The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-04-11
THE STATE CAPITAL.
,rrespondence of the star.

COLUMBUS, April 8, 1877.
The spirit of reorganization is setting
in somewhat, in the Assembly. Senator
Rukenbrod has succeeded In engineer
ing through the Senate his bill to reor-
ganize the Girls Industrial School at
Delaware. The extent OF the reorgani-
zation is confined to a change in the
present Board of Trustees, which con-
sists of Messrs. Merrick, Stamen and
Thompson. of Delaware, New conner, Of
Marion and Cowdery, of sandusky, all
very respectable gentlemen; but under
their management the School does not
flourish as the Legislature thinks it
should, and change is proposed. The
present Superintendent is not the most
energetic man in the world, and it is
deemed proper to inject a little fresh
blood into the ins titution. The vote In the
Senate was nearly unanimous tor the
bill, and it's prospects in the House are
regarded as good, since the House Com
mittee on Benevolent Institutions is
understood to favor radical change in
the Delaware School.
Not to be outdone by any one else,
Major Wiltsee, of Hamilton, proposes to
have new deal in regard to Longview
Asylum. 1t is not charged, 80 far as we
oan learn, that there is anything very
wrong in the management OF the Asy-
lum, but it is thought that the present
sy stem of appointments does not give
quite SO good u class OF men to act as
Board of.Directors as could be obtained
by a new method. The Board is now
the creature of the Joint action OF the
Governor, the Cincinnati Common Pleas
Court, the City Council and the County
Commissioners. Wiltsee's bill proVlaes
tor the appointment OF two members OF
the Directory by the Governor OF the
State, two by the Common Pleas Court
of Hamilton County, aud two by the su-
perior Court of your city. There are no
indications as yet as to the fate OF the
/ bbill, as it was only introduced on Satur-
day. Longyiew Asylum receives ala
from the State every year to an average
of $4,000 to 100000, or about one-tentp
Of what is appropriated to the otner
similar In stitutions of the State.
Senator Kessler's bill upon the sub
| ject OF legal advertising, having passed
She Senate, has reached the House. 1t
will go to the Committee on Printing
this week, who, it is understood, will
consider it favorably. One main fea-
Lure Of the bill is to require that propos-
| ais to do the legal printing shall be ad-
vertised TOR, and 1t provides that legal
advertisements shall appear by contract
in one English and in one G .rman news
paper in the County oil Hamilton.
The new prison bill, which has been
| offered as substitute for Sherrick's
| bill, and which divides the State into
| four districts Tor prison purposes, will
come up for final disposition in the
House tomorrow. 1t ought to pass, for
there is a crying demand for increased
| prison facilities. The present and only
| penitentiary contains one thousand six
| nundred and seven convicts, and many
II them are of necessity huddled to-
gether in the hospital and kept under
guard day and night. 1t is proposed to
| 1uild tour new prisons, one in each dis
| .rict OF the State, smaller than the Gen.
Lral one, and especially adapted for re-
formatory purposes. The bill appropri-
ates $4,000 TO begin the work on the
| irst prison in whatever district shall be
designated by the State Board OF Chars
| lies. The Committee on Penitentiary Is
ia favor OF the measure, but there is
some opposition 10 the PROJECT ana Its
| passage may be hindefed.
Emanuel Shultz, OF Montgomery, has
been appointed to fill the vacancy on the
| Finance Committee made by the resig-
nation OF the Hon. r. NJ. White, of Gin
cinnati. By the departure Of Messrs.
| hite and Skaats the House delegation
rom Hamilton is reduced to eight.
| There was trst.class jsmboree In the
] Senate this afternoon oyer The Constitu'