The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-07-27
Ia X-PA Y ERS, READ!
Economy of Democratic Legisla-
lures Compared with the Ex-
travaganCe of Radical Leslsla-
tureS.
How G0vetnOr Hayes MiSrepre-
Sents, and How He is Shown Up
i'm His True COlOrs.

SenlS, ana HOW tAe DS SnOVu ~
I'm His True COlOrs.
Figures cannot lie, yet men do lie about ig.
ures."
The great burden of the speech OF
Gov Hayes, delivered before the nomi-
mating Convention Of his party, was the
reckless extravaganza of the late Legis-
lature, composed of Il majority of Dem
ocrats, and its proposed expenditure OF
the public money.
In this charge, as in others, Gov,
Hayes has falsifed the record-has sts-
ted that which is false, and which, with
Iordinary brains, he must have known to
be So 1t is no excuse for Governor
to say that he was mislcd in statement
of facts, by others, when an eXamina-
ton Of the record would show the truth
to be against him, for public opinion pre-
suimes Governor Of a 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 presump-
ton not warranted by the facts.
So far from the last Democratic Lcgis-
lature squandering the public money, the
reverse is true 1t was the most eco
nomical Legislature that has met in Ohio
for years.
During the first session of the prece
ding Legislature, which was Radical by
two thirds majority, the appropriation
of the public money amounted to ST.
S6S, ,635 O3-that of the first session of
the succeeding Legislature, which was
Democratic in both branches, to 81, ,0S4,-
766 20-belng saving to the State by
the Democratic Legislature, charged by
Gov, Hayes with extravaganza and with
squandering the public money, of SEW
EN- HUNDRED AND EIGHTY
THREE THOUSAND, EIGHT HUN
DRED AND SIXTY-EtGHT DOL
LARS AND EIGHTY THREE CENTS
(s7SS,S6S s3.)
During the second session of the same
Radical Legislature-the very session
that passed the negro suffrage resolu-
tions, the amount of money appropria
ted was s4,7SS,226 9S, while that of the
second session of the Democratic Legisla-
ture, including the Morgan Raid Claims,
the rebuilding of the Central Lunatic Asy-
lum, the building of the Blind Asylum,
the payment of debt incurred by the
Radicals, in which there was a judgment
against the State, amounted to but S4,-
SAL ,296 70, showing saving to the
State of TWO HUND RED AND FOR,
iTY-SlX THOUSAND, NINE HUN
DRIED AND THIRTY-TWO DOL
LARS AND TWENTY-SIX CENTS
(s246,932 90.
In the two years IF Democratic Leg
is.ative rule, notwithstanding the heavy
and unusual expenditures of the public
money, which the Democratic Legisla-
ture had to provide for, there acas sac
ing to the State, in the appropriation of
public money for State purposes, over
the two previous years of Radical mis-
rule, of ONE MILLION AND THIR-
TY THOUSAND, SIXTY DOLLARS
AND NINETY-TWO CENTS.
No man, no charitable institution, no
school board, has just cause to say that
these appropriations by the Democratic
Legislature were insufficient, yet in two
years time, although the State was
growing, and many of the expenditures
were of an unusual and unprecedented
character, they averaged over half a
million dollars each year of Democratic
rule, less than that of the previous two
year rule of Radicalism.
What has Gov. Hayes, his aiders,
abettors sad supporters, to say to these
figures, and how will they explain his
glaring misrepresentation and false
hoods?