Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1841-09-21
FEDERAL ECONOMY IN THE
OHIO LEGISLATURE-LET THE
PEOPLE SEE TO 1T.

PEOPLE SEE TO 1T.
We have seen during the extra sess
ion Of Congress, what truth there is in
federal promise of economy, in that quar-
ter. II is plumber, piunder, taxes, taxes,
until economy bushes for the outrage
committed in her name.
But how was it in the Ohio Legislat-
ure last winteri Did the spirit of econ
omy prevail there9it was burlesque up
on the name. 1t was one Of the longest
sessions ever held, and yet nothing done
1t was ore Of the longest and most bar
rem sessions that ever disgraced the
State. At least one month of the four
was spent inventing splene at the
StatePrinter, and inastruggle to cheat
him out of little printing. Mess
ages and documents Of vast
importance TO the people were refused to
be printed, and their acts shrOuded in
darkness, purely out of revenge to the
printer, when he had provided himself,
under heavy bonds, to furnish materials
to do the work. But their cheating a.
mounted TO but triAe compared with
what they spent by doing out session
to put three dollars day in their peck
cts.
A months session spent 10 fighting the
State printeL cost, at least, $4,000,
while the mhO1e bill for printing was a
little less than Sl3,OOO!!! Thus they
actually spent anamOunt greater, BY
S2 900, in attacks upon the printer, than
the whole printing amounted to. So
much for that kind Of economy. The
printing usually done IN the early part of
December, was kept back, by a faclious
House until in January; in fact COrwin'C
Inaugural Vas never received to be print
ed until about the ecIose of the session.
Documents Of the utmost importance
we're smuggled away 10 federal commit
tees, and the Legislature kept in igno
rancs of their contents. Committees, OF
the federal portion of them, sat in So
cret, and bncocted the most disgracefnl
and false reports TO injure public officers,
simply because they did not like their pol.
ilics: and thus a session was lCngthend
out, at vast expense, to CRAFTY petty
malice, while the people had 10 pay fol
their folly. aa.
But we have other evidence Of ecOno-
nv. The federaIists had succeeded in
electing new governor, and Secretary OI
State, and they must be we'll supplied
with hcavy contingent fund. The idea
of economy was never thought Of with
them. They had wasted at least $l5,-
600, in abusing the State Printer, and
chaeted, as they suppose d, him out of a
few hundreds. and that was an exploit Of
sufficient magnitude to insure them a re-
election.
There was appropriated 10 the Contingent
Fund Of Gov. Corwin,for lS4l; the sum
Of $4,000
To that Of Gov. Shannon, for
ls4l, 4,OOO
Excess, S9,OOO
So much for the economy of federal
Governor, and federal House which de-
manded the amount, and which originated
the bill!!!
Well, a democratic Secretary Of State
was turned out, and federal one turned in.
Now let US see what economy was prac'
tIced here.
The contingent fund apprOPri.
ated to Mr.. Sloane, the Sc.
cretary, for lS4l, is $1,000
The same appropriation to Dr.. Tre-
witt, for 1910, was l,2OC
Excess, $4OC
Here we have another item of federal
reform as demanded by the House, for
political friend! How does this look, ,good
people of OhiOH Can any one account
for itl
Now let US look at these two itemes o.
federal economy
+ Increase for Gov, ,COrwin, $2OOl
Do. for Secretary Sloane, 4O'
, So ,4Ot
Thus t.UO thousand four hundred dol
a lars were thrown away upon these tWt
: favorites, BY this Whg system of econO
r my! Add 10 this the $4,000 exPende
= ~ vna.E,. -, tho State Drintef and We