Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-07-29


publicans stood solemnly pledged should
not suffer by the absence of their natural
protectors swindled out of the money re-
served for their benefit and which as much
belonged to them as if it had been placed
in a solvent and an honest bank, to their
credit.
The. bill which consummated this out
rage was passed by the House of Repre-
sentative on the 1st day of March, 1866, by
the following vote - X - -3s-- - g.
YEAs-Messrs. Alexander, Barrett, Ban
ming, Bronson, Bruff, Chase, Clark of
Harrison, Coan, Cochran, Coulter, Curtis,
Dangler, Davey, Deford, Encell, Fox, Fur
mas, Gaddis, Gallup, Gardner, Glover, Han
son, Hare, Hastings, Hitchcock, Houston,
Hoover, Howard, Kessler, Kerr, Kibbee,
Kramer, Lawrence Lockwood, Masters,
Myers, Nixon, Northway, Oberkline, Oren,
Patton, Philips, Piatt, Rhodes, Sawyer,
Schneider, Shipley, Stanton, Stedman, Ta-
fel, Wilcox, Wiles, Williams, Wood, Wright
and Young-56. (All Republicans.)
Nays-Messrs.u uAult, Dresbaeh, Erskine,
. Estell, Ferneau,s Fitch, CASTOR, Gordon,
Heller, Hibbs, Hill, Hughes. johnson, Lar
will, LIE Fever, Marshall, McMarrell, Parks,
Perrill, Putnam, Reed, Rosecrans, Rutter,
Swain, Thornhill and Worth-27.
-(All Democrats but Johnson.)
Previous to its passing by vote of the
House, the Bill, on motion of Mr.. GLOVER,
chairman of the Finance Committee, was
referred to that member, with instructions
toamend it so as to provide that the eight
hundred thousand dollars taken by this
law from the Soldiers Relief Fund ''shall
be reimbursed to said relief fund from the
sinking fund in the years 1867 and 1868 by
adequate leyies provided by law for that
purpose" (see House journal, page 1881
and in this shape it passed. And it is a
fact, worthy of notice, that this pledge,
thus made, was repudiqted at the very iae1t
session, in the General Approprtation, Bin, in
troduced by this same Mr.. GLOVER, making
this transfer permanent one-that is steal
ing it outright. 80 80 ~ '-'.-- y
When the bill for the transfer went to the
Senate for action in that body, Mr.. WALL
ING, Democrat, placing no confidence in
the pledge tEat the money would ever be
refunded to the Relief Fund, sought to have
the pledge that it should be so refunded
made stronger by requiring the Auditor of
State to provide for it on the duplicate of
the next year, but the motion was voted
down. -sr-s -s5noV 5s.-a ...--..' =, ..,ltt
The bill passed the Senate on the 7th of
March, 1866, by the following vote: =
YEAS s-@Messrs. .Batemali, Bradbury, Brooks.
Brown, Cummins, Griswold, Hail. Harris,
Hayden, Hollister, Irion, Jones, Kellogg,
Knowles, Martin, Mcfarland, Sadler, Tib-
balls, Williams and Williamson-2O. [All
Republicans.]
NAYs-Messrs. Berry. Burt, Cole, Dowd.
Savage, Walling and West-12. All Dem
ocrats but Cole and West.l &c., ..e..
Thus was the outrage consummated-
thus the widows and orphans of the sol
diers who had fallen in battle, or died oil
disease in the army, were cheated out oi
the money set apart by grateful people
for their support. - t4'
The Annual Report. of the Auditor oi
State states that there are five Thousand
three hundred and thirty of these necessi-
tous families in seventy counties, which
he names in Ohio, and with them six
hundred and seventy-two crippled SOL
diers unable to earn their living. The
money raised by taxation for their relief
toprevent want and misery, if not death by
starvation-was thus taken from them by
the representative men of a party whose
State Convention of the 10Th of June las
nominated for reelection two of the State
officials most guilty (Auditor GOODMAN and
Attorney General WEsT) of this fraud or
the soldiers, the widow and the orphan
The same Convention which thus re.
nominated the present Attorney Gen
eral and Auditor of State, who
by virtue of their Offices, were
members of the Board, which took this
money. as if. to add insult to injury, made
the following plank of the platform OF
the party :sr77
'5th. The American people owe a last
ing debt of gratitude to the brave
soldiers and sailors who, in the
late struggle for our national ex-
istence, so nobly fought for our liberties;
and for the privations, sufferings and sac
Ti6ces which they endured, the loyal men
of Ohio hereby pledge to them and to the
ectdo,os and orphans of those aolo fell IN de-
fence of the nation, our SynspdttieS and sub
stdnttal support" F ,,las
The ..'sympathies extended by the Re
publican party, acting through its
the substantial support" which it
gives to the "brave soldiers and
sailors who, in the late struggle for our
national existence, so nobly fought tor our
1berties," and to the "widows and orphans
of those who fell in defence OF the nation,''
is well illustrated in the facts we have CIV
en-, relative to the filching from them, with
out warrant of constitutional law, money
raised by taxation for their support. From
such sympathy" and from such ''substan-
tial support" these soldiers, sailors and
their widows and orphan children may
well exclain, "good Lord deliver us.'' h