The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-07-29

How Governor Hayes Misrepresents, and
How he is Shown up in his True Colors.
Figures cannot lie, yet men do lie about
figures"
The great burden of the speech of
Gov. Hayes, delivered before the NOM
mating Convention of his party, was
the reckless extravaganza of the late
Legislature, composed of a majority
of Democrats, and its proposed ex-
penditure of the public money.
In this charge, as in others, Govern
or Hayes has falsified the record-has
stated that which is false, and which,
with ordinary brains, he must have
known to be so. 1t is no excuse for
aGeyernefz to say that he was mislead
in statement of facts, by others,
when an examination of the record
would show the truth to be against
him, for public opinion presumes a
Governor of q great State like Ohio,
to be man of common sense and
common industry-in the case of Gov.
Hayes, we are sorry to say, a pre-
sumption not warranted by the facts.
So. far from the last Democratic
Legislature squandering the public
money, the reverse is true. 1t was
the most economical Legislature that
has met in Ohio for years.
During the first session of the pre-
ceding Legislature, which was Radi-
cal by a tWo-thirds majority, the ap-
preparation of the public money
amounted to 81, ,86S, ,635 03-that of the
succeeding Legislature, which Demo-
cratic in both branches, to S4,0S4, 1885,
20-being a saving to the State by fhe
Democratic Legislature, charged by
Gov. Hayes with extravaganza and
with squandering, the public money,
of SEVEN HUNDRED AND EIGH-
TY-THREE THOUSAND, EIGHT
HUNDRED AND SLXTY-EIGHT
DOLLARS AND EIGHTY-THREE
CENTS, (S783, 1868 83). -
During the second session of, the
same Radical Legislature-the very
session that passed the negro suffrage
resolutions, the amount of money ap-
propriated was 4,7SS,226 SO, while
that of the session of the Democratic
Legislature, including the Morgan
Raid Claims, the rebuilding of the
Central Lunatic Asylum, the payment
of a debt incurred by the Radicals, in
which there was a judgement against
the State, amounted to but S4,54l, 1885,
| 72, showing saving to the State, of
TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY
SIX THOUSAND, NINE HUN
DRIED. AND THIRTY-TWO DOL
| LARS AND TWENTY-SIX CENTS
| ($246,932 26).
In the two years of Democratic
Legislative rule, notwithstanding the
| heavy and unusual expenditures of the
public money, which the Democratic
Legislature had to provide for, there
l3Dds sdotay to the State, in the ap-
preparation of the public money for
State purposes, over the two previous
years of Radical misrule, of ONE
MILLION AND THIRTY THOU
SAND, SIXTY DOLLARS AND
NINETY Two CENTS. s'7"
No man, no charitable institution,
no school board, had just cause to say
that these appropriations by the
Democratic Legislature were INSULT
feient, yet i'll two years time, although
the State was growing, and many of
the expenditures were Of an unusual
and unprecedented character, they av-
eraged over halfa million dollars each
year of Democratic rule, less than
that of the previous two years rule OF
Radicalism.. 3i5 5s5nifsi 5A -ss
<, What has Governor. Hayes, his aid
ers. abettors and supporters, to say to
these figures, and how will they ex-
plain his glaring Misrepresentation
and falsehoods @Colum6us States
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