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The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1890-02-20
Tho onest;on and poss,blo necessity

the question and possible necessity
OF legal proceedings by the unwil-
ling tax payers, in or.ier to prevent
the issuing of bonds as now pro-
posed. and save needless vexation
and expense.
As you are aware, owing to the
depressed condition of trade and the
hard times now prevailing. many
people are scarcely able 10 raise
the necessary means 10 pay their
taxes. IN my own case l found 1t
necessary to borrow 500 to pay
nearly 1880 for The six months
taxes due on premises now largely
vacant and unproduc;ivc. Forthis
reason | feel warranted in saying
| am largely interested in the wei
fare of Logan, having from the first
to the present engaged i'll aiding
and promoting nearly every legi'i
mate enterprise. other reports to
the contrary notwithstanding. Ac
cordipg to late published reports 1t
has been charged that the Logan
Gas Co. has been successfully fleec
ing the corporation of Logan in
charging extortionate rates, nearly
double the proper amount; this Is
a senseIess charge, and an Insult to
your honorable body who lass ON
and approve all claims for payment
You have a written contrfct With
our company. the terms of which
have been complied with by both
parties. Your books viii show up
every dollar paid the Gas Go. II
your honorable body think there is
so much money in the gas business,
l understand there has been sug-
gestions made for the city TO avail
themselves of their contract right to
purch ase the gas plant. / now
make you the following proposition:
We will cell you the plant at a fair
va luation. to be determined by
thoroughly competent and disintsr-
csted persons, after thorough in
spection of books and the prop .rty.
All of the foregoing propositions
are made in good faith. upon the
understanding that the proposition
to bond tho town for the purpose of
developing natural gas be absn-
doned.
Respectfully submitted.
FERDINAND F. REAIPEL.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1890-02-20
ABOUT GERRYMANDERING.

Ohio has 81 representatives
in congress. lis vote al the last
presidential election vas $4,000
or an average of $4,000 votes 10
a congressman. MIR. Harrison's s
plurality was 10000. or not half
the average of the congressional
vote. But the Democrats carried
the State last year on governor
by 10000 and a majority of the
legislature. III the last eight
years the Democrats have carried
the State three times. So it will
be seen Ohio is a pretty close
state.
After the census of 1880 the
Democrats made an apportion-
ment which gave IL Democratic
and 10 Republican congressman.
This came very near substantial
justice. Each party on the basis
Of the popular vote had clear
right 10 10 congressman, and the
Democrats took the odd one.
Probably the Republicans on
their voting strength had the
better right to the odd number.
But it is 10 be considered the
Republican majority in the State
lies in half a dozen counties Of
the Western reserve. The rest
of the Stale is Democratic. So
therefore in making II Demo-
cratic and 10 Republican DIS
tricts, the legislature was able to
make fair arrangement. There
was no gerrymander about it.
The Republicans came into
power in the Legislature, and
went "the whole hog" They
carved up The State by one ol
the most outrageous gerryman-
ders ever known, giving the
Democrats 5 representatives and
taking 16 for themselves. On the
popular vote the Republicans
had a congressman for every 26,
900 Republican votes, and the
Democrats one for every $4,000
Democratic votes, or 10 be exact,
one for 79.29l.
The late election in Ohio re-
suited in a Democratic legisla-
ture, and it proposes to right this
great wrong by the re enactment
of the fair apportionment law
passed after the census of 1880.
The bills introduced in con-
gress by Senator Hoar and Rep
resentative Wickman are TO con-
tinue the Republican gerryman.
der. We hardly think they will
sutceed. 1t is an unheald stretch |
of power. interfering with the |
rights of the States, that will not
stand moments debate. The
Democrats of the Ohio legisla-
ture should go on. They have
right on their side.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1890-02-20

