The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1878-08-22
VCONNER'S VOTE.
! REPUBLICAN, LIE CLNoHED.
His Vote Not Necessary to RoOrganlze the Sol
dlsrS Orphans Home,

His Vote Not Necessary to RoOrganlze tho Sol
dierS Orphans Home.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
1t seems proper that after the Rebubli,
can newspapers have been retailing any
amount of falsehood's about O'Conner' S
vote to reorganize the Soldiers Orphans
Home being necessary, and being kept
in his seat to accomplish that purpose,
that some one conversant with the facts
in the case should state them and put a
stop to all such stuff as is being furnish>
ed by an unfair partisan press. | desire
to state the facts and appeal to the rec
ord for the truth Of them as stated, defy
ing successful contradiction.
The bill to reorganize the House was
House bill, No, 81 by Mr.. OConnor. II
was placed on the calendar and came up
for consideration on March 2Ist. Mr..
OConnor made speech upon it, anda
its close demanded the previous guess
tion. The demand was not sustained by
handsome majority, thus giving the
Republican members ample opportunity
for discussing the merits Of the measure
if they so desired.
The Democratic House in this instance
shows their generosity in giving the Res
publican members ample opportunity,
which they did not grant to the members
Of the 62d General Assembly when they
had the power to refuse it.
On the passage of the billin the House
the vote stood 90 ayes to 3S nays. 1t is
untrue that OConnor,s vote was neces-
sary to pass it. Those who voted in the
affirmative We're Achauer, Alexander,
Baker, Bloom, Bohl, Booth, Brown of
Hamilton, Brown OF Putnam, Bull, Car
ter, Clough, Crosley, Crossen, Danford,
Dodds, Douglass, Durham, Elliott, Ellis,
Estil, Eyler, Groschner, Guthrie, Haley,
Hardy of Coshocton, Hardy of Defiance,
Hart, Hayman, Hendrick, Hostetter,
Hume, Jessup, Levering, Loder, Love.
lace, Maury, Mccoy Of Lawrence, Nc
Coy of Wayne, Norton, O'Connor, Park.
er, Poe, Rimer, Sawyer, Seifert, Sextro,
Sheets, Smith, Sullivan of Hamilton,
Quinn, Trovinger, Tyler of Licking, Ty.
Ter of Wyandot, VanCleaf, Washburne,
White, Williams, Wolf, Wright, Speak,
er-6o, though it took only S. to pass a
bill.
Those who voted in the negative were.
Boyce, Carpenter, Conkright, Covert,
Cowgirl, Dalzell, Dempsey, Dow, Ed
wards, Fenton, Forsyth, Foster, Green,
Harmon, Herrick, Hitchcock, Kellogg,
Kerr, Leggett, Luccock, Mack, Morey,
Oglevee, Palmer, Perkins, Quinby, Reed,
Sage, Scott, Sneed, Stubbs, Sturgeon,
Sullivan of Miami, Thorp; Townsend,
Wales, Wasson, Williamson-3S in all.
Mr.. O'Connors vote was not at all
necessary to pass the bill,
The bill than went to the Senate, and
was amended, well enough intended,
out fear not very we'll perfected. On
is return to the House, it was referred to
he Committee on Military Affairs, Of
which Mr. Sawyer was then Chairman.
This was after the reorganization of the
Committee, brought about by the resig>
lation Of four members of the Commits
ee, Mr.. o Connor among the number.
On May 18th, Mr.. Sawyer reported the
ill back with the recommendation that
he House concur with the Senate amend.
nents. Upon this question the vote stood,
Ayes 90, nays, 80. Those who voted in
he affirmative were: Achauer, Baker,
'loom, Bohl, Booth, Brown of Hamilton.
'rown Of Putnam, Ball, Carter, Clough,
,rosley, Crossen, Danford, Dodds Doug.
ass, Dunham, Elliott, Ellis, Estil, Eyler,
iroschner, Guthrie, Haley, Hardy of
.oshocton, Hardy of Defiance, Hart,
iayman, Hendrick, Hume, Jessup,
Klemper, Levering, Loder,
.ovelace, Marsh, Mccoy of Lawrence,
lcCoy of Wayne, Meuser, Norton, Poe,
,uinn, Rimer, Sawyer, Seiber, Sextro,
heets, Smith, Sullivan of Hamilton,
rovinger, Tyler of Licking, Tyler of
Jyandot, VanCleaf of Washburn,
Ihite, Williams, Wolf, Worley, Wright, 7
peaker-6o. !
Those who voted in the negative were: =
oyce, Carpenter, Covert, Cowgirl. (
reamer, Dalzell, Dawson, Dempey, +
ow, Edwards, Fenton, Forsyth, Foster,
reen, Harman, Herrlck, Hitchcock,
err, Leggett, Luccock, Mack, Oglevee,
uinby, Reed Of Trumbull, Sage, Scott, F
head, Stubbs, Sullivan of Miami, Thorp a
'ales, Wasson, Williamsburg, Mr.. a
'Connor on the final passage of this n
Ii did not vote at all, and it was this .
,te, on concurring in the Senate amend.
ents, which did pass the bill. 1t be- =,
me law without his aid or vote at all.
Furthermore, as has already been re-
:atedly stated, there was not single te
bill or political measure a. a
lich passed the House, that O'Connor's %
tie was necessary to pass-not one up. Y
its final passage. D,
S. S. BLOOM. "