Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-09-25
To the Soldiers of Fayette COun.
fY. Both White and CoIored.

learn EnaC W. w savage, one OF Gne
Democratic speakers in this county made
the assertion in his speech at Lanum's
school house on Tuesday evening last,
that when was member of the House
of Representatives in 1876, voted for
negro for one of the clerks in the House
of Representatives, against one-legged
soldier from the Soldiers Home at Day
ton, by the name of Tyler. That did
vote for a coIored man for engrossing
clerk in the House, do not deny. did
vote for j. S. Tyler, a colored soldier,
against SiIas Crowell, a crippled soldier |
brought from the Soldiers Home at Day |
ton, by the Democrats, a man in no way |
qualified to fill the duties of engrossing |
clerk, nor any other position where
good penman and a skilled clerk was re-
quired. He was brought there and put up
as a candidate of the Democratic party in
the Legislature not because he was Grip
pied soldier, but with the vain hope that
thev would be able to make capital out of
his defeat. They had no power to elect any
| body, and if they had Mr.. CrOwell would
never have been brought out by them as
candidate for engrOssing clerk nor for
any other position, for they have no love
| for soldiers, no difference how well they
may have been qualified or how well they
may have served their country or how
badly crippled in defending their country
/ against the rebels.
Now let us see how tenderly these
| Democratic members of the 62d General
| Assembly loved the soldier.
The House Republicans voted for Asa
jenkins, wounded and crippled soldier,
for first assistant clerk, So Republican
| votes to 80 Democrats for D. s. Crist.
Every Democrat voted against the soldier.
For Sergeant-at-Arms, Capt. Harry r.
Brown, Republican, soldier, 63 votes :;
j. S. Hustin, Democrat. 81, no Democrat
voting for the soldier. First assistant
ergeant-at-arms, Col. Buck, Republican,
received 81 votes and Fl. s. Bishop, Dem
crat, 81 votes, no Democrat. voted for the
soldier. j. w. Thrall, a One-armed SOL
dier, was chosen second assistant SER
geant-at-arms, received 63 Republican
votes, and J. T. Martin, Democrat, re-
ceived 80 votes, no Democrat voting for
! the One-armed soldier.
On the Goth of January the business of
the House required three additional
clerks, and John w. Daugherty, a sol
: dier, was elected enrolling clerk, receiv-
ing So Republican votes, and Isaac Moore
Democrat, received 40 votes, no Demo-
crat voted for the soldier DaughertY.
John R. Meloy was a pupil of the Sol
diers' and Sailors Orphan Home, was
r elected recording clerk by vote of 20;
t six Democrats voted against him and
= many did not vote at all. On the Sd O
J, March Mr.. Flickenger, message clerk, re-
signed and Mr.. Duncan, Republican
!, nominated Mr.. Charles G.. Wheeler,
It One-legged soldier; and Mr.. Siford Demo
crat, nominated Mr.. Charles Rhodes
Mr.. Wheeler was elected, receiving 8:
q votes. Mr.. Wheeler walked on TIVE
Y crntehes and proved himself tirstrat
!, clerk.
:. 1t will be seen from this, which W,
- take from the journal of the House, tina
the Democrats did not vote for cripplet
n soldiers, only, as in the case of CrowelI-
ic and that was the only ease--with tn
faint hope of being able, at some time, o
II extracting some political capital out O
n their hypocritical pretense of being tn
n friend of the soldiers who, during tn
+ whole of the war, they had denounee
II as murderers, robbers, Lincoln hireling
and widow and orphanmakers.
In order to give the people. of tn
Il county some further idea of the gres
in love the Democracy profess to haYe 70
% the soldiers, now that the war is owe
and for the colored men, quote tn
following from letter l wrote from tE
a. Capitol, and which appeared in the HEl
IL AID Of the 27th of January, 1876:
a son Thursday last the Speaker notified Il
"a, ed the election of three additional Clerks-t
eel men on the Republican side were put in nonin
lg ton Enrolling Clerk; John " Dougherty,
es Of Greene county, from the Soldiers Orphan
7" home; J: >; Iyier, f, colorea man, was nominate
an Democrats put in nomination IT. Ware, of HaI
80 ilton; =. T. Ravenscraft. After the roll had be-
rs half called the name of Ravenscraft was wit
ed drawn by his Democratic friends. Messrs Doug
ng vote for the election of Tyler the coiored Repn
NJ lican, was about to be taken, the Democrats wi
on patriotism announced the name of silas E. Gro1
n ell wounded and crippled soldier, at the s.
III nouneelnent the other side of the House we'll nj
~, They claimed that they were the only true frien
ny the soldiers had; that itwas the Democracy W
tn had made this country what it is, and ali IL
- upon themselves in the days of Old Hickory a
" Benton. A heated discussion on old, dead issI
lg, that had been exhausted many years since, "
,as renewed, with this difference: the Democra
81 were little more tender-foOted toward the c
eu ored gentlemen than they were when they wan
laws passed to prevent some of their near relati
-ba from marrying q Bigger. They now claim that
Democracy were the best friends the gentlen
A without end.
oro "a number of speakers on both sides of
House participated in the discussion; the prin
If the Democratic side, and Howland, of Ashtabu
m M good speakers. We have not time, and it wo
fks require too much space in our columns to give
the remarks OF the members who spoke on this gu
ced tiOn; but the nomination Of negro, or dGrkeg
An MI GonVeFse 92htnoughteddy h1 we Will eharita
uc- of Democrat to bear, for they are always ser
an tive upon the subject of colOred folks, and Il
-, | pitched in; but the Republicans had the adve
ahu age in the discussion all through.
me "Mr Converse said that the reason why the n
of was put in nomination was because he was
Ored man. The reason itwas done was that tn
were not more than three four States in
the Union that Republicans could carry Without
ke Golobeu voot ~ ne nao no 81 ~ VIII toward any
nd, ssAfr Norton. Democrat. had honed that W
in the debate opened, it would have been moderI
non He then pushed into the bloody shirt business
a.; declared it the only stock in trade of the Repu
us can party
Of In the last General Assembly the Der
eu Gratis had large majority in the HO
mes of Representatives, and could elect q
'hlo l1r crippled soldier they desired to, but
~ohe ~ soldiers of Fayette county are not
ell Vised that they elected Mr.. CroWell
II any other crippled soldier to a clerksh
eW; The only crippled soldier they had 81
anu pathy for was the notorious John orc
'lLl ner, the Democratic member of the Le
gnI lature from the Soldiers Home, the
ick deserter from the Union army, the
convict to the Michigan penitentiary,
WY a county iaiI for narinrv IT'bie ;s
ken kind of soldier thav hrinor from tI,o
lied diers, Ht,mp Ivben fbav b.va n1oio
Ihu- in the Legislature and the power to e.
just who they wish. Whv does not
MY SaUage Democratic orator Yentilate in
Tue speeches the great and valuable serV
UP rendered the immaculate Democr
Iat- Legislature of 1873 by O'Conner as ch
up man of the Committee on Military
aP- fairs and on the Committee on the
lde, dierS and Sailors Orphans Home?
ved, the valuable services that convict ,
poh dered the Democratic party while
Ame served Mr. Savo0e,s n.rtv Se looda,
cep- the HouseP WIII.M M1IGTK a
lyor