The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1869-07-07
The Late Democratic Legislature.

That excellent Democratic sheet,
the Urbana Union, alluding to the
fact that the Radical papers, the Gin
cinnati Commercial among the num-
Der, in anticipation of the coming
campaign are endeavoring to divert
attention from the stupendous frauds
and extravaganza of their administra-
tion of the National Government by
alleging that the recent Democratic
Legislature of Ohio spent 500, 900
more than its Republican predecessor,
says ... ...... ....t ....
Gas the acts of the late Legislature
have not yet been published, tho
means of making a comparison from
official figures are not at hand, but the
fact alleged has been denied by Demo
cratic Journals which had the means
of knowing whereof they spoke. But
even supposing it to be true, these
Radical papers carefully suppress facts
which would readily account for an
increase. They suppose their readers
to have forgotten that the Lunatic
Asylum at Columbus was burned last
fall, and that appropriations for the
rebuilding as well as for the the New
State Reform School for Girls were
called for from this Legislature to
say nothing of the Morgan raid claims
legacy of its war; When our friends
hear anything said about this hundred
thousand dollar story we hope they.
will suggest these facts and nip this
spring flower in the bud"
Notwithstanding the extraordinary
expenses caused by the rebuilding of
the Central Lunatic Asylum, destroy
ed by fire-the rebuilding of the
Blind Asylum, rendered necessary
from the fact the old building is so di-
lapidated as to be unfit for use-the
Reform School for Girls, and the pay
ment of the Morgan Raid Claims, and
the increased expenditure of the late
Republican Legislature adding two
dollar sper day to the daily pay of the
members and officers of the Legisla-
ture, adding just two-fifths to the cur
rent expenses, it is fact that the late
Democratic Legislature appropriated
less money than did the previous Leg
islature which had so large Radical
majority that the leaders of that party
could carry every measure by two
thirds vote. HI1@.
The figures to support this state
ment we find ready cyphered out in an
exchange, as follows The Republican
Legislature in its last year-1S67-ap-
propriated the sum of $788, 227, while
the Democratic Legislature in 1869
being also its last year, appropriated
only $541 ,295, being $246, 932 less than
the Republican Legislature appropri-
ated during the corresponding year of
its existence, and in the appropriation
bill just passed, the Morgan raid
claims, amounting to more than halfa
million dollars, are provided for, and
also an appropriation to rebuild the
Central Lunatic Asylum, which was
burned down. This shows a saving
of over quarter of million dollars,
compared with the last year of the Re
publican Legislature. The appropri-
ations of 1868 were moro than half a
million dollars less than the appropri-
ations for the corresponding year of
the Republican Legislation. This is
sufficient answer to all the howls of
Republican editors and correspondents
about the length of our sessions and
the expenditures of money by this
Legislature. zs,a
In addition to this vast and direct
saving of the peoples money, the in,
direct saving by the passage of the
municipal and criminal codes-the
former codifying all the laws relating
to the government of cities, towns and