, 1879-02-05
OHIO POLITICS.
Tho Democratic Scheme to Deprive the
CIeyeiAus'rrs Of t.ocat astY- -00sernnent.
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Tho Ncmocratlo Scheme to Deprive tho
CleyelAnslrrs of Local asiY. .0uvernlnent.
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CLEVELAND, O., Feb. 4.--fust at present the
qurstlous-Who shall hu nominated loF 0oy-
crnor Oh tho two opposing tickets, :nnd who
shall bo tho next Senator III this State1-ate
t.a,ing before the manipulation Ut onu OF The
most purely partisan nnd buldly barciacei
scheme OF pnt.lcal tntcyinc hat havc ever been
attempted In this Commonwealth. Thu scheme
has held fro orc way and alyauleF Tor nearly
two years. In fact, the hungry and dcspctatc
gang Ut political wtcpl,lIera who Rrc attcaipt-
Ing to foIst II upon thu Democratic party t"gau
10 ,ont,tvo III regard to It before "Yous Uneao
nicls," tho new Democratic Governor, had
fairly got tho Executive chair warn,
casfoI tu call tiIe nttcntion Of Tns InIuuHx
readers to this attempt, but It then fell far short
OF assuming the proportions that II now l'as,
a,d wus consigned " All early krAvtt where II
was exp cetcu ,llat It would 1ut. 1hu csnss Of
hungry la1itteal outs who ctso,ored Tor thls
trheshg, however, were not 10 b. sttlcu 10 eatl-
" " that. They simnlY took ttu summer for !
rckt!lsE.s spell, aui, being backed 2nt eneourAQed
uiany of Nav York, ll.ey went With = full force
Vi lobbyists to CoutniIla, detcrmlnod to spend
aud bs spent In the cause VI getting this city
into llcIf own hamis,-this titl,u NJ all hazards.
1nE plan WHICH IltAc TeofkRutAEl4 pIuEQ4H ID.
to do away with Iocsl scIl-g0Ycrumont entirely :;
IL put al the import att management OF tlis cit
futu tlic hands of Hoard u hve men, who shail
bv eppointcd by the Governor, Ail.l OF course will
bu DclliututA. These ulen would run TVS Poltce
uId F,Eu departments. besiaea doug the wntk
tf.4l IL now admirably performed By thu Hoard
ut Improvements. TAe pFcsent members ot lllu
various DoardA contribute their services t0 The
c.ty, nEd are perfectly conteut to TO what they
DO for thu houot that Il thereby c0nicrfed.
The members Ut The new bos14 are tu have fat
salaries; anA. Ut coursc, 1t VIII b1 poacd vi
tlit elan,urtug fellows who at present 80 very
uissat!shc4 with tAg way lu which inaLters are
managed. At the last meeting Ut The City
Council, ttxHch Ueu,oe1asc ulelahcE presented
resolutions 1tnounclng lu tho most severe
te5ms 10th tils mea4ura unl tile ertur!pls upou
which It Ia b.let, insisting that It sakrs away
completely tlln right Of The People ~ govern
theMsclyes,-n must uplcuIocrattc proceeding.
This resolution was passed BY all oselwllc mlnE
majority, ouly SIX Dcluucrais hcinE touna wilt
lux u yute aEaiu1t IL, This wa4 Il blg setback
to tue repsgAiilxrss. but thry went oa with their
work % be4, 1lcy could. tn Saturday, II
very largcly-attcu1el lucctipx of the
Bsnr4 Ut Irst!c. 4Ir,tllcf jemtxrat, als. Henry
Fulnrrtue, All extensive cuulsilss!uH.iiirrchahtt
prcslslltel similar resolutions, which HcTe Carried
ni,uost uu.n,utu,ls!y. ii,cte points show how
tle matter IL considered AlusE tlsc beat clASa Dl
rtttzens Of kIta partirI; but tle blnl and deaf
kttil GO Ou, rvE1rlliess
o. vi. The III attrr would b. u ine illustration
u tux eonipltIr usrGlrl of ull principle which
tt4tActerikrs csslatu 1sasA ol Democratic