Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1858-01-21
The Ohio Legislature-A Good
Story-The Reserve Members.

The Ohio Legislature-A Good
Story-The Reserve Members.
Mr.. Benedict, of the Cieyelan! Herald
has been writing letters to his paper. The
following is L Of them:
The arguments in caucus in favor c: can
didaies were peculiar. In one instance a
member from Hamilton gave his reason FOL
supporting a Mahoning man, thatany Dem
ocrat who could %snssta.n life in So h q EiacE
Republican holes as CheesedOm, sAJ "a ofd
Gic's district at thaI, must be a y hOie-soui-
ed fellow, and the Hamilton delegation
would therefore, 60 for the Mahoning man.
Up jumped a friend Of another CANDIDATE
and said, if that was a accommodation. be
wished to state that his candidate, hr'
Dayton, came from a b!acker hole than
Mahoning county. to wit: Oberiin "haa."
replied the Hamilton member, iron O3tT-
lin did You say! from ObeTlin! cant q
O5erlin, that's too Id black"
OF course there is much bitterness auc
hard swearing among the disappointed, i0'
it is ~truth-there were oVeE one hundreo
candidates for the twelve Offices. Pra51o.y
more will refuse TO be comfort d, save the
Democrat from Hooking, who cane here
furious for The place Of Representations.
but was recommended by a Uaggish brother
Democrat not to apply for that cfice, "a
there were thirty candidates, but strike !CE
the Speakership, as The applicants .CT that
post were few. Besides, the post .! Ser
seant was one IF labor, while the SPeaEeI
had good pay and bet little t. d. The
Hooking man thank bis friend for his E.cpa'
BY advice, and spent all dey Friday e!ee-
tioneering or the Speskes's enair. AFTER
caucus the Hooking man was ravBs, and
cursed the members OF The House or THEIR
se'fshness 10 giving one Of their o"n nuul-
Der the best cdice in The lot. He returned
10 Hooking disguised.
The Legislature has two noticeable
features-good looks and youih!u!ness. 10
both these particulars il is an unusual body.
There are many fine locking men, and sui
very few gray hairs. True, hair dye, now
a-days, stands side by side with the soap
dish, and is about as well psuonized. Yet
the class OF men who compose Legislative
bodies are not usually given to cosmetics
and it is fair to presume these do not show
false colors. A gray hea2 dyed, is HE a
second show of blosomS-bsth are uBEatur-
al anG out season.
Senator Siade and Representatives Wat
con, Gardner and Parsons, are vel received
by thei: brethren, and FIRST impressions maze
by the three who are new members, auguEs
well for a Legislative career which vail be
10 their credit, and to that Of their enii.ht-
ened constituency. C~uysaoga county IN
terests could not be in better hands, ana
our local city interests will find Mtc'etls-
able advocates and influential supporters in
our Senator and cur city Representative
Mr.. Slnde is located at the "GoodE.e," unC
Representative Parsons has taken rooms al
the "American." at which places their con
stituents will eiways meet a cordial recep-
ton. ar. Parsons has his family with him,
A most sensible arrangement, as a Legis'
lstor can have no adviser So safe and 81
trustworthy Us his wife.
BY the way, the Jay of married Represen'
tltive, who b-lng their wive. to the Capital
should he doubled. 1t would insure wist
legislation. Tor although we would not advo
cate bringing women into the p%oiiiica
arena, nor drag her into the strife of cleo
ton day, We would award her the first posi-
ton SIS mans counselor in every department
OF life. In allowing double pay, however
it should be expressly stipulated that there
should be no such thing as Communication, {
WY army officers haze of drawing ration
under q fiction of a constructive possession
Of the article for the mainiainauce OF which
the ratioDS are allowed. The wife shOull
certify TO her actual continued presence a
the CAPITAL. Perhaps the.age has not We
Progressed TO this point, and if il had TIE re
form could net be introduced under l~occfoc,
Legislators, as the presence o. their bette.
halves would either Gefea. many OF thei
schemes, or subject the members to a win
ter's course oc"curtain lectures" We vii
postpone the agitation until the day OF wo
mans full, rights.