The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-10-06

WANTED. -
At this Office, two boys. IL or Is years Of
age, to learn The prin.iag business. efppli-
cation must be maaessoon..
E~xrsssttE ssrslATrQS-we have been
Written TO by several Of our Wing friends
Ssays the State JovEaLreqsesting us pub
lish astatement OF the expenditure by the
Legislature duriReshs las: two YEARS, and
under III operatfoas offhe reform c~onsttu-
ton. We have been compelled to answer
that there is no document extsnt where an
Ontsidsr can get al the exact figures Of the
amount for these two sessions. At the last
session, ndtoward its close, an effort was
made by AR. Morgan, ofMnskingum, 10 get
at ihese facts. He introdpced a resolution,
prcfacing ii with the remark that charge,
of extravaganza in expenditure, &C., had
been made against the Legislature, and
making it the duty o fthe auditor efState TO
prepare and publish a statement of the vari-
Gus items Of expenditure for each of1he two
sessions under the new constitution. As
this charge of extravaganza was made gen
orally overthe State, and as no official an.
nouncement Of these expenditures had been
made, there was, here a good chance to set
the matter right, if there had been any i'm.
proper charges. 1t would seem to an un.
PTejudiced mind that the d,ocofoco party
would have been glad of an opportunity 10
correct the slatementswhich very generally
prevailed, and to their prejudice. How did
they treat the resolution Of Mr.. Morganl-
They laid il on the table by o party vote
They said, BY the act, that the people nigh
get the truth Of these statements the best
way taey could; ilsg would get no help from
the Legislature. Sothey choked down all
efforts to get at the facts, and 10 this day
there is no published official statement, Of
which We have any knowledge, that throws
any light on the subject.
In the absence of any official st tement,
we are left to ldepend upon our W knowl.
edge of the facts. to form our estimate. We
know that members voted Themselves -four
dollars per day. We know that the clerks
and sergeants-at-arms and their army Of
assistants were palu Inc same sum, We
know that the printing ofthc first year wa.
very large, and at prices vastly above the
contract prices Of the las, ve.r The nsy
-. CO., 49,
-" 's''' ~ ar'c'c on 'his SUBJECT
sums up the expenses as follows:
The constitution-that instrument which
was placed sin the hands of ne ~friend,"-
General Assemble s5all commnn"a w. ,ho
first Monday Of Jabunrv' biennjally.n h,
Is. here shall he me ses.;,n ova,, ",n,
vears. Instead of tbis. the I,s, I M ina
held two sessions IN ms war oacI sassioa
covering about laO dnvs Tbe men,hots
however like the feIIow who wos brnrnh,'
mn twice In ,he course of n waaL n ba 60
for drunkenness. and nlead in bs, If ,ho secl
ond offence thar n was ,tha samo old dr,nL,
-go, round ire diaacpltv and nva, ~ oan
s~,iiution by saving that The second session
was only The Inst half Of The irst, mr. n o,b.
or words. that n was The .ame oId sYs ,;oo ri,
the lime. Re this No I, INV mr. was !
waste of lime. md bv cnnseauence : wss,o
Of the pe,,nle,s MONEY. far witch NO nail !
can be foundin the bistorv of Ohio
For the frs, half OF that "same old se..
eion.n the expense account footed mn ne f,L
lows:
Per diem of 40 clerks, sergeant.
alarm. ana NM. ss,s,an,.
,davs A.. "a no, .day" S,o ooo
Twelve Msssenger hoys. Ion
d.vs n, 81 nor dav " ar
per diem ~ member. lao dovaot 49,
s4n dav. O., Aoc
paid ~, pS'ao,rmtR.. AXIS sonos
Gulu Tor frlntiug oU,uUt
#
Iotai, SilSuoe
me ,ast nnl,o q we session was as long az
me hrs'' ferhpPs Two or three OF NE su
perhuousA Assistant clerks were discharged
CURING q portion OF the me Tor the sake Of
appearances, plt the tolal OH expenses was
not materially diminished; so that the ex-
penses OF me enure session could not have
peen much " any. below S2ao,oOo!
me same article further says:
Contrast The. first session under the new
constitution with previous sessions and We
think the people will deeile that the former
as the wing resolution declares was a lux
uTy ultOEttneT TOO expensive Iur tn1b eCOnOs