Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-08-07

For nearly two years past the Demo-
ratio party of this State have had full
OntrOn of our State government. With
Governor of the State, majority of 10
n the Senate and p in the House,
making a Democratic majority of AZ on |
Oint ballot, they had the power to, and |
lid have complete CONTROL of the State
either for good or evil. So
'ar as the real interests of the State were
they were OvershadOwed by
their intense desire to place in power, in
all the public institutions of the State,
men of their own political party, without
regard TO their fitness or qualifications to
discharge the duties of the positions.
In their ardor to reform good men
out and fill their places with Democrats,
they had hardly warmed their seats until
they commenced the work which they
called reorganization.
EUery one of the following State lnstitu-
tions fell victim to their mode of reorgan-
cation: The Athens, Cleveland, Colnm-
bus, Dayton and Longview Asylums for
the Insane, the Ohio Penitentiary, the
Reform School for Boys, the Girls Indus
trial Home, the Asylums for the Blind,
for the Deaf and Dumb and for Imbecil
Youth, and the Home for Soldiers and
Sailors orphans: These institutions were
| all reOrganized, or more properly speak
ing, diserganized, not because they were
not well managed, but for no other pur-
pose than to make places for hungry Dem
ocrats, and the Capital of our State fo
weeks was besieged by a class of politi
cal bummers who supposed that they ha'
fallen heirs, not only to the principal off
cial positions, but to all the subordinate
places in these institutions.
The trustees of the following institu
tiOns, however, refused to turn out tn
old and tried superintendents. The Asy
Iums for the Blind, the Deaf and Dunn
and Imbecile Youth and Girl's Industris
Home. The superintendents of these il
stitutions have been retained, and tn
result has been that they have been abl
and judiciOusly managed.
In every one of the other institutions
where the Democracy have undertake
their work of reform, they have mad
: disgraeeful failures. Some of their 81
perintendents having proved utterly in
competent and had to be superseded 0
, that account, and others were permitte
to resign because of their disgraceful COZ
duct in the institutions. But these fac
: are perhaps well understood by our reat
: ers.
The redistricting of the State into ne
congressional districts at the dictatiUn
! the rebel generals in congress was an on
rage that should receive the condemn
ton of every true loyal citizen of Ohio.
was done for no other purpose than to gi
u the ascendency in congress to the frienC
of the Southern Confederacy, for Il
IS purpose of repeating all laws of congre
e designed to secure the purity of the b'
/ lot-bOxes. But fortunately we have
/ President who dared to interpOse his VI
IL to the acts of congress passed by the ca
lie federate Generals for repeating these j.
~ laws. And here let us remind our read'
1t of the old Sd district, and this county
t pecially, that by this redistricting o
rage, we are deprived of the services
" our fellow-citizen, Hon. Mills Gardn
in congress to-day,
In addition to these outrages upon leg
lative propriety, we arraign the late g,
, eral assembly (63d) for their reckle
waste of the peoples time. We char
% upon them a disgraceful wa ste of ii
a. that stands before them without par
: lei. For instance, the Senate from
9 time the adjourned session of 1879 co
menced until the adjournment sine
was in session 16S days; of this time tt
't- were in actual session 80 days; idle
e days, yet they received pay for the full
tie -$94O.OO for each Senator.
en- The House of Representatives was
n paid for l6s days services whereas Il
he were in actual session only 112, idl,
days. Now we ask the people wIlet
:, in view of these facts they believe it g
r policy to keep party in power to m
90 laws and manage the affairs of the St
- who have proved themselves to be ute
- regardless of the trne interests of
N State, and as Legislators so unwOrth!
'de confidence of the people? We think
just verdict of the people on the 14t
October next will he that two year
big Democratic misrule in our State has
to vinced us that the Legislative power in
The hands of the Democratic party is a II
IN nificent failure, if not a fraud upon
ers true interests of our State.
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