The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-05-19
SPECIAL FOR THE STARK COUNTY DEMOCRAT.

COLUMBUS, May l6, 1881,
The decenial Board Of Equalization has con-
cluded It's labOrs, packed The attaching peIquisites
and gone to the homes Of their constituency to
recount the perils and the mental strain involved
They will be absent week, for which interval
each will receive his regular per diem salary Of
1--WE dollars just as II the intellectual labor vas
daily given to 1t, when they will return TO their
desks afix their signatures to the manuscript,
thus concluding the adjustment Of values for an
other decade. Your membtr has been fairly
active, in view of all that the words imply-that
is he asked for nothing that was not clearly
right, and yielded to nothing wrong, unless over
poWeled by greater voting force. Your CORE
sponcent inquired Of member during the
closing hours Of the session, what he thought OF
the results as arrived at after so much ton. study
and expense. II think" replied the member, IT
is an internal swindle on the finances OF the State
and a fraud on the intelligence VI the age,
Much time and much treasure has been expend
ed, aud to- day values are not as well proportion
ed for taxation as when we begun the work"
This comes from a gentleman born in Canton,
and reared to the estate Of manhood there, but
for the lapse OF more than twenty years has not
Others think the action Of the Board has been
pre-. eminently successfnl-that the members have
been faithful, .diligent and impaItisl, and have
accomplished a work for which their constitu.
ency will feel proud through the Crucible Of pub.
lie opinion. There will be conflict OF judg'
ment The jury will fail TO agree. But however
popular opinion may incline, the valuation on
Whiun taxation will be levied for the next ten
years ia determined, except such VARIATION as may
be created from year to year, by tie addition OF
new structures. During the afternoon OF the last
day, discussion, at times inhammatOry, on
propOsition 10 reduce the aggregate arrived at,
Al first 70 per cent was asked then 10, and g. ani
X each having been lost on call OF the yeas and
nays, Wnen the motion OF Colonel Elliot to re
duce the grand aggregate per cent: was S agreea
numbers, amounts to s70,0O0,0 ,000 or about IS 000-
0O0lCss than the duplicate OF 1880. II was claimed
by those VINO favored the discount, and conceded
by the opponents, that the spring assessments Will
more than compensate for the eductlon. Ten OF
the fifteen voting nay on the passage Of the ceso
luton to reduce six per cent. were actively In
earnest, including MessTs. Bowman, Dexter, Hin
man, 0glevee, Sangster, and five oIhers,who gave
notice that they would file their protest againsG
the aCtion Of the Board.
II was near the close Of the session, that s, ex-
cepting the hnality q week later, when they met
to draw pay for seven days recess, and attaoh
their signatures TO the rolls as written up oy the
clerks, and adjourn sine die, that MI. Bowman
rose IN his place. and, substaI tally, this Is what
he said L: "The last Legislature Will figure In
history as the weakest and most mbeCile that has
ever been convened In the State since Ohio mas
had separate form OF government. The bur
then of It's labor consisted Of eighty railroad
which have been declared unconstitutional by
the SupIeme Court, leaving nothing TO show Tor
the vast expense OF the session save lot OF bills
TO tax dogs and transfer dog tax funds"
The "Mulligans" were started, ss we'll they
n, % Vpntt tn az "
bastic, always deals 10 ideas practical, snd when
ne discharges q blundeIbus he knows whereof the
thing is loaded How will your own snyde
relish his share Of the dose The blue blood OF
Conrad will eurdle, and the gall ducts Of the gem
tleman win be provoked TO increasing torpidity.
Hartshorn may tremble lest the thrust may en-.
danger his chance for denomination, for II is said
here that both he and Snyder desire and expect
to succeed Themselves.
The last the MOhicans" was the man having
charge of the lawn of the State House enclosure,
and the horse that pulled the mower to aud iro,
forward and back, to clip the growing BWaTd OF
Its surplus FIBRE The job is somewhat artistic,
requiring skilled attention, and the new man ls
NOT an artist. Poor mani he does the best he can,
but his experience ali runs in some other sphere
Of usefulness, whilst his predecessor through
long experience and understanding the mood OF
the horse and the temper OF the machinei was an
expert and performed the labor to the entire
satisfaction Of the most critical habitue OF the
premises. He was not asked TO Teblgn, out was
simply notified that his service was no longer re-
quired, and as he disappeared from PUBLIC view,
Rs an active tOiler, q sort OF utility man ABOUT
the eight acres of State House and lawn, he goes
as the last OF q once powerful tribe in obedience
To ilrevocRble law, that ITO the Vicors belong the
gpOlls" ~
II time permitted you might be told how many
cOnyCts have been received at the State institu-
tion for the condemned; how many have toiled
through The auction term Of the sale Of muscle 10
the end Of their sentence; how many OF the IN
tellecL stricken at the Insane Asylum, having Ie.
ceiVed their last rations and sent anoat as cured
to begin life anew, with the weight OF years and
the faint OF asylum life, to SORROW and obscure
any rational hope Of sublunaTy success for as the
age progresses and sympathy is absorbed In busi-
ness or plunder, the graduate from either insti
tuition is
LET down the wind, prey to fortune"
And forever disappears as factor In popular
progress, or with the reliant power to shake on
the cObwebs Of Vassalage, and assert their man
hood or WOmanhOOd in the struggle for lie.
In the political field but little Interest is shown
on the surface, yet the preliminaries are being
discussed, and all the signs are visible Oh com
ing struggle. The Democratic clans meet In pro
miscuOuS groups, and various views detailed,
naming Thurman, Ranney, Gr0esbeok Thomas,
Cook, Ward, and many Others OF bright record 10
heRn the ticket. For the supreme Dench, the
name Of Judge Gilmore only has been introduced
in connection with the nomination. ana IOr
Treasurer OF State that Of Anthony Howells OF
your county, has received attention, within the
hearing Of your correspondent, both gentlemen
having been in the avalanche OF TWO years ago,
after term Of service, alike credita0le to them
selves aud the party they represent.
All people Of all nat0nalltit evidently nurture
an Unborn desire to witness the wonders sggre'
gated in menagerie circus, museum and hippo"
drome, and just now the more enthusiastic ad'
mirCTs OF the ring sports and Gagged curiosies are
on the qui Vlve for the great Coup organization,
which has been quadrupled for the present sea-
SON. HI tire shows have been added, and every
available attraction secured, and now comes be-
fore the public stupendOus whole, grand in
conception, gorgeous in equipment, and dazzling
In presentation. Mr.. Coup was the inventive
genius OF P. 4. Barnum's ventures, and now ap
peals to the public for recognition and reimburse
mant in hil own name.