The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-01-27
Letter from the State Capital.
CeLuMBus, JAM, 81, 1876.

CoLUMBCS, JAN, Il, 1910.
Ep.PREss.AThafv venerable old buff
fer, 1.-THE oldest inhabitant." is inedi,at-
ing upon the unwonted state of the
weather. :Oid Probs' is being paid
up to-day for all the ahuse that was
poured upon the Old fellow last winter.
Genial spring weather is dallying
with the tree buds aud nying to make
them smile. 81 -
AS at other points, so at Columbus.
there is complaint of "hard times
and yet. for some reason, the tramps
are scarce article upon the streets.
Whether business is more lively, or
that these wanderers have "gone
where the woodbine twinetb," T" the re-
porter knoweih not.
The legislative mill is grinding with
comiHendable speed, when too much
wind does not impede its progress.
Some of the more inexperienced MEM
bcrs are impressed that they can only
''make their mark" with their league.
I. Neither branch of the General ASSEM-
bly, is lacking a spirit of industry in a
large majority of its members. But
few new bills were offered last week,
and if there had been, the storm of
words would have swampca them
before they could have reached the
Speakers table.
1t is proposed to establish Il bureau
OF Labor, the Commissioners ofwhich
should look after all the statistics of
labor, as having a bearing upon this
subject. Such an institution, proper
ly managed, in time, we think, may be
able TO collect many statistics bearing
upon the relation of capital and labor.
This question is already pressing itself
for solution-and a solution cannot be
reached without the suggestions of
facts, gathered from q wide range of
experience. Objections may arise
against such an effort now, on account
of expense, but, without any doubt,
the State will try from this time forth,
to squeeze through without the services
of "Gas Commissioners" which has
proved itself to be of little or no use.
save and except to the happy incum-
bent. The fast one, in the exhuber-
ance of his happiness, recommends
that it (,he Office, not himselD lie
squelched.
Advertising the Constitutional
J.
Amendments, of which we spoke in
our last, received some hard knocks in
the Senate one day last week. II is a
curious fact, for which perhaps, print
ers can account, that the State is asked
to pay more than doubIe the money
for making public the Constitutional
Amendments than for advertising the
new one, which the Con. Con. gave
birth to. The reporter eau only as
s.gn the reason, that in the Amend
ments there were more judges and
dogs than i'm its more famous competi-
tor. We are glad to repeat that the
claim of old Portage for her part of
this work, is but fraction of that of
some dead beat newspapers. Cincin-
natl, in her modesty, asks for more
than feur thousand dollars OF the
swag, TO be divided between two OF
her papers. The ti-neral Assembl.
proposes to Impure into the Times
about this matter.
The partial appropriation bill hangs
fire in tie Senate, white seyerai states
men are looking as innocent as oy sters
when the lamdlady gently hints
about lie board bills. For time, one
OF the city la .ks kindly cashed the
certificates Of the members, as we un-
dersiand, but that institution finally
was obliged 10 cry out save me from
my tricnds.' This fact, as. it tails uu
der the notice of their constituents,
need hot create undue alarm, because
that generation OF Lawmakers has not
yet come 10 the surface, W no have not
The ability, in some WAY, to unlock
Uncle Sam strong box. X