The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-08-28

phan than the Republican party. Eel.
low citizens, this Soldiers Orphans
Home has not been Soldiers Orphans'
Home under Republican management.
It has been nothing but State Poor
House, where certain Republican coun.
ties have been unloading their INDECENT
children, TO escape the expense of their
support, and supporting them at the ex-
pense OF the State! The law passed by
last Republican Legislature places the
soldiers orphan, the son OF the man
who gave his life in battle, the ward of
the Republic, upon an equality with the
children gathered from the streets and
allevs CT the cities of the State. When
the Democratic Legislature met there
were sos children in this Home. Three
hundred and thirty five of these child
rem we're from fifteen counties. Of this
number Greene county had 56. and the
year previous IS, and had on file appli-
cations to admit 32 more; while her joint
proportion is said to be but Six children.
Among the other 73 counties are the
populous counties of Hamilton, Cuyaho-
90. Lucas and Franklin. Twenty one
Counties had not single child at The
Home. Six counties had 1876 children at
the Home, and the same six counties
were asking admission for l78 more.
Thus the Republican counties filled up
the Home, while 40 counties in the State
had but "a children there. The count.
les of Clarke and Greene and others had
emptied their infrmaries into the Sold.
iers' Orphans Home Half the children
there were not soldiers orphans, and
some were not orphans at all. 1t is now
fourteen years since the close OF the war,
and the orphans Of those who lost their
lives in battle, or who died from wounds
or disease contracted in the war, have
grown to be men and women But there
was a grand hole here for the Republi
cans to pour the peoples money into,
and they filed it up with all sorts Of
children, TO keep Republican Office hold.
ers employed. The last year the Repub.
licans had control, $4,000 were spent
for current expenses OF this sum $2S.
900 were paid 1l9 able bodied Rspubi.
cans for taking care of 900 children, and
they kindly permitted the orphans to
enjoy the rest of the appropriation.
Grand old Republican party" Zap.
plause.) A Democratic Legislature said
this is Soldiers Orphans Home. 1t is
not poor house. The orphans of the
men who died for their country are first
entitled to the benefits of this Home,
and shall enjoy them, and because Re.
publicans were turned out of Offices they
were not ministering in the interests Of
the people, they are trying to persuade
you that the Democratic Legislature has
wronged the soldiers orphan. 1t is a
lie, 80 base and contemplate, that no
Republican can be found in this State
that dare face any Democrat before the
people and reiterate It. (Applause.) I
In this connection let me dignity an
other campaign lie, the childish twaddle
of the Cincinnati Gazette. During the
winter the main building of the Soldiers
Orphans Home burned down. The Ga
zette and other papers sent up a howl
over the confagrslion, and announced it
as legitimate result of Democratic or.
ganization. They said: The house never
burned down under Republican rule; it
did under Democratic rule, hence Dem
ocrats burned it. Now, if this kind of
will hold good, let us look
back little in the history of these insti.
5utions, Twelve years ago the Lunatic
Asylum was burned at Columbus, sew
aral lives were lost and million of
destroyed. Yea, more. It cost
the State three million dollars to rebuild
this Asylum. In 1872 the main building
of the Girls Home at Delaware burned.
In the summer of the same year the
Northern Lunatic Asylum at Cleveland
was totally destroyed and six lives lost.
Ia 1874 the workshops burned at the Re-
form School. Republicans had control
Of these institutions then, and it must
follow, according to Gazette reasoning,
that the Republicans burned them, and
are responsible for the poor unfortunates
who we're consumed.
When Republican orators of the garter
snake calibre are headed of at every
other point, and deprived Of every re.
source in argument, they find oonsola.
ton in Kissing "0'Connor |" "UCoN
NoRl" He is the burden of their criesl
Who is and what was 0'Connor? The
legitimate fruits of rsscally Republican
legislationl Years ago, by brazen and
repeated abuses of power, the Republi-
can party entrenched behind large ma.
jorities, found an indignant and thinking
people storming their strongholds and
turning them over to the Democrats.
This was the case in the Dayton district
when Draw poker" Bob sChenck asked
a Republican Legislature to protect him 1
from Lew Campbell, the Butler county
pony, by enfranchising the inmates of
the Soldiers Home at Dayton. Notwith
standing the fact that at the time nine
tenths OF those soldiers were not citizens
Of Ohio, q Republican Legislature con-
ferred upon them the right of suffrage!
Among the number was John O'Connor.
of Michigan, man admitted to this re.
treat Of wounded veterans by Republi.
can officials, whose sworn duty it was to
guard this shelter of the brave from dis
honorable and undeserving intrudersl A
large number Of these soldiers began vo.
ting the Democratic ticket, and they be.
came q power in Montgomery county
politics that all parties Courted. The
Democrats of Montgomery conceded to
the soldiers in the Home the right to
name candidate for the Legislature, and |
John 0'Connor was nominated and |
elected, and took his seat, the rich fruit
of pernicious legislation. The Republi. !
cans began bounding him. He was a |
cripple, a criminal and deserter. For
six long weeks forty able bodied, strong
minded Republicans abandoned their |
duties as Legislators, and followed the
poor, unfortunate, crippled man, like a |
pack Of Russian wolves surrounding an
abandoned horseI Magnificent speCtacleI
Happy picture of political hatel to see
The representatives of this "grand, old |
party" in Ohio, forty of them |
representing 10000 Republicans, hating
and bounding one poor, miserable, nnfor.
tunate, who represented nothing but
piece Of iniquitous Republican legisla.
ton, and his own sorrows and suffer
ingsl They brought their crippled vic.