The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1873-05-22
A Faithful 0riceF and n ThankIess
Body.

I faithfU 0HceF and ThalkleS
e Body.
The Ohio Senate, by the vote Of III
> Democratic mem beTs making q tie, re
: fused TO pass the customary vote O
thanks to its presiding officer, Lieuten
ant Governor Mueller. We recor,
/ the fact because il Is, under the cir
; cImstances, far more complimentary
I to Governor Mueller than vote o
thanks passed in the usual manner a!
q mere fOrmaUty could possibly hav,
been. Governor Mueller was thu.
, struck because he performed his do
ties faithfully to his constituents anC
stubbOTnly refused to permit rascally
legislation where he could possibly
prevent it.
IT is no news by this time that in
! the General Assembly whose term
! has just been closed there were, be-
: sides some men as good as the State
! OfOhio could prOduce, not few OF
; Indifferent value, and some who
! would have served the interests of the
State far better by staying at home.
This last class cared nothing for the
interests of the public but everything
| for themselves. They would vote fol-
: any measure that would take money
. out of the peoples pockets so long as
there was advantage to be gained,
directly or indirectly, for the mselves.
, Such men found in Governor Muel-
: ler's uncOmprOmising honesty a very
troublesome obstacle in Their way.
, They were thankful to OGOveruOrMuel-
Ter for nothing except that with the
close of the session his check upon
/. them was at an end.
We will note but one or two Of the
numerous reasons why this class OF
lSenatOrs-unhappilv forming no
-ismall proportion of the Senate owed
Governor Mueller no thanks. At the
beginning Of the adjourned session
they made demand for mileage as
for a new session. He refused to sign
the certificates, holding that it was a
direct violation of the Constitution to
recognize the adjourned session as a
second session and to pay mileage as
/ for such. This act saved the people of
the State q heavy expense, but earned
for Governor Mueller the enmity of
/ Il ese Treasury-plunderers.
| The persistent raid of the Morgan
Raiders and Canal Claim plunderers
on the Appropriation Bill is a matter
/ by this time well understood. A
more shameless conspiracy TO rob the
| people was scarcely ever known in
/ the legislative history of the State.
The plundeTers from all parts of the
/ State Joined forces and the cOmbina-
tiOn was formidable. They secured
allies by threatening the defeat of
proper legislation unless aid was "
en- them, and, with regret we say it,
| Republicans from sections interest ed
deeply in preventing the success of
| these swindlers, permit, q their am
bitiOn for office to overcome their du-
| ty to their CONTINGENCIES, and directly
or indirectly aided the cOnspiratOrs 10
| secure their influence outside of the
General Assembly. All these schemes
| found in Governor Mueller an un-
! yielding opponent whenever his pO-
sition gave him opportunity to act.
He did his best to make slippery Sena-
| tors face the question and interpOsed
every obstacle possible to the progress
of dishonest measures. For this he
/ deserves the thanks of the public,
though he earned the enmity of the
dishonest and tricky politicians in the
Senate chamber.
Senate to strike out the $4,000 item
of the Morgan Raid claims, inserted
in the Appropriation Bill, the vote
stood II to Il. Governor Mueller
gave his casting vote for striking
out, and thus saved the tax payers o!
the State from that amount of clear
stealing. For this the Morgan Raid
ers owed him no thanks.
When the Appropriation Bill hung
between the two branches of the
Legislature, with the Sl3O,00O item
of the Morgan Raid fraud in iE with
some of the canal claims, a Commit
tee circumference was determined on.
Governor Mueller received from Sen
ator Morris, of Miami, the following
note, the original Of which, with its
underlined emphasis, lies before US:
"If Smith, DaugheTty and Nash are
appointed, it will remove all difficult
ty. The majority will be satisfied,
Otherwise not. MORRIS"
Daugherty of Fairfield and Nash of
Gallia are two prominent Morgan
Raiders, and it was well known that
the placing of these two men on the
GcnOtO Com nittSO of Conference
meant the retention of the fraudulent
items in the bill or the indefinite pro-
IOngation of the session. The threat
if Governor Mueller did not place
them on the Committee was unmis-
taxable. Governor Mueller did what
an honest man should do under the
circumstances: he refused to comply
with the request so made, and Wright
of Cincinnati, a Democrat, but an hon
est man, was appointed in the lace Of
DaugheTty. The result was the re-
jecting of the Morgan Raid claims
and the pUrging Of the bill from some
other Objectionable features. How
could Governor Mueller expect thanks
from 1.-The majority represented 10y
Senator Morris?
Lieutenant Governor Mueller leaves
the chair of the presiding officer ofIhe
State Senate without the formal
thanks of that body, but with the
hearty approval of his conduct by the
good men of the Senate and with the
earnest thanks of the people of the
State whom he has served so well.
1t is a great pity that a man of such
sterling, uncOmpTOmising integrity
cannot be retained in that, or secured
for higher position, but he emphati
cally declares himself heartily disgust
ed with his brief experience, and that
as he entered the political arena only
in Difference to the persistent entrea-
ties of his friends against his better
judgment, nothing could induce him
to continue after his present term has
closed. The public will be the losers
by this determination, which he de-
elRres is unalterable.-C CIeULdnd Her
aid