The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-04-18
THE STATE CAPITAL.
Correspondence OF the STAR
rntrupIrS Anr;l 1G 1877

correspondence Ol IltC OGdr
COLUMBUS, April 1G, 1877.
Some of the Soluns are struggling
back after the tbree-weekly ADJOURN.
ment. The little Legislature-that is
the eight-tenths Of them that are left
will be ap, l suppose, in the morning
Wiltsee vowed on leaving that he should
triumph this week with his Mitchell
Avenue Bill. 1t seems pet measure
OF bis, and he is as Jealous in the matter
as the Murphyites are in fighting
Whisky-that is, he is red hot.
Talking about Murphyites recalls the
fact that they are turning Columbus up
side down. Last night was the greatest
success they have yet had. The Opera.
house, which holds two thousand peO-
pie, vas jammed full, and as many more
tried TO get in and could not. Seven
hundred and sixty signed the pledge
during the meeting. The reformed
drunkards occupied The stage ana pretty
much conducted the meeting. The City
will be used tonight and will be packed.
You may as we'll get ready for time in
Cincinnati, for the movement will strike
your city pretty soon. Moral suasion
ard kindness does the work. No one
speaks of the drunkard as a wretched
outcast, nor does any one call a saloon
keeper "yillain." They are simply
overwhelmed with loving words and be-
sought to come up on the platform OF
| total abstinence, and herein lies the
/ tremendous power Of the movement.
| Hon. Thomas Ii. Thresher, OF Dayton,
has raised quite a breeze by the intro
duction Of Wnat he termed "a little local
bill for the benefit OF Dayton only"-a
| bill to regulate street railroad compa-
MES. 1t looked as Innocent as Il fresh
born baby, but on scrutiny it WAS found
| to contain this curious clause, viz:
| sThat whenever the lines of any two OF
more street railroad companies or.
ganized under the laws of This state, or
OF au adjoining State, meet or intersect,"
| &c. Now what was that clause, 'or OF
an adjoining State," put into bill to
| help Dayton street railroads for? Day
| ton has no such street railroads. On i'll
quiry there was discovered to be whop-
ping big Niger in the woodpile. The
| bill is big fraud, and Thresher meant a
good deal more than Dayton by that bill.
He meant Cincinnati likewise, and more
than likewise.
They say the grants OF certain street
railroads IN cincinnati Will soon expire;
also there is street railroad In CiAcn-
natl chartered perpetually by Kentucky,
one end OF 1t Coming across the river.
Under this bill the Kentucky road could
| lease the CINCINNATI roads and operate
them forever under its kentucky charter.
Was tnaG what Hon. Thos. I'll. 1hresher
| meautP If not let him rise and explain.
The bill will probably he strangled in
the Senate in u day OF two on account
this exposure.
Another bill came from the Senate FRI
day which claimed only to reduce the
city taxes of Toledo to 10 mills. On ex-
| animation it was found that the bill
really forbade the collection OF any State
and county taxes in Toledo at all, and
did substantially the same thing in ev-
cry CITY in Ohlol Was it purely bluu-
der, or did some crafty chap do it ''ou
purposep is the question now. The
Dill didn't get through the House, al
though 1t had passed the Senate. QIii,-
by, OF Clinton County, has q bill W es-
tablish members pay at $500 year, ana
$5a day 10 be deducted for absence.
Bet Whaaliug toby the bill don't pass,