Is willing 10 invest 1000 when
his tax. if the town Is bonded,
would be less than $25, he stand
ing in with all our people.
No. 4 is a proposition to sell
his brick building. Advertise it
in the SENTINEL.
No. 3 Is proposition TO buy
the brick yard. Again is con-
dition imposed. Go and buy it
and see the council later in or
der 10 get the public to improve
private property.
Second proposition.-In the
language Of Councilman Newt
Collins, "This is all right, but
where are the other nine!een?"
The first proposition is the
best. In this he graclously will
permit the commission ers 10 I'm
prove the roads. will sign a pc
tition to that effect. The Com
missloners will evidently feel
easier after this. The slight
though is on Commissioner
Kreis. He is willing to pay him
50 a day when the law gives him
So. lie don't rate our commits
sioner as being worth as much
for service as The law does.
The exordium is Sam Bright's
speech, which he did not deliver
at any of our citizens meetings,
rnt IN courtesy to him and to his
client, we give it to the public.
In conclusion, let our citizens
consider calmly the propositions
made. If there is any merit in
them let them be acted on in a
spirit OF fairness and justice.
Our notion is that it is a feint,
an attempt to divert public al.
tention from the main issue. The
renewal of another 10 years con
tract with the gas company is
coming on. There Is no object
ion, no opposition 10 the gas
company. but in granting a fran
chise we do not give away all the
rights of the people. Let us
have artificial gas and natural
gas TOO.
The Supreme Court of Ohio, in
the GAINESVILLE case, has decided
that the Council has the right
and power to fix the price of gas
to private consumers as well as
to contract for street lighting.
Let us agitate, let US think, lei
Us do in our best judgment and
in fairness 10 all, what is best for
Logan.
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We have the startling inlelli-

We have the startling intelli.
g'nce by the grape vine tele-
graph that Admirable Admlra
Antonious BarleycOrncobo, oI
the M'Arthur Record, has launch
ed his good ship Rachael' OF,
Gander creek. and proposes com
ing to Logan 10 quell the Sill
Pursell riot. 1t Is understood he
vii: take the vessel on his back
d mile out of Macarthur. VIII ere
navigation ceases, and portage
across to Goose creek in Logan,
embarking at AL McBroom's saw
mill. The bombar1ment of The
riot0us Pursell will command
the attention Of The Commodore,
who will see that a sufficient
amount OF crackers, the Admir-
ais munitions of war, lie sup
piled. Quartermaster General
Vance will supply The dog leg.
PurselI must be suppressed. Let
the rioting cease. Down with
the arIstocrats. Let us have war.
and then let us have natural gas.
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What Natural Gas Has Done for
Lancaster.

We-copy below from the Lam
caster Eagle Of last week. Read
and reflect:
Natural Gas has worked
wonders in Lancaster within the
last year, and has not only in.
creased our population, but has
been the means of giving steady
employment TO hundreds of men
who heretofore have been com.
PEELED 10 pass the greater portion
of the year with two or three
days employment in the week.
Since striking gas. we have
been able to secure the following
factories, all of which are in op-
Grafton and employing a large
force of men.
A Window Pane Glass Works,
an Optical Glass Works, a Chair
and Novelty Works. a Soap Fac.
tory, Shoe Factory and two
Cigar Factories. Besides these,
there is being constructed an i'm.
rnense rolling mill, backed by
several million capital, a Musi-
Cal Works, another Glass Fac
tory and Bit and Anger Works.
Does this look as if natural gas
has been a draw back 10 Lancas-
teri We guess not.
Take it as an investment even.
Lancaster bonded herself in The
sum Of s75, 900 for natural gas
purposes aud out of that rum
about s65, 900 has been expended
in drilling wells ana laying the
city mains. During the last
month the receipts at the gas of
flee were nearly SO $40. Just
think of that. So 500 a month
,acome on a $65, 900 investment!
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1890-02-20

The bill authorizing the city
to issue bonds TO the amount OF
$4,000 for improvement pur-
poses has passed the Legislature,
and at its session tomorrow eve
ming the city council will order
the special election which the
law makes necessary, a two.
thirds vote in its favor being re-
quired to authorize the issuing
of the bonds.-[zanesville Sun
day News.
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SENATOR LOWRY.

