Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-01-23
A PUBLIC DISGRACE.
Republican Legislature and q Grand
Jury Always Meet at The Same
Time and Place.
SHAMEFUL SPECTACLE AT
COLUMBUS PRESENTED
TO THE PEOPLE OF
THE STATES.
SENATOR FORAKER GIVES THE
GRAND 5NUB OF HIS LIFE
TO HIS OLD FRIEND
MCKINLEY.
Peculiar Features Developing In the
Big Fight Over the New
Haskell Bill.

L
zation of this state from the north
west territory the people of Ohio have
presented to them one Of the rarest
spectacles of modern times. AT one
end Of High street setting in vast
pile of marble and stone and known
as the State House is an assemblage
of citizens in an historic chamber by
the grace of the people of this great
state engaged in the making of laws
for those who sent then there. A
mile further down the same street in
another majestic pile of marble and
stone in an upper room is another
body of men sitting there also by the
grace of the people of this same
stae. 1t is the Grand Jury OF the
county of Franklin. While 7at one
end of the street a body of men are
engaged in the making Of laws for
the people at the other end this body
is preparing evidence to send the
predecessor of this assembly to the
penitentiary. This body of men
in the Court House has no politics.
The body at the other end has moth
ing but politics and it is all Republi-
can politics at that. The body that
sat there before them was also a Re-
publican body almost as partisan as
this one. So there is presented as an
edifying spectacle a legislature OF
this state making the laws while at
the very same moment Of time a
Grand Jury is busily at work enforc-
ing those laws for the purpose of
sending to the penitentiary the fel-
lows who make the laws, for otfenses
more destructive to public morals
and the safety OF the people, than
any committed by those against
whom they legislate. Truly is this
an edifying spectacle that the county
of Franklin must keep almost in con-
stant session Grand Jury to watch
the Republican rogues sent here by
the people to make the laws. Ever
since the Republicans have had their
tidal wave majorities the Grand Jur-
les of this county have been kept
busy and the deputy sheriff's of the
county are constantly flying hither
and thither serving subpoenaes on
leading men about the state. Had
this legislature as well as the the last
one been Democratic what holy
howl, truly would have gone up from
Republican throats whose owners
were shocked by this shameless Dem
ocratic wickedness.
sPIGoT ECONOMY.
Some of the papers of Republican
persuasion are shouting in great glee
about the economy of this general
assembly. For proof of their pud-
ding they are calling to mind that
the overworked statesmen have re-
fused to appropriate the peoples
money to upholster the House chairs
that their distinguished posteriors
might repose in more statesman like
luxury and ease than is their wont
when at home on the farm and in the
store or Office. But while this ex-
ample of economy was registered by
a majority of one this same body is
spending $105 every day for thirty
porters whensa Democratic legisla-
ture used to get along very well and
make better laws with but two or
three. Going on little futher 1t
might be we'll to call to mind that
the fellows who voted for this saw
ing economy had but a few minutes
before voted for a resolution to hold
but single session of the assembly
and at the same time draw in salaries
over 100000 which they had not earn
ed. 1t looks as though the able and
conscientious law maker had taken
the Republican Governor at his word
when he said that the state revnues
were running behind every year and
the state was getting deeper in debt
all the time. They must have taken
Ex-Auditor Poe at his word when he
said the state must have a million
and quarter more dollars than ever
before. They evidently realize the