Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-04-29
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Under this caption, the Columbus correspon-
d,0. u the Cincinnati C0m'nsve'a1, In late
letter, gives the following inside view which 70
respectfully dedicated to the voters who oleo.ea
the majority in the present Gener'l Assembly
In ali the retrenching of this economical Leg
islatne. one Of the most paipabie cases ot eA.
~ 80 nea hah danced around under the eyes OF
,,,ar,bsra without observation; or, II observed,
thew have not had manhood enough to present
Il for oousideration, Il Is directly under their
own control; they alone are Responsible Tor ~
and II they do not provide against i In the iu-
tnre. thew will not have done their duty IL 10
delicate case for a legislative correspondent
10 handle, for It relates to hls daily associates
about the halls Of the capitol but there Is no
more reason why they should be spared than
our trierds the County Auditors, Treasurers'
Clerks OF Courts, Commissioners OF Statistics,
Clerk of Board Of Public Works, ETC., etc. IL
it Is courteous to impose additional dnues' ior
Lees nav, on some Of these, aud abolish the ou-
ties entirely Of othere, II cannot DO very oiS'
courteous 20 question the necessary lor nve
Clerks, three SefgeAnts at Arms' ana .nree mes'
snnser hovs, 10 wait on thirty. four Senators. IL
the Sonse there are Elk Clerks, four Sergeants
AT Arms. and Eve messenger boys. My owr
observation during the session has abundantly
sa,is6ed me that all Of the work done by these
officers az might be discourteous to say EN-
1 nloVeesD could be done with the greatest east
4 SV force ope-iourlh less. At four dollars I
dsy for the men, and one dollar and q hall to-
/ the boys, the expense is SSS 81 per day, max
inr a total for the four months Of this session
/ $9 sI9. Ry applying the rules Of retrenchmen
lin this direction, that have been Imposed every
where elss, the sun Of So AIS would be saved
Il Il nos worth savipgi Il is as much ae will b.
saved each yesr on the reduction OF the ealarie
Of Surreme Judges, and moro than will b
saved for some years on the Hamilton count.
Judges.
lam now not alone In this view Of the mat
ter. Il has forced itself on Senators, especial
Nv. within few weeks, By the almost contiuua
absence of one Of lie Sergeants-at-Arme, ant
the frequent absence OF another. SENATOR
have frequently observed that the institution ha
been run just as well BY the one or two' Al
when the whole three were present. Two mel
are all-suficient for the duties OF this ofce, ant
they could alternately be tick or 60 home hal
the time Members in the House also corrooo
rate my statement that one OF the Sergeants.at
Arms, and he the one who was engaged at hall
price, does nearly all the work; Two OF then
1 are gentlemeu " ioinuEo nOoilJ ~ Wv s'H'S'
| Most Of the clerks in the House are pretty
busy while IL is in session; but II they we're tc
put 10 time as clerks in business houses or IL
other Departments Of State do, at much lesE
wages, several Of them might be dispensed
with. In the Senate the work OF all OF the
clerks is much lighter than In the House, and
two of them might do the work of three.
This abuse has grown Up In this way: 10
former years SeFgeantsat-arms were JanitoTl
also; thatis, they carried in wood and coal, and
kept the fires going; but since the new State
House has been occupied, which Is heated by an
immense apparatus in the basement OF the
building, they have been relieved OF this work.
A similar reduction Of work in the clerical de-
partment has taken place in this way; For
merly all bills were engrossed by rewriting, In
plain hand the printed copy, with It's amend
ments; but, of late yeare, the engrossing has
been done by pasting the printed bill on sheets
of engrossiDg paper, and writing In the amend.
ments, which is done in few moments. Still
the engroasiDg clerk is retained, although the
enrolling clerk might do the work without In
convenience. But the whole original force Of
Clerks and SergeaDts-at-arms Is kept up from
year to year, because new members are not
aware that the number Is too great; and as
they are beaieged by friends, to whom they are
under obligations, for places, they readily yield
to an election for filing up all the places re-
cognized as necessary by their predecessors.