The Cincinnati Enquirer OF
Saturday last, contains the fol-
lowing short biography of our
talented young Senator. Hon.
VirgiiC. Lewry.
Senator Virgil G. Lowry. Dem
ocrat. from the Ninth Senatorial
District, is a native of Athens
county, made famous by the
kprii like friendships Of the two
Charles. Charley Grosvenor and
and Charley Townsend.
Mr.. Lowry was born on the
30th day of March, 1853, and be-
gan his studies in the common
schools. After that he took a
full classical course in the his
fbric University of Athens, from
which he graduated with honors.
To procure the means to take
. csllegiste course, Mr.. Lowry
taught district schools. and, af :
ter his graduation, he became
Prlnclpsl of the Logan Hooking
county, schools. and at the same
time began the study-of law.
He was admitted 10 the prac-
tice in 1883, and in 1886 he was
elected Prosecuting Attorney of
Hooking county, was reelected,
and resigned to accept the Sem
atorship. He was elected over
Hon. Charles Townsend, an able
and brilliant member of the Sem
ate of the Sixty-elghth General
Assembly.
Mr.. Lowry is of slight build,
sallow complexion, and his thin
face is adorned with a we'll
trained mustache. He is ready
speaker and a good debaier. He
js one of he Trustees Of the Ohio
University.
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Not Afraid of a Bonded Debt.
Washington q. II. Registe

Washington q. q. Register.
Hon. fl. NJ. Daugherty, oul
representative in the Legisla-
lure. introduced in the house
last week, a bill "to authorize
the city of Washington G. II. 10
issue bonds for an amount not
exceeding $4,000 for the i'm
provement OF the streets of said
CITY,"
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1890-02-20

The foolish people who have
been sending their money to the
Louisiana lottery will be interest
ed in the statement from New Or
leans that the net profit of line
lottery company Is 100000 a
year. In addition TO that enor
nous sum immense amounts
have 10 be paid in expenses and
commissions. The chances of get
ting a prize, even a small one, out
of the balance of the money paid
in are few and far between. But
the fool crop is large and shows
no signs OF failure.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1890-02-20
READ DOWN
READ UP
Stations
Tram Service on Toledo Div


Train No. daily except Sunday, Toledo
to Columbus
Train No. daily This will be a so id
sraLn, IoiedO to P0:neroy, daily except
sunday on Sunday II will run through to
LOCKING Valley Division points s,nIy'
Train No. s daily EXCEPT SUNDAY. Tcletlo
to Columbus, AAO
Train No. 2 daily. This train Will leave
Sn,eago daily at 7a55 y m, and will carry
Char Car to Columbus.
Train No. daily except Sunday. CoIum-
DuS 70 Toledo. making direct connectio,,
at oledo for Detroit aud points nortn and
e. .s.;snu s.;s at Marion fos ChicggO, arriving
Train No. daily. This will he a soli.l
Lr In, POmeroy to Toledo, daily except
SUNDAY SUNDAY on Sunday it will run through to
moieuo rom hooking Valley points opry.
This train makes direct connecfion az
Nlarion ior Chicago, reaching Chicago at
9:oo p IN, making direct connection with
trains carrying Pullman and Tourist sleep
points.
Train No. daily between Columbus and
CnicaSO, and carries pullman sleeping nnd
reclining chair car. arriving at SIS u m.
Train Service on Hooking Valley
and River Divisions.
,,,, Train Nc; daily except sunday. Co
Iraln 4. This ira III rms solid To edo to
Iomeroy, daily except sunday; on Sum
days It will run Toledo 10 Athens and
h1cKihg valley Division points only.
bus to Athens
Train No. daily except Sunday, Pomer-
oy and Athens to Toledo. This Will be a
soIio through train, making direct counect-
or Detroit and all points North and East.
lbs train reaches Chicago at 900 m.
Train No. daily except Sunday, .'omer-
oy ana Athens TO Columbus, Marion and
SnlcagO. This train daily from Columbus.
and will carry Pullman Palace SIeepinx
and Reclining Chair Car to Chicago, arriy-
ing the re at S25 a m.
CT AS. II. Rockwell, H.. Fslkenbach,
GenI Supt. Genr Pass. Agt.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1890-02-20
THURSDAY. Feb. goth. 1890.

