The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1885-03-05
The Ohio Legislature at
Washington OIL Il
Holiday.
The Republicans Preach Ii
cpnSe But When it Comes TO
tho Test Practice the
Other Thing.
Extraordinary Lies About the
Blind Asylum.

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until the constitution was amend
ell so as to permit it, there conlt
. be no license Of the traffic Of in
toxicating liquors. The decision
threw the Republican hvpocrit
ical into convulsions and they
went bowling up anil down the
State i'm a manner that was per
fectly appalling.
They insisted that the Judges
Of the Supreme Conrt shonld
have diSregarded their OathS and
declared the laws valid in spite
of the Constitution, and that
without a license law the whole
State was bound 10 go TO the
devil on an express train. After
expressing these violent senti-
ments, one would naturally sup
pose that the Republicans would
willingly turn in and hell amend
the constitution so that a valid
license law could be passed and
enforced.
But they had no idea of doing
any such a thing. They regard
the liquor question as a good
subject TO make party capt. u on
of and nothing more. They
care nothing about the evils of
intemperan.e, and don't care
whether ey increase or de
crease, so they can use the whis
key racket TO deceive the people
and get into office.
The other day ii license amend
ment came up in the house To
adopt it required sixt, -shrcc
votes. There are just go Demo
Gratis i'm the House all told. and
every one Of them voted for sub
mission of The amendment. Or
the Republicans. 80 of them Va.
ted against it, and four refused
TO vote either way. although
they were brought 10 the bar of
the House under resolution Of
censure.
Nearly every Republican in
the House admitted that the pro-
posed amendment was just the
thing needed and that it ought
to be % part of the constitution.
but they opposed it ,becamse they
held that IA failure to submit such
an amendment would be to the
disadvantage of The Democratic
party at the polls next fall.
This is what the Republicans
call craftsmanship. and an ex-
alled kind of craftsmanship il Is
to be sure. But one would
think that 1t was about time that
the people of The State would
get tired Of this sort of states
ship.
On Saturday last The Legi>la-
inre adjourned over unil March
10Th, so as 10 take in the inaug-
nratiOn demonsi ration tomorrow
They made it TO the 10Th, so is
to give time. for all those who
run out of money, TO walk home
as none of them got passes.
which was rather sad blow to
the statesmen of all political per-
suasions.
When they get back another
attempt will be male to submit
Il license amendment, Senator
O'Neill havin. offered one in the
Senate which will pass that body
and go over 10 The House.
For downright. mendarions "
ing. commend me to the reporter
of the Sunday News, who last
Sunday made the charge thai
the managers of the Blind A~y-
lum were iii the habit of feeding
the pupils poisoned food and had
made several attempts 10 burn
Il e institution to the ground, and
80 on for quantity and quality of
his unmiligated falsehOods.
con!d not understand what
induced The mar to set ailua,
such tremendous lies TO awake
he fear and anxiety of parents
all over The State, but | am told
that he was Il clerk III the Re
: publican State Committee las,
falI-which is $4,000 in debt
and that there is four weeks sal
airy due him, and he has been
told that the only way for hlm TO
get his money is to invent aud
set afloat in the newspapers at
.least one atrocious lie about the
, State Institutions, for every dol
lar That is due him.
This is no doubt the true expia-
nation of the matter, but l sub
NIT that it is an atrOciOus out
rage upon humanity to thus IN
sert lies that have not even the
shadow of il basis, and sow them
broadcast. causing distress in
hundreds of otherwise happy
homes, il member of which is an
inmate and a pupil of the Asy-
lum.
The law makes no provisions
for the punishment of such rep
robates, and so they go on lying
with impuniIy. They do not in
jure the managers of the institu-
tions but they cause grief and
anxiety TO every parent who is
interested i'm their management.