The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1895-04-03
IIlLL1CAN BEN.

Well, Mr.. Editor, / have said
about everything could to provoke
an interest In good roads and stir
up controversy to bring out public
sentiment and to measure opinions,
expecting the people would take
some plan by the forelock and push
this enterprise on to success. BUTT
seems that we are meeting with
the reverse. Men are willing 10
discuss some things that don't ef-
feet the told land marks" or any
thing that don't make any changes
in their state, but when II comes to
reforms or any pittance from their
treasury, they are silent as the
grave.
"Farmer Friend" made a charge
against the merchants of Logan to
which I long have waited to see
them put up denial, but none have
had the courage; and a thing as
serted to he fact standing unrOn-
tradicted by the party at interest,
will surely induce a verdict against
them, and il the merchants are in
this iilema, the sooner they reform
the better it will be for Hooking
county and Logan, the county seat.
l am almost persuaded that Far
mer Friend is not a bachelor; for
he knows to much about female
instinct, he has been to closely EN-.
braced, he has got the full size of
the dress sleeve of the Modern
American Woman and he now
thinks that "WOmen suffrage
| would tax mems energies and open
their pocket books on the same
principle that they get cloth for big
sleeves; of course half the weight
of the burden is to have will that
goes that way. But on the subject
of education he thinks the system
government is good enough with.
out mixing women in 1t. Why not
Does not the mother incept intui
lion and inculcate principals t.
make the child and adult good OF
bad, great or small. Has she not
more power by contact than mar
foras she steadies the totering limb.
to make the first step, so does she
induce the intellectual and mora
faculties to unfold and acquire SUI
premacy over the animal instinct
Education is the foundation Of oul
boasted religious and moral enlight
eminent! Why then want our en-
lightened christian mothers I,
be as low as slaves and allow ignor
ant foreigners to come here ant
vote, who knows nothing about GU
interests and careless. have beer
considering the horrors that han,
around the idea" of building public
roads with criminal labor. Jus
think Of it letting men Of the mos
desperate character out of prisul
to go to the community where the,
cruelty took the life of some victim
for instance, how should that com
munity with such an Arrangement,
feel: would they feel secure? NJ
they would feel in greater DANCE
tn an if n fierce lion was at large
| Oh! but says you we would provide
II strong military guard, we'll ifyo'
do, Indians say white man is no
to be trusted. [ insist there new
er was man so base that he hat
no friends. The convict woul'
then be put in position to hav'
the sympathy and influence of con
federates and the guards, only men
might not be impregnable 10 offer
of bribe money. It would tax
quite an army to control over 200
convicts and all the officers of tn
law to ferrit out renegade convicts
what would be the predominant
element, civil, military or pre-
disposed anarchy, without presen
power to quell. Give US indial
heel paths before such an era
when satan is unclaimed. Some on
propose now to colonize the beaver
to build good roads.