The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1875-09-24

| aiil d-htiS I'T lnIOFIldliOn Il 10 we
nran~ rl,aT v'.re adopted to procure so
happy II r.~ult. The following letter
was receiv-,' ia reply:
''EAsT ST. LOUIS, Aug 4, 1873.
Error Catholic fdvoc te:
Yours of the 2Sth uIt. was recrived.
tat being absent from home | could not
answer you ere this. The scrap OF news
mailing from East ST. Louis is true. The
B ard of Education permits us to select
our own teachers, and they are APPROX
II of by the Board according to law.
Catcchi-In is taught outside of school
hours i'll the school room. Our text
books are all right.
You seem anxious to know how comes
it that our schools are supported by the
public funds Well, it is in This wise: The
majority of our population are CathO-
lies. and they elect Catholic directors.
This is the key that solves the grant.
''Iou may make any comment you
please. | simply give you tine facts as
required. Yours very respectfully,
"P. J. O'FALLoRAN, Y. +.
The very Rev. gentleman invites Us to
make any comments we please. The
only comment thNt occurs to us is that
| Catholics may from this plainly see for
I themselves llltl Tie StilltI1tIlb Oi lliiS
| frettrd question depends altogether on
| votes. In cities, where justice to Cath
olics is most easy, there are always
sufficient number of Catholic voters to
| turn the tide of election i'm any way they
| please, if they will but unite and inteli-
| gently use their franchise-the only ar
| gument that can reach the non Catholic
| public.
| Ii is by no means necessary that Cath
olics should be in a majority in a com-
muniiy to obtain a division of the school
fund-a small return for what they
yearly pay for this purpose into the pub
ic treasury. 1t is only necessary that
they should allow politicians to divide
amongst themselves, as their own ambi-
tion and pecuniary interests will always
divide them, and then cast the weight
of the Catholic vote in favor of every
good man who is willing to support the
Catholic claim for justice. In this way
a comparatively small band of voters
may elect to Office men of their own
principles.
A. an illustration of this statement let
us 1; K. the August election of 1871 in
Louisville. We select the figures of that
year because those of the election of the
county. In that election of 1871 Cover
nor Leslie was elected over General Har-
Ian. Leslie ran with all the advantages
that a Democratic candidate of great
popularity possesses in Kentucky, and
General Harlan with the disadvantages
attending Oh being Republican. We
have selected these two candidates in
in order to bring out the greatest maiO
ity attainable i'll any election contested
by Democrat and Republican i'll Ken
tucky.
In that election Leslie received from
Louisville and the rest of jefferson coun-
ty a total vote of 10, 1876, Harlan ), 532
So in this county Leslies majority was
4,6G3. In that election, half this num-
Der, that is 1852 Democratic voters,
held ''the balance of ofpnwer, and could,
if they had voted for Harlan, have given
him a majority Of one vote in the eOun
ty. As kentucky Catholics are Learly
all Democrats, it is fair to say that all
the Catholics that voted i'll the II cleo
ton voted for Leslie and against Harlan.
And it would have taken but 1882 Cath
Ollie votes to have given Harlan IA ma jor
ity in Louisville 1t is also safe to say
that there are 1000 Catholic voters in
Louisville alone-and not much short of
9 500 in all the societies in the city. So
then at any time the Catholic societies |
alone choi Sc to unite and agree upon an |
election policy, they can give a ma jority |
i'm Louisville to the most unpopular can |
didate Judging from what Is done at |
elections we are bound to conclude that |
our Catholic people are totally ignorant |
of their own strength or very Indifferent |
how they Use it. Perhaps it is true to |
say that the great majority are both ig- |
noraut and Indifferent. There is no |
gratitude in politics, but interest takes |
the place of gratitude and people act ae
cordingly. Catholics have served Dem |
ocracy for generations. Yet the Demo |
cratic party in Kentucky to day robs |
them yearly of ten dollars per voter Tor |
school tax, nor gives them a copper in |
return. And the Democratic party will |
always act thus unless they are forced to |
Weld to the cry of Justice
= This forcing can be done only by II |
wholesale drsrrtiuu of Catholics i'll |
Louisville 10 tile ranks Of tie enemy. |
This desertion need not be permanent, |
but only so long as would be necessary |
TO prove TO the dominant part that Cath
Giles do not belong soul and body TO 1t; |
that they will not vote with II party that |
passes laws 10 plunder them. and that
they will look out for their own inter
e.ds first, and their neighbors after
Were ?, 500 Catholics iu Louisville to
vote the Republican ticket at the next
one or two elections, not for love of Re
publicans but TO show their powerto the
Democrats, there would be 10 mere
trouble about the school tax.
Now these 2, suO votes can easily be
mobiIiZed in societies, and il is TO be hop
ed that the coming State Convention, ON
the 2Jth inst, will effectively look into
the school question and devise such
means as will obtain for the unfortunate
and schoolieSS Catholic children of
Louisville the same justice that well ap
piled votes have obtained ia East St.
Louis
INSTRUCTIVE CONTRASTS.
Sometime since wg gave "a showing, so
far a. it could then be made from the
official accounts open to our inspection,
of the proceeds and expenditures at tie
Ohio Penitentiary. Since then the ac-
counts have been extended so far as to
cover three quarters of the current fiscal
year. The following will show the re-
sults-which are even more interesting
and conclusive than our former state
ment:
DEMOCRATIC MANAGEMENT.
The earnings of the Ohio Penitentiary
for the nine months of the current fiscal
year, from November l, 1874, to July 81.
1875, rs certified by the Warden to the
| Auditor of State, are-convict labor
S13l, 951. Al; miscellaneous receipts S.
S12. &C. Total S143, 764O7.
There have been paid at the State
Treasury for the same period, bills as
follows: Mote that this does not in
clude outstanding accounts, but only
accounts already paid at the Treasury
General expenses. -....---.-.- $50, l49 "A
Salaries of officers. %, 40 81
| Rewards to cOnvicts. .-.----..- AT %
Ordinary repairs. ....... 1,132 60
Library- So 81
Total cost of maintenance. Sli2 40 50
Enlargement and repairs....... 1929 81
| New slaughter and soap house. Ills Ia
Building new shops. -.---.----- II, ,fS2 93
| Building new cells J,2J4 g2
| Manufacture of gas. 4,9@O %
Total bills paid. .....---- SlIO,fl' ID
REpURIICAS MANAGEMENT.