Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1872-02-15
Letter From the Capital.
Co1Uxnrs, February II, 1872.

EDITORS HERALD :-Since my last,
the Republicans of both Houses held
q caucus and determined upon the day
of the Presidential election next No
vember as the best time for the cleo
ton OF tie Delegates to the Constitu-
tionaf Convention and ireszoulsE seem
now as good as settled that the elec
ton will then be had. Mr.. Little's
bin providing for the election in the
Spring was taken from the table and
referred to a committee to amend in
accordance with action 6f the caucus.
An effort was also mdde in the eau
ems to commit Republicans to the pol
icy of not attempting to re,listrict the
State for Congressional purposes, but
failed, Several Interested gentlemen
have already formed the Districts to
their satisfaction, but strange enough
not to-everybody's else satisfaction
One puts Fayette with Greene, Clin-
ton, Warren and Montgomery an
other puts US with Greene, Clark, Mad
ison and Champaign; still another
with Madison, Franklin, Clark and
Greene. This last would make a
very close district, while the other
two would be overwhelmingly Repub-
lican-toO much so to he healthy. ]
an glad to see that so far no pro-
posed districting places us in Dem
ocratic District.
The Sayler-Kemp contested case
was not disposed of last week as was
anticipated, but is made the special
order for Wednesday of this week,
when it will be disposed of. Friday
last the Democratic Senators endeav-
ored to take snap judgment in the
case, and very nearly succeeded. Mr..
Beavis, one of the Senators from
Cuyahoga county, rode cut with some
friends to the Idiotic Asylum, and in
his absence the Democracy called up
the reports of the Committee on the
case, and attempted to postpone them
until the end of tile session. A mes
senger was at once dispatched for
Senator Beayis, and by hard driving
succeeded in bringing him in just as
the vote was being taken. 1t was q
narrow escape.
| This Legislature is acquiring rep
utation for promptly defeating all bill;
for. increase ofsalariFs. Early in the
session a bill was introduced to in.
crease the salaries of judges-Com
mon Please, to $4,000, and Supreme
Judges to $4,000. 1t was largely
voted down. Last week Mr.. Steels
bill to increase the salary of State
School Commissioner from $4,000 to
| $4,000 was first amended by reducing
to $4,000, and then voted down.
An effort was made to procure an
appropriation of several thousand dol
lars to erect a monument over the
grave OF Simon Kenton. but failed
Now measure is pending whicl
seeks to appropriate $4,000 to erect
a monument at the grave of Gen. " il
1 liam Henry HarrIsOn, Hnds.the TiIFtbeI
sum of $4,000 for a monument to Gen:
Thomas L. Hamer. There is a strong
conviction among members that Ohio
has so many meritoEious dead that it
would neither do to discriminate nol
build mausoleums for them all, at the
public exrense.
I think it may be safely set down
that the General Assembly increases
no salary and ornaments no grave
yards. There is commendable spirit
manifested so far to watch carefully
every dollar that goes out of the pub
lie treasury. 1t is to be hoped it viii
continue The largest expenditures
are required for our Public Benevo-
lent Institutions. Two new LunatiC
Asylums are now in process of build
ing-the Central and the Athens, be
sides the Northern Asylum at New
burgh, and the Southern at Dayton
have recently added two large wings
each. When completed. Ohio will
have the most capacious and best ar
ranged asylums in the Union.
The appropriations, however, for
these purposes viii be watched with
the closest scrutiny, and every re-
itrenchment possible made.
/ The Board of State Charities, which
was only an expense to the State OF
$500, (the salary of the Secretary,
it was believed, could be dispensed
with, and was therefore last week abol-
ished. One reason, however, which
might be stated here, that had some
thing to do with aholishing the Board,
was the dissatisfaction in many quar-
ters with the Secretary's Report
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