Representative Price is showing
himself = leader IN the Legislacnre.
His bill for redistrict,ng tho State
was accepted over all the others
presented. This is evidence to
Mr.. Prices constituents that Hook
ing has . representative to be
proud of.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1890-02-20
Popular ice.
Lancaster EAGLE

Lancaster EaSle.
Judge Joseph G. Huffman, our
new Common Pleas Judge, has
been presiding in our court dur
ing the past ten days, and has
given general satisfaction, Both
attorneys and clients speak in
the highest terms of his decis
ions. Joe, as he is familiarly
called, is a cultured and anable
gentleman, aud a man of exem.
plary habits and sterling integ-
rity. He will make a popular
Judge.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1890-02-20
Prices Plan
FOR REDISTRlCTlNG The
STATE.
Democratic Caucus Agrees on the
New Congressional District.
Fifteen to Six is the Way
the Delegation Will Stand
in Favor of the Democrats.

COLUMBUS, O., Feb 17.-After a
session lasting from s o'clock until
nearly midnight the joint Demo-
cratic caucus tonight agreed upon
a redistrlctlng plan which will to-
morrow be formulated into a bill
and introduced IN the House by
Mr.. Price, of Hooking, which is as
follows:
First District Part of Hamilton
county-about 1000 Democratic
majority.
Second District-Part of Uamil
ton county-sbout $500 Repuhli-
can majority.
Third Dlstrict-Butler. Warren
and Montgomery-1,80 Democrat
ic majority.
| Fourth Dlstrict-Preble, Dsrke
Mercer, Shelby, Mama, Cham
paign-1.S46 Democratic majority
Fifth District-Logan, AugIaize
Allen, Van Vert, Putnam, Hardin
l-3.OS2 Democratic majority.
Sixth Distrlct-Paulding, Def
ance. Williams, Henry, Fulton
Wood-1,0 ,00l Democratic majority
Seventh District--Lusas, Ottawa
Sandusky, Erie-1,726 Democratic
Eighth District-Seneca. Wyan
dot, Hancock, Marion, Union
1928 Democratic.
Ninth Dlstrict-Franklln, Mad.
ison, Pickaway- l.e34 Democra tic
Tenth District-Clarke, Green
Clinton, Nyette, R"ss-6,542 Re-
publican.
Eleventh District-Brown, Pike,
Clermont. Adams, uighland-1, T..
494 Democratic.
Twelfth District-Scioto, Law
renee, Gallia, Meigs. Athens-7.-
065 Republican majority.
Thirteenth District = Jackson
Vlnton, Hooking, Fairfield. Ferry,
Aorgan-1.012 Democratic.
Fourteenth District - Licking.
Coshocton, Muskingum, Tuscara-
was-2,659 Democratic.
Fifteenth District - Delaware,
Morrow, Knoy, Crawford, Rich
land, Ashland-3.04S Democratic.
Sixteenth District-Wsyne, Me
dina, Holmes, Stark-about 1900
Democratic.
Seventeenth D;strict-Be'mont,
Noble, Monroe. Washington-1,-
O07 Democratic.
Eighteenth Dis.rict-Guernsey,
Harrison, Carroll, Jeffers on, Co
lum biana-S,6SO Republican.
Nineteenth District-Mahoning
Trumbull, Portage. Geauga, Ash
tabula-9 1O1 Republican.
Twentieth District-Lake, Sum.
nit, Loram. Huron, par, OF Cuya
hoga--2, 800 Republican.
Twenty first District-Part OF
Cuyahoga-1, 100 Democratic.
The above is based on the aver
age majorities for the years 1886,
'S7 and 'SS. and will give the Dem
ocrats Is Of the 2l Congressmen.-
The plan recommended by the JOINT
committee made II sure districts.
AS already stated the plan adopted
is that Of Mr. Price Of Hooking,
who, with Representative Gear,
has labored faithfully and hard
night and day during tie past five
weeks to formulate a plan that
would as near as possible 10 justice
to all conflicting interests and at
the same time right the wrong per
pstrated by the Republicans by
their infamous gorry ymander of tho
State whereby the Democracy is
to day placed in the minority in
the Lower House of Congress
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1890-02-20
UNDER NEW RULES.

