The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1881-08-18
A DEMOCRATIC SORE SPOT.

About the only thing ever known to make the DEM
ocracy of Ohio blush. its conduct with regard to
the Soldiers Sailors Orphans Home. at Xenia.
And perhaps the blush was even then caused by the
fact that the deviltry of the party was exposed
A recent paragraph in this paper appears TO have
scratched of our local alleged statesmen and
Dr. Bliss would say caused free flow of pus-though
as Bliss would say, of decided fitting character
This paragraph charged that the burning of part of
the Home buildings occurred during Democratic
carousal 1t couldn't have occurred otherwise, for
the whole Democratic administration at the Home
was I carousal-the whole O'Conor Legislature
Democratic carousal. No intelligent Democrat, with
any regard truth will claim that the burning was
not the of criminal care the part of
somebody. The institution in full charge of Dem
ocratic bummers. 1t might possibly have been that
goodly portion of the Democratic bummers were alb
sent from the Home on that particular night-were,
in fact, up at Columbus. laboring to whtewash the
record of the convict OConor, who the accepted
leader of the DEM Legislature.
We want to do our Democratic friends full justice
in relation to their conduct toward the Home. for
their record in that direction is the most damnabe
ever known in any State administration. 1t is nasty
mess, and if our local statesmen % want light we can
give some solid chunks-not only during that admin
istration, but sipce-that would in no wise prove
pleasant to them Let not the statesmen % imagine
that the political storms have obteraed their trail
One of the acts of fatherly kindness of the Demo-
Gratis towards the Home. was law forbiddng the en-
trance of children under twelve years of There
children of that age would he old enough to assist
| their widowed mothers outside of the Home, and
would not want to enter it. The second reason was
that large proportion of the orphans entering the
| Home girls. Ask any physician, and he can
tell you why these bummers wanted the girls to be at
least twelve years of age before entering the Home.
| All this "cussedness'' transpired while the Demo-
Gratis had charge of the Home. The Democratic Su-
perintendent finally made attempts to debauch the
girls in the Home which raised such storm of pub
| Ito ip1io nafio that ha hadt A n
| wind-up to all this beautiful exhibition of Demo
cratic virtue, the leader, O'Conor sent to the
Penitentiary for perjury.
1t would be fair for to tell all know about
Legislative matters either BEFORE during, since
| the O'Conor Legislature. We could rake up the his
| tory of few Democratic carousas not heretofore
made public, which might hurt the feelings of som
of our local alleged Statesmen worse than ever.
Read the card of Mr.. Dalzell published elsewhere
EVERY WORD OF 1T is TRUE, and the Democrat
have dared to attempt to dispueits assertions
1t will not to say Mr.. Dalzell is crack
Drained, highty man. 1t will not do to say he /
not worth minding. If he a mere nobody, VIII,
should lot of cowardly Democratic legislators hfr
Democratic bruiser to strike him down. The fac
is there are very few of the young bucks who ar
attempting to hold the Democratic party up by tn
TAIL who possesses half much ability as the zeaou
Private.
1t would be to the advantage of any Democrat I
keep mum about Legislative matters, and matter
pertaining the Public Institutions especially If
has chanced in the Legislature. Senator, Rep
resentative Clerk. OF what-no We have given som
of them attention during their stewardship.
Any Democratic politician who is the father
daughters, and who is not braness hound, wi
hide his head while speaking of the conduct of hi
marty towards the Soldiers and Sailors Orphans
Home, at Xenia-