Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1852-06-07
From the Ohio Statesman.
The Journal 'tfacts fer the People" no
Facts at All.--lnfamy Of The Federal


Organ.
rhe Ohio State Journal, alter. advocat-
ing high salaries during the winter, now
seeks u make capital oul of The cost oil leg
isla,ion the past season, and under the bend
of 'Facts for the People" denls Out n col
umn If falsehoods in order 10 de.ude the
people
Deeming its readers ignorant Of the fact
that the nuuber Of members, was largely
incl eased under the N ew Consli.uton-lhat
the burning ofthe State House and The Con-
sequent fitting up of rooms, entalied ad-
dnional cost on The State Treasury, that
yeritable sheet charges the auioui:t lis thfee
times greater Than il was under some par
ticular session, when wMiggery bore rule.
Fearful of having its figures refuted-its
account shown 10 be false. Sugar Alley
says il cannot give The precise figures for
its items. We think il cannot, for the
items would show the falsity ofthe account.
During the past few years, the amount
paid by the Slate for postage Of members
during each Session, amounted to large
sum-Ihat Of l650-5l alone being FoUR,
TEEN TmousANp Five. HuNDREp AND
TWENTY EIGaT DOLLARS. Under the
New Constitution this item is entirely cut
off. no postage being allowed. Yet the
Journal brealhes not the fact, but on the
contrary carefully excludes it from the ar-
ray.
Ia like manner, the journal, in summing
up the list OF Clerks and Sergean's-at- Arms
employed counts every man employed, no
matter whether for few days or weeks,
as the number employed during the entire
session. For instance, during the excessive
cold weather, TWO firemen were employed
in either branch, in order 10 keep up the
fires s, After the weather moderated they
were discharged, ye. the Journal makes
Them draw pay the entire session. In like
manner, the clerks employed during the.
s hurry of business, for a few days at q Time,
are counted in the Journalist. as employ
ed from lhe frsi day of the session iosthe
Ias., aud thus does thu. proffigate sheet, on
paper, attempt TO make show ol eAiraYaf
gance not only unwarranied by the
facts, bu, in direct contradiction to them.---
Wha, confidence is 10 be placed In so de>
based and reckless sheet! None what.
ever.
One single fact will seye to show up the
Joarnul in lis proper light. II charges
That SIX messenger boys were employed in
the Senate On the first day oil the session,
q resolution was introduced for The employ.
ment of four messenger boys, which was
agreed ~, and The messengers were ups
pointed. Some two weeks alter, MIR. Cox,
wing, rose in his place and offered a reso-
luton for the appointment OF William
Henry Harris n Shinn, as an add.tional
messenger boy, stating that he was The son
! OF. q widow, and poor, aud so strongly ID
he work ontha be.ler feelings OF the Sena;s,
by the picture he drew Of Inc boys situation,
that the resolution passed without o dissent
ing voice, and thai two, afier proposition
TO increase the number, IN order 10 provide
for aBeiher stwiaow's n''~hsd been ruled
down. Tho journal counts the number al
six, when in iruih thsra were but five, and
it charges the Senatewnh ex,rayaganca in
the appointment. Of Shinn, when ;elfil6oi
| in Ga;h!) twas the nsphstos Of tie oanatsr
| Of tie Ohio State Journal whose snppori
was thus palmed on the Stale! p
10 the Houseof Representatives the num-
Der Of messenger boys was also increased on
motion of Wing members, and these facts
were known TO Bascom, when be wIote the
article ing uestion.
But the great bug a boo-that which shines
through the whole article, and on which the
most capital is to be made, is the fact that
the pay of members was raised from fhrss
to four dollars per day. Aye, there's the
rab! ,s-ss
From the first day Of the session until the
salaries Of the members and their etiieers
were fixed, the Sugar Alley organ was the
friend and advocate Of high salaries. 5.
The bill providing for raising the pay ef
members to four dollars per day, passed the
Senate by the following vote:
YKAs-Msssrs. Armstrong, Bmrnet. Co
vey, Co.'S Cushing, Enck, Fudge, Hi6tea,
| Hill, johnson, kilbeurn, Moore, Pardee.
Rice, Riddle, Sherman, Smith, Taylor,
Walkup, and Williams 20.
- NAYs-Messrs. Alward, Atkinson, Cra-
dlebaugh, Ferguson, Gillett, M'Klnasy,
Mack, Mungen, Rex, Rich, Tod, Van Bas
kirk, Vattier, and Wilson-l4
The bill passed the House Of Representa-
tives by the following vote:
:. sYsAs-Messrs. Ackiey, Allen, Baker,
Bartlett, Bigelow, Bishop, Boys, Bash,
Casud, Cherington, Courtright, Decker.
Darand, Fsnner, Filler. Foaike, Gesf,
Cream, Hard, HoIlingshead, Houk, Hughes,
Humphrey, Hutehins, James, Kuapp, Xii,
der, Larabee, Lathrop, Matthews, March,
Means, Miller, Montgomery, Morgan,
Morrison, NC. slland, M'Millen, New bnrgb,
Okey, O'Neil. Plumb, Robertson, Rush,
Smith Of Holmes, Smith of Stark Snod-,
grass, Stone, S,ruble, Wilson and Speaker
81.
Mars Beckel. Bennett, Beswick,
Bli.s, Brown, Bushnell, Clark, CornacsH,
Croxton, Dale, Damon, Demiug, Eckert.
George, Haley, Hitchcock, LeBlond, M'Call.
M'Kee, Patterson, Poland Ranaags, Shelt>
abarger, Van Vorhes, Vernailtion, Ward
of Warren, Weller, Wilidn,s, and With
row 80.
In giving the vote, we have placed the
names Of wings in italic and thus does the
accot,nt stand with that party