The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1886-02-25
COLUMBUS CORRESPONDENCE.
Letter From Col. Taylor.

sent itself.
That was two months ago, an
still this is the first time that
"have took my pen in hand t
write a few lines" l kept wait
ing for the Legislature 10 do some
thing worthy the name Of legisla
ton, and worth writing about
and so was in danger of lettin
the year slip away without tn
scratch ola pen.
Last night l heard the far oi
echo of The song Of the frogs, tina
are rapidly digging their way on
of the mud in the show ground
near where l live on Oak street
and l made up my mind that
would have to begin. work.
So here goes.
The Legislature has done lot.
of wicked, foolish, fantastic anG
revolutionary things, but as l was
asked to record valuable things
did not feel il incumbent to re-
cord what was pure, simple anG
unalleviated wickedness. Hence
the great hiatus.
The Legislature has now been
in session two months. Let us
see what it has done:
!. Was guilty Of wholesale rev.
olutlon in seating enough Repub.
lican members to elect John
Sherman.
2. It elected John Sherman to
the U. S. Senate.
3. II has passed nine general
bills. Onesof these, the Pugsley
bill creating Boards of Election
in Cincinnati, Cleveland. Colum-
bus and Toledo is important, an l
if properly carried out will be
beneficial. The rest are merely
motive and matter of course bills.
Like the old woman's remedy, il
they do no good they will do no
harm.
4. 1t has passed fourteen local
bills. And they are very local,
too. One of them changes the
name of the Percykiwhiskis of
Sandusky county to Percy. And
another changes the name of the
Whitikiklouskis Of Perry county
to Whit. OF course, it is a great
public service 10 cut these names
up INTO sections, but when it costs
$4,000 or SIS, 900 apiece to do it,
the people no doubt feel that it
would have been much cheaper
to break their jaws in trying to
pronounce these names for a year
or two longer.
These four things embrace the
work actually done up 10 date.
But there is much blocked out
for future transaction, along late
in the summer season.
Mr.. Coates, of Cuyahoga has
got a very important bill through
the House, and upon its fate in
the Senate hangs the fate of
Ohio.
This is a bill to fix the weight
OF a bushel Of turnips at sixty
pounds. If any Haw. Eater fails
to see the importance of that
measure shoot him with a flint.
lock gun and charge the Coroner's
to me, and appoint
Judge -Billacker Administrator
de bonis non of the estate.
Hull. of Ailer, tried TO amend
Coates bill BY making the weight
of a bushel of Bohemian oats
.00c pounds, for the benefit of
Cuff of Henry, but Buerhaus
claimed that a bushel of Bohemi-
an oats weighs a ton without le-
gal enactment. So the amend
ment was voted down.
l have just arranged with Mr..
Coates to 60 on reforming the
weights and measures. Our old
friend Andy Dresher has written
70 me to say that the law has left
,ne thing very indefinite and de-
'ires to have it fixed on a speci-
led basis.
He says that this remarkable
of the statutes has
;aused him TO lose sleep on
many moonlight night, and re.
lily accounts for his hitherto un
explained failure TO send me a
turkey last THANKSGIVING day.
Mr.. Dresher writes me that the
aw does not fix the meles and
pounds and cubic contents of a
Dad of pumpkins.
When l called Mr.. Coates at
ention TO this, he exclaimed:
"My God! the omission surpris.
IS me! l do not see how the
country prospered under it.
will prepare a bill to supply the
mission at once!'
Mr. Dresher may, therefore,
est easy. His appeal has not
,een in vain. Mr.. Buerhaus, as
oon as his attention was call ID to
Ir. Coates noble design, at once
greed TO make a speech in favor
# The bill, and at once set to
york preparing it.
The Legislature has done moth.
ne yet and it cost the tax payers