The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-02

September 10, 1876.
On the 9th day of September, 1876 the Re-
publcans Of the Nineteenth Congressional dis
trict of Ohio opposed to the return of james A.
Garfield to Congress met in convention at War
ren, Ohio, and organized by electing DR.. c. W.
Ensign, Of Lake, for Chairman, and l. D.
Brown, of Portage, and George E. PaiEe, of
| Lake, Secretaries.
Onmotion, G. N. Tuttle and J. B. Burroughs,
of Lake; E. f. Perry of Ashtabalss L D. Brown
| OF PortaEe, and c. ID. Crary, OF Lake, were
chosen Committee on Resolutions, and q. II.
! Hine, William E. Hulett, P. Bosworth, and ].
s. Easement, B. F. Perry, and R. M. Murray were
appointed Committee on Conference for Rep
| resentative.
The Committee on Resolutions, after long
whereas, said
Therefore, be it by this independent conven-
| ton of the Republicans of the Nineteenth Con-
gressional district of Ohio
l. Resotued, That dishonesty, fraud and cor
| ruption have become so common, notorious and
obvious in the administration of our National
Government as to be not only humiliating and
disgraceful in the estimation of every honest
and intelligent citizen, but to impern the
prosperity Of the people, if not the stability
of the Government itself.
Q. Resolued That this deplorable condition
of the administration of our National Gov
ernment is largely due to the election to Of
fee and continuance therein of corrupt, dis
honest and venal men.
8. ResoEoed, That it is useless and hypocrit-
ical for any political party to declare for re-
form in its platforms, papers and public ad-
dresses while it insists on returning to high
official place and power men who have been
notoriously connected with the very schemes
of fraud which render reform necessary and
urgent that to send those to enact reform
| who themselves need reforming to make them
honest is worse than setting the blind to Lead
ing the blind.
L RESOLVED, That there is no man to-day Of
ficialy connected with the administration OF
our National Government against whom are
Justly preferred more or graver charges oe cor
rupton than are publicly made and abundhntly
sustained against James A: Garfield, the pres,
ent Representative Of this Congressional
district and the nominee Of the Republican
Convention for reelection.
g. Resolued, That since he first entered Con-
gress to this day there is scarcely an instance In
which rings and monopolies have been
arrayed against the interests of the people,
that he has been found active in speech or vote
upon the side of the latter, but in almost every
case he has been found the ready champion OF
rings and monopolies.
6. Resotued, That we especially charge him
with venalty and cowardice in permitting Ben
jamin F. Butler to attach to the Appropriation
bill of 1878 that ver-to-be-remembered infamy,
the salary steal !; and in speaking and voting
for that measure upon its final passage. And
charge him with corrupt disregard of the clearly
| expressed demand of his constituents that he
should vote for its repeal, and with evading said
demand by voting for the Hutchinson amend
| ment.
2. Resolved, That we further arraign and do
nounce him for his corrupt connection with the
Credit Mobilier, for his false denials before his
, constituents, for his perjured denials thereof
before committee of his peers in Congress,
for fraud upon his constituents In circulating
,, among them pamphlet purporting to set forth
the findings of said committee and the evidence
against him, when, in fact, material portions
? thereof were omitted and garbled
8. Resolued, That we further arraign and
, charge him with corrupt bribery in selling his
!, official influence as Chairman Of the Committee
on Appropriations for $4,000 to the De Golyel
Z pavement ring to aid them in securing con
tract from the Board of Public Works Of the
! District of Columbia selling bis influence tc
aid said ring in imposing upon the people OF
said District pavement which is almost worth
less at price trhee times its cost, as sworn by
e one of the contractors selling his influence tx
= aid said ring in procuring contract, to procure
which it corruptly paid S97, 900 " for influence !;
x selling his influence in matter that involved
n no question of law upon the shallow pretex
8 that he was acting as lawyer; selling his in
huence in a manner 80 palpable and clear as t.
. be SO found and declared by an important and
u competent court upon an issue ,,solemnl
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