The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1874-04-30
STATE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

The Democracy are making as good
a thing as possible of their victory last
fall, running all the old boards of the
benevolent institutions and putting
in those for their own party. These
institutions under Republican man.
agement have been excellently man.
aged, both rs to tho financial interests
of the State and the welfare of those
who are so unfortunate as to reside
there. On the 10th inst, in the House
the following lively action was taken
on the
SOLDIERS ORPHANS HOME BILL.
House bill by Mr.. McCloud-TO re-
organize the Soldiers Orphans
Home at Xenia.
The bill being put upon its passage,
Mr.. Scott made an able speech in OPP
position to the same. He defended
the management of the present Board
of Trustses; referred to former Demo-
cratic opposition to the institution as
proof that they would not and could
not properly administer the home;
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tie war that the fathers of the or
phans were hireiiDgs, thieves, and
murderers; that recently in the Sen
ate the Democrats had voted against
supplying the children at the home
with milk; that the unnecessary in
reference with our state institutions
would be most destructive to the in
terests of the State, etc, etc. Mr.. Scott
declared that the recent action OF the
new Democratic Penitentiary Board
showed that although the Democrats
Justify denounced nepotism, these
Democratic boards will be hotbeds OF
nepotism. The new Penitentiary
Board has appointed as officers in the
institution their own relatives by
blood or marriage.
Mr.. Drummer said he thought the
Deputy Warden was the only relative
of either of the Directors that had
been appointed.
Mr.. Scott said he had understood
differently.
Mr.. Beach, of Knox-QuestiOnI
Mr.. Eshelman, of Wayne. said that
responsible to the people for the gov
eminent of the State, it is but just
and right that they should take the
State Institutions into their hands.
Mr.. Beach-Questionl question!
Mr.. Haag, of Henry, said the DEM
ocrats are not destitute of the milk of
human kindness, even if they did
conscientiously oppose the policy OF
the dominant party during the war.
Mr.. Beach-Question! Good God,
let's pass this bill.
Mr.. Thompson, of Montgomery,
said he would vote for the bill if only
to show the children of the home that
the Democrats are not their enemies.
He understood that the children had
been taught that they were. Mr.. It.
admitted that he himself had been q
Copperhead during the war; had be-
longed to q secret Copperhead league,
and had been warned during the war
to behave himself.
Mr.. Beach-QuestionI question: Ny
God, don't you intend to let the bill
pass?
MIR. Convey, Of Champaign, denied
that the children at the home had
ever been taught to consider the Dem
ocrats as their enemies.
Mr.. Kemp, of Butler, said that
when he was down at the home he
had inquired about the matter, and
although he couldn't ascertain that
such teaching really prevailed there,
yet, as the gentleman from Warren
(Mr. Scott had said the institution
was about to 90 into the hands of its
enemies. be (Kemp) would now
vote for the bill, although he had at
first intended to oppose it.
This was pretty thin for Mr.. Kemp.
He knows he voted for the bill be-
cause the Democrats caucus last night
told him he must.
Mr.. Reaeh-QuestionI question
What the hi do you want to talk
for? Why not let the bill pass?
The bill then passed, 81 Democrats
voting aye, and one independent
Democrat (Holt, of Cuyahogs) one
independent Republican Newton. OF
Mahoning), one nondescript Win
cent, of Morgan one Democrat West,
of Clermont), and 3s Republicans (42
in all, voting no.
Mr.. Beach-That will do, Mr..
Speaker.
The above bill legislates out OF
Office the present Board of Managers,
and reduces the new board to be APP
pointed under it TO three.
The Democrats now had their hands
in, 40 they proceeded to
8. B., by Mr.. Thompson (or rather
the House substitute therefore) To
reorgsnize the Blind Asylum.
This bill was also passed under the
able management Of Mr.. Beach-54 10
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The vote was about the same as the
other, except that Mr.. Newton and
ME. West voted aye. and Mr.. White,
Of Crawford (Dem.), voted no.