The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1875-10-01

been rarely equalled, and yet Mr.. Nc
Kinley voted to ''exonerate him from all
blame
But time forbids pursuing the sicken-
ing tale any further Every page, almost:
o. the two hundred and odd pages that
this skeleton report contains, bears
evidence OF fostering sores of corruption
upon the body polite and damning ev-
ideuce Of bribery 50 fragrant that even
Suaui-h r. puhlic O. would blush L.
have IL fastened upon it; and remember.
my friends. that this Wood county mat
ter was only one Of many jobs (and one
cf the smallest at thaJ.
Possible. however. the qnery inay
arise. where dill all this money come
trou tbar was used TO purchase men, "a
"a dealer would horses or sheep. That
was a matter / tried 20 find, and for
that purpose called H. G. Thornton,
one OF the Perrysburg agents. He testi
fed page 155 and 162) that he did not
know how the money was raised, nor
how much was raised, nor who raised il,
nor who furnished it; could not give an
approximate idea of the amount used by
himself, nor come within five hundred
dollars Of il.
MIX A. W lLllAMS,
another Of the financial agents, testified
from page 162 to l73. | will let a few Of
his answers tell his story.
@ Who paid your bills: \. paid
them myself.
=. The money was furnished who by
\ suppose it was furnished by our peo-
pie
0. Now that sou have not kept an ac-
curaic account, I want you TO tell me ac-
cordinr TO your best judgement. under oath,
the amount that you did get. y. II /
could do il ] would.
Q. You can't give any idea Of the
amount. Can't you tell within one hundred
dollars: 4. No, sir.
Q. Within two: y. ] couldn't tell you
anything about it.
q. Could You come within five hundred
dollars of the amount of money you received
altogctherg \ | couldn't swear that |
could come within five hundred dollars OF 1t.
.. Within one thousand dollars? y.
No. sir.
This was the gentleman that paid Mr..
Bakers son the SIS. 1t does not ap-
pear. however, that he contributed
anything to the support of the pretty
cousins. There were seven members of
the Perrysburg lobby; l will only call
one more,
DIR. a. II. HAMILTON.
His testimony will be found on page
fS0 to 194. | will select from the mass
of interesting reading his testimony fur
nishes, few points.
Q. How much money passed through
YOUR hands? \. l cannot tell you.
Cow, Won ff1l mo wit hin five bIlO1rpl
dollars or one thousand dollars of how much
money passed through your hands: y. |
think | have told you very decidedly that |
can tell you no more accurately than nave
told you.
But | must close. Enough has been
shown out of the mouths of the ''Other
side" to show that votes were for sale in
the temple of justice, and the money
changers were there to pay them. The
report was made to the House, even
MurIin and all of the Committee who
gave aid and comfort to the "other side"
ioinedin the following report:
The Committee would also express its
satisfaction with the manner in which Mr..
Gordon, the Chairman Of the Committee,
has discharged his duties in seeking TO make
q thorough investigation Of the subject.
The Committee recommend for adoption
the following resolutions:
Rcgolred, That George l.. Converse, Hiram
MurIin. and James >. Gordon be eXonora'ed
from all blame in the matter in question.
ResgJred That John Baker, 4. j. White and
r. NJ. Walker, are deserving of ceusure by this
House for their conduct il the matter OF The
FesoIred, That this Committee recommend
that John NJ. Haag and John NJ. Cooley be
brought before the bar Of the House. and be
s3s.flls
conduct in connection with the Wood County
bill.
Daring the consideration of their own
cases. MeSsrs. Gordon and Murlin were not
present.
The Committee also adopted the follow
ingresoluliOn;
Res9lred, That the thanks OF this Committee
be assistance n the prosecution OF this inves-
IIga,iOE.
The minority of the Committee re-
ported this much additional:
The undersigned of the Committee, al
though agreeing in the main with the above
Report, believe that the evidence in the case
would justify the expulsion of John NJ.
Haag and John NJ. Cooley from this House.
JAS. 5. GORDON,
T. S. MCLAIN, JR.,
Z. B. PARKER,
T. D.
Were those men expelled MOI Were
they reprimanded? No! Then in the
name of Justice what was done with
them? They were all eXonerated; ad
mitted on all sides to be guilty of bri
berry. a fellow-feeling made enough OF
the members so wondrous kind that they
were all dismissed, exonerated, white
washedl No, not white-washed, for the
reekfng sores of black corruption stand
out 50 ur miro~!'y ; lat al! t.:a lime and
water ~ ..Irrici cIuli Hot wash the
damned spots nrt " WhTt y the eX-
cuSe offered by Mr. Hs.ieiman, of Wayne
county. Il prominent Democrat, and
Chairman OF their Finance Committee!
Why, simply that the members had not
read Tie testimony
Then read il. replies an honest Demo
crat
No time. replies E,lelman Tie res
olurion to adjourn ut ten \ n, 10 NOR
row. has been adopted. It is our own
resolution. we can resciud it.
No. the House must adjourn, respon-
ded Haag, Murliu. E,helman, Archer
and Cooley, and Chapman, of Cuya-
hoga. the two latter. blush 70 say it,
Republicans.
Nc: responds iiia honest Democrat;
will advise 'lla aioTiry of this House
not to adjourn uatil we have cleared the
record of tile party OF this 'rrrihle stain
Nay. saws + shelmau, soto cJce. Allen
and Converse both say that we will be
ruined If we do not adjourn. Another
week of this legislature will be fatal to
the party.
Eshelman was right; the honest Dem
ocrat was wrong. Allen urged the i'm
mediate adjournment. 1t adjourned,
and the bribe takers instead of being re-
moved from the State House 20 the pen
itentiarr, are free, and the chief of them,
Judge Hang, is going about making
Democratic speeches.
You who have listened 70 me tonight, |
want you TO say whether that Governor
and that Legislature should be restored
to power. Shall we turn the Republi-
cans out because they are dishonest, and
put Allen, Esheim9n, Haag. Murlin and
Co in. because they are honest! Does
the Governor, who did not assist with
all the power his great Office confers to
bring those robbers to punishment think
more of party than of country? leave
you 70 answer.
San Cary offered challenge 10 any
Republican speaker to debate with him
publicly the financial question. Gener
al Woodford heard him make that chal-
lenge and promptly accepted it himself.
When Sam found the General ''meant
bt,si1asu - the moor bIoyia tine denapOra