The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-11-29

ishsd heavens = II wsre. "An sra d |
peace and good will having dawned
upon this great American Republic"
we will now procsed 10 build golden
bridge" for our vanquished foe to cross
into the green pastures (upon the ex-
press condition that they stay vanquish-
ed and do not steal the Lower House OF
Congress, in which case we will blow
the golden bridge to smithereens) and
after receiving divers and sundry opin.
ions in relation to the bridges and things,
expressed in more or less vigorous Anglo
Saxon is kind enough to say VIC will now
give the country boys chance. Being
graciously given - chance" we look
about us, and finding the golden bridge
idea about exhausted we are about to
enter other fields, but upon taking up
another molder Of opinion we find that
not satisfied with recording current
events, It looks into the future and
records what the approaching session
Of the Legislature will do and leave un-
done, and then with the versatility
of genius shifts from such matters Of
great pith and moment to the connection
between tight lacing and weak eyes or
wandering livers." So it seems to US
the only subject left the country boy is
reform in our Legislature methods, and
as the able correspondents Of the afore-
mentioned great dailies disposes Of
questions Of importance with such q
majestic flourish Of his trenchant pen,
IL occurs to us that as our State finances
are not in very flourishing condition II
would be a good idea to suspend the
present order Of things for few years
and allow the said able correspondent to
make our laws and let our statesman
write our songs.
The saving by this method to the State
would be no inconsiderable amount.
The report OF the Auditor Of State for
1885 shows in the expenditures Of gen.
eral revenue funds for Legislature
$l45, ,533 "a, and for 1887 $l2O, 1912 Now
able correspondents can be secured for
far less sum than this, say $40, ,l9l,
leaving a net saving to the State OF
$lOO,OOo.62.
In addition to the above the expense
Of the election OF the representatives
under our progressive American ideas
will probably amount. to $lOO, ,0OO.63
more, making a net saving to the people
Of Ohio of $500, ,0Ol.25 and leaving un-
trammeled from the cares of office all
the statesmen composing the Legisla.
ture, thus allowing them to devote their
energies to the advancement OF the in.
terests of humanity in other directions,
the value of which to the Republic can
not be computed. We merely offer the
above as suggestion, and ask our
readers to give it their calm and delib.
crate consideration, for If the eligibility
Of American officeholders for reelection
is most serious danger to that calm,
deliberate and intelligent action which
must characterize government by the
the people, why may we not avert more
danger by providing against the election
of a number of officers altogether and
thus saving the time spent by good men
in "hustling at the polls" In the "hope
OF favors yet to come"
Another very doubtful condition OF
things would in this way be avoided
the reflex action of the Legislature, for
it may occur to the committees OF the
Legislature to "sit down" on the ideas
Of the "knowledgey" correspondent, fig
uratively speaking, and consign the ideas
to the realm of the golden superstruct-
ures already mentioned. But it is not
our desire to criticise as much as to com.
fort our neighboring city. We are per-
suaded che has troubles. Our source OF
knowledge is from oft-repeated utter.
ances in the columns Of the leading dai-
lies Of the great metropolis Of Ohio.
Neighbor, we are persuaded that troub.
les exist on this disordered planet, but
there are also joys in existence, and you
are in possession OF few OF them. This
We learn from the same source that we
learned OF your trouble. Be comforted
in meditating on the golden margin OF
the dark background. You have his
tory that antedates anything in the
Buckeye State-save the hamlet Of Ma
rietta, and neither her nor her little eel.
ebration ought to be considered or com.
pared with you and your mammoth Cen.
tennial. Your Centennial was nearly
selfsustaining, only lacking the paltry
triae Of $S5O,0O0. In fact, 1t was nearly
as remunerative as the U. s. Postal Serv-
ice. Mediate on these things and be
comforted. There are other things in
your history that might be mentioned
yes, they might be claimed as yours
(other places would claim them). You
had two unprecedented floods, and q
magnificent riot that has never been du-