Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-02-11
THE SOLDIERS VOTING LAW.
Correspondence Cincinnati Chronielel

! Correspondents Cincinnati Chronielel
In the senate, TO day, the bill intro
| duced BIZ General Pats te allow the in
mates Of the Dayton Soldiers Home
to vote, was taken up tor discussion
| Messrs. Odlin and Potts explained
| the bill in a few teTse words.
| The simple fact that an act of justice
was to be done to those who had worn
| the army blue, was sufficient to arouse
the recent convert to Bourbnnism, the
Hon. "Jeems" Hubbell, late Republi.
can member Of Congress from the
Eighth District,
The discussion which followed viii
show that this patriot vas not the
only speaker:
Mr. Wade asked Aubbell If, as the
| Democratic party claims, as many Dem
oerats as Republicans served in the war,
/ how could the location of the Home at
Dayton help Mr.. Schenck?
Mr. Hubbell-I don't know that
any Democrat makes that claim but
if it were true, [ suppose the influence
of the Gunckel family would be suffi-
eient to control to u great degree the
votes of the Home. That institution
was conceived in sin and fraud, aud
brought forth IN iniquity
SIR. Wade-Are not Democratic SOL
diers admitted there?
Dir. Hubbell-I suppose they are.
Mr.. Wade-Are they not entitled to
vote2
Mr. Hubbell-I suppose they are.
Dir. Hubbell continued his speech,
which covered much ground.
Mr.. Jones said he had waited long
time to see what application Mr.. Hub
bell would make Of his history of the
Institution to the subject matter of the
bill, but now it had slipped out that
his anger and opposition to the bill
was caused by the fact that the Home
was not located at White Sulphur
Springs. As far as that was concern
ed. Mr.. Jones thought that if the
Home had been located in Delaware
county Mr. Hubbell would hardly
have derived much good from the
votes Of its inmates. Mr.. Jones
thought it was an insult to the SOL
diers at the Home to say that they
would vote as they were dictated to by
the officers in command.
Mr.. Hubbell was about commencing
again. when the reporters began leav-
ing, seeing which Mr.. Hubbell said he
saw the reporters were about leaving,
and he would say no more, which was
kind of "Jeems," considering he had
already made four speeches on the
subject.
Mr.. Odlin said the gentleman from
Delaware was determined to see evil in
everything that had Republican con-
nected with ii. He assumes, since his
apostacy from the Republican party,
that there is no honesty left therein.
He denounces private citizens in a
wholly unauthorized manner. His char
ges are as unfounded as they are un-
Just There Is no purer or more con
scientious man than Lewis B. Gunekel,
who has never attempted to influence
the votes of the soldiers at the Home,
in any way. Aud equslly unfounded
and ealumnious are the charges and
denunciations In which the gentleman
has INDUCED in reference to Robert
Sshenek. The character Of the latter,
for stern honor and integrity, is such
that auv of his assailants might well
be proud to possess it.
Mr.. o. continued at length to defend
the individuals connected with the
4 EE0AlEs fADEI1 AAAE ltAaNl s5e u AAAD-
bell. and to controvert the statements
of the latter In regard to the history Of
the institution. Every word the gen
tlemau (Hubbell) said about the Home,
and those connected with ii, was a
wild and baseless assertion. I hope
the bill will rest upon It's merits; and
the right to the suffrage will be confer
red upon these soldiers where they are,
on the simple ground that their services
entitle them to vote, and they can not
exercise the right, ifthey are required
to go to their several homes.
/ Mr.. Potts said that the statement
made by Mr.. Hubbell that the officers
of the Home had distributed tickets
to the inmates, aud then told them to
vote that ticket, was false, and an iu-
suit to every man who wore the blue
in the army, and he hurled the insinu-
alton back as false. He hoped. for the
sake of patriotism, justice and right,
that the bill would be passed, and the
right to vote given to those crippled
| heroes.
Mr.. Hunt said he thought if any
man should be allowed to vote it
should be those who had fought for
the country. A few weeks ago he had
visited the Home, and had there seen
men Who were so badly wounded as
to be utterly unable to reach theil
homes. He hoped that ali political
feelings would be put aside. He cared
not for the political complexion of the
question, but he would that this dis
fgraceful attempt to deprive soldiers Of
their rights would fail, and while he
knew there were some Democratic sol
diers at the Home, he knew there
would be more if the Democrats had
not insisted upon putting this disgrace
on record. He feared not the colo
nIzation referred to by some Demoeat
| lio speaker. but even If he did thinL
there would be something Of this kind
he should be inclined TO vote for thu
bill Notwithstanding He was iu favo1
of giving the greatest possible libertl
to the disabled veterans ofthe Repub
! lie.
The bill was then passed by vot
of 81 to 2, Messrs> Amos, Holden
: Hunt, Jamison, Prophet aud Winter
j Democrats, voting withthe Republic
!