The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-09-01
GOVERNOR FOSTER AND his LEG
ISLATURE.


Ths Appropriations Of Bishops and Fosters Ad
mlnlstratlOns COmpar ed-WhAt Mr.. Bowman
Said Of the Late Republican Legislature And
What the BuCyrus Republican Paper said Of
Charles Foster.
Governor Fosters speech at Youngs
town, which is published and which he
in part repeated at Canton, is a poor at.
tempt to vindicate himself and the late
Republican Legislature, which, in the
language Of ex.Representstive Bowman
Of Massillon, was the ''the wsake% and
"mOst i1nbecile that has ever conVened since
"OhiO had separate form of government"
Mr.. Foster takes the usual quantum Of
boastful credit for his party, and bestoV
the usual amount Of slsnder upon the
Democratic party, We would say to
Charles Foster that the main difference
between the two is, that the Democratic
is constitutional, law abiding party,
wishing "s more perfect union, to estsb
''lish justice, insure domestic tranquility,
provide for the common defense, pro
mote the general welfare, and secure
"the blessings Of liberty"
The Republican party is just the re.
verse. Our more perfect union" is
through peace, justice and good will,
while theirs is through hate, injustice
and violence. By just rule and equal
rights TO all, Democrats would ENSURE
domestic tranquility and secure the
blessings of liberty" while Fosters par,
ty would build up monopoly and main.
tain power by force and fraud. The his
tory Of the Republican party is history
of fraud, swindles anu usurpstion. Not
a single measure that they now boast Of,
but was forced upon the country against
the will Of the people, the object Icing
to establish themselves in deapotiC pow
or.
But Mr.. Foster claims great reform and
wholesome reduction in expenditures
under his rule, and that Of the late Re
publican Legislature, as compared with
Governor Bishop and the Democratic
General Assembly then. In his twsd.
die Gov. Foster takes care not to give us
the figures. To show up this political
triCkster we give amounts appropriated
by the late Republican Legislature and
the previous Democratic Legislature,
thus comparing Fosters two years with
Bishops:
Appropriated in lSIS.....,....'...,." 81 S92 e e
1S79.................. ..".... a, ,722 24O.OO
Total DemocTatlc.."...."... ...".'.." 9294 23S %
Appropriated ia S5S a5S a5s % %
l66l,.""'',,,''.,..',s.,s., 4 b3l 941 w
Total Republican 3Ol ,7O3,s3
This shows q difference in favor of the
Democratic two years Of 81 ,47O65. These
figures are from the record, and prove
the utter falsity of Gov. Fosters claim.
1t should be remembered that during
the Democratic two years, the laws Of
the state were codifed and published in
large volumes at heavy exl ense,
amounting to thousands Of dollars. This
was in addition to the usual and regular
appropriations. No similar expense had
to be provided during the two years of
Republican rule.
In this connection we give the re.
marks of Mr.. Bowman OF Massillon, a
Republican, formerly member of the
Legislature, and member from this dis
triCt in the late State Board of Equaliz4.
tion. He said:
"The last Legislature wiA 90 dom 10 history as Re
tOeaktSt and most inbecile that has ever convened
since ohio had a separate form Of government The
bulk Of Its work consisted Of eighty railroad billE
which have been declared unconstitutional by
the Supreme Court, leaving 1t nothing to show
for all the vast expense Of the session. save lot
Of bills to tax dogs and transfer dog tax funds"
And this "imbecile Legislature" is to
be repeated, 80 far as the Republicans of
Stark county are concerned, for they
have nominated the same set, Harts.
horn, Snyder and Conrad
As to Foster, we will close by quoting
from the BuCyrus Journal, the Republic
can organ OF Crawford county:
Foster has evlnced neither ability as an admin.
istrator, consistency as partisan, wisdom as a
party leader, honesty Us a politician, honor to.
ward other great men Of the party, nor fidelity to
the people who elected him,
Gov. Foster claims ere lit for his ad.
ninistration in the management of the
Penitentiary. W lie he admits the mum.
Der of ConviCts during Bishops admin.
istration was about five hundred more
than now, he withholds an important
fact, namely, that they had not facilities
for working more than from thousand
to twelve hundred in the workshops.
Hence, during Bishops time there we're
five or six hundred convicts unemploy.
ed, adding to the expense, and produC.
ing nothing, Why did not Mr.. Foster
tell thie2