Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1871-04-26

MAnAEAa THEORETICALLY - -
WILLIAM RTTEZEL Editor and ProPdstos.
EDITORIAL Notes from the State Capitol.
As predictedin my last weeks let
tar. the past Legislative week has been
all hurry and hustle, with sessions
opening at nine O'Clock in the morn
ing and continuing until ten at night.
The crowd Of lobbyists has been large
and importunate, and the button-hOle
business has not been 50 intOlerable
at any previous period in the session.
A big fight has been going on for
over a week between cOntending rail
read interests, almost OvershadOwing
all other important questions Of pub
lie interest. The contest is between
the Hamilton and Dayton R.. r. and
the new Short Line r. R. now being
built from Columbus to Cincinnati,
and to be a continuation Of the c. &.
& I. c. road. Among the lobbyists,
are c. L. VaIlsndigham, Stanley
Matthews, and scores of lesser lumin-
aries, working with q degree Of zeal
and energy indicative of fat fees and
important consequences dependent
on the result to certain railroad cor
porations. 1t is a fact that fully one
fourth Of the time of the General
Assembly Of Ohio, at each session, is
consumed in the consideration Of
matters PERTAINING exclusively to rail-
road interests. 1t is q struggle be-
tween giant corporations, seeking to
grasp and control the great arteries Of
commerce mmifying the State o.
Ohio, over and through whose broad
and rich domain every main line Of
railroad from the principal seabOard
cities Of the Atlantic pass. Speaking
of railroads, I viii mention that the
pro rata freight bill has had a hard
time. The railroad companies have
worked hard by their agents and
lobbyists to defeat it. After it had
passed the House and gone to the
Senate, q systematic war was made
on it, to destroy it by piecemeal, so
denuding its provisions Of every feat
ure Of protection to the public that it
would have amounted to a mere non
entity i'm effect. AT an %opportune
moment Senator Woodwork offered
an amendment which was agreed to-
providing that no railroad shall
charge a greater sum for an equal OF
longer distance on its line on n por-
ton of it, than on another, Dr. more
than is charged for an equal distance
on any connecting line. The House
has yet to agree to this amendment
and as all will be "noise and cOnfu-
sionn at the last hours Of the session
it is impossible to tell what may be
the fate Of the measure.
THE NuNERs' BILL
Having been lost in the Senate, Mr.
Woodwork offered a resolution which
was adopted, providing for the ap
pointment Of a commission to ex
anime the leading coal mines Of tn
State as to all matters touching tn
health and safety Of miners. If III
resolution passes the House, the Gov.
ernor viii appoint q commission +
investigate the subject and report f
the next General Assembly. The de
feat Of the miners bill at this session
is due largely to the fact that it is
question which has been discussed il
but few counties Of the State, and
not one in which the people hav
felt or taken any special interest
outside OF the mining districts.
LOCAL LEGISLATION.
Aseore or more merely local law
have been passed this week. Our read
ers have no particular interest in then
save perhaps in the one authorizing
the City Council Of Warren to con
plete the paving Of certain street,
Those interested now have the priv
lege o making their streets handsom
and ~serviceable.
THE APPROP RIATION BILL.
Has not got through the Senate 8
this writing, Saturday and as GU
sine die adjournment is fixed 70
Tuesday next, and as the Senate hav
made some important amendments t
the bill as it passed the House, whicl
wiIlhave to be coneurred in or rejects
all Of which proceeding viii eOnsum
much time. it seems almost impossi
bic for US to get through by ten o'elOcl
on Tuesday, 18th inst.
A law has been passed authorizing
the Auditor Of State to enquire int
the claim of the Girard Iron Co. t
have certain taxes refunded, paid b.
them, unjustly, in 1889, and if b
finds the claim just to refund tn
same to an amount not exceeding on
thousand dollars.
RECONSTRUCTED.
On Saturday night h eSenate recon
sidered the vote by which it ha'
agreed to the resolution fixing tn
sine die adjournment on Tuesday tn
18th Of April. We are in for anothe
week Of law making. The diferene
of opinion on the appropriation bill