Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1884-02-01

false insino alton upon the motives Of the
cditr oi this paper in refusing T., eupport
him, iu an article aside fron, the report Of
d,e proceedings.
In response to tho address OF welcome
home, the Reriew reports Mr.. Foster a.
follows:
"Refefriug to i,is administration of ST late
affairs, he snid tint whatever degree ot
success had attended II was largely due to
his aubordinates aud theother State officers,
who had been competent aud Trustworthy
III the discharge ot their duties.
When he went into office he felt that the
State Institutions were too sacred To he
made the footballs OF politicians and lie dc.
termined to make an effort to take them
out Of politics no far as possible. When
the boards Of the differcat institutions were
appointed consisting Of three Republicans
aud two Dcnocrsts-he called each board
to his Office and told them that he wanted
no competent man discharged because he
WIS Democrat, nor no Incompetent man
employed because ho was a Republican.
This policy hnd been carried out for four
years, aod not = scandal had occurred in
ANY Of the State institutisns during that
time. Governor Hoadly had informed
him that the same policy should be pur-
sued during his administration, and IL this
was done we had seen the last Of our asy.
lums and other institutions being turned
upside down aud inside out for partisan
purposes"
We dislike very much to kick a man
when he is down, especially when he has
fallen from such dizzy height and his
contact with the hard pan has been such
as to take all the kick back out Of him.
But Mr., Foster and the editor Of this
paper so completely agree upon the sen.
timents OF the first above paragraph, and
differ so widely in the second proposition or
paragraph, that we feel inpellsd, as we have
got to be near neighbors again, to show the
cause Why great minds are liable to differ as
to what constitutes politician and what a
statesman.
As to whatever degree Of success had at
tended his administration of State affairs"
eas largely due to his subordinates and
the other State officers" ne one
Tor moment will attempt to
deny who have made any effort to
keep track OF Foster and said ndminis.
tration. To tell the truth Fosters time
and mind was so thoroughly occupied
between Columbus and Washington, and
something larger than the Gubern atorial
chair, that his subordinates and State
officers might have transferred the whole
business over to Canada before he would
have made the discovery. OF course his
private secretary had to accompany him
on each trip to occasionally interview
him and see to it that lie did not talk
crooked and when lie talked straight 10
give the workings of his mind through
"specials" to the Cincinnati Enquirer and
Chicago Times, from which the Republican
papers of the State were expected to please
copy"
But the 6rst paragraph was not Of much
moment to Mr.. Foster or his audience or
the public. /; bears the Rtereotyped ex-
rressions Of III great heads of great depart
men.s, both civil and military. The ideas
contained in the secsnd paragraph are the
| lueab Which, NT. ros'eT ueSIeN " h"Nc
spread before the public on the borders OF
Wood county where the 'Perrysburg JOUR
NAL has no circulation and no influence
and ale the ideas which furnished the basis
for the soap stone on which our mutual
affections were severed.
We have been charged time and again by
the Fostoria Rerie,p, Fosters home organ, .
bread and butter concern, aud the Bowling
Green Sentinel, conducted ON principles O
piracy. ditch drain, and wNtercourse high
way robbery, in its aid and protection il
the formation Of and operation OF rings
composed of Republicans and Democrats
and sharer in the plunder filched from tn,
taxpaysrs-with no other motive in fight
ing Foster than that OF his failure to give II
little 5000 Stewardship in the Asylum 70
:, the Blind. The editor Of the Sentinel, a
least, knew this to be ialse, but he also kne,
;, that il WAS a very snsy matter to make pee
:, pie believe that a failure TO get an ofic
!, was always sufficient ground tor
man going back on his party or those win
were responsible for his failure. We kno,
:, il is very frequently the case but we hav
endeavOred 10 take a, broader view of hu
y, manity. We are willing to take any oatl
n, however strong, that it Is not true in on
:, case. We have been glad ever since In,
we failed to get the position, for the disco,
cry made IN the efort TO get the posilio
Q was quite su ufficient to assure aHy one III,
at II would be but tempoary, as Fosters col
n duct would necessarily tmrn all the ofic
n over 10 Democratic control. An idiot GU
he predict az much now. Besides we soon b
be came convinced that we could net condn
It, our paper satisfactorily and attend to OF
10 duties in the asylum. Subsequent even
ed been in the same fl OF the Chicago salot
by keeper. who employed bartender who In
e few weeks was able to buy out the propri
. tor. We weuld not only have lost Il
~ JOURNAL, but through Mr.. Fosters cour
Is would have soon been TUNED out of Il
g. asylum penniless orphan. Foreseeil
ad these results soon after the effort to &
n there, why should we not ever hold M
ly Foster in grateful remembrance for rejel
a ing all our endorsements, which friend
las Columbussaid WIS "sirong enough to sta
al us In the Chicago convention as the du
OF. horse for the Presidency" and save the
Offices TO purchase the Irish Catholic "
of and "add strength TO our party
on As our space is full and our cases emp
es- and as we can't tell half OF what we kn
he about Fosters management Of the State
ac' s'iutions in his desperate efforts TO "ks
art them out OF the hands OF po liticians,"
i"s adjourn for one week.
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lhe The correspondent Of the Chicago Z
mr. buns repsrls Captain C., r.. Henry us saw