The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-01-14
COLUMBUS CHAT.
A Brluht Trick Of a Bright Republican
Legislator.
More Of Speaker Entrekin'H wonderful
RuIings,.A nin 20 abolish lniirmary
Dir,otoTs---A General Regis
tration Law,
special to the DAILY DEMOCRAT

ly hoped by all HONEST men, hnn eHpe'
clally all honest Democrats, that there
WOuld be a full aud fair investigate ion
into the frequently alleged fraudulent
Dractlcea at the elections IN Cincinnati
beQInning before Lot Wrlghpa infam'
Gus bulldog revolver campaign, TWO
disreputable gangs have been polutlng
the ballot. box In that city for the ylleaL
OF purposes. The opportunity opened
for thIa Legislature TO uncover the
whole thing. The Republicans had
taken testimony showing what one
Doodle gang had been doing Llght was
then being turned upon Republican
frauds and crimes. Che Republican
leaders In the House aaw what was com
ing and passed resolution which de-
elares that the decision OF the Supreme
Court shall be Oyerruled and that OF the
Circuit Court accepted ~ the rue
To accomplish this, the mOet extra
ordinary rulings were made ny speaker
Rntrekin. Ht llrat set aside the rule
that notice TO discuss carried q Tesolu'
tlon over for one diy, Second, he do
cided that neither n a1bstl llute TOT, nor
an amendment TO the resolution, could
be offered. Third, he refused to allow
an appeal from hla dec'sl0n. Fourth, no
refused TO put q motion TO adjourn
Fifth, he ordered the Clerk 10 omit the
names OF One.tenth OF the members OF
the House. Every one OF these rulings
were not only In open violation OF the
rules Of the House, but OF the organic
law OF the State. The reasons Rre plain
enough now. The Republicans do not
dare 10 90 into q full and free inyestigh
tlon Of the Cincinnati frauds, even II
they believe II would unaeat the Demo
cratic members,
have never known presiding tiliier
no partisan aud no unfair ~ Speaker
Eatrkln has shown himself up 10 lhlH
writing. The most charitable view one
can take OF II Ia that he IL wholly igu0f'
ant OF parliamentary law. But ihlu
will hardly excuse i'm for some OF his
performances. MesaIp, Mcbride and
tlelger repeatedly addressed the Oh II
during the CIR clnnati debate, when no
one else was ON the floor, and no refused
10 OTecOguIze them, NJ he dld other mem
bera on the Democratic side OF tue
House.
A dozen or more bills have been intro
duced into each House, but none OF th"m
are possessed OF any particular Import
ance. In THE Senate, Sinnet OF Licking
introduced the old timer about u STATE
Medical Board and to regulate the prac
tlce Of medicine and surgery, Thla
comes np every year. and no one knows
what tho object II, unless II II 10 give
the different schools OF medicine some
thing TO llght about, II 40, II succeeds
admirably. Senator Cable introduced u
bill 10 revise the militia laws " IN The
Crowell bill which failed last year. hr
Baker, OF Oarke, In the House, introduced
bin 10 reppal last wlnter'a law pre-.
venting tho sale Of liquors within two
mites Of flir ground when u far Ia Ia
nrOgrpsa. aud also u school book bill A
Legislature without 500 school OoR
bills ia considered failure, The other
bills we're NJ about equal Importance,
Senator SNermln's friends while pro
fpgaIng absolute tni h In hla chances
ara attn q l,'lo nervous lelat he b. the
Victim o. a conspiracy at the eleventh
hour. BY the wgy, why no, compromise
on State Senator Fays ty He IL q gtolI
man. aud hlq election would create q
genuine sensation throughout the state
and Nation WI h FlA.etiu sherman y
place, ONO would be repre- ontcd Ny twu
OF tho NO triNlng aud Impressive lo'h
'ngm'n who ever sat 40 Colleagues from
the state, AMI what one wouldn't know
the other could All out
The character, habits aud tendencies
OF the skippar IN Cheese. N q sub UCi
which the Legislature OF Ohio has long
neglected. but will b. negloc od no
longer Senator Ford, OF Genugi, has
introduced u bll appoint u State DAIRY
Commissioner, NJ a fat salary, TO look
into this matter Let ~ hope that whep
this bill becomes law there will Oe
fewer sklppera ia our cheese, and less
oleomaiglrine Ia our butter.
Representative Frnuclscn, OF Sln1us
Ky county, Ia entitled 10 the than6a Of
the newspaper fraternity. He has dls
covered In his county large family Of
people 0f the name Of percyllnski, aud
has introduced u bill 10 change II 10
Percy This will be q great blessing
when they begln 10 Agufo In newspaper
reports. lmgglno OOmpoeitor trying
TO aet such u name without swearing
The two houses met IN Joint cOhyen
tiOn at II o'clock and C0nnted the vote
for state olllcors. n tho eurprlae OF
everybody II waq discovered that the
Republican Candidates were elected
The papera have oil been claiming that
ever since the II III OF October, but peo
ple suaprcted hey were lying about ~
but II turns out TO be u eure enough case,
aud the Republicans will take pOgapas'
ion OF tho Olllcoa next week,
President pro tenn, 0'Nelll OF tho Sem
ate, refuses 10 elt In Democratic eau.
cuses, aud then 10 Into the Senate and
rule according 10 partisan orders, Mr.,
0'Nelll's head Ia level, and his heart and
Democracy are sound, He did not vote
for II, b, Payne In the caucus.
10 hend of oil possible combinations
10 defeat Shermane nomination, the Ro'
publican caucus has been called for to-
morrow night, aud no Will undoubtedly
be nominated. There were q number OF
members ready 10 20 for some other un.
doubted Republican OF q national repu.
tatlOn, but no enc could DO found, who
after meeting oil requirements would
lead In tho fight.
Mr.. Clement, OF tho House, hao intro
duced q bill TO give tho Governor n el0,.
600 salary, aud Increase the componsa.
tion OF nearly oil the State officers aud
tho judiciary, from 2b TO 7b per cont.
There is nothing like being liberal with
the peoples monoy-and tho Ropubll.
cans are very expert In that sort or
business. with $4,000 ealary and q
palace with servants hlrod by tho State
and oil the furnishings and provisions
paid for out Of the State treaeury, u Ro'
publican Governor ought 10 DO able 10
drag through term or two OF tho oillce.
W. +.
COLUMBUS, January S.--Mr. Clement,
Of the House, Ia o very able legislator,
He introduced n bill 10 raiee the Cover