The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-06-29


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In nv pll,iv,in picsen.eu ny ,iiat SO
eeneu nepuuilet' NpilVcn,,on echoes tne
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uoiieu. ,i ~ ~ eiusi'e, S'"5'Nv anu pii'i
tuuinous' oh o"I anu anu an me ha''ohal
siu Sta'e Issues 4" u''ers no cIoar anu
uiS'inc' Soui'u'
Fee SyStcn and Salaries.
with yreot and SINGULAR unsni,,,t,,
tbe nihlic eortip,ent of no stato has hoen
.xpressed for the abolition Of tbe tnio,it- :
ous fee system and the substitutio, of
a SALARY law for county officers Tbis
iust and wise demand of ali the neon,e
Of the state was met nv the deciare tion
Of that body that IL favored limited ana
reasonable conner sutton To county oal-
cials wbntevcr that NAV moan NO mar
knows. but all men do know that n
means no salary law at all Tho Depo-
cratic general assembly enacted a fair
and lust salary law in 1890. and the suc-
ceeding and first Republican ma ioritv
thereafter promptly repealed II and roin.
stated the fee system, and from that dav
to this I'm one form, or another. IL has
constantly increased the compensation OF
county officers; and whenever and wher-
ever any changes have been made since
then the emoluments of Office have beon
enlarged and multiplied
The public sentiment OF the state has
erystallized in the demand that state
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thorit,, 90 o e.. sao,,. ~ 80 ns
do,,ositor, Th,+ so-oaiIo, ro,,,,t,i'Sa.,
oon,o,tto ,,,,',,e,o1 49, ~.
diso,eat ,,,hiiq da,,,,,,d ,,tt IT,
mont tbat n f,yorod a ra,,isto,, -, ~
stotn h,,,i,trtr t,,,,a T., ,a,,orai -.
bis,,o,,s ta,.,,e- yJhat ~ -. . IN,
r,eao NO rn,r l,row, h,,t I'll -, A.
know that a means no ,oorlat,on ~ ~,
Tbere 10 bowover ono niani, ~ ,hat
nlotforp, which is oo,il,, o,d ,aa,1iI,, 49,,
derstood and tbat is the nronouncen, ont
A. ,,al,es on ,bo caral c,,estino ,,,,,a,.o;,,
n nIedgos tho n,rtv to cnrtin,,o tt,a ,Yori,
oIreadI, bog,,n INV the Iast Iooisl,t,,ro
"nrovided for tbe beyinnine of n,odarn,
,zing Obio,s evtyti,r csnnIs" uood o,,d
studied In tbe Iigbt of curran+ histor,, We
know what tbat means II has been as-
serted freouantlv In tho nub,ic nrints ana
not denied tbat tho goverpor of Onto ana
the Republican cardldate for governor
together with rnodern and Influential
Statesmen of that partv Is a stockholder
in a comnan,, incornorated for the nur
pose of stooliI,p tho canals II was Who'll
ly unnecessary for that nlatform to ba
explicit on the matter of modernizing the
canals aqreeahIv IN RenubIicon methods
neeoro o' Ie9's'a''e'
OF course the last general assembly, so
largely Republican in both branches that
responsibility rests upon 1t for all its
legislation, received the unqualified COM
lnendation OF that gathering of grafters.
Never, from the day that legislature ad
journed until the meeting of that body,
was there heard within the borders of the
state or outside OF 1t, single. voice
raised in its defense. Its condemnation
was universal. 1t is unquestionably con-
ceded everywhere to have been the worst
and wiclSedest legislative majority that
ever sat in the capitol in the whole his
tory of the state.
It's appropriations were more than
100000 greater than was ever appropri-
ated' by any of its predecessors. New
offices were created and salaries increas-
ed on every hand. 1t flooded the state
with spolsmen. whose only duties are to
draw their breath and their salaries, use
less supernumeraries serving only the
party whose hirelings they are, and who
have become as thick as the locusts and
lice of Egypt. 1t appropriated -$293,000
for the national guard, with its spangles