The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-04-22
The Late Ohio Legislature and the
Eaton Rerister,

The Late Ohio Legislature and the
Eaton Register.
All the readers of the DEMOCRAT
know that we were not very favora-
bly, impressed with the doings and
workings of our late Legislature. 1t
vas not because it done anything
"rotten" or "steeped in infamy,"
however, that we found fault, but
because that it did not do as well as
it might have done. Compared with
any Republican Legislature in the
history of Ohio for the last twenty
years, it was certainly a success and
a credit to the State, and when a
newspaper that never uttered a word
against the shortcomings of its par
tlsan Assemblies, nor a single objec-
ton to the corruptions and robberies
of the present Administration, un-
dertakes to abuse and berate a Dem
ocratic Legislature as rotten and
"steeped in infamy," we 7 induced
to step forward and speak a word of
disapproval. And this language too,
comes from q paper now under con-
troll and managed by an ofice-holder
of the Grant infamy! What effron-
terry! What cheek What bold
ness! But it is a trite saying, that
the burglaroften runs and cries "stop
thief" in order to direct suspicion
from his own person, and this seems
is the plan now to be adopted by the
Register under its new regime, to
mislead the people from the corrup-
%tions, rascalities, robberies and usur-
pations of the Grant dynasty.
Let anybody compare the acts of
the late Democratic Legislature with
the preceding Republican, and see
where the '~'rotteness'' and "infamy"
exists. The Democratic Legislature
at its regular session reduced State
taxation three-tenths of a mill, which
made q difference in the State taxes
of four hundred and s~erenty.four
thousand dollars, and q further re-
duction of one tenth of q mill was
made, amounting to ole hundred and
Wty-eight thousand dollars, making
in the aggregate $632,O00 of a differ
ence in our axes!-Isthere anything
"rotten" and "steeped in infamy" in
this, Mr.. Register? 1t took from the
Adair liquor law, a Republican mea-
sure, its power to levy black mail on
liquor dealers. Is there anything
"rotten" or "steeped in infamy' in
that, Mr.. Revenue Collector? 1t re-
pealed the Local Option law, by
which little town councils could ex-
hibit their bigotry by overriding the
State law of Ohio and punish that
which State legislation permitted
Was there anything "rotten" or
"steeped in infamy' in that, Robert?
1t enacted a judicious law for the
protection of miners against the
greed of capitalists. Is there any
thing "rotten" or "steeped in infa-
N.Y. in that, Mr.. Editor-in-chief?
Its sessions were t,centyJour days
shorter than its Republican prede-
cessor, being a saving alone of about
$1,000 per day. Anything "rotten''
or "steeped in infamy' in that, Mr..
'mutibility of all things? Its ap-
preparations were $523, SS2,41 less
than the Republican Generally AS
sembly that preceded it, and were
sufficient for all purposes. What is
rotten and "steeped in infamy'' in
that, Mr.. Editor and Manager? 1t
passed the County Fee Bill, rcduc-
ing the salaries of county officers,
and saving the tax payers thousands
of dollars. Anything rotten or
"steeped in infamy' in that, Mr..
"third term advocate?
And so We might go through all
the acts of the Democratic Legisla-
ture, and show an improvement over
any of its Republican predecessors,
and yet we did think and do now,
that it might have done all its work
in much less time than it did, and
been hat much more credit to the
party. But sweeping and wholesale
charges will not satisfy the people,
nor will it induce them into the sup
port of Grants third term minions
or to change a party that has done
so well for their interests, for one
that c%orruptions and public plumber
has marked its entire pathway.
What a spendthrift world it is! Al
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