Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1869-05-12

AShdA ~ AN6AoAaAANC BShSA Va NAAl
State in the hands of that party, by
DISTINGUISHING persons who are reeOg
niZed as white citizens of the State of
Ohio, and who under the judicial in
depreciation of our State Constitution
can vote. The bill, which weappend,
is a sad commentary ON the moral and
political degeneraey of the Democratic
party, which bases its hopes of future
success on the very lowest and basest
passion of human nature-preiudice
against and hatred of the poor. The
bill reads as follows:
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of the State OF Ohio, That any per
son who shall vote at any election held I'M
der the laws of this State, not being a white
male citizen of the United States, shall. on
conviction thereof be imprisoned in the
P~enitentiary and kept at hard labor not
more than I'VE years nor less than one.
SEC. . ANY person who shall procure, aid,
assist, counsel or advise any person not be-
ing a white male citizen Of the United States
TO vote at any election held under the laws
OF this State shall, on conviction thereof, be-
imprisoned in the Penitentiary and kept at
hard labor not more than five nor less than
one year; and shall also be liable to a civil
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and dollars, which may be- brought against
him by any eleetor OF the county or district
in which the vote was received, in the Court
Of Common Pleas Of any county where pro-
cess can be served upon him; provided, that
there skau be but n ecoVe for each ViO-
lation of this act; and a failure 10 prosecute
or convict shall not in any manner affect the
igh I proceed for the recovery Of such pen
atty.
SEC 5. If any judge Of an election shall re-
eeive or sanction reception of a vote from
a person not being a white male citizen Of
The United states, on conviction thereof, he
shall be imprisoned in the Penitentiary and
kept at hard labor not more than i've nor
less than one year, and shall alsobe liable TO
a civil action for a penalty in the sum of one
thousand dollars, which may be brought
against him by any electOr in the county or
district in which the vote was received, in
the Court of Common Pleas Of any county
where process can be served upon him: pro-
Vided thai there shall be but one recovery
for each violation Of this act, and the failure
70 prosecute or convict shall not 1 any man
; ner affect the right TO proceed for the TecoYe-
~ Of such penalty.
SIC. l. All prosecutions under the prOvis-
ions of this act shall be by Indictment before
the Court OF Common Pleas in the county
where the ofense was committed: and this
act shall be given in charge 10 the Grand
Jury at each term Of the Court OF Common
Pleas by the presiding Judge thereof.
SEC. 5. This act shall be in force from and
after its passage
We cannot see what the Democrats
expect to gain by this law. They can
not be so verdant as to hope that by
the passage of any law they can de-
prive q citizen of s right guaranteed
him by tie Constitution Of the State.
This second edition of their ''misera-
BILE" admixture will fail as signally,as
their first. No man who hitherto
voted should be deferred from going
10 the polls by this Democratic scare
crow.
THE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE BILL
Failed to become a law. The Senate
had passeda billlocating the college at
Urbana. The House refused to agree,
and struck out Urbana and inserted
London, Madison county. The Sen
ate by q tie vote refused TO concur and
laid the bill on the table, where it
slept until the session closed. 1t will
be a bone of contention for the next
Legislature to worry over
THE REFORM SCHOOL FOB GIRLS
Has been located at White Sulphur
Springs, Delaware county. 1t is a
beautiful, healthy site. The improve
ments now on it cost about one hun
dred thousand dollars. The farm con-
tains one hundred and eighty-nine
acres of land, on the west bank of the
SciOto river. The State pays fifty
five thousand dollars for the property.
White Sulphur was some years since
quite a summer resort, being especial
ly popular with Southern Ohioans and
Kentuckians, but since the war it has
not been profitable to the proprietor,
hence the sale. We observe that Gen
eral ". d. Leggett, of GAINESVILLE, and
formerly of Warren, has been appoint
ed one of the trustees of the reform
school for girls, by the Governor.
THE EIGHT PER CENT. LAW
Does not go into effect until the first
of October next. The bill to repeal
the section providing that it should go
into effect at that time, so that it
might go into effect Immediately,
passed the Senate, but failed in the
House. We give the law in another
column.
VALLANDIGHAM
Made his appearance as q lobbyist on
Thursday, for the purpose OF engineer
ing a bill through to provide for the
appointment of police in cities of the
second class, containing a population
OF p, 900 and upwards. 1t was intend
ed for Dayton, where the Republicans
elected the Mayor and a majority of
the council this spring. They have
had the appointing of the police here
tofore. But as the Democrats elected
the city Marshal, Nj. VALLASDIG-
HAM made his partizan menials vote
to change the law so as to give the
Marshal power to appoint the police.
Verify, CLEMENT L. is letting him
self down-but recently an aspirant
and contestant for e. S. Senatorial
honors-now a lobby manipulation of
The police regulations of a "eity of the
second class" He got his little job
'sdone to order" This was perhaps
well enough, a showing how con-
,emptible a Democratic Legislature
could become in its "last agonies."
Union county, Illinois, was visited by
q fearful hail storm on Thursday evening.
The ground was covered with haAIstones
in some places two feet deep. FFuat mas