Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-02-21

uaent OF a C0nau1issi0ner Of Rail-
lHoa6is and TeisEFWSasss andstO : ssi
PRESCRIBE his DasI9s. DeaiisifI
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MR.. PRESIDENT s. ;T51zzFYnen tnls Legislature
commenced lgs iapoTs u Japuarys 1866,
tiere were many promises OF refrenchment
IN expendl!ures1zmucn was said on this
floor of Diminishing the number OF offices.
We supp0sed7Wei had really accomplished q
little good m this ldtreetion: but an office
that we tnen .py leglslasize enactment abol-
we new hnp sklA oexlsts, and ythelln-
cnmpent Is Knocklngl as tnes door of the
treasurer OF snGaIe 2Skng ytnatS Slt may be
opened to him That ne may receive his sala-
ry thereffon1! 1o5os'haI siEhe sae19 ett
i, soon bee4iAe c9nvinced that no great
good would be acGornpl 1shAd. Senator's
will remember with hat, snecrs the then
Senator from Holmes was met when Al he of
fered resolution felaGiY 60 the appoint
ment of p joint committee to make certain
Investigations inithe several State depart
ments, and learn what employees of the
state eoufd- De dispensed With, and what
moolncalons OF the law were necessary 70
reduce the pubic expenditures to the low
est pOsslOIe amount-CnaG IL was long weeks
before aetteHNconldN be- bad on that Fesolu-
tion. and that it was referred to q coumit-
tee, delayed and amended until its Vitality
was taken from It before it met with favor
in this Senate J.. raisis,.eag uax al
Frequently during the last and the pres
ent sessions we have bpen asked to vote
increased pay. and the Legislature has sell
dom, if, ever, refused t3 grant the request;
but where, IN all our legislation. have we
reduced the pay OF a single officer? In
what have we dlnlnished t the public bic ex3; s I;
Pend1tnrer wherein have we lessened the
taxes assessed upon the people In these
our legislation g above suspicion, and no
Oii1cer can eemplain that we have cut short
his @bread and butter las este i2siz 81 80 iss
But now, when the people are ruinously
taxed In almost every conceivable way BY
local! State and Federal. authorities, we are
asked, by the passage of this bill, to create
Rewioffiee, the incumbentto bestyled' the
CommIsslonerofR RAILROADS and TelegEaphs,
with asalary equal TO that of our present
Governor, and twenty-five hundred dol
lars yearmore thsniwas paid auy5af his
predecessors-a salary fivetimes that of the
Lieutenant GovernoT--oue thousand dol
lars year more than: We pay either a SUI
Preme9 = gdge, AUDITOR or Treasurer OF
State-twlce asmuch as we pay the Secre-
tary of State-twenty three hundred dol
lars more than we. pay the Comptroller OF
tue eIyeasnry-tW1ee as much as the Attor-
Lney.Ge1e5aI cah possipiy Eecelve-slxoeen
OF PuDIlc WORKS are pald, and fifteen hum
dfed collars more than JUDGES of COrdnea
Pleas recelFe.o.qsq 5. 1s5is955 sarii .ss, Is
Nor IS the salary the whole nor titheof
tne expeH0iGufe sougn6 10, De made by the
passage OF tnls pill: Inc Commissioners is
60 nave q cleTlk WlIa saiary OF twelve
nHnuTeus dOtiarS;; LIS; anu an once IN This city,
an, ana Iurnisneo az lhe expense OF the State
Ine e.aoelEl0naA pruning ana binding made
necessary DE Bne Sreatlon OF this Office, is
no sman llem. Inc Som1mIlssloner Is re-
qqlred TO use, and to furnish to the officers
OF rallroad ana telegraph companies, TO
De useo Dy tnem, an almost numberless
api0ung s OF plankS. 1hese corporations are
20 TeporC anInuHSlly an Hy 20 MIN, ne 60 the Gov
ernQr, ana Gne governor 10 the General AS
SempIy. All tn1s VIII pc printed, adding
ISrgeiy 10 20 Inese Two 1tems OF expense Tor
Mnlcn we at Uneasy session appropriated
Ine napdsome.sum OF one hundred and ten
Gnodsahu uoAafs-a SUN nanosome Co those
receiving II, but not 80 handsome TO those
VINO pay Aes NOT does Gne expense STOP
mere: Inc once is made perpetual, and
tn1s rs put 6ae Deglnning Dy next year the
scns@e VIII nave neen found defective and
sGlll larger appropriations Will be required
20 make IT. 5etfle1ene; II, .kkJL .aG
i. ana why al tnlS{ tIne passage, OF the
DILL Is ufgeu ma1nlySm order that we may
get Tallroad and telegraph statistics, which
may serve as llgn6 70 1utures Legislation
We nave. aireaoys q .CCmmlssloner OF sta
Cfs6tcs, WIN 9na q salary Oi HtCeen nunureu DOR
lars. AZ relation to his duties i read from
.. SO. Stat page 14lO: ..gy..,-,.~ ,-.--.,
SEC. z. .That the corporate officers of the
several railroad companies incOrpOI ated by
the laws of this State, are required to an.
swer such questions as may be. asked by The
Commissioners of Statistics in relation. to
theconditien of their roads, the accidents
which have occurred on; them, the number
of casualties, the number of passengers
aud the amount of freight carried, and the
quantity OF fuel consumed. ( 9ntI
~ see. lO. Ihat any person, who by this
act IS required TO give Information, and
who rshallrefuse'o or neglect to answer such
questions, shall forfeit, to the use of The
State OF Ohi9 any sum not exeeeding fifty
common pleas for the proper county, which
fine, shall be collected by the prosecuting
attorney thereof as other fines are collected
by law, 8<ttI 1Ji.si dti = AliI
l.have not heard that the Commissioned
OF Statistics is incompetent to fill the re-
quirements of the law, He is as, likely tC
collect statistics, and collect them correctly
as the official provided for in this BILL
the inquiries are not numerous enough
nor the penalty severe enough. let the stat
ute be amended ii The statistics sought tC
be collected will be voluT1inous and of nt
Interest or value to the people, Wher
they are collected and printed aud the Statl
footso the bills5 we will find railroad men
these creatures with .'seven heads and ter
horns'Gthe hrst TO avail themselves of th'
VAlnaple e!ocorporations,r raolat1ng 2 the lgh
GssApeflence 20 ulfeGs tnem1 herea1ter
Ana II Gne autnors TN 0i CnlS BIlI had songn
70 leglsIaIe dlrecEly IoT tne dement, OF cor
poraglons'lL Know OF no Detter plan they
couiq nave aoopCed Chan Is contained efl.l II