Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1880-02-12
From Columbus.
Correspondence Gallipolis Journal.

From Columbus.
Correspondence Galiipolis Journal.
COLUMBUS, O., Feb. 9th, 1880.
Do you think OF visiting the Capt.
tol City? II so let me give you tais
piece of instruction, bring with you
a pair of stills, pair of green glass
goggles, and a gunny sack suit OF
clothes. These are positive essen
tials. If it is raining your stills
will he the one aud only means of car
rying you safely through the mud.
II it is not raining then your goggles
and your sunny sack will protect
your eyes and your person against
the binding uncomfortable cloud of
dust and dirt. High street, the
principal street in the city, the
pride and glory of Columbusites,
the street upon which is situated all
the hotels, business houses, and the
State House as well, is paved with
concrete, and extends for FIVE miles
into the country. One would sup.
pose that this principal thorough
fare would be kept clean and re-
spectacle, but on the contrary it is
disgustiI gly dirty and filthy. When
it rains, as was almost the daily oc-
currence the first three weeks of
January, it is one continuous slush
of mud and mortar. The street has
not single foot crossing and for
lack of cleaning has become the
depository of more than years
accumulation of dirt.
To attempt to go from one side
of this street to the other on a
rainy day is to simply plunge in and
trust to Providence for the rest.
When the sun shines upon it for
day, this same mud turns to dust !,
the wind gathers it up, carries it
around the corner, into the doors
and windows of every house, and
the face and eyes of every pedes-
trian. Here is a scene on day OF
this kind: you start down street,
business or pleasure your mission.
Everything at first is seemingly as
loving and gentle as woman with 8
new bonnet on. Suddenly blast
of wind strikes you; you are en-
vsloped in a cloud of dust, it re-
quires both hands to hold your hat
on, you shut your eyes from sheer
necessity, just as everybody else
does, on the street at that particu-
lar time. and amid the confusion Of
wind, dust and darkness, you come
in collision with fellow traveller,
it may be man or it may be wo-
man. You stop, open your eyes, look
around and amid the gloom OF
things discover the meager outlines
of a human being; you humbly beg
pardon, and so does the other fellow.
AS a matter of human sympathy
and oneness of thought and spirit
you both exclaim at the same time,
damn the dust; if your colleague in
the fracus is lady it does not deter
you however from expressing your
sentiments, or her assent to it with
an audible amen.
You shut your eyes again, and
drive ahead only to meet second
and similar episode.
Presently the wind lulls, the cloud
OF dust passes away, you straighten
up, shake your clothes, rub your
eyes, spit the mud out Of your
mouth, and brace up for another
breeze and another collision.
If the people of Columbus would
save their city from the wicked
imprecations of the travelling pub
lie, they will clean their streets, and
make few crossings that will con-
duct the people from one side to the
other without miring in mud.
The Legislature took its accus-
toned tri-weekly adjournment this
morning until next Tuesday, 8
o'clock p. m. Everybody has gone
home.
The law making machine has got
to grinding in right good earnest.
Two hundred and fifteen bills have
been introduced in the House, and
sixty-eight in the Senate. Twenty
four bills have passed the House,
and twenty three the Senate.
About twenty have passed both
branches, mostly, however, of a local
nature. If one half the bills should
prevail that have been introduced
the late Revised Statutes would be
of but little value as book of refer
ence.
Senator Creamer's Redistricting
Bill that passed the Senate and
was sent to the House on the 18th
of January, passed that body yester
day, with an unimportant amend
ment, and returned to the Senate
for its concurrence. The bill will
be taken up early next week and
become law. The subject of re-
organization does no. seem to be in
a very lively condition. What is
going on, however, behind the cur
tains is hard to predict.
Those who believe that the Repub-
lican party have just as honest, eff
cient, industrious and deserving men
in its ranks, as are the present demo
cratic incumbents and who favor a
thorough. overhauling of things,
seem little afraid to bring the matter
nm. for fear that the democrats in
combination with a number of
doubling Thomases on the Republi-
can side of the house will defeat
their plans.
From the present appearance of
things any attempt toward a radical
reorganization will be strenuously
opposed by a great many Republ-
cans.
The common school question has
underwent quite lively shaking
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