The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1875-04-08
RANDOM THOUGHTS.
BY THE EDITOR.

had intended to say something more
about the Democratic Legislature, but l
forbear Read the articles / take from
other papers. and publish this week. My
readers will bear me witness that l have
not said hard things about the Demo
cratic Legislature, until | went and saw
it in all its depravity. Haag and Gordon
are leaders Just read what they say
about each other Now let the Demo
Gratis forever put their. hands upon their
mouths, and put their mouths in the
dust. They have been bowling for years
about Republican rascals. They get
power in the Ohio Legislature for once
or twice in twenty years. and what is the
result? They sell, and offer to sell, their
| influence and their votes for price rang
ing from five dollars up to one thousand
dollars. The leaders throw this in each
others teeth, the evidence shows it to be
true, and committee reported it to be
true, and yet these thieves, libertines,
common and uncommon drunkards, vote
to whitewash each other. Will the peo
pie of Ohio ever again bring such degra-
dation upon themselves? | cannot be-
lieve it. There is too much stern homes
ty, and shame, even among the masses of
the Democracy ever again to send such
crew to Columbus, unless they are sent
either to the Asylum for Idiots, or to the
Penitentiary.
l went to the Republican caucus at
Naughton Hall on the night of the 25th.
| supposed that the proceedings were
not particularly secret, as no one appear
| to be excluded; but from the lying re-
ports see in some of the papers, begin
to think that no one was admitted but
those who felt that it was private meet
ing, and did not feel at liberty to tell
what really did occur. For instance, one
paper reports that there was strong-op
position to Wade as candidatefor Gov
ernor, both at the caucus and among the
editors~-4fhis is utterly false. There
was nothing said in that caucus that
could be tortured into opposition to him,
and l only met with one editor who op-
posed Wade, and he has a pet candidate
"a kind of Andy johnson conservative,
who would be beaten by fifty thousand if
nominated.
There were some things said in that
meeting that ought not to have been
said All except one man, agreed that
the State platform should be short-very
short. But one man, and am sorry to
say he was an editor, while declaring
that such questions as temperance should
be left out of the platform, took occasion
to make an uncalled for attack upon
temperance. lie was very sharply re-
buked by a subsequent speaker, who said
that while all agreed to ignore side issues
il would not result in good to attack
those who favored side issues. He said
that large number of the best men OF
the State who now act with the Repub-
lican party are temperance men. They
are men OF character and influence, have
strong convictions, and it would be bet
ter to let them alone. 1t will not do to
fool too much with such men. This
brought forth a round Of applause.
One man declared that there must be
resolution on the currency question.
Now if the party convention is to be con-
,rolled by such asses { mean lions. or
lionesses, or lyin' asses as the case may
be,) then the party would do much bet
ter not to hold any State convention.
Does not this man know that the Repub-
lican and Democratic parties are both
divided right in the middle on this ques-
ton?
The State convention is fixed to be
held June I'd, when 1 hope to be there
to see.