Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-05-16
A specimen Of Democracy.

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The disgrace which this Ohio General AS
sembly has inflicted on the State is all Demo
cratic. There are no Republicans involved.
rhe degrading, piratical, and merciless dis,
charge Of experienced, expert, and faithful
officers and attendants from The asyluins for
the insane, mute and blind, and from the re- 4
formstory and penal institutions, TO quarter
Democrats upon them, with no regard 10 fit
ness, and all the low squabble over the distri-
button Of these places, were all Democratic.
The turning ou. Of the experienced attend,
ants from these establishments has only led To
. recriminating conflict over the new appoint
ments, In which the Governor was accused of
peculation in filing these places; but all this
was Democratic. The election of bounty
jumper and an ex -covict was all Democratic.
So was the attempt to make him a scapegoat
fpf wdr& members Who bad not Sreceised
then desserts by going to the States Prison.
The State of Ohio has had the novelty of
Legislature accusing the Governor of making
appointments to the great institutions of the
State, from those who would buy supplies fvr
these essablishments at tis grocery store; bdt
this was all in the Democratic family. The
Republican members have kept out of this
Ieesspool, and have maintained their dignity,
offefing no distractions TO all this degrading
legislation save by argument and votes. They
have not resorted 70 that mode of preventing
legislation BY abuse OF It's forms, which is
called ilibustering. They have left the re-
spsnsiblky toithe Democratic majority, and
the najofisy have exhibited 10 the satisfac'
ton of the people of the State their utter in
competency to conduct the government.
Following one diserganizstioa. of the State
institutions, to put in Democrats, there have
been propositions toreconstruct them again,
in order TO take the appointing power from
the Goyefnor;, but both the proposers and the
Governor were Democrats. All the dirt
throwing and the public washing of foul
linen are Democratic. Two investigating
icommittees are nowin this city, raised upon
tone hpsy pesoRs report ofwhst aneth& per-
son, whom he alleged to be tipsy, said to him,
and nobody knovs how much other tipsiness
iit wa driSeled through, but all this is Dem.
ocrat:c stratsgem' to smirch the character Of q
smarter Democrat, and of the Democratic
tGoverneHD Fan thiss scandslr sthe I<gisla-s
itdre about the trustees is+merely tine wofk Of
Democratic faction to throw mud on other
Ds@ectst&a VssADAyS SSH sth59s-
The people of Ohio have seen a few months
of rule of the Democratic party, and have
fcepddt incapable for scgE and Fapabls oniy
fos'eviL sEbey have fcopd it ad&radilg to
Everything it touches; mere piratical inva
sion Of the State; party with no confidence
limits own integrity. 3 party Which iE nothing
Ibdt an intestinalA Acdd6ist, Vs~it6sGt Ahs.s or
pFaciples, @ capacity sThs. Democrats bare
fhad things IN their own way in this General
Assembly, and have proved that if the Dem
ocratic party ever had any capacity for gov
erning State, or ever had any respectability
Of lehssc,er, it is now but putridlremihis-
eenee Of bs former sxftence. Aferkueh N
exhibition, no gerrymander of the State can
ssye the party frpna- defess atthespskt elsc.
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