The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1852-05-13
Thursday Evening, May 9, 1852

The LEGIsLATURE-Bogs Democracy
Mr.. Mccall, Wing member of the Legis-
lature from Harrison county, moved on Sat-
urday, to suspend the rules of the House to
enable him to offer the following resolution:
Resolved, that the Auditor of State be, and
he is hereby required to furnish this House
Immediately with
LIST. A statement of the expenses of the
General Assembly from l848 to the close of
1851, and, as far as practicable, the certain
or probable expenses of the present session
of the Legislature up to the Sd day of May,
1862. ,# .er 80.
I'd. A statement of the amount paid for
the Legislative printing, including the laws
and Ohio Reports, of the two sessions pre-
ceding the present, and, as far as practicable,
the anticipated expenses to be paid for such
printing during the present session of the
General Assembly up to the Sd of May, 1852;
and also the amount which has been paid
for printing at this session.
Sd. A statement of the payments made to
the clerks and sergeants-at-arms, and their
assistants, and messengers of the Senate
and House of Representatives annually,
from l848 to the end of the present session
Inclusive, stating the facts in relation to
each session under separate and distinct
heads; also the names fthe clerks, sergeant
alarms and messenger-boys-the amount
paid to each, and the amount to which each
will be entitled to up to the Sd day of May,
1852.
These resolutions were promptly voted
down, and the fact is worthy of considera-
tion. We find an article in the GAINESVILLE
Courier upon this subject, portion of which
we copy below.
"This is" says that paper, $50 far as we
recollect, the first time that any party in
power has been bold enough to uote do,on a
call for an exhibit of their own expenses.
1t cannot fail to strike every right minded
man with astonishment, and to satisfy him,
that there is something rotten behind the
screen-something which "the friends Of the
aew Constitution" were afraid or ashamed to
expose to the light of day. 1t is equivalent
to an admission-it is in effect public ac-
knO,uledgement-that they are unwilling to
submit their own doings to a comparison
with those of other Legislatures.
"We have heard it rumored all winter that
our present Legislators were permitting an
extravagant and shameful waste of the pub.
lie money, that they had a corps of clerks
and sergeant-at-arms, and assistants, and
messengers, averaging about forty-ive in
humber and reaching sometimes as high as
fifty-four! quartered upon the State treasury
all, except the messengers, at four dollars
a day.
"If these things are true, no wonder tn,
exposure should be unpleasant; but the!
need not hope to escape detection always
"They can only defend it for season.
Nor can they reasonably hope to avert tht
public vengeance, which is already in stor'
for them. No efforts at couering up, will
ever induce the people of Ohio, to again trus
their interests into the hands of those VIII
constitute the present majority, in the Ohi
Legislature, No! after the adjourned ses
sion, its like will never be looked upon again
The hand writing may already be seen upol
tile wall. All that they can do, is to kee
the true state of facts concealed until afte
the Presidential election. The mex
legislature to be chosen, will be one tina
will lay bdre all the gross cOrruptions practiC
ed by the majority of the present one. Ant
we will now venture prediction, in refer
ence to those developements-and that il
that the hire Of clerks and sergeants-at
will be more than tDice-probably thr
times as much as it was at the session
lS45-6-being the last year the Wings ha
a majority in both houses-and we will flu
ther predict that the Legislative printing of tn
present session, will cost the State more tina
t,oice as much as tdid at that session. Upo
the truth of these predictions we are willr
to stake our reputation as ga prophet"
"Now, ifthese things are true-and if the
were not, Mr.. McCall's resolution of inquil
would never have been strangled-we as
if the people of Ohio do not pay dearly
the privilege of being governed by this bog
Democracy! Andwhat, may we not ask,
they get by way of remuneration for ii
vast outlay! Why, simply the privilege
being taxed upon "euery thing tangible, ,ohi
IS the subject Of Orcnershp, whether animate or i
Gnimate"-and that, too, to pay higher sal
ries to all the State officers, and higher ?
diem to the members of the Legislature.
not this glorious privilege! Are not the G
izens Of Ohio highly favored by being Il
ioards of such considerate guardians!'
THE SToRM.-The gale of last Frid
appears to have been pretty general throug
out the Western States, and in some pla
es, accompanied by hail, did considerab
execution upon sky-lights and windows.
The damage caused by it, in the agrega
must have been immense.
MARRIED.-The daughter of Capt. SUIT
upon whose premises the first California g
discoveries were made, was married
March last to Mr.. Engler If he had be
an Angler, he could not have done bett
They had great time at the wedding,
cours. ..
The DAILY TOLEDO BLADE.-This par