The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1870-04-20
correspondence.
Letter from the state Capital.
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THE OHIO LEGISLATURE.

Il of the Sabbath being desecrated by some
0 of the finishing up legislation of an i'll
P spent winter-and to day both Houses
: adjourn to meet again on the first Tuesday
e OF next January In the 'parlance Of
: toadying reporters and legislative CORES
? pondents, who subsist on the profuse
smiles and scant rations of subsistence
9 distributed by the members, it was a busy
j very busy week. That is to say, a great
: quantity of local and unimportant busi-
i ness and some little of general interest
, was transacted 1t would be a waste of
! time and space to undertake a complete
summary Of the work of the week, and
general allusion to some of the more i'm
portant proceedings will suffice to fill or
dinary letter, written to you and your
readers more as information than for or
nament.
FREE TRIP.
The week opened on last Monday, with
, an invitation to both Houses, from the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co., rendering
| the members and officers free trip over
the road to Washington city. The ses-
sion closes to day with the formal accep-
tance of the invitation, and before this
reaches you, the members of this memor-
able Legislature will be on the road, en-
joying one of the "hugest" legislative
NGtu ucdl opIt6S Ol luG 5cdSOu. Inc le-
suit ofthe "big trip, free ofexpense, " with all
the colaterals, will be developed in the
railroad legislation of next winter when
that enterprising corporation will have
some special JOB pat up, and which Will
then succeed, unless the present spree
should end IN general smash up.
OPPOSING STANDARDIZATION.
A 'reform" democrat, from the State of
| HarnIlfOnao i
instructing and requesting the Ohio Sena-
tors and Representatives in Congress to
| oppose the passage of the bill now pend
ing, to ebstruct the naturalization Of ia
elgners, by depnving State courts of tie
right to issue certificates of naturaliza-
ton. The resolutions were laid on the
table, where they have slumbered from
| then till now. Foreigners who are rejoi-
cling in the universal suffrage" reforms of
the abolition Jacobins, can now see thrO
the liberahty of their political enemies
| IN tins new movement to embarrass and |
withhold the right of suffrage from their |
emigrating friends from "Fatherland' and |
! "Green Err" n"-without the aid of Spectd- |
cleS. The negro in his ignorance and SER
| Witty to his new abolition masters, has |
| superior political advantages over the in |
| telligence and patriotism of European /
white men. The republican majority of |
Ohio are in favor of the congressional out |
rage. Their leaders have been put to the |
test in the Legislature, and they stand up /
| to 1T with the boldness and effrontery born /
| of repeated and successful acts of despera-
ton and recklessness.
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS ORPHANS HOME.
As mixture of patriotism and bun
combe, the bills to provide for the estab-
hshment of a Soldiers and Sailors Or ]
phans' Home, and to allow Asylum sold
iers to vote atgdy from home, haaheen
made laws. The first is Cigt The
funds appropriated for Il are
not stolen, and the latter is because
the unfortunate victims %, like the
paupers at county infirmary, are invar-
iably made the mere tools of the loyal di-
rectors of the institutions at which they
are supported.
LOAN ASSOCIATIONS.
The bill to exempt the securities of
Building and Loan Associations from tax
alton failed to pass, and the convention
held IN this city at the opening of the ses-
sion, and the numerous memorials and
petitions of these associations on this sub
ject have all been labor lost 1t is mar
velously strange that people, collectively |
and individually. do not distinctly under
stand that nobody and nothing Is exempt
from taxation except bondholders and
government bonds.
JOINT RESOLUTION.
The joint resolution sung our Sem
ators and Representatives in Congress to
oppose an increase of Representatives,
was indefinitely postponed,-so, as far as
the feelings or wishes Of the majority in 3
the Legislature are concerned, the number !
of members in the bear garden and polit-
ical menagerie at Washington may be in
creased to suit New England. The aboi-
tionists of the west are usually pleased to s
sneeze when their puritan brethren of bar
rem New England take snuff
THE NEGRO JUBILEE. :
On Wednesday, both Houses took af- j
ternoon recess, to attend and participate =
in the colored Jubilee of the Columbus ne
groes, over the so called ratification of the c
fifteenth amendment. Sambo and Dinah t
and all the different shades OF black hu- 8
manity therefore received the warm con- =,
gratulations of the Governor and State Of
fcials, and the abolition majority of both II
wings of the Legislature. The scene was a
loud" and gushing indeed, but being an o
out door and open air affair, no serious re-
suits occurred to disturb the weak nerves
or annoy the delicate nostrils of the legis- L
lative snobs who participated. They stood t
it "lke little men," during the afternoon, \
and by stimulating their enthusiasm with .
patriotic potations from the flowing
bowl" that levels all distinctions, some Of
them were willing and able to attend the e
gasslng and dancing exercises of the even d
ing. They did honor to the occasion, and :,
justice demands the statement of the ad- !,
Iifinnal nf that gGda ao1o,.oI L. / 1
gemmen" suffered none in a comparison l.
with the white trash who ornamented the il
A convention Of white laboring 4
men or women, however important and :,
the occasion, would never have q
caused an afternoon adjournment of both II
branches of this Legislature during "the c.
busy week of the session" and herein the I,
''new element" is ahead of all competitors ID
in the disgusting contest for the friendship e
and companionshin ofpolitical demagogues
and legislative charlatans. n
THE GOVERNORS PALACE. a
The movement to provide palatial o
mansion for the Governor, which had been
referred to a select committee in the Il
House, was faVorsbly reported on, and -
the report agreed to. This is another
strange feature in the policy of economy c
promised the people by the ruling party. K
There is no need Of the building, and its b
erection will be no benefit, but an addi- :,
tional bill of expense to the already over
burdened and oppressed and deceived tax y
payers of Ohio. The duties of the Cover IL
nor consist chiefly in appointing notary C
publics, commissioning "squires," pardon .
ing convicts,-the real labor of which is
done by a private secretary-and writing
a message to the Legislature once year v
If these duties require his attendance in |,
this city more than three months in the 4
year, let the State pay his lunch and board
bill at first class hotel, and let the i1t-
menSe business of the Office be transacted T.
as usual in the large and spacious rooms l,
assigned him in a three million State =,
House. The people do not want, and the !,
Governor does not need palace for him
to reside in, with furnishings and surroun- II
dings to match the theoretical wealth of il
the State, and which give the affair an ap- h