Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-01-21
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Sidered
The second bill introduced was that of
a member of the house from Hamilton
county; this bill simply revived the dis
tricts that were in existence previous to
March, 1890. The vital defect in this
bill is the fact that it is necessarily based
on the census of 1880 instead of that of
1890
The third bill was introduced by a
member of the house from Cuyahoga
county. The districts in this bill are
very regular in shape; the political
divisions are made as nearly as possible
on the advice laid down by Governor
Mckinley, and the lines are drawn with
out regard to the personal ambitions of
any man or set of men. There will prob
ably be many other bills offered before
anything definite is agreed upon.
The committees as made up by the
speaker and announced few days ago,
have commanded the admiration of all
for their fairness and magnanimity.
Newspapers which had advocated the
election of another candidate for the
speakership have been compelled to men,
ton this fact prominently. Now that
the committees have been appointed,
work will go along at more rapid rate.
Two weeks have now gone by and really
nothing i'll Legislature way Of import
ance has been accomplished; but there
have been the senatorial election and
the inauguration to prevent application
to work to bring about the desired re-
suits.
Local Booming Bills.
A most important resolution was that
adopted by the majority side of the
house few days ago, to the effect that
under no consideration would motion
to suspend the rules In order to pass bills
to allow the issue of bonds to build shops
and railroads, be agreed to. nor would
/ the bill be voted for without the recorl-
mendation of the proper committees. IN
other words that most vicious and I'M
constitutional Legislation known as local
bills for industrial enterprises, will have
hard shedding in this legislature.
Four Taylors in the House.
There are four Taylors in the house,
three Republicans and one Democrat
The only way to distinguish them is to
call them by their counties, thus Cham
paign Taylor, Guernsey Taylor, etc.
The Taylor family seems to like political
life pretty well, at least the Ohio por-
ton of the family does. In addition to
the four who are in the legislature,
Ohio has three Taylors in the lower
house of congress. If it takes nine
Taylors to make a man, Ohio has q
pretty good start toward getting man;
but in the meantime it is well to note
that the seven Taylors are pretty good
| men to start with.
Senator Sherman and the Cold Wave.
Senator Sherman is very affable old
gentlemen and no mistake, but the fact
that he is called anicicle is known far and
wide and no amount of argument will
shake the belief ON every side that he is
cold and formal when he comes in con-
tact with his fellowmen. Even the
weather aids in this matter. Up to the
time when Mr.. Sherman arrived at Co
lambus from Washington to take charge
Of his senatorial canvass, Columbus had
been enjoying veryFwafln weather for
December. Mr.. Sherman had no more
than arrived when cold wave struck
the town, and it staid until after the
caucus Mr.. Sherman then went to
Washington and the cold wave did too,
or, at least, it left Columbus; for sone
days warm weather prevailed On the
day of the joint meeting of the senate
and the house to elect Mr.. Sherman, he
arrived in town and with him another
cold wave with plenty of snow. Every
body said it was Sherman weather, and
so it must have been.
There is one member of the legisla-
ture who has personal proof that some
word besides icicle is descriptive of Mr.
Sherman's personality. Representative
Pudney, of Cuyahoga county, tells the
following arAcdote:
st was cold night in January, 1868
when l, a lad of nineteen years, was
stationed as soldier in the city Of
Washington. was poorly clad, as were
many of the soldiers at that time, and
had been doing guard duty for some
hours. | was Just relieved, and was
walking along the streets of Washing
ton, shivering and hungry. On Penn
sylvania avenue / met gentleman
whose eye was attracted to me for somt
reason. Said he: My boy you lool
hungry and. cold l told him was
Come with rue and get a cup of hot cof
fee and something to eat You bette
believe l accepted the invitation. ht
took me to nearby coffee house al,t
filled me ~, r'H, lot cofT0n and war
food. Lac s,..vCne0 LAG edL >...l heon ca
joyment, and when we were on the side
walk and had thanked him, he said hi
name was John Sherman. OF course hi
has forgotten all about the occurrence
but l nevc~ have, Notwithstanding i
was score years and more after tha
before | saw him again. certainly Cal
not agree with those who say that Johi
Sherman is cold and formal"
Adjournment Over sunday.
The annual discussion as to how thu
legislature should adjourn over Sunday
during the session caused an unusua
display of fireworks a few days ago
The older members were nearly unani
nous in the idea that an adjournmen
from Friday to Monday at o'clocl
gree, for if an attempt were made t
hold sessions on Saturday and Monda.
, mornings, it would be difficult to get
) quorum. The members some OF then
, bound to make record of some sort
l wanted it understood that they wer
: elected to serve their constituents ant
/ they thought it necessary to work ever.
day in the week and adjourn but once il
three weeks. Representative Taylor, o
Guernsey county, made the speech o
/ the day ON this subject; when he de
: clared that he wanted to get home a
: least once week to ''see the old girl,
> the house rubbed its hands together an
7 enjoyed itself gleefully. 1t was finall
> decided to adjourn every Friday moo
: until Monday at p. m.
8 The Lincoln League Banquet.
The Lincoln league banquet Is tn
3 next political event of importance o.
. the carpet. This banquet promises t
Y be one of the greatest and most import
!. ant political meals on record. Hor