Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1878-07-25

izing the Soldiers and Sailors
Orphans Home.
Two or three weeks since, after COM {
plying with request of the editor of the
Register, we asked him for his opinion of
O'Connor, and the law above referred to.
In relation to O'COnnor, brother Kerr
says:
''He was admitted to the Home, near
Dayton, while there he was elected to the
Legislature. After taking his seat the
Republicans ascertained his former rec
ord and then the Democrats OF thaG DOdy
declared his seat vacant. The Democrats
did right when they expelled him. As to
the law regulating the Home we have
never read it, neither do we believe Mr..
MiIlikan has, for the simple reason that
the laws of last winter have not yet been
published. We don't propose to base our
Opinien upon the law by what the Herald
and other Republican sheets may say con-
corning it. We will, as soon as. we can |
procure copy, publish it, and then our |
readers may draw their own conclusions. |
If 1t meets our appreciation we shall ap- |
prove of it, if not, we shall advocate its |
repeal when the Legislature meets next |
winter. There is one thing we do know |
however, and that is the Superintendent, |
Mr.. Shaw, is still in charge, nor have any
of the children been removed. There is
another thing we believe, and that is
when the Republican editors publish that
the widows pension is taken from her
when her children are at the Home, they
know it to be base falsehOod.''
| It took the Democrats a long time to
understand that O'COnnor was deserter
and bounty jumper. They denied it as
long as they could, and had him white
washed by special committee of the
House. The covering was too thin to
hide the character of this Democratic
member of the House. Not only so, but
the fact that he was an ex-member of the
Michigan Penitentiary came to light. The
charge was made, and the thief defended
by his Democratic brethren of the Ohio
Legislature until the fact become notori-
GUS. He was pet with his party, and
they refused to declare his seat vacant,
long after they knew he was an ex-pen-
itentiary convict; nor did they expell
him until they had used him to assist
them in all the dirty work they had time
to do before the adjournment. The act of
expelling him was one of the last acts of
the session and then only under the lash
of public sentiment.
| r hOEE uOCS uOI dQulIJ LGaG LuC
Democrats ever ascertained or acknowl-
edged his former record, but he says ''the
Republicans ascertained his former re-
cord and then the Democrats of that body
declared his seat vacant" In this the ed
itor unintentionally admits: that if the
Republicans had not forced an investiga-
ton into O'Connor's record he might still
be as honorable member of the Ohio
Legislature as any other Democratic
member.
The bill recognizing (Or disorganizing)
the Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home
at Xenia, was reported by this John o.
ConnOr, the ex-penitentiary convict, who
was chairman of the committee on the
Home. 1t was a cherished bantling of
the majority in the House, it was indorsed
by the Democratic members, and when
our neighbor of the Register makes his
purile effort to deny the provisions of the
law, simply because he has not read the
: law, he places himself in the attitude of
! a very small iquibler. We repeat the
charge: that the O'Connor law, to which
: we refer, does prohibit the orphans OF
soldiers and sailors from entering the
Home until they are twelve years of age,
and that it does require the mothers OF
e orphans, who may be receiving pensions
to pay over the same to the trustees OF
the Home; and we call upon the editor OF
: the Register to show to the contrary, it he
: can. He admits that he has not read the
law; yet, he says: ''When the Republi-
can editors publish that the Widows pen
sion is taken from her when her children
are at the Home, they know it to be
fa1sehood.'' How does he know it to b.
IL falsehood when, as he says, he has no
If read the law?
S. We recommend the following section
of the law referred to above, to Brothe
Kerr's notice, Here is the law, and tn
- editor need not prevaricate any further a
to the passage of the law, or its provisions
, 1t speaks for itself, and it speaks in thun
der tone against its authors. The edito
of the Register is the only editor who ha
re had cheek enough to deny the provision
D. of this O'Connor law:
: ''SEc g. Said Board of Trustees ar
i? authorized to receive into said home th
n INDECENT children of the deceased soldier
: and sailors who lost their lives in the mi
| Blry or naval service Oh the O0ICeQ SCaLe
during the late rebellion, or have sine
died by reason of wounds received or dii
n ease contracted while in said service, an
e. In the line of duty as such soldier; pro
"a | vided, however, that no child of such dc
ceased soldier shall be received into sal
" home under the age of twelve years, dul
mt ing the lifetime of the mother of sal
he child, and provided, also, that no chill
shall be received into said home exceI
the child of deceased soldier, on accouT
Ia of whose death the United States has pal
he or is paying pension.
~ ''SEC. 4. That after the passage Of tn
- act the said Board of Trustees shall adm
and continue in said home no child {
"a children unless the mother or guardian
ed such child or children shall pay over I
said Board of Trustees, for the purpose
clothing said child or children, the mon
On ey paid by the United States as pension c
m account of the death of said soldier"
n The editor says: ''There is one thin
IN, we do know, however, and that is: thi
all Mr.. Shaw is still in charge" Mr.. Sha
M is not there, nor was it the intention tn
ate he should remain there unless he won
stultify his manhood by pledging himse
to remove every Republican holding ar
W position within his reach in the Instit
-. =. ton. This has been clearly illustrated
y the fact that on Friday last the new D
rectors of the Home proceeded to elect
a" new Superintendent in the place of Maj,
l0i Shaw, with the following result: On tt
me first ballot two votes were cast for w.
hu Alexander and two votes for DIR. Keife
'cy both Democrats, and one vote for Maj
Shaw, the present incumbent; of cours
there was no choice. On the second bs
u.s. loting the result was in favor of Shaw
three to two votes; but the Democrat
members of the Board of Directors HI