Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-01-31
Disgracing Themselves and Their
Parry.


The Democratic majority in the Ohio
General Assembly are doing their best
TO disgrace themselves and add fresh
Odium to the load of mismanagement
and blunderiDg stupidity with which
their party is already heavily weighted.
In the House a bitter and contemplate
fight against Governor Huadly has been
inaugurated because he did not feel ill.,
cliHed to remove d enc legged soldier
from his position as policeman in the
Capitol bHidIng to make room for an
able bodied Democratic place seeker As
a result d bill was introduced in tue
House to take from the Governor the
authority to appoint Capitol policemen
and give iE to the Adiutant General.
This measure was vigorously opposed
by the Republicans, but WAS finally pass
ed on Friday, the Democrats, with one
exceptions; voting sOlidly for it, and the
Republicans against it. Tue bill goes to
the Senate Tor its approval, and under
the party lash, applied 10y the mercilesS
hands of King Caucus, will doubtless
pass that body and become law.
While the above measure was being
forced through the House, the Demo-
cratic majority in the Senate were play
ing their role in the contemplate act of
snubblng the new Governor, and belit-
ding themselves by rejecting the nomin-
alton of Ex-Governor Foster as a mem-
Der of the board of trustees for the new
asylum for the insane at Toledo. Cover
n II FoSter-waS selected by Gov. Huadly
us Il minority member OF that board on
account of the great interest he has
taken in the benevolent institutions of
the State, his perfect familiarity with
the details of every step taken toward
the erection of this new asylum, his bu-
sineSS energy, recognized executive abIl-
ity, and honesty ds cities. The Sc
lection was a wise one. and was heartily
endorsed. 1t was made by GovernQr
Headiy without reference To political or
personal preference, but solely for tle
benefit OF the State and the good OF the
Institution. But the Democratic Sena-
tors could not rise above their narrow.
cOwardly and bigoted party prejudiceS
and personal dislikes, and therefore re-
jected the nomination. There is not a
man in the State better qualified in ev-
cry respect for the p0siLIoa than Cover
nor Foster. He has for four years given
the public institutions of the State his
especial attention, and during his whole
administration made il his constant aim
10 make their management, as far as
possible, nOh-partisan. He has been
officially connected with the projected
asylum at Toledo from its incipiency to
the present time. He is a gentleman of
wealth, a large taxpayer and sufficiently
SOlicitOns for the success of the new in
stitntiOn to interest himself in its behalf.
Hence the refusal of the Democrats in
the Senate to confirm his appointment
is not merely IA puerile snub and insult
to Governor Hoadly, bnt IA stab at the
institution and the constituency whose
interests they are supposed to conserve.
The whole affair is indicative of that
pusillanimOus policy which has thus far
characterized the present Democratic
General Assembly, and which, if con-
tinued, will make the notorious O'Con-
nor Legislature respectable in cumpari-
son. Governor Hoadly is evidently trying
TO elevate his party, but he has doubtless
already discovered that he has under
taken a herculean task, in which he is
almost certain of defeat and constant
at the hands of the venial.
and hungry mob that
shape the policy and control the action
Of that party. cleveland Leader.