The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1878-03-28

therefore Democrats should have the
management of it2
Mr.. Speaker, l have made no such
charge or insinuation against the Demo
cratic party, but will now say to the
member from Richland, that If he will
poll the inmates OF that Institution, /
have no doubt but that he will find
large majority Of them to have been mem
bers Of good standing 10 the Democratic
party.
] care not what party manages the Pen
itentiary, its management will damn any
party. Ii is an institution for the damn
ed-or those already condemned. Take
it, and the responsibilities OF its manage
meut-with a welcome.
But this Farm is a reformatorY institu.
tion for the erring children of-the State
and its management should be in the
hands of experienced officers, and there
is no reason for any change here, only to
hand its management over to the Demo.
cratic party. Is this a sufficient argu-
ment? l presume it is to an average
Democrat.
Here, Mr.. Speaker l wish to read an
article which | find in the Cincinnati
Commercial of to-day, in proof of what
have been saying. and what view others
take of this Wholesale reorganization:
"The present Legislature Of Ohio has
consumed more time in reorCanizing the
ID
than was ever wasted in the same work
by previous legislative body. Had there
been mismanagement in these institu-
tions, extravaganza, inefiiciency or cor
ruption, there would have been reasona-
ble cause tor reorganization, and the peo-
pie would have eheerfully indorsed the
action OF the Legislature. But no such
causes have existed; none have been
alleged, at least upon Information worth
moments consideration. 1t is not de
MED that the Boards that have been, or
are to be legislated out, have been com
posed of intelligent, honest, faithful men,
who have attended to their duties strictly
and with the purpose steadily in view OF
making the various institutions useful
and beneficial according to their means
and capacity. 10 all the debates and dis
cussions on the subject of reorganization,
no insinuations of improper conduct or
mistakes Of mismanagement have been
urged as consideration for ousting the
Trustees. The single object Of all this
pottering over recognizing bills has been
political. Each and every one of them
was an act enabling the Governor to sub
stitute Democrats Tor Republicans, where
any such remained in the Boards. and
thus satisfy the demands Of the politi
r 4 4
istration. Ii is not pretended, nor is IL
expected. that Governor Bishop will in
duct into these places better or more
efficient men than have been or are to be
put out. The people will derive no ben
eft whatever from the changes made, nor
is any betterment in the condition of the
institutions look for. No doubt the
Governor, whose instincts are honest and
patriotic. will endeavor to satisfy both
the demands of the party and the inter
ests OF the people by appointing the best
Democrats be can find available But
this does not alter the fact in any way,
that the Legislature has put the people
to great expense for no public end, but
merely TO crafty partisan feelings and
promote party objects. Subjects Of great
important and that ought to have
received careful consideration at the
hands OF the Legislature, have been neg
lected for the purpose of putting through
the small jobs Of the small politicians,
until now, WI hen there is talk of adjourn
ment, and when the members begin to
feel restless at their long stay in COlum.
bus they find an enormous accumulation
of business, which must either 60 over
unfinished or be dispatched in haste and
without proper deliberation. 1t is very
doubtful. indeed, whether a body OF law
makers ever congregated at the State
| Capitsl that managed to exhibit mar.
rover and more proscriptive partisan
temper"
Mr.. Speaker, the sixty-third General
Assembly will have much to answer for
to the people OF Ohio. The record which
it is making for itself, far from being a
creditable one, is most disreputable, and
the Democratic party will 60 into the
next campaign weighted with it, as with
a milestone about its neck Its sins oi
commission have been innumerable its
sins Of omission few. In other words
/ few opportunities for the commission oI
deviltry have been omitted, and the oP
portunities have been many.
The public is credulous, but it is not
nearly so gullible as some of the short
/ sighted members Of this General Assem-
bly imagine. In the light Of the terrible
fasco of the sixty third General Assembly
they will find it impossible to impose a
second time on the credulity of the peo
pie to the extent Of making them believe
that it was a matter of necessity to spend
eight or ten weeks of time, and thirty
five or forty thousand dollars Of theii
money, to reorganize the State institu
tions, and place them in a worse condi
tion than they found them.
Mr.. Speaker: ! warn with solemnity
the Democratic majority on this floor
that they are now in lead, that will
teach them when it is too late to call q
halt. that there is God in Israel; thai
there is a power behind the throne, great
er than the throne itself, and that power
is the people, and they will assert that
power tn the overthrow of any party that
spends their money in this worse than
insane legislation.
Mr.. BOIL. Did the member from Jack
son favor the reorganization of the Hos
pitals for the insane in the Sixty-secono
General Assembly?
Mr. Monahan. / did Mr. Speaker,
believed there were good reasons for th'
changes made outside OF partisan view
Go on my Democratic friends, with
your reorganization bills, and with this