The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-04-21
COLUMBUS NOTES.

ME-. DAYTON, last week, introduced . fegis-
tration bill in the House. -.1r~gg 81 1lf {
THERE seems to be a lively lobby working
against Ponds Liquor Bill. N
THr word sssprituousn' does not seem to be
very explicitly defined in the ohioslaws.
The Senate confirmed the appointment of
General Joe Geiger as State Librarian.
O'HAaAN,s S~chool-book Bill, by q vote Of II
to II, was Indefinitely postponed-fn the Senate.
The Governor sent the name of Henry LUIS
keytof Cincinnati, to- the Senate for Commits
sioner Of Labor Statistics. vaErRvF I
TnE sergeants-at Arms of the Senate last
week presented Senator Richards, President
pro tempore Of that body, with . gold-headed
cane.
THE Republican State Central COMMITTEES
seventeen Of the twenty members present-at
a meeting held last week decided to hold the
Republican State Convention at Cleveland,
June 8.
TIE Senate Committee on. Railroads and
Telegraphs, it is said, will report back Mr.. Carr
FANS bill; providing sgainst railroad crossings,
ia the same level and fecommendits iiidefndte
postponement.
The House refused to pass the bill introduced
by Mr.. Cole some time since; proposing to
Of the Ohio, Canal for . distance of four miles
in Scioto C~ountyto the Cincinnati % Eastern
Railroad Company.
ABfIL willperhaps be enacted autherizing
the Supreme Court to appoint q stenographer
to take downSthe ~decisions and consultations
Of the court. This will facilitate business suf-
ficientiy to save one-fourth of the time nor. oc-
cupied, and as the court is about three OF four
years behind In its business, the measure is an
important one:
TIRE Governor has submitted to the tegisia-
tufeS a communication from Eugene ~Under-
wood, President of the Mississippi Valley State
Copmission, asking for an appropriation TO be
citation seems to beto inquire into all matters
appertaining to the m of this valley,
and to remove all artificial barriers in the way
of commerce, with them 1t is its duty to in
fh~ecsmmerce Of this valley. andhas been in oor-
respondence with the NationalB Board Of Health
upon this subject. 20 ?. Asse4 q sss
THE House last week adopted the following
resolution respecting the Yorktown celebration
ssResotoed, blythe GenerafAssembly Of the State
of Ohio, That the Governor, Auditor, and
Adjutant General be and are hereby constituted
AcarAaaissianta tnAka -sueh atranHafnente..-~i l
enable the State Of Ohio to take q suitable part
in the celebration OF the centennial, of the sur
1871, to be held at Yorktown, Va, October 19,
1881, and said Commissioners are Hereby sau-
thorized to arrange and carry out q programme
that will creditably represent the State on that
L OCCASION ,f4HIE 1srE &REkesH
TEE. Leggett soleomargarine bill passed the
= 66udI6lQ al dIQeQQeQI OTul. aAu6 Dl1 Us dIQ0uQ6U
exempts from its provisions the proprietors OF
hotels, boarding houses, restaurants, and other
places of public entertainment. The provis.
ions Of the bill are that any person who know
lsingly. SELLS, or offers for sale, any substance
purporting to be butter or cheese, which sub
stance is not made wholly from pure milk or
cream, unless the same be Manufactured I'M
der its true and appropriate name, and unless
each roll, package, or parcel Of such substance
shall have durably painted, stamped. Or marked
thereon the appropriate name Of the same,
shall be fined in any sum not less than $10rnOr
more than $500, or imprisonment in the county
jail not more than ninety days nor less thai
ten days, or both, at the discretion Of tn
court.
THE O'Hagan Bill, on school books, enforce
the use of the Derby Reader. Mr. Derby say
he can save the State Is per cent. by selling
his book at ten cents. Thu present reader il
use sells for 10 So cents, which, by compute
ton, proves to be q saving of but 9 per cent
instead of Is The annual consumption nov
aggregates $50, 900, and Mr.. Derby's idea viii
reduce this to $42,5 500. The following figures
however, are interesting:
Cost Of first supplyf TO all the pupilsaof
the State first year as above. .....$200 90
Cost for four years as above, at $42, 500
per .Sl7o,eo
Total cost of Derby's Readers for five
Cost Of. readers at present in use, per
year at $50, O00. $780, 90
Saving by continuing present reader $4,000
The scheme would be good enough were
not that a great outlay must be made to besi
with, in order to supply all pupils.
The Governor, Auditor of State, and secre
tary of State have completed the apportioI
ment of the State into Senatorial and Repre-
sentative districts, under the new apportior
ment- Some of the old Senatorial districts ar
divided. The Fifteenth District (Muskingur
and Perry and the Sixteenth delaware an
Licking1 are consolidated, as are also til
Eighteenth (Coshocton and Tuscarawasl wit
Nineteenth lGuerpsey-nd AtoHroe5, and IN
Twenty=fourth (Ashtabula, Lake, and Geaug9
with theNTwenty-sixth portage and Summit
Geauga County, which is attached to Lake,
the only county losinga Representative for ii
first three terms of the decade, with nine fl
the remaining two terms. Cuyhoga Count.
which has four Representatives now, will be Ell
titled to six. The next Senate will CONSIST
thirty-three, and House of LOG member
Taking the last October vote as. a basis, th
political complexiono of the pext Senate woul
be eighteen Republicans and fifteen Democrat
and Of the. House sixty-six> Republicans an
thirty-nine Democrats.
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