The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1868-03-26

he is nominated, he will vote for
him in preference to any other liv-
! ing man. 1t is our conviction that
thousands of Democrats will vote
for Grant.
HOW FALSE THEIR PROM
lss iit--. p ISES.
There never existed a political
. party which made louder profes-
sions of devotion to retrenchmen
and public economy than the pres
ent so-called Dem oeratic party, and
yet that very party contains more
hungry wolves than ever existed in
the Roman empire during the age
of its greatest corruption and de-
moralization.
| What has our Democratic Legis-
lature done in the way of public
economy? Have they diminished
the public taxes? Have they taxed
the United States Bonds as they
promised to do? Can they collect
such tax if imposed? Have they
not insulted two of our country's
noblest defenders-Sherman and
Themas-by refusing to invite them
to visit the Capital of the State
while they were almost in it's vicin-
lity? Have they not created new
offices in order to give employ
ment to Democratic lackies who
don't possess enough brains and
energy to make an honest living :?
Have not places been created for
Democratic favorites, even weeks
after the assembling Of the Legisla-
ture and pay granted to such from
the beginning of the session? Are
not men paid five dollars day for
doing substantially nothing?
We clip the following from the
Kenton Republican, which is not
entirely foreign to our subject:
COLUMBUS, March 10, 1868.
I Editor Kenton Repu5gicon-Sir:
My attention has been called to an
article in the Kenton Dem ocrat, ed
tied and published by one Daniel
Flanagan, late an assistant clerk of
the Ohio Senate.
1 do not respond to the said arti
Gle because of any allusion in it to
myself, but I consider it due to the
people of Hardin county that they
should understand the facts connec-
ted with the case. The following is
the resolutions referred to by Elan
agan:
S. r. No. sc.
"WHEREAs, The Senate appointed
at the opening of the session, Dan
iel Flanagan Journal Clerk of the
Senate and
"WHEREAs, The said Daniel Elan
agan has failed to discharge the du-
ties of said Office for any considera-
BILE portion of time; therefore
"Resolced, That the said Dan
iel Flanagan be discharged from
said Office.
1t will be observed that I made
no aalusion to his incompateney in
my resolution. I remarked in offer
ing the resolution, that it was well |
knows to the Senate that Mr.. Flan-
agan had net attended to the duties
Of his office any considerable por- |
ton of the time, except so far as to
draw his pay, which he had done
with great punctuality; that he was
notorieusly incompetent, and that /
did not think it right that he shonld I
hold on to an Office which was a
mere sinecure, or should farm it out
to another, drawing for himself
portion of the emoluments I said
further, that I did not offer the res
olutien from any personal ill will to
Flanagan; that had not even the
honor( !? of his personal acquaint-
ance, and had no disposition to
hurry the matter through. I wAs
willing it should be referred to
Committee GA Fees and Salaries.
And now for the facts Of the case.
lst. For three days after the open
ing of the session we were unable to
have the journal read because Elan
agan was not competent to make it
up, and at the end of that time some
other clerk was obliged to do the
work for him. a.:
I'd. He then made an arrangement
with the other clerks to do his work
agreeing to pay them for their
services, which he has never done.
On the contrary, he drew his pay up
to the day of his last visit to the
city, without any pecuniary
ackno wledgment to the competent
and faithful clerks who had worked
nights to do his work for him. i
q Sd. On that visit he made an ar
rangement with a poor, bat worthy
competent mot then an officer of
the Senate( to discharge his duties;
and he now claims, as l am informed
fifteen Dollars per week of his share
of the pay of his deputy.
4th. 1t is charged by Flanagan's
fellow clerks that he can neither
write nor spell correctly.
9th. I am informed that after my
resolution was offered, Democratic
Senators wrote to Flanagan urging
him to resign, and threatening to
pass the resolution unanimously if
he refused to do so.
9th. After the resignation was re-
ceiycd. I moved that the committee