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Martinsburg Weekly Independent
Martinsburg, Berkeley County, West Virginia
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Democratic Ohio Governor Allen complimented the prior 20-year Republican state administration for honest, non-corrupt governance despite high spending, in a speech at a Washington Court House soldiers' reunion. This led to voters rejecting changes to the 1850 Constitution by a large majority.
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"The Democrats came into power last January after our political opponents had held control of the State of Ohio for nearly twenty years, but we couldn't find, after the most careful examination, a single case of official corruption. They had done some things that were wrong, nothing that was corrupt. They spent more money than a heavily taxed people well could bear, but they didn't steal any."
It was because the State government has been so honestly and economically conducted, since the Constitution of 1850 was adopted that the people of Ohio, by so large majority, rejected any change in their organic law. They thought it best to let well enough alone.
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Ohio
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no official corruption found; voters rejected changes to the 1850 constitution by large majority
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Governor Allen, a Democrat, praised the Republican administration's honest and economic conduct over nearly 20 years, noting no corruption despite high spending, in a speech at a soldiers' reunion in Washington Court House.