The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-08-28

q DenOcrdtlC Legislature was cOHhpelleu W
appropriate more than a Republican Legis-
lature from theG General Revenue Fund.-
THE SOLDIERS ORPHANS HON
Republican soldiers. who fought in the
hospital. like Private Dalzell, and whose
deeds of yalor were chiefly performed on
paper, after the war, are alarmed over the
fact that the institution called the Soldiers.
Orphans Home at Xenia is in Democratic
hands. Four years ago they were panied to
find Professor Kerr, President of the Gran
vile Female College, a Democrat, a scholar,
and Christian gentleman. at the head of this
institution, and a Republican Legislature
promptly passed a law and ''reorganized"
him out. This was q high and commendable
act, and the Republican press of the State
Endorsed it. ] do not complain of it. ! sim
ply mention it to show that it was patriotic
for a Republican Legislature to ~legislate
Democrats out OF Office, but tits undoubtedly
reasonable for Democratic Legislature to
legislate Republicans out. Fellow-cltizens,
a Democratic Legislators has been m~aligned
and slandered in the highest Republican
style of the art, for taking possession of this
institution. Now, what are the facts?
I am here to demonstrate, that inthis matter,
as in Others, the Democratic party has
been a truer friend OF the soldier and sol
dier's orphan than the Republican party.
Fellow-citizens, this Soldiers Orphans Home
has not been a Soldiers Orphans Home
under Republican management. 1t has
been nothing but a State ~Poor-house, where
certain Republican counties have been I'M
loading their INDECENT children, to escape the
cost of their support, and maintaining them
at the expense Of the taxpayers of the State
The law passed by the last Republican Legis-
lature places the soldiers orphan. the son of
the man who gave his life in battle, the
ward of the Republic; upon an equality with
fba ohtldran Ootbarad fro~- fho otroafo and
alleys of the cities OF the State. When the
Qenloc--sic Legislature met there were 605
children in this Home. Three hundred and
thirty-ive of these children were from fiji
teen counties. OF this number Greene County
had ~fifty-six children, and the previous year
sixty-eight, and had on file applications to
admit thirty-two more; while her just pro
portion is stated to be but six children.
Among the other seventy-three counties are
the ~populous Counties of Hamilton, Cuya-
hoga, Lucas and Franklin. Twenty-ene
counties had not q single child at the Home.
Six counties had 1876 children at the Home,
and the same six counties were asking ad-
mission for 178 more. Thus the Republican
counties filled the Home, while forty coun-
ties in the State had but thirty-four children
there. The Counties of Clark and Greene and
others had emptied their infirmaries into the
Soldiers Orphans Home. Hall the children
tU6T6 were uOb oOiulclS VI p1dLo, duu Jill
of them 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, are grown to be men
and women. But there was a magnificent hole
here for Republicans to pour the peoples
money into. and they filled it up with all sorts
OF children to keep Republican o~ffice-holders
employed. The last year the Republicans
Lo1 ar,kr1I GRO 0n0 mae swami for on
expenses. OF this amount $4,000 were
paid 119 ab~le-bodied Republicans for taking
care of 600 children, and they kindly per
mitted the orphans to enjoy the remainder
of the appropriation. 'Grand old Republi.
can partyI" Laughter and applause. A
Democratic Legislature said this is a Sol
diers' Orphans Home. 1t is not a 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
~[applausel, and because Republicans were
turned out of Office they were not admin
istering in the interests of the people, they
| are trying to persuade you that the Demo.
era tic Legislature has wronged the soldier:
| orphan. 1t is a lie, SO base and contemplate
that no Republican can be sfound in the
| State thai dare face any Democrat before the
people and reiterate it. [Applause.l
BURNING BUILDINGS"
Il Ill lilo COAllCOblOht lAC hi6hii odObhOl
campaign lie, by noticing, the childish
twaddle of the Cincinnati Gazette. Durine
the winter the main building of the Soldiers
| Orphans Home burned down. The Gazette
and other papers sent up a howl over til,
| confederation and announced it as a legiti
mate result of Democratic organization
They said: The house never burned dowI
while Republicans had control; it did burr
while Democrats were in control, henc,
noro oorata burnaJ ~ NoW ~ fhio Hin1 n
argument will hold good, let us look back
little in the history of these institutions
Twelve years ago the Lunatio Asylum Wa
burned at Columbus, several lives were los
and a million of properly destroyed. Yea
more; for it cost the taxpayers thre,
millions of dollars to rebuild this Asylum
In 1872 the main building of the Girls HON,
at Delaware burned. In the summer of tn,
same year the Northern Lunatic Asylum q
Cleveland was totally destroyed and six per
sons lost their lives. In 1874 the workshop
burned at the Reform School. Republican
were in control of ali these institutions, ALT
it must follow, according to Gazette reason
ing, that the Republicans burned these in
situations and are responsible for the poo
unfortGnates who were consumed.
"o'coNNoRl'
When Republican orators of the garter
snake caliber are headed off at every othe
| VIM oAlh uOplINCu VI oA ASoOuLCCo III al
gument, they find consolation in kissing
"O'ConnorV'"O' CoNNoRlP' "O'CONNORlIl
He is the burden of their criesl Who is an,
what was O'Connor? The legitimate fruit
of rascally Republican legislation! Year
ago, by brazen and repeated abuses of power
the Republican. party intrenched behinC
large majorities, onnd an indignant an,
thinking people storming their stronghold
and turning them over to the Democrats
This was the case in the Dayton District
when "Draw-poker'' Bob Schenck asked
Republican Legislature to protect him iron
Lew Campbell, the Butler County Pony. b
eniranchising the inmates of the Soldier;
Home at Dayton! Notwithstanding the fac
that at the. time nine-tentiiS OF those soldier
were not citizens of Ohio. a Republican Legi!
%lature conferred Upon them the right of sui
ragel Among the number was John OCor
nor, of Michigan, a man admitted to this RI
treat OF wounde@yeterans by Republica
toficials, whose sworn duty it waste guar
this shelter of the brave from dishonorabl
and undeserving intrudersl A large nun
Der OF these soldiers began voting the Den
ocratic ticket, and they became q power j
Montgomery politics that all parties courtet
The Democrats of Montgomery col
coded to the soldiers in the Home tn
right to name a candidate for th
Legislature, and John O'Connor was nom
mated and elected, and took his seat-th
RICH fruit of pernicious legislation! The RI
publicans began bounding him. He was
cripple. Il criminal and d deserter. For 81
long weeks forty able-bodied, strong-hinde
Republicans abandoned their duties as legis
lators and followed the poor. unfortunate
crippled man, like a pack of Russian wolve
surrounding an abandoned horse! Magnif
cent spectaclel Happy picture Of politics
hate! to see the representatives of this 'igran
old Republican party in Ohio, forty of thel
representing 30 600 Republicans, houndin
and hating one poor, miserable unfortunate
, who represented nothing but a piece of il
SORROWS and sufferingsl They brought the
crippled victim to bay. They proved him a