Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-10-02
From the Eaton Register.
The Best DEFENSE Vet
MOGe fO9. V'OVeS.

18th to nominate candidates q
man named Isaac J. Miller read a
series Of whereases that some one
had pre- AIRED for him accusing
Gov. Noyes of taking too much
money for indexinp, but they had
been so roughly handled over
their false charge that they were
forced to declare that the Com
missioners allowed the fee, their
only ~subterfuge being that the
contract was an illegal and a Sc
cret one. What if it was, or was
not, the Commissioners Of liam
ilton County estimated the cost
aided i'll the valuation of it by
". W. Scarborough, well known
as one Of Cincinnati's best and
purest men, and if they give it to
a crippled soldier a higher fee
than he ought to have had, it was
their fault and not his, and they
are the men who should be held
accountable for making bad bar
gains.
The ultimatum of the low liz
pudence of the Convention is
reached in demanding of Gov.
Noyes that he return the fee he
received TO the Hamilton County
Treasury, and in default of so DO
ing that he be prosecuted as a
defrauder. And ali this by the
peculaiing, thieving, robbing,
outraging, defraliing, corrupt
and rotten Democracy! 0 the
timesi-O the manners!
Here is a plain admission that
Gov. Moves took illegal fees out
of the Treasury CT Hamilton
County, and the only excuse Of
fered for the steal, is that he is a
crippled soldier, and that unprIn-
cipled Democrats disclosed the
heft from the records, and there
fore, he has a right to retain 1T
That on this amount, he should
not he prosecuted, but left in pos
session ofthe grab, which amounts
to over $4,000, with interest for
several years! That this amount,
in comparison with other thefts
being now daily perpetrared, is
too small to be looked after, and
therefore the Governor Is under
no obligations to make restitu-
ton, Notwithstanding he is draw
ing u large pension from the
Government.
The theft being admitted, the
Register thinks that the Democ-
racy had no right to stir it up
against a "crippled soldier E"-
This excuse may be satisfactory
to extreme partizans, but it is
entirely too thin for men of com.
mon sense. What that a crippled
pied soldier be allowed to steal
and stand justified in the act, be-
cause thieving democrats venti
lated the theft from the records!
90 what times 10 what man
ners -
This is the same Gov. Noyes,
who in his speech in the Court
House here, said the charge was
a democratic lie and Gas false as
hell !" But now the truth Of it
being admitted, the Register and
other Republican papers attempt
to justify the act on the grounds
that he is a crippled soldier and
that the amount is too small to
be called in question. and there
fore unprincipled Democrats
have no right to uncover it by
the records! go the times !"
This is the same Gov. Moves
who in his recent speech at the
Court House here, proclaimed
that the country was never in a
more prosperous condition than
it now is, that there lever was a
time when productive labor was
better rewarded, and that farms
yielded to the tillers of the soil,
more than seven per cent. on the
capital invested. Such d~eclara-
from a man running for
Governor OF the State, in utter
violation of the facts, clearly
show him to be an unprincipled
.emagcgue, and unworthy of
confidence. These decla-
tions were made in the face of
distress on all sides.
when productive labor is depress-
ed from one end of the land to
he other, and at a time when
not one farm in ten yields to the
one per cent. on the amount