The struggle in the house over
the proposed new rules ended Fri
day with the ratification of the lie
publican caucus decree. The rules
were adopted by a vote Of 16l yeas
to 144 nays. The rules therefore
have not received the assent Of a
majority of the whole house, but as
the Democrats voted constitu-
tional quorum was present and the
speaker had no occasion to count
in a quorum. Under the new rules
OF the house these among other
changes have been made:
The power and influence of the
individual representatives in the
most important matters of legisla-
ton have been greatly restricted
and in effect utterly destroyed if
the individual Representative is
not acting by direction of a CON-
mittee.
BY the change of a quorum of
of the committee of the whole to
the arbitrary number of 100, in
stead OF quorum of the whole
house, considerably less than a third
of the whole house is empowered to
consider all bills apprtpriatipe
money or raising revenue. For the
first time the previous question gag
is placed In the hands of the COM
mittce of the whole rs we'll as o1
the house.
The new rule authorizing the
speaker 10 mako a quorum by
counting In members present and
not voting will enable minority
uf the whole house to pass laws
1t will, in fact, make it possible f"'
the speaker to pass bills when only
81 votes have been recorded bv yc;,
and nay vote as present.
The new rule that mo dila.ar,
motion shall be entertained by the
speaker leaves it with him To de
eide what is a dilatory motion and
refuse an appeal from his DECISION
The new rules completely revo
lutionize the practice OF tho house
for hundred years They are
shaped tc give a minority Of the
house power to consider and pass
bills without having received the
assent of tho majority. They
shackIe The individual member and
render him helpless 10 originate:
impede or crlticise legislation
They clothe the speaker with au-
tocratic powers which the present
speaker has already shown his dis
position to use arbitrarily and op
pressively.
The political majority now
have things their own way. They
can unseat msmbers TO any ex-
tent they choose, pass whatever
laws they see fit, plunder the
treasury TO any amount they can
agree upon themselves, and may
do this by the votes of an actual
minority OF the house with the
aid of Il bitterly paI,isan speaker
armed with despotlc powers.
The democrats can do nothing
they ca,noi even claim the poor
privilege OF protesting, for if the
speaker graciously condescends
to recognize them the previous
question gag can at any moment
be thrust into their mouths.
But "lhe whirliglg of time
brings in his revenges." When
the Democrats regain possession
of The house and adopt the rules
of the fifty first congress there
will be some Republican squirm
ing at taking their own medi-
cine. Meantime the Republican
majority in the house, according
to the solemn warning Of that
eminent Republican, James g.
Blaine, "stand on the very brink
OF a volcano"
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1890-02-20

The Distance Saw Works, of
Philadelphia, the largest Of the
kind IN the country, contemplate
removing to some place where
natural gas is available, says The
Iron Age.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1890-02-20

The new districting scheme does
not give John H. Thomas a Dem
ocratic district.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1890-02-20
LEGAL NOTICE.
Harriet Wright & Albert C. Wright, Plns.
VS.
Sylvester Davis, ct al. Defendants
In the Court OF Common Pleas of Hooking
County, Ohio.

