Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-09-07
GOuId's Lie Overleaps Itself
He Accuses his own Household!


Gould of the Register has been from
week to week accusing Mr.. Williams,
and in fact all the Republican Repre-
sentatives in the last General Assem-
bly, with being in favor of, and voting
for q Bill to compel the white and col
ored children to go to the same
schools. We have already shown
from the journal of the House, that
this is base fabrication. But poor
Gould did not know when he was ma
king this charge against Mr.. Williams
and Republicans, that it also involved
his own democratic BRETHREN" and
was imputing the same thing to
them, as reference TO the Journal
viii. demonstrate. Gould says it was
House Bill No. 496 which compelled
the mixing of white and colored chill
| dren, and which he says Mr.. Williams
and all the Republican members voted
for ttcice. We show in another col
umn thst this Bill was never voted for
at all but was referred to the commit
tee on Common Schools and school
lands, who prepared and reported a
Substitute" for said Bill. H B. No.
1876 was a codification of all the school
laws of the State, covering about so
pages. 1t was prepared with great
care by said committee. assisted by the
! State School Commissioner, and en-
braced in a revised and improved form
all the school laws OF the State The
principal object to be attained was to
get all the school laws in one LAWN
common form for the convenience of
| Boards of Education, School Officers
and others; so that it should not be
necessary to hunt back through old
statutes to find what the school law
was. This Bill substituted for H. B.
No. 496, did not provide for compel
ing the white and colored children to
| GO to the same schools, but gave to
the several Boards of Education, full
power and authority to establish sepd
rate co}sred schools, and assign the col
ored youth ercluSire ely, to them. Ii
was this Bill that the Republican mem
bers, including Mr. Williams, voted for
1t was this Bill Mr. Hubbard moved
to amend so as to mig the schools,
which proposition Mr.. Williams voted
ogatnSt. 1t was this Bill Mr.. Cocker
ell moved to amend so as to leave the
colored youth of the State without
any common schools or school funds,
and this motion of Mr.. Cockerell, Mr.
Williams and all Republicans voted
against, and all Democrats roted. for 1T.
Thus it will be seen that Mr.. Viii
liams voted tight every time.
But how stands the Democratic rec
ord on this Substitute for H. B. No.
496, which the Republicans, including
Mr.. Williams, voted for. We have
said it was prepared by the Commit
tee on Common Schools and school
lands. That committee consisted oi
four Republican and three Democratic
members.
On the 18th day of March 1871, thai
committee made the following report
to the House: We quote from the
Journal, page $50.
''The Committee on Common Schools
and school lands, to which was refer
red H. B. No. 496, For the reorganiza
ton, supervision and maintenance OF
common schools having, had the same
under considerations, Yecomnae end tht
adoption Of the Substitute hereciH
submitted.
JAMES SAYLOR,
VIM. w. WILSON,
r. STANTON,
VIM T. CESSNA,