Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1884-05-09
GONE no WIN.
Another Statesman Fallen by the Way
side
All is not Gold that Gliiters About
the State Capital.


columbus Sunday Herald
Considerable has been said during the
past week relative TO the short comings of
Representative Roche, OF Cuyahoga.
When elected 10 the Legislature his pres
poets were certainly as bright as that ol
almost any other member. But he could
not stand prosperity. He came here and
soon succeeded in attaining the reputa-
vices incident thereto. lie led Il very last
life and had II number Of cronies, who be-
ing really no better than he, have succeed
ed in maintaining fair standing among
their fellow members. MIR. Roche was
absent for weeks at time from the sit
tings of the Legislature, but could always
On several occasions he swere off and
promised his friends TO reform, but in u
few days, or weeks at the furthest, would
"get off again" and return to his old haunis.
How sincere he was in his professions OF
reformation, no one knows, but il is be-.
ieved that lie tried pretty hard. and had
some oil the so.called respectable fellows
let him alone, he weuld have turned out
tolerably fair. A man when two thirds
drunk, is not the best specimen in the
world 10 deliver temperance lecture to a
fallen brother, and that WAS about the
condition of some OF Roche's advisers.
But Roche went on from bad 10 worse.
He loafed about the citv after the Lesis-
latnre adjourned, and il il believed thai
some OF his old cronies took him to Gin.
cn,nali with them. At least, lie il no
longer about this citv, and his vile and
children in Cleveland are reported In dies.
utate circumstances and anxioms to learn
where the head of the family is now So
journing.
Many man has gone 10 ruin by the
State House route. Young men come here
bedazzled with the lie of II law maker. get
to drinking, gambling and associaling with
the worst elements and soon go To the dogs.
All remember the case of Miller, of Mercer,
county, now mn inmate OF the Insane Asy-
lum at Dayton. He had once acquired the
habit of becoming Intoxicated, reformed,
and had not touched liquor for years.
Soon after canning here, he fell into his old
habit again and the end Of his earthly
career is only question of time. There,
too, wins Peggy Warren, of Cincinnati. He
had been addicted to tile use of the intox-
icating cup, had auit, but In the race for
Representative, he had got To drinking
again and kept il up Tor the two winters
that he was here.
In this connection might be mentioned
Tom Cororan, of Cincinnati, who was In
the Legislature few years ago. lie was
a bright, intelligent young man, but he
collapsed soon and died not lorg since in
Missouri. There was also w. L. Wallace
II Senator from Hamilton comfy. lie, too,
went down worsllipping at the shrine OF
Bacchns.
The names Of Rcam, Of Fairfield, Hud
son, of Cuyahoga, Murlin, Of Mercer, aud
many Others might he mentioned, to say
nothing Of divers and snndry clerks aud
asslSiani sergeantS .rt'arms, who have gone
dawn by the benzine route. Some have
recovered their grip, bul lley are lew and
lar between. Those who reform are AZ u
general ihiHs pretty badly broken down.
Persons having hankering after the in
l"xicallng cup have nj business in the
Legislature. The lobhyis watch for
'heh', drag Them 10 their dens where they
snconmb 10 their evil propositions while
half 'rnnk, and as a consequence the We
lin loses his sel-respecl, IL in the power
II the designng rascnls and the downward
career s "s fast as il il nglorinus. While
lHwniaking nnY 10 some seem very re,
spectacle business, those who know The
lnside workings and the secret machine ry,
look upon II with disgusl and luathing.
The present Legislature is a pretty fair
sample IN tho way Of degradation and has
produced the largest crop Of disgust OF any
that has assembled here for years.