Lucius s. Davis and Bronson II. Stone,
residing in Cole county, Illinois, will take
notice that on the 30th day of October, 1850,
Harriet Wright and Albert G. Wright filed
their petition in the Court of Cnmmr
Pleas of Hooking county, Ohio, in case o.
2045, against the above named partie and
others, pIaying for partition of the follow
ing real estate, situate in the county OF
Hooking q, Z ';fate OF Ohio, described as
follows: The southwest quarter of the
southwest quarter of section tweuty-ssv ven
(27), township eleven Qi), range eiShtesn
(iS); also, fractional lot number one (D, in
section tweDty-elght (2S), same township
and range, and also the east half OF the
northeast quarter of section thirty-three
(s3), same township and range. And at the
next term OF said Court the plaintiffs will
apply for an order that Partition be made
OF said lands.
Said parties are required to answer on or
before the 2ith day OF January, 1890, or
judgment may be taken against them.
HARRIET WRIGHT,
ALBERT q. WRIGHT.
s. Weldy, Atty for Plffs.
December l9-6w
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1890-02-20

| The above communication
from one of our most prominen
citizens, deserves consideration
Judge Bright, who is late in th'
fight, coming in when the war j
over, is to be complimented o,
the very excellent literary finisl
he has put on some very crude
notions. Judge Bright is goo(
lawyer. aud has the happy facul
ty of making the "worse appear
the better reason" The Mob il
taking the tyrannical king 10 ex
ecution, start at The bottom runs
of the ladder. In noticing th;.
remarkable publication, we vii
begin with the last proposition
first.
All the propositions Mr.. Rem
pei makes, he says, are on The
condition that the People aban'
don the proposition 10 attempt
the development of natural gas
Says the Gar OF Russia, "you
| may live in my domains but YOU
i must serve me-" I will make
promise to do great things but
you must DO nothing I do moi
approve.
On the next round of the lad
der Is a proposition to sell the
gas plant 10 the city at a fail
valuation, 10 be determined by
parties dislnterested and combe
tent. Who but gas man knows
what a gas plant is worth but
parties in the gas ring, except
perhaps the county treasurer
who collects tax upon the sworn
value of the property. The gas
plant is on the duplicate valued
at 1905 %. This is the value put
upon it by certainly party who
knows its value. The People of
Logan will take the plant al
double that valuation.
Going on up we reach this.
that a charge has been made
that the gas company is feecing
the corporation, etc. This charge
was made by the city council;
the night policeman was in
structed 10 observe whether or
not the schedule was observed,
and the fact stands that the
council refused 10 pay the gas
bills presented. With this break
in the rung we step up TO an
other round.
We might say IN passing that
Col. Rempel can borrow 500. II
is more than most of us can do.
II would be inferred that none of
his business is paying enough 10
meet his taxes, except the gas
plant.
Now we reach The threat
possible legal proceedings" This
Is tie concealed claw III tie cat
foot. We had that once in the
matter of city building on
he city lot.
The plea for non resident tax
payers is the side tracking. The
non resident tax payer who eau
not vote is the railroad company
which pays one tenth of the
lakes of the town. The railroad
cannot vote, but as we
are informed, ills re presentatiyes
here TO a man are in favor of Lo-
gan improvement. Col. Alex
Sands is lax payer and non
but if ne comes TO The
election We guarantee him a |
rote. Widows aud minors have
lot a vote, bni any widow or
minor asking TO vote will have
,nr klngly permission TO do so.
The fifth proposition is the
give away" Willing 10 give
1000 TO bore for natural gas.
Then there must be a prospect
# developing it. No ''responsi-
lie" business man puts Il thous-
nd dollars in venture unless
g has some reasonable hopes of
ecuring paying returns. Then
Thy may not Logan with a mil
on of capital venture $4,000,
hen Col. Rempel with a prop.
rty valuation of about 100000,