The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-02-03

C~oluABus, Ono, !
Jan. 18th. 1861
Editor 81 Eat0n Democrat::

1UtCOl " 6utOH 1(OHtO(f Ut.
You say in your last issue, eve
notice that our Senator voted with
one other democrat TO repudiate the
payment of editors for publishing Of
the Constitutional Amendments
The refusal OF the Legislature to al
low an appropriation for tiepayment
of this contra act is s IMPLY because
the work was done by Democrats,
and if Senator IIaines is helping the
Republicans in this contemplate
piece of political littleness, we would
like him to explain why it is thusly.n
now proceed TO explain ~"thusly:''
The printers bills were originally in
the partial appropriation bill, amoun
ting to some $4,000. This bill orig
mated in the lower House, and the
appropriation to pay the printers was
then stricken out; and in that shape
the bill came into the Senate. A
motion was then made to reinstate
the item and pass 1t in gross, with
out further investigation. /. was
here made to appear that there was
a great disparity in the amounts
charged by the different printers for
doing the same work. For instance,
several printers charged some 81, loo,
while Others charged less than 800.
1t was claimed by some Senator's,
that the amount charged and en-
dorsed by the Commissioners, under
the laws Of last winter upon the sub
ject, estoped the present Legislature
from going back and equalizing
their bills. / took a different view
of the subject and a large majo i y
of the Senators were with me, and j
assure you there was no time that
these bills in gross could have posi-,
bly, passed the Senate. In this view
of the case, s committee was appoint
ed to over haul, and to some extent
equalize the respective amounts,
and when the report CONES in, the
respective amounts allowed will be
provided for in the general appro-
priation bill.
And so you see, Brother Gould,
that the Senator from Preble is not
for ''repudiation;" but for exact
justice, whether the work was done
by either Democratic or Republican
printers. Some of the charges are
extravagant, as you yourself admit
ted to me, and | then tod you, /
would try and have them to some ex-
tent equalized. and to this endI have
worked therefore. Bat the printers
must have a little patience, for in
due time they will all be paid. But
what justice is there in allowing
some ofthem say, $50, as one of then
charges and others owe s,s2,10O fol
the same work. On reflection you
will doubtless agree WITHIN
Yesterday the Senate, in cxecntiv,
session confirmed the appointeei
, sent in by the Governor as Commiss
toner's to assist the Supreme Court
Last evening the House Bill to re
5 peal the Geghsn act came up for con
sideration, and after some sparing
it vas agreed to make it the specia
der of the day, for to morrow at 4
: O'Clock, A. NJ and the Senate ad
r journed. When the Senste convened
! this morning, the now memorabl
fight began, and was kept up hot ant
sharp until recess. When tie Sen
ate convened in the afternoon tn
discussion was resumed and con
tinued without cessation until
O'clock in the evening, when a vot
. was reached and this commendabl
act was Defeated by a strict part
!, vote-cvery Republican Sensto
) voting for the repeal, and ever
Democratic Senator voting agains
it. So passed away the celebrate
Geghan act, and l how think tn
Pope is headed off from the State
d and | trust our protestant eyangel
a ical friends of Preble County wi
rest easier.
During this discussion, the R,
/ publicans were charged with inter
t tionally deceiving Che people, dur
e ing the anvas last fall, in the tin
: and construction of the act, withor
reading the same; that there wa
not one worl in the act referring
Ie either the Catholic Church or I'll
. school fund of the State, and that
any Senator would point out any r
u form of that kind, or difference b
l. tween the act and the Declaration
lie Independence, and the present bill
rights contained in the original la
of the State, every Democratic Sc
ator would cheerfully vote for I'll
is repeal. But every Republican Sc
ater sat perfectly still, not one opeI
, ed his mouth. When Senator Ke
pointedly asked Senator Burns, if
&c had not, last fall, stated to the pc
"a pie, that at the time the bill passt
;. that there we're rs or so Cathol
priests in the halls Of the Legislator
lobbying through the passage of Il
h bill for the express purpose of diyi
ing the school fund, and which
knew to be untrue. At the time, NJ
Burns made no reply; and Mr.. Kei
IS. still pressed the question and d
lie mandcd a reply. Burns merely 7
:. sponded, II am not now on the wi
ness stand" In this way the r
y publican Senators evaded ali discus
n ion, by remaining perfectly still, f
s.. suehza p0Hrsrhad]hccu agreed upy
q in caucus *
On Wednesday NJ. D. Conway, d
y livered a lecture on the Devil at Il
Opera House, to an attentive aud
ence. He assumed the various ide;
y. entertained by mankind ofhis sata.
ic majesty, during the'historical ag
and arrived at the conclusion that |
/. was a superstitious myth. Mr.. Co
Q. way is an advanced thinker, al
what l would call a Deist. He
p. not a fine speaker, but a good tai
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