Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-04-02
FOLLOWING BIG REPUBLICAN
MAJoRITIES THE PEOPLE
ARE ASKED TO PUT UP A
HALF MILLION MORE
THIS YEAR.
Startling Statement of Increased
Demand for Money and How Re-
publican Legislation Got 1t.
A Sweet Scented Scandal in the
Management of the Food and
Dairy Department of Ohio.
A Quiet Rap over the Knuokles
Administrated Foraker by the
McKinleyities in the Legisla-
ture.
COLUMBUS, O., March 90, '96.

to squeeze money out of the people
and the other is how to spend it the
quickest. Perhaps the most startling
illustration of this fact is furnished
by the report of the Finance Com
mittee of this Legislature which asks
for 81, 900, 900 to run the state for the
ensuing year. These phenomenal
figures show that the Republi-
can party cares nothing for the hard
times brought on by the Mckinley
bill and twenty-five years of evil and
malicious Republican Legislation.
The present demand made on the tax
payers by this Republican Legisla-
ture with it's two-thirds majority Is
only what they have right to ex-
pect. When political party Is given
unlimited power by the people they
should not complain of the bed they
have made for themselves. They
should lie in it without grumbling.
What difference does it make to the
people if they are salted for a half
million more dollars year to run the
State Government when they have
shown their confidence in the party
by given it such phenomenal majori-
ties for three years past. If Demo
cratic Legislature had demanded a
half million dollars more for State
purpose there is neither speech nor
language that would fifty describe
the wailing and the lamentation OF
the Republican party over the ras-
cality incompetency and imbecility
of the Democratic party and its crimi-
nal recklessness in the management
of States affairs.
PULLING THE PUBLIC LEG.
The entire business of this session
has been devising ways and means
to secure more money from the peo-
pie. One taxation bill after another
has been dropped in the hopper and
every scheme that human ingenuity
can devise has been resorted to for
the purpose of piling up money in
the treasury to encourage spoilsnen
and schemers who want to help spend
it. 1t is safe estimate that up to
the present time the Republican
Legislature has pulled the corpora
tions and those doing business under
the laws of of the State for sum of
100000. 1t seems increditable that
the people of Ohio would stand this
but at the same time it also seems
that whatever the Republican party
does is absolutely right while at the
same time if the Democratic party
did the same thing it would be driven
from power amid the universal ex-
eceration of the people. The more
the remarks of the late Mr.. Wander
bilt are studied over the more he ap-
pears to have been justified in defy
ing the public. There was also
another great man in the circus busi-
uess who secured more or less of
fame by O. remark that the public
likes to be humbugged and he pro-
posed to do his share For green
goods tricks and fake schemes the
Republican party has no equal in
this country.
A TREASURY GRAB.
Some time ago the Assembly passed
a bill increasing the Dow tax 800, a
part of which is to go into the local
Treasures of the various counties.
In every county where there are
saloons the Treasures are in need of
all the money they can get from this
source. The bill added many thous-
ands of dollars to the local Treasures
and for awhile in some quarters
there was fear that it could not all
be spent. But thanks to the enter
prising gentlemen from Marysville,
who run a jag cure in that village
this fear will not need trouble any
one hereafter, if the Keeleyites have
their way. They have finally got
their bill before the Senate asking
the counties to send their drunkards
to Marysville at an expense of $10O
to the tax payers. In that sense the
Dow tax will come in handy.
KNOCKED OUT.
1t seems that Foraker does not en-
tireley own this Legislature though
he has pretty strong plaster over
most of it. 1t will be recalled that
with Congressman Watson of this
district and Thomas McDougall, of
Cincinnati, a bill was presented to
the State for $22 ,000f for legal services.
The work was alleged to have been
rendered in the Eggleston and Hamil-
ton basin cases, while Mr.. McDou.
CALLS eminent services were rendered
in fighting for the Nichols law. Be-
cause forsooth these gentlemen con-
sidered themselves great men, it oc-
CURED to them that the people would
be only too willing to pay them what
ever they might ask. ALI they were
obliged to do was to fix the amount
and that would settle it. But in this
they appear to have been mistaken.
But there were too many friends of
Mckinley in the Senate to premit the
Ex- x-Governor to have such a fat fee
as that and he has been cut to 81, 500,
Mr.. Watson was cut to $4,000 and
Mr.. McDougall to $5500.
MORE SCANDALS AIRED.
Speaking about fat things and soft
snaps the tax payer must not over
look the management of the Pure
Food and Dairy Commissioner of the
State. This department is odorous
with scandal, and some of the actions
of the officials are now undergoing
investigation by the General Assem-
bly,.
Testimony and affidavits have beer
introduced to show that at one time
5000 was paid by New York firm
to stop a prosecution under the pure
food laws. Figures from the Office
of the Auditor of State also indicat te
that some lawyers and chemists have
had good thing all the time. These
figures show that q Senator in the
present General Assembly has beer
paid during the last fifteen months
the sum Of nearly $4,000. Another
attorney in Cincinnati who has beer
particularly favored has received th'
sum of $4, 900 for his able legal ser
vices while to other attorneys more
than $4,000 have been paid within {
year. The attorneys have beer
harvesting while the sum was shin
ing. For analyses there has beer
several goods things for the righ
kind of people. Investigation ahow
that nearly $4,000 have been pait