The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1872-09-06
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RUSH r. SLOANE,
HOW HIS NEIGHBORS REGARD BIN
Will the People Endorse Such a Man 2

l. HOW HIS NEIGHBORS REGARD HI
. Will the People Endorse Such a Man
. He Refuses Passes to Soldier
+ Orphans.
HIS VANITY AND EGOTISRl
y From the Sandusky Register. Aug. 26. ls72
b The people of this district kno,
d Chaplain Collier, know him to be a
honest, noble christian man who ha
for ten years devoted himself to tn
interests of the soldiers of Ohio, anG
since the close of the war, to the or
phans, of those who fell fighting for tn,
3 Union. In 1868 Mr.. Collier was.ap
pointed Chaplain of the soldiers or
phans' Home. After that noble insti
tuition had been adopted by and placed
under the charge OF the State and {
board of control appointed to manage
the institution, Mr.. Collier was re
appointed Chaplain on smaller salary
AS a part of his duties Mr.. Collier
/, visited different portions of the State
to collect beds, bedding and other
articles necessary to the orphans at
the Xenia Home. Wherever be went,
men and women of all conditions, hotel
keepers, railroad managers, and Off
cials extended not only hospitality to
him but gave him encouragement in
his noble work. The railroad compan-
les furnished him free transportation
for himself and the supplies he accu-
mulated, and the hearts of the friends
of the soldiers were made glad by this
generous display OF love for the unfor-
tunate victims of a shareholders REBEL.
ion. Among all the railroad officials
OF Ohio there was one solitary officer
who turned the cold shoulder on Chap
lain Collier, the orphans friend. Rea-
der can you imagine who this cold
blooded railroad man was? Will you,
men and women of Sandusky turn
your faces away in shame when we tell
you that Rush r. Sloane, President
of the Cincinnati, Sandusky & Cleve-
land Railroad, and now the Democratic
candidate for congress was that man
When applied to for free passage or
half fare passes for Chaplain Collier,
and, when asked if he would not trans
port to Xenia free of charge or at re-
duced rates the supplies furnished on
the line of his road for the soldiers
orphans he refused the passes, refused
the free transportation, refused to
abate one jot or title of the enormous
rates he charges for the transportation |
OF freights over his railroad. While
our gallant soldiers were fighting and |
dying on southern battle fields, and |
the homes OF our people were being
desolate by the loss OF husbands, faith
ers, brothers and sons, this man Sloane
was growing rich of the proceeds of a
tat government office, given him by
President Lincoln. When the war
closed he was a rich man, untouched
In his home or friends by the rude
hand OF war. Unmindful of the debt
he owed the men who had died for
him and his home, unmindiul of the
desolation that had come upon so many
households in our city sn1dctunt5, IN
'niaAfrls Inc de5t Of gratitude he
owed the living soldiers who had
fought for him at sixteen dollars a
month, he turned the cold shoulder
upon Chaplain Collier and refused to
give free transportation to supplies |
donated by our people for the orphans
OF the nations dead heroes. Now this
man asks that we elevate him to the
est office In our gilt. Satisfied
!; ;,h ,hS a6Smous wealth he has &C.
ured during these 12fs OF feDeiIion'
g wishes to add to his naM0 luz 2on1 |
rs of national representative. 81 =
iers, and friends Of the soldiers OF -
,rie county, we ask you to remember u
loane even as he remembered Chap y,
lin Collier and the orphans at Xenia. e. a.
urn from him as you would from the =.
yrant OF Andersonville or the jailor :,
Salisbury. Give not your suffrages q,
D the man who could steel his heart >,
gainst the claims of the dead defend \,
rs of the country. ~
from the Sandusky Register, Aug, q, ls72 :,
Ioane and the Orphans H0me-Chap.
lain Golfers Testimony. CT
When We wrote the article con- q
erning Sloane's treatment of Chap G.
hin Collier we hesitated to mako the e.
tatement that Sloane had refused O
0 furnish free transportation to the "
oldier's orphans until we had Mr..
,ollier's testimony. Indeed, we ~
ould not believe it possible that 8 c
nan who had been honored by the C
Union party could be guilty OF such
old.blooded selfishness towards these
dependent orphans Of the nations :,
eroes. Knowing Sloane pretty well =
7e still gave him credit for q spark ?
# humanity. To satisfy ourselves Of =
he truth Of the statement we tele-
,raphed Chaplain Collier the follow y
ng question "Did Mr.. Sloane re-
use you free transportation for the '
'rphans of the soldiers To this y
question Mr.. Collier answers by letter .
ls follows: =
~ TIFFN, O., August "a. !,
81. F. &Iack, Sandusky-Dear Sir: '
In answering tthe question will q
i've brief history Of the movement :
D secure home for the depenuaent !
rphans of Soldiers. In State con /;
ention OF Soldiers held in the city OF 6.
Dayton, 1t was resolved to secure a q
ONE for the helpless children of our 4
cad comrades. The Committee ap- =
olnted to lay the claim before the :,
failing in their applica- a
ion, the Soldiers of the State resolved
o make direct appeal to the patri.
tic people of the State. l am asked
o leave my duti as q pastor for C
he time, that l might become the '
.dvocate of the helpless children O
whose defense and help had been +
AIKEN away in defending the life and .
liberty Of their country, As l was n
entirely in this work by I
he Soldiers, applied to the rail- t
.oads of the State to aid the Soldiers I
n the prosecution OF this work, and I
t is with pleasure that l record the |,
'act that not q road in the State, I
without respect to sect or party, re- l
used to grant the aid except the
leading from Sandusky to ,
urder the control OF Mr.. 1
Sloane. Although stated that the ,
road could accommodate US more ,
than any other in the State as my home
wss at Fremont, yet no aid was rem.
dered.
"Wben we comm enced sending
children 70 the Soldiers Orphans
Home, at Xenia, I again applied,
that a prominent Republican
will not certainly refuse to transport
the orphans of the men who died IN
their country's service. But in this l