Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-04-09
oThe Lowest Political Filth OF
Columbus"

Sry,aU .cwest Political Filth of
Columbus"
REPRESENTATIVE Ross on Tuesday intro
duced into the House a bill providing for
conformation, on the part of Columbus, 20
The general school law In the election OF
Members of the Board of Education. This
bill provides that the Members of the Board
shall be elected by the city at large ana on
the first Monday in May. In proposltloh
of this kind there certainly can be no
wrong, and yet the Journal runs into SEN
sation headlines, and denounces it as =" an
Infamous scheme'' to hand over the city
schools to Party Ignorance and Party
Malice.n Then it raves throughout half
column, talking about "the vile cess pool OF
political infamy," and declares that "1r
there isi anything too mean, too dirty, too
infamous for our Democratic Legislature 10
touch, it will reject this thing, the hdnd'-
,oork of the lo,oest political tslh of Columbus,
,ohich it is now proposed to foist on our citizens.
There was a time when the, citizens OF
Columbus did elect their School Directors
by general ticket, and under the direction
of the Directors thus chosen, the schools
fiourisned admirably. 1t is highly prob
able that the Democrats would secure
majority in the School Board, if the MEM
bers were elected by general ticket; but In
a city with Democratic majority OF one
thousand and upwards, it is proper that the
Democrats should have majority therein.
It is asserted that this bill of Mr.. Ross :" is
a plan to deprive the people who pay two
thirds of the school tax of our city of any
voice in disposing of it, and to hand over
the schools of Columbus to the tender mer-
cies of party ignorance and party malice"
This is, in effect, saying that capitalists
should control and direct our schools, and
that the poor should have no voice therein.
If it is not proper that the people should
be permitted to vote for Members
of the Board of Education by gen.
eral ticket in cities where the Demo-
Gratis have decided majority, why should
they be allowed to elect in wards where
Democrats have decided majority? If
they are likely to elect as members of the
Board of Education "the lowest political
filth of Columbus in the one case, are
they not as likely to do it in the other
: Look at the Democratic nominees for the
Members of the Board of Education in this
city. In the Second Ward, SAMUEL S. RICK
LEY is the nominee. Who is he !? He is
banker, gentleman, and scholar-one of
our most estimable citizens. In the Fourth
Ward. OTTo DREsEL is the nominee. Who
Is he /? A lawyer of most finished education,
q man of ability and education.s With
great distinction he has represented the
Democracy of Franklin county in the Ohio
Legislature. His ward is good for Demo-
cratic majority of from ninety to one
hundred. In the Sixth Ward, PETER
JOHNSON is the nominee. Who is he
He is an associate editor of the Westbote,
o man of education and of reputable
character. He is linguist. His Ward is
good for Democratic majority Of from
over four hundred to over six hundred
any time. In the Eight Ward, JOHN
WALSH is the nominee. Who is he? A man
of most excellent common sense, of good
business qualifications. worth about twenty
thousand dollars. and exemplary in his
ssdaily walk and conversation"
1t is this character of men-men who
would be an honor to any community
that the Journal has the mendacity and in
decency to denominate '.the lowest politi-
cal filth of Columbus, which it is no,o pro-
posed to foist on our citizens" -s st3
Democrats of Columbus, resent this foul
caldmny upon you at the ballot-box, the
first opportunity you shall have to vote
At the election for Member of Board of
Education, every vote cast for a Republi-
can candidate will be quoted as verifca-
tion of the Journals charge that you and
your candidates are low and filthy. Bear
this in mind on election day. = i-1-i
The Zdnesuitle Courier, like the Ohio State
journal, was at loss to know how the