled authorl
TO each member Of the Board
The Democratic Legislature in 1858, pass'
an act in order to give greater efficiency TO Il
- Public Works. giving the Board Of hubl
a. Works the right Of making appointment a
or taking il from the Governor, 10 he exercised
itSr open Jay by communication 10 the senate al
.hs subject TO the control OF the Senate. Ihisu
Z or Democratic Legislature did. This new Der
'en' ocratic Legislature, there being a Republics
} n Governor, was not content with the uciion
h9o, the people in eleoting such Governor but th
~ took from him the power 10 make such appoiI
9.gb5 ments, and they vested this npwert 10 mPke a
no hoointments in each separate division by "a
LR separate member They are careful to "a
lR6 the largest division, which has the most co
~ traots AMI appoiutmenls and give ii ia unc0