The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-01-31
From Columbus.
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t9fi H ra COLUMBUS, January 30.
On the bill to fix the pay of judges and
clerks of elections at So per day, on yestel'-
day, in the House, a motion was made Ia
strike out So and insert 81.
1 Mr.. Gardner, (Rep.), was bitterly OPP
posed to raising salaries, and was in favor
of retrenchment ID. ~ ar
Mr.. Bloom. (Dem.), was also IN favor OF
retrenchment, and to save the taxes of the
+ people. He wanted 20 put upon the dupli-
cate for taxation that vast amount of prop
erty now withheld from taxation. for STATE,
county, township aud all other purposes.
| When but short time since the salaries Of
State officers were raised some as high as
one hundred per cent. and others one hun
dred and twenty per cent, the charge OF
extravaganza was not raised And now,
within one hour after this House has agreed
to pay members of future Legislatures So
! per day, gentlemen forget their ,rctrench-
ment ideas; but now, when Judges of elee-
tions, who labor from morning until late at
night, received but fifty cents per day in
addition TO their present salary, making it
but 81 per day, gentlemen are alarmed at
the extravaganza which now pcrvades the
land.
MIR. Hughes, of Butler, spoke in favor Of
the bill, but was interrupted by an out
SIBERIAN old man in the lobby--who com
menced replying to the speech, but it was
cut short by his election by the Sergeant
| alarms.
| photographed you last night that the bill
called "a bill to declare vacancies in Office
in cases of lunacy,r but really TO oust
Judge Parsons from office for the benefit of
lchabod Corwin, of Urbana, was indeil-
nitely postponed. Ithad previously passed
the House, but the judiciary Committee
decided that there was a want of Consti-
tutional power to get rid of the Judge in
this summary manner. The seventeenth
section of article four of the Constitution
provides the manner judges may be re-
moved by concurrent resolution of the two
Houses, two-thirds of the members elected
to each branch concurring therein, but no
removal shall be made (and here is the
rub,) except upon complaint, the substance
of which shall be entered upon the journal
nor until the party charged shall have
notice thereof and an opportunity to be
heard. Now Ichabod don't like TO eopl-
plain that Judge Parsons is demented.
and hence tried to'get him oustcd by other
means.
The House this morning took up the bill
providing for compensation TO members
and any amount of speaking was had.
The bill to amend the act supplementary
to the act to provide for the Organization
of cities and Incorporated villages was read
the third time, on the question being on it's
passage. .as..Ias
Mr.. Follett opposed its passage. II gave
power To arrest persons which might. and
no doubt would be, abused by police ofl
ficers. rHfcl,y
Mr.. Piatt moved to strike out the words
''and suspicious persons who can give no
reasonable account of themselves as per-
sons whom the police can arrest.
Mr.. Nixon defended the Cincinnati po-
lice from the attacks of Mr. Piatt, and op-
posed the striking out. ~
Pending the question, the House took a
recess. -D ~
In Senate, the morning was spent as in
the House, on the bill TO Ak the salary of
members of the Legislature. 1t was finally.
recommitted, with resolutions TO strike
out $500 for each session, and insert 81 per
day.