Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1869-01-30
WEEKLY TELEGRAPH
AsHTABULA, . HIDt
Saturday Morning. Jan so 1869,
Columbus Correspondence.
ronuMrus. Jan. %. 1869

COLUMBUS, Jan. %, 1869.
DFAR fElEeRAPH-Th threetays' adjourn
ment has passed. and most of the members Of
the Legislature have returnedand are ready
for business.
As some are inclined % ind fault with thesC
adjournments every third week, It may he
proper to say that tliey appear to have no bad
effect on the membefs. There arc always less
vacant seats.and a more earnest and diligent
spirit Of BUSINESS manifested for the succeeding
two or three weeks; and, in the long run,
believe that the public interests are as well
attended to rs they would be If the sessions
were continued from day to day. till the end OF
the term
The bill authorizing ten per cent interest on
contract has passed the Senate, and is now
before the House, but its fate is quito unccr.
tain. The present law limiting interest to sis
per cent is acknowledged to be a failure, ant
entirely Intellectual, save as a means of driving
currency out Of the Stale or into Government
bonds; but many of our narrow minded men
fear that the wrath of the poor man will be
visited upon them, If they legalize higher
rate
about twenty-five millions of dollars worth of
Government bonds in the State, which Is prob
ably less than half the true amount A ten
per cent law Would call out large proportion
of ,hat for business investments and loans
thereby adding large amount to the tax du-
plicate, and aid in reducing taxation, besides
stimulating the business and enhancing the
prosperity of the State 1t would also save
our capital at home, and call in capital from
other States, and thus 'direcely favor the labor
ing classes, las well as the tax payers and the
wealthy. These and other kindred ideas are
having their effect on the minds of our wise
lawmakers, and we hope for good results.
A bill has been introduced into the House
which is intended to codify and greatly i'm
prove the laws on the subject of railroads, and
oqualze the tariff Of freights, &c. The bill
was carefully drawn by the Railroad Commits
sionef, ead locks to the removal of many
abuses in railroad management.
A bill also to make the owners of hay scales
take sort Of an official oath, has been twice
read
Mr. Lutte, of Lawrence county--a recently
reformed Observation-Disclosures resolution
into the House requiring the Committee on
Benevolent Institutions to make inquiry in
regard to changing the Idiotic Asylum into
an Asylum for Incbrates. The resolution was
adopted.
The subject of rebuilding the Central Lunatic
Asylum has not yet been disposed of but
probably will be soon.
The resignation of Judge Burke, of the
Summit and Lorain Judicial District, ha &C.
casioned quite spirited contest for his sue
Censorship, and imposes very delicate and
responsible duty on Governor Hayes, who is
to make the appointment Mesrss. Mckinney
and Mcclure, of Summit, and Boynton, of
LOran, are candidates.
Fairfield county is making an effort to get
the new Penitentary, and the Committee will
visit Lancaster this week 70 examine into, the
claims.
The Committee on location for n Reform,
School for Girls visited PGinesyille on Tues
day, and after. looking around, report them
selves as highly pleased with the place, and
that 1t is much superior to any other connect
ing point they have visited. A vigorous effort
on the part Of our sister village would, doubt.
less, give them this State institution.