Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1878-09-19
What is Sauce for the Goose is
Sauce for the Gander.

Sauce for the Gander.
Mr.. Converse manifests his disregard
for workingmen. Hon. Mr.. Sellards,
Republican Representative of Scioto
county, in the session of the ed General
Assembly of Ohio, introduced the follow
ing bill:
A BILL TO SECURE LABoRERs THEIR WAGES.
SEC. 1. Be it enacted By the General As
| se1ably of the State Of Ohio, That all COM
| panies which now are, or may be here |
after incorporated, under and by virtue
of the laws of the State of Ohio, shall
make payment to their employees and Ope-
ratives of the wages due for all labor
| performed by them after the passage of
| debts, or demands whatsoever against
such corporation, not secured by mort |
gage, and such priority of payment may |
be inforced by civil action.
SEC. 2. That in all cases where an in |
corporated company goes into bankrupt |
cy, makes an assignment, or otherwise
fails in business so that it cannot pay its
Indebtedness, then all debts due from said
corporation to their employees for work
and labor shall have priority of payment
from the moneys and assets of such cor
porations in the hands of officers or
agents, of any receiver, assignee or other
person, oser every other claim, debt, or
. demand whatsoever against them, not Sc
cured by mortgage on property.
: SEC. 3. That every officer, agent, re-
ceiver, assignee or other person holding
y | such money or assets, but refusing the
: priority herein proved for, such employ
ees and operatives on their demand,
: against such corporation, in violation of
. this act, shall be liable to said laborers
: for the amount of all loss and damages
q caused thereby, to be recovered in any
q court of competent jurisdiction, with a
penalty of ten per centum thereon.
SEC. 4. That all the individual proper
. ty of each member of said corporations
% Csubject by law to execution) shall be liza
h BILE and bound for the payment of all such
70 debts owing by such corporations to their
h employees for work and labor, as though
.r the said individual poperty belonged to
70 such corporation.
"a SEC. 3. This act shall take effect on its
ID passage.
C. Hon. Emanuel Shuts, Republican
10 Representative of the 62d General As
sembly, now the Republican candidate
III for Congress in the Dayton district, did
not vote for the above bill; and because
he did not, the Dayton Empire and Demo
10 crat arraigns Mr.. Shuts before the peo-
pie of that district as an enemy to the
II laboring men, and publishes the Oficia
: vote on the bill, to show that Shuts wa!
y not in the interest of the working classes
IA We quote the following from the EN-
" pire and Democrat, of the 11th inst:
III E'The bill passed. The title a0as agreed to
IN H. B., No. 512. Mr.. Sellars-To secar
RS the labOrers their GoGges. The question be
ing, ''Shall the bill pass ?'' the yeas ant
>. nays were ordered and resulted: Yeas go
nays 10, as follows:
o. E'Fhose who voted in the affirmative
of were Messrs, Baker, of Allen; Barclay
Barnett, Bard, Blake, Boyee, Breck, Bru
ner, Carnahan, Carothers, Carson, Clea
Ia yer, Cole, Dalzell, Davies, Dawson, Dir
IN Dow, Duncan, Edwards, Entrekin, Ey
~ n lar, Faxon, Fenton, Flaugher, Garwood
~: Groom, Grove, CUTLERY, Haley, Hart
on Hodge, Holloway, Hostetter, Rowland
VS.; Huberich, LuccOck, Lyburger, Meslof
m Lmr9 Messer, Millikan, Money, Myers. Naylol
1It ,Gu Nigh, Nixon, Norton, Perkins, Quinby
ok Richards, .Sellards, Sheets, Smith of Licl
10 10 lag, Smith of Washington, Sorter, Stry
ne ker, Stump, Tryon, Ullery, West, Wi
m mtDC liams and Wiltsee-62.
W. w '"Those who voted in the negative wei
IL Messrs. Cogsil, Converse, Hitchcocl
Hoagland, Kemp, Klimmel, Mccoy M
lth 10 10 t'--e "
be seThe bill passed. The titled was agree
es- to-
cbgs Now then, what is sauee for the goo
ly: is also sauce for the gandef. While N
ldi- Shuts did not vote for the bill he did n
NJ vote against it, for which the Empire al
the Democrat strives to make point again
ave Mr.. Shuts; but, how is it with Mr.. Co
IT," verse, the Democratic candidate for Co
'ur- gress in this district? He, it will be see
mr. voted against the bill; and if Mr.. Shul
ure is to be condemned for not voting for Il
any bill. ought not Mr.. Converse to be co
pre- demned by the laboring men, for votil
ON against bill to secure them their har
ton earned wages? That is the point '
ght make on Mr.. Converse.
who
mea0 THE Democrats are claiming that Ge
pa pa L. Converse is great friend to the color
,rige men, and that therefore, they ought
Sc 1 vote for him. The way he showed
thor friendship for the coIoredz people VIII
he was member of the Ohio Legislatu
at in 1868, was by introducing a bill in t
and House to prohibit the migration of p
ony, sons of African descent into the State
: - Ohio, and in doing this, he but rep
and sented the sentiment and wishes of I
ght. Democratic partp of the State. Now, ho
nat ever, after the colored man has had
Sc so ballot placed in his hands by the Repul
e Of cans, the Democrats have become w
fore shippers of the gentlemen of African
ions scent, and they are found hob-nobbi
.tinn with colored folks upon all the street C