The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1869-09-15
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Let Justice he Done.


worthy Governor, in their indictment
against. the Democratic majority of the /
late General Assembly, and believe the in
terests of the people of the State demand
its defeat, we must again enter our protest
against the policy of indiscriminately de-
nouncing all its acts, whether partisan
or whether sustained or opposed by the
Republican minority. There is neither |
justice nor wisdom in it, and we greatly /
fear that, if persisted in, will lead many
voters to think that the contest between the |
two parties is reduced to a mere unworthy |
scramble for the spoils of office, IN which |
the one that can the more thoroughly ex-
cite the passions and prejudices of the peo-
pie is the more likely to succeed. We re-
GREETED to see disposition to rely upon
this kind of warfare rather than upon the
essential principles of the Republican par
ty. manifested in certain influential quar-
tiers at our State Convention, and its evil
tendency becomes more apparent as the
campaign progresses. Whatever may be
said of the prOfigacy of the last Legisla-
ture, land we are neither its champion nor
apologist) its worst fault in Republican
eyes, was in its wrong political action. Its
rejection of the Fifteenth Amendment, its
Visible Adaixture and Soldier DisfranchI-
sing laws, &C., are what We regard as most
Odious in its action. Not all of its acts
were wrong, and Republicans do them
selves gross injustice when they produce
| from the record every bill and resolution
requiring or authorizing any expenditure,
| for the purpose of prejudicing tax payers
| t. secure votes in the interest of their par
| ty. For one, we shall not condescend to
do it. We recognize no fealty to party
which requires man thus to stultify him
self. " ~
The two acts of the late General Assem-
bly, which have OccasiOned more denuncl-
alton than any others, calling for the rails
ing of money by taxation, are not of & par
usan character, and, ii wrong, no effort at
evasion or special pleading can relieve Re-
publican members of their full share of re-
sponsibility for them. Had every Repub-
ican member voted against them, they
would have been defeated We allude to
the Morgan Raid Bill and the bill enlarc-
ing the authority of county commissioners.
Self respect and justice to many of the
leading Republican members, who supper
ted these measures in good faith, believing
them to be right, require that the truth in
regard to them should be told. We have
been furnished by our Representative with
the record of their passage, which we pub
lish for the information of all interested.
| H. B. No. "a, ''To provide for the pay
ment of claims for damages growing out
of the military expedition OF John Morgan
in the State of Ohio, A. D., 1862 was
introduced by hfr. Welsh, of Meigs coua
| ty, Republican, from the Committee on
Claims. The vote on its passage in the
House resulted-yeas go, nays %, as fol
lows, the names of Republicans being in
small capitals:
YEAs-Messrs. Acker, ANDERSON, Ba.
ker, Ball, Branch, Buell., Callen, CANFIELD,
CockeriI, CRIsT, Cusac, DIoKsoN, DUNCAN
Fielding, Finley, CASTOR, Gordon, HARE
Headley, Hill, of Defiance, HIL1, of Erie,
. HILL, of Fulton, Hughes, of Butler, Hugh
es, of Highland, Jewett Johnson, Jones
KAN, Kemp Kennon, KERR of jefferson
Larwill, Lawson, Leete, LKwToN, Mann
MOORE of Hamilton, Moore of Putnam
Neal, Newman, Parks, Parr, POM, RTrT
EEL, RoUeA, RUKKNBRoD, Rutter, RAYLER
SCoTT, of Hamilton, Shaw, SINCLAIR
SKATTs, Swain, Swetland, ULLERY, Wall
/, ing. WARnEN, WELSH, Wood and Speake
NAYs-MeSsrs. BRONSON, BRooKE, CAN
, FIELD, CARPENTER, DENNIS, Dilworth, Dun
EAMEs, GALLUP, HOWARD, LAWRENCE
< LEE, McMarrell, Moffett, Nichol, Parker
READ, Robinson, SHERWIN, SIsLER, STEw
Art. THOMPSON of CnlumbiAna, Thompso
: of Stark, Wilson and Worth-25.
Thirty six Democrats and twenty foU
I Republicans voted yea, and nine Demo
: erats and sixteen Republicans nay. Anon
, the yeas were our own Representative
, Col. F. B. Pond, the Republican candidat
) for Attorney General, Mr.. RukenbrOd, ed
: iter of the Salem Republican. Mr.. Reitzel
of Trumbull, editor of the Warren Chroni
l Gle, Mr.. Dickson, of Lorain county, an
others, whose loyalty and devotion to tn
7 Republican party is unquestionsble.
! 1t is not our intention to discuss tn
:, merits of the Morgan Raid Bill, but thi
Z we will say, that, instead of being the gret
Z copperhead bugbear many who have NJ
!. | investigated the subject suppose, it is, 8
A these votes show, one of those measures
i regard to which men of all parties honesti
differ, and its Introduction as an issue bt
., tween Republicans ond Democrats in tn
T. campaign, can subserve no good purpost
Mr.. Leete's Commissioners' bill, aboi
which much has been saiG since the az
journment of the Legislature, so far frOl
being party measure, was demanded
8 majority of the members of both partie
who believed 1t would supply q want
legislation long felt, and, should the pc
pie, influenced by partisan appeals fro
either side, return a majority against the
better judgment to its repeal, before it b
}. had a fair trial, the result will be one mut
!. to be regretted. It is not necessarily bu
= densome to the tax payers, as the power
raise money for local purposes must
" vested somewhere, and is less liable
\ abuse in the hands of the commissioner
who are directly responible to, and almc
~ invariably in sympathy with the peopl
than in those of q partisan majority of {
he Legislature. In enacting this bill into
te law. the Legislature dispensed with an il
ID mense amount of special legislation
or simply remandiHg the question of local c
II penditures to the local authorities, chos
of by; the people Immediately interested. T
action of the House upon the bill was
er follows: --..t-.. - ...-s----
te Mr.. Howard, of Greene county, F
=. tpublican, from the Committee on the
dietary, submitted the following report
The Committee on the Judiciary,
ih which was referred II. B. No. 1872: a
lie thorizing County Commissioners to p1
chase land for the use of court houses, is
~ and county infrnaries, and -to-erect bui
a. ings thereon, and prescribing their dut
he in the construction of, addition to, or
10 iteration of any court house, Jail or coul
n infiFmary, and to repeal sections four =
I'll 4AhC Va TIC e-sty PASoS4 4-N1SA 4Ci
III entitled ''an act providing for. the erect
70 of public buildings. !" (S. & c., vol. 2,
- 1920 having had the same under cons
Grafton, report the same back and Fec6
,Ie mend its engressment and passage, W
~ the following amendment, to wit.
n In section II, line 2, after the W.
to t'buildings, - insert the following:
h SAiso the act entitled San act grant
NJ additional authority to County Comm
ID sioners for inirmary purposes, pas
rs April 16, 1867, also the act entitled 'an
10 to amend section three of an act entit
a an act further to prescribe the duties
cd County Commissioners passed April
IN 1856, as amended April 4th, 1866, pas!
De May 8, 1869. - -'-.
tic r. F. HOWARD,
~ LEVI DUNCAN,
70 --r 80 F. 3. POND, s.-a
tn J. H. DICKSON,
to DIV. CANFIELI
2" W. D. HIEL,
. M. N. ODELL,
,aS Of tba sa,-a,, y,,aY,oI,aru IF. 4},a Cor,v,