The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1886-05-13

There is one trick which many
Democrats learned during the war
especially about the time of the draft
which seems now to be a party
characteristic. That is the trick of
desertion-running away. Get a
Democratic politician in tight place,
and if he can't get out of it by a trick,
or a lie, he'll run away. The Cana
dian experience of the dark days of
the war, was not altogether lost. But
the last act of the Democracy in this
line was the crowning infamy of the
party in Ohio. On Wednesday ef last
week the Cincinnati election frauds
case was to come before the Ohio SEN
ate. By allowing the four frauds
from Hamilton County to remain, the
Democrats have majority Of three.
But it was whispered that some two
or three Democrats might possibly
vote with the Republicans and cause
the Democracy untold trouble in their
attempt to uphold forgery, and the
Democratic Senators dived into the
last ditch. They deserted, breaking a
quorum, and ran away to Kentucky.
Thus the Democratic Senators of Ohio
proclaim themselves the advocates and
defenders of fraud and forgery. This
was perhaps the most Infamous and
disgraceful action ever seen in a Leg
islative body, and while all must admit
that it is Enthusiastically Democratic,
it was burning disgrace to the State
of Ohio. The Democratic party,
through its representatives in the Sen
ate, proclaims it's utter wickedness,
and proves itself capable Of anything
mean and horrible in order to defend
the criminal practices of its politicians.
These Senators will perhaps be taught
lesson which will be as lasting as
impressive. They may find that unless
they remain at their posts the wheels
of Legislative progress will move on
without them.
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We have received from Hon. A. G.
Thompson the testimony in the Payne
Investigation at Columbus. It is
little volume of 288 pages. It seems
by few lines written by Judge
Thompson, that some jealous Demo-
crat succeeded in playing quite a joke
upon the Committee serious joke
that Hon. Emmett Tompkins, Secre-
tary of the Committee, went over to
Washington to investigate. After the
work was completed and the Commit
tee was fattering itself that it had
made out strong case, it was horror
struck to find, upon the last page
and the only matter upon that page
this paragraph, which gives decided
ly ridiculous aspect to the whole work:
tigation though they felt it incumbent them to
terests would they reported that
to 81 m heed
where and everywhere they were pleased to desig-
nate and every time they thought they had captured
with and land him they Invariably found that it
was only a small sucker which they took between
their fingers and threw him back into his native ele-
they dIdnt and any guilty Of corrupt practices
they think 1t is burning shame that some wasn't
guilty of bribery, that they might report his
ture by this committee"
Investigation revealed the fact that
the paragraph had been handed to the
printer along with the other copy"
but the last paragraph was in pencil
manuscript. 1t was an exceedingly
mean and dastardly trick, but the
perpetrator did nothing to compromise
his Democracy.
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In Cincinnati there is an organiza-
ton called the ''Bund for Liberty and
Right" The idea of Liberty enter
tanned by this patriotic organization
seems to be the breaking of the Sab
bath. All other matters must be
subordinated to the one grand object
Of breaking the Sabbath. Not only
s the organization active in resisting
my attempt to observe the day in