Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-02-07
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Xn0 hoBtuANtWE0e
We apd IN the Ironton Clipper Of this weeb
letter fsom q member Of the Legislature
which contains the fOllowing paragraphs;
You heard Of the fact that Mr.. Sdmson wa.
nominated BY the Union caucus for Reporter OF
the Senate, and We Of Souteern Ohio were
much pleased with the idea OF having him with
us this winter But the celebrated autlol Of
the Proverbs said, "once upcn time,p "The
expectations of the wicked shall perish, and 80
ID proyed In our case; for 10 and behold, q very
economical spirit coming over the members,
they voted against oiectipg Reporter, and
against publishing the reports, 60 that Mr.. 3.
goes home, and the people OF this State, by this
nm wise resolution Of the Senate, are to have no
report, in an official form, Of our acts and do.
ines. | hope that the organs Of the people
the local press-Will speak ont In q becoming
manner OF this niggardly proceeding upon the
part OF their law.making servants.
You will discover much Of the "penny wise
and pound foolish" principle, In our legislation
this winter. Nothing is heard but retrench, re-
trench, retrench; and some members are max
ing themselves exceedingly busy In looking
around and prying out among the various benev-
oent institutions and State officers, to see where
tney can nnu : oons t,ii III 70. aI,.;. ~. ~.
lostn"l.u 1n',vuaso to-. ~ ,axa,,an az
enec1 wni.s .aS Tha ,snos,ss h"s;Ua.. v"S .rss
on uninsoIrup'ssyi ~ yi, 80 80 .. .os - We
pAIso ol tIls 81 sA ;a,s,n.a II do,s,,;nis mvIey
wa. Mas spon ys,S ~ not Savs a sono,,es ,han tSs
.nas savy yoid % cost. and so Il viii ha an
lePv.se, wSs ~, 80, r,rch r,,st.Lan
"'u'''' 1"'ooy '' ~ 80 s-S' -''
Tho Clipper has the following editorial re-
marks ot the same subject:
There was ume' OUT u 10 past ana gone
when our legislators iegisiaied Ior tne Denenl
Of their constituents NOW ~ 10 otner"ieej O
majority OF the members OF our General AS
sembly are governed oy seinsn ana mercenary
motives, looking to future promotion and self
aggrandizement. They In order 70 cover ~
their .laziness and inactivity as well as nide
their weak ana imoecre ieg'sleuon' reiuee' OF
has heretofore been Customary 70 pay the twc
leading newspaper a. the Capitol, Tor publish
Ing the proceedings, thus nioing all their bright
10 Ohio, Is q new order oi tnlnge, ana Is unbe
coming men who have been chosen BY the peo-
ple 70 make the laws ana waton over their In
tereSts; this course might be tolerated 10 heath
en- lsnds, where the masses are not allowed to
read and judge Tor themselves put In the very
heart OF ciVllizauon, where men are az ieasl
supposed to De inteliiEenbit IL is reprenenelole IL
the extreme, ana WIN cover all over With To-
fanny the members who Volei against allowing
the StatesmoR and Journds, the pit'iui sum o.
81 5U per column, ior publishing the proceedings
OF the Senate and House
Their retrenchment In tue printing line doei
not stop here's some graceiess scamp with more
impudence than brains 1--WE shall not mentor
bis name, fearing We might bring the creature
Into more notice than ne deserVfs)' has intro
duced Dill to repeal ltne Ia" authorizing tn
publication OF the laws IN TWO newspapers II
| each county Of the State This caps the eli
max; these soions surely think II ignorance
oliss, 'tls iiolly 70 osDe wise; tneir constituent
are not only 70 90 deprived OF reading the OF
nclal proceeahss Of tne Legislature, put arr
hereafter 70 Dc KEPT ID Ignorance OF tne proVis
ions OF the laws by which they are TO be gov
erned. Tell it not In Gath, nor publish 1t to th'
people Of Ohio, that hereafter, they are to sb'
denied tue priviiegeof watching over their owl
interestt--a screen intefposts between then
anu 'nell mss'srsI r,n WIZ s'o quSi'ersa io VIZ
.
Had the price asked by the Columbus papers
been exhotoitant, the members oi the Leglsls
.uIS .o1au non,ss, nsse v,.h US iSsm hns al ,Sss
would barely pay for putting the matter in type
This mania Of pretended economy does not
stop here Ihs sent snsee members q
sala,ss na,S ofoIsls i5 the ysrIops
Of State; even the benevolent ins.itut tions Of the
State are visited with view TO ascertain If the
employees are MOI % rece.xlng more pay iOr Ineli
s1Ss
While they are deprlving the people Of tn,