Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1880-02-20

LDnooAA4dNE NAG BaN|AAg an4 lAo-Ao . GA--
which is to be presented 70 the House as
the bill of the committee. This seemed
the only way out of the dilemma, and the
prospects for an early reorganization where
It Is mostly needed, are very good. The
committee are now ready 20 present their
bill as soon as the Asylum Committee make
their report.
A bill was introduced last week by DR..
Scott, of Warren, to prevent the misuse of
public money in the State. The bill will
prevent the various State Boards which are
in the habit Of making purchases, contracts,
and large expenditures of money, which
are not provided for by law, and the pay
ing out Of funds appropriated for particu-
lar purpose for claims that are not author
lied by law. 1t will be noticed in the re-
port of expenditures Of the various lnstltu-
tiOns that the expenditures are much larger
than the appropriations. For example, the
expenditures Of the Athens asylum for the
past year were 1922. 284. 13, which exceed
ed the appropriation for that institution
some SCI, coo. This bill when 1t becomes
law, and don't think there will be much
opposition, will prevent the large amount
Of deficiencies in the various State Boards,
and the deficiencies that may arise that
could not be forseeH shall be reported to
the Governor, Auditor Of State and At
torney-G General, who may in such case, au-
thorize such exPenditures.
One Of the best bills introduced for the
benefit of the capital city is that Of Repre-
sentative Groom's Of Franklin county, pro-
viding for the return Of discharged con-
yicts from the penitentisry to the counties
from which they were sent. Columbus has,
since the opening Of the penitentiary, been
infested with the ex-cOnYicts out of the
prison, and large amount Of depredGtions
have been committed by this class Of men.
Frequently men discharged out Of prison
in the morning have committed some IN
lawful act before evening that will cause
them to be imprisoned again, and large
number Of criminals sent to the peniten-
tiary from this county are ex-convicts, who
on being released, and not having suffie-
lent money or courage to return to the
county from which they were sent, make
this their headquarters. 1t will be for the
good of the public that this bill be passed.
The bill will come up in the House for pas
sage tomorrow.
There are 8 large number Of bills in the
House for consideration Of the Insurance
Committee, and quite an extensive lobby
are lying in wait for the bills to be brought
forth. The committee met to-day for con-
sideration of such bills.
DR.. Scott and the Representative from
Madison 'aocked horns" as it were, last
Saturday, and the venerable Representative
from Warren gave the ''man from Madi-
SON avery curt piece of advice. The ''war
of words" was brought on over the contest
on the deficiency bill. Representative
Locke thought the gentleman from War
ren about hundred years behind the times,
and his views and measures were not adapt
ed to the wants of the present age. Or.
Scott's reply kept the House in roar for
nearly an hour.
Senator Harper, Of Knox county, who is
editor Of the Mt. Vernon Banner, intro
duced joint resolution last week that will
be of interest TO all newspaper publishers
who are now compelled to pay such snor-
nous prices for printing paper. The reso-
luton requests that 0hio's Senators and
Representatives in Congress vote in favor
of the passage of the bill now pending in
Congress to remove the duty from paper
imported into this country, to be used in
printing books, newspapers, etc. The bill
introduced in Congress is known as the
Fort Bill. As paper has advanced in price
about 40 per cent. caused by combination
of paper dealers, the poor editor, for whose
benefit very few measures are passed, will
have the satisfaction of knowing that he at
least is entitled to have his wants made
known and remedied if possible.
Petitions for local measures still come in
quite rapidly, and not day passes by that
the bills for local measures do not far ex-
eeed all other bills. The Local Option petit
tioDs keep pouring in. Last Friday one of
the members presented a petition on this
subject 43 feet in length. The petition
was stretched down the main aisle of the
House by the pages, and was decorated at
the head by several small flags. One hu-
morous member, after taking a view of it,
said that it should be referred to the Com
mittee on Turnpikes.
The Sherman meeting last Thursday
night was q big affair despite published re-
ports to the contrary. The best Of feeling
prevailed, and the speeches on the occasion
were to the point. The Blaine men have
been working hard for many days back to
have q meeting to throw the Sherman
boon" far in the shades. Just how well
they will succeed will be learned on Thurs
day night, the date of their first public
meeting. F.L.C.