Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1875-08-26
A Shot From the CAPITOL.

Our Democratic opponents are using
all their efforts to divert attention
from the infamous record the party
made for themselves during the past
two years, in the Ohio Legislature
They have not word to say about
the corruptions and frauds practiced
by the Democratic Legislature of the
State, during its two years of misrule
and corruption. Their whole cry is
more greenbacks down with the ma
tional banks! and talk like that
Questions that do not properly belong
to this campaign, questions that no Of
fcer to be elected this fall can have
anything to do, with. Questions
of a national character. We intend,
however, to hold up their record be-
fore them, unpleasant as it may be to
their delicate tastes; as, for instance,
read the following from the Columbus
Journal. Here are few nuts for our
nsighber of the Register to crack
Go at it Brother Beasley.
We are having the full benefits of
Democratic administration in Ohio
We have a small reduction of the levy,
accomplished by leaving the State
debt due on the 31st of December
next unprovided for, leaving the Cen
tral Lunatic Asylum half provided
for, and leaving the Sinking Fund not
reimbursed fer transfer which saved
$50, 900 in interest to the State. We
have seen the management OF the Cen
tral Lunatic Asylum building fund
taken out of the hands of an unpaid
Board of reputable Trustees, and put
into the hands of an expensive salar
led commission, with the work delay
ed from inadequate appropriations
and inefficient management. We have
seen a Democratic Superintendent of
the Soldiers Orphans Home convict
ed of lewd practices and per mitted to
resign, after a short admi nistration
which largely increased the running
| expenses of the institution. We have
seen an attempt to oust the Superin
! tendent of the Reform Farm, and put
! in partisan successor, before his term
expired We have seen the Ohio Pen
itentiary demoralized in discipline and
and it's net proceeds reduced to moth
ing, while the number of convicts has
been larger than at any previous peri
cd in its history, and the proceeds
should have been correspOndingly in
creased. We have seen the Superin
tendent of the Northern Ohio Lunatic
Asylum secretly examin ed on charges
similar to those against the Superin
tendent of the Soldiers Orphans
Home, the reporters for the press ex-
cluded, the witnesses discharged for
testifying, and the Superintendent cal
lowed to resign" We have observed
the ruling price of 800 head for a
Democratic Reform Legislature, and
the suppression of material part OF
the record of an investigation, under
a resolution of the body implicated.
| We have seen Democratic Governor
unable to sign his own name, and
carrying on the executive functions by
means of a stamp signature in the
| hands of subordinates. We have seen
the only creditable performance oi
public duty in institutions still under
the administration of officials appoint,
ed under Republican control We
have seen the Democratic party rent
into factions, and it's platform the
| laughing stock of Democrats and Re-
pubIicans alike, everywhere outside the
State. We have seen a servile candi-
date for Governor eat his own forty
years record in the vain hopes of gain.
| ing votes on what is declared by the
National Democratic organ to be san
absurd and preposterous platform. -
We have seen the brains of a party
even in Ohio, opposing a platform and
denouncing it, or preserving a grim
silence toward it. We have. against
all this, nearly twenty years of Repub
lican administration, without q pre-
tense on the part of its bitterest enc.
mics of malfeasance or misfeasance il
any department more, with the
enforced certificate of Governor Aller
that the Democratic Executive hal
been unable to find any evidence o
fraud or misconduct in Office on tn,
part of any Republican State official.
And now we are asked to repudiat
this Republican State administrator
and indorse the Democratic failure, be
cause the National Congress-by tn
help of minority of Republicans ant
majority of Democrats-has beel
implicated in the Credit Mobilier; be
cause times are hard, (they are always
hard-did you ever know time tina
was not hard } !; because the crops ar,
short and men are out of employment
because a Democratic rebellion has
cost hundreds of thousands of live
and hundreds of millions of treasure
because Chase (WhO came near beins
the last Democratic candidate TO
President) created national banks ant
an irredeemable currency; becaus
there was too little rain last year ant
too much this year; because the grass
hoppers eat out Kansas, Nebraska, ant
parts of Minnesota; and because-be
cause We are not all happy and rich
and for various other equally goo(
reasons.
Are you prepared to adopt thi
style OF reasoning Then vote tht
Democratic ticket. If you prefer tt
accept the record of the Republican
party in the State administration o
Ohio, which has extorted praise from
its most interested enemies, then Vot.
the Republican ticket. AS men O
sense, we appeal to you, "Choose y,
the day"
At the Primary Election il
Greene county, held by the Republi-
cans, on the 7th inst, Col. Aaror
Spangler was elected as the cheice OF
the party for Senator, over Abraham