Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1868-03-04
Columbus Letter.

the Road Law for several days, as 1t psi
ed the House. The Senators, to sho1
their superior knowledge in the matte
o. roads and highways, have bee
lacking on, and trying to tack on, SUI
dry amendments, and it is feared b
some that that body viii decree this
TIE new bill deserves death. 1t
observable that, as a general rule, ger
tlemen representing the more rurs
districts, favor a return to the oil
supervisor system, while gentlemen
from the larger cities and towns seen
TO think that their agricultural friend
doa't know as well as they what the!
most need ID respect to a ROAD law. L
would seem that the country peoples
wishes should be respected in this mat
ter, especially since they desire, almost
unanimously, a return to the old, time
honored system. The Senate viii
probably concur in the main features
of the House bill. I do not much
doubt bat it will become a law.
In the House divers measures of a
local nature have been disposed Of
Among the bills of a general nature
passed, was one entitled a "bill TO pre-
vent empiricism, and - elevate the
standing of the medical profession."-
1t provides that it shall be unlawful for
any person, who can not produce a
diploma Of graduation from some nedi-
cal school, or certificate from an assem-
bly, of physicians, and not of good
moral character, TO practice medicine,
or prescribe for any sick person, with
ont the advice or instruction of some
graduated physician residing in this
State; provided that persons who have
been in continuous practice for ten
years, or more, shall not be amenable
to the law; and further that persons
who have been ~practicing five years
shall be allowed Two years longer in
which TO comply with the law. The
penalties are q fine from one hundred
10 twohundred and fifty dollars for the
first offense, and the secoGd offense
will involve a fine and Imprisonment
for thirty days. There vas considers
BILE debate on This bill, some of its
opponents claiming that it would pre-
rent an old oma giving a sick baby
s dose Of catnip tea, and that under
taking to elevate the standing" Of the
doctors by statute. would render the
General Assembly liable to indictments.
for practising legislative quackery.-
The bill, however, went through, yeas
SO, nays IL. The Dental profession arp
desirous of a law of similar character to
the above, relstive to their bushes s
being enacted. Laws of this character
may do good, and are not likely to do
much harm, inasmuch a they are in
evitably destined to be to some con-
siderable degree, a dead letter.
One day was spent in ventilating the
temperance question. Mr.. Rukenbrod,
Of Salem, introduced a bill to punish
Yiolators of the liquor law with fine and
imprisonment for all offences. The
Democracy went about unanimously
against It, while g number of Republi-
cans opposed an increase Of the penal
ty. A Cincinnati member volunteered
to eulogize Whiskey as agreat and good
thing, and lager beer as a nectar fit for
gods, and the very life of our Teutonic
feIoE-citizens. He avowed that whis-
key ney hurt him, and that beer
always made him feel good. Mr.. Ru-
kenbrod, in reply said that the remark
of the whiskey advocate that 'benzine''
never affected him, reminded him of a
story, wherein it was said that 4 lot Of
whiskey was emptied into a pond
where there were fish, and it was
observed that all the fish were affected
but one. That u was caught, and 1t
found that II was q mullet head,
having no brains 10 get drunk. This
was a big drive at the Hamilton Coun-
ty expounder, and brought down the
laugh of the whole house After a
.protracted discussion the bill was de
feated. The friends of more stringent
temperance laws, need hope for no
from this legislature. There
are too many here like Chris. Hughes,
of Butler Co., who feel rather proud OF
representing democratic whiskey-
drinking constituencies.
Washington matters caused for 8 few
days some excitement here. The
Democrats held a meeting on Tuesday
evening, addressed by three or four
speakers, who talked gladly and loudly
Of the CONSTITUTION" trump Con-
gress " "despotism." ''usurpatioh ,"and
other stereotyped phrases, one young
man even threatening to go down and
help Andy to whip Congress. We have
not heard of any of them going as yet.
The Democrats have, in a measure
dropped the subject, and appear dis,
posed to let johnson fight it out alone.
They have not introduced any resolu-
tons condemnatory of Congress and
sympathizing with Andy. The Repub-
licans unanimously endorse Congress.
and hope that impeachment win be
successfully carried out.
There is some talk of sdjourning
the first Of April until next
December or January. Some Demo
Gratis claim that this august and invin-
chile Democratic legislature should re-
main in session Co eval with Congress.
What good they could do by so doing
is not visible to the unaided ocular. but
that they could render themselves an
intolerable nuisance, is a proposition
on which you can bet. 1t is not proba-
BILE they will p~rotract the session much
longer than through March.
A correspondent of the Cleveland
Pzaindeals7, understood to be the Clerk
of the Senate. made a most ungentie-
manly attack on Mr. Woodwork, our