The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-02-18

it now stands. This fact is certainly
worthy of note.
Farmer Members Combine.
The thirty-seven farmers in the legis-
lature have formed an organization, so
it's said. The organization is without
regard to party-or previous condition
of servitude. The members are combin-
ing for mutual help along the lines of
legislation for the benefit of the farmer.
There are just enough of these farmer
members who think that all the evils
and ills that their class is subject to, can
be cured by legislation, to bring about
such banding together; there is little
doubt, however, but that the sober
sense of these members, at least a
majority of them, will assert itself at
the proper times, so that class legisla-
ton, whether it be in favor of the
farmer or any one else, will not find its
way upon the law books of the state
during this legislature. There are
enough of them, l think, who know that
class legislation is very apt to prove a
boomerang, rebounding upon the heads
of the very ones sought to be relieved or
benefited, TO prevent anything that is
very dangerous in this. line. 1t is GER
tainly to be hoped so.
Movement for Another Insane Asylum.
The movement on foot to erect an in
sane asylum in northeastern Ohio, in the
very near future, is gaining headway at
every hand
The constitution of the state guaran-
tees that the state will take care of all
the insane, yet there is scarcely poor.
house or infrmary in the state that is
not doing this very thing. A bill to have
the state pay these local infirmaries for
keeping the insane has been offered in
the house, and as matter of justice it
ought TO be passed.
In Cleveland the greatest injustice in
this particular shows itself. The city
infrmary has nearly 800 of these help
less insane all the time, which the city
is keeping at its own expense, besides
paying its share to keep up the insane
asylums of the state. The northern
Ohio insane asylum at Newburg is over
crowded, having forty or fifty more than
it was built to hold.
Temporary relief may be had by the
erection of cottages, but it can only be
temporary. What ought to be done, is
to have the Newburg asylum turned
over as Cuyahoga county asylum, and
then have new one erected for the
other counties Of the district. In this
way the insane that are in the infrmaries
of northeastern Ohio, could be removed
to the asylum where they ought to be,
and the cities and counties would be re.
lieved of the double taxation that they
are now forced TO endure. The finance
committee of the house is very favor
ably inclined to this view of the situa-
ton
Important Measures Talked Of
All sorts of important measures are
being talked of. Several schemes to in
crease the revenue of the state are being
hatChed out, among them a law to tax
street railroad franchises, on basis of
giving franchise for ninety-nine years,
and dividing the proceeds of 2 or 3
per cent. tax between the city and state;
another, plan to tax the issuing of cor
poration papers. One senator has intro
duced a two-cent-a-mile bill, and he says
he means business; member of the
house is ready to spring a bin to regu-
late railroad freight charges--and so tho
plans and schemes are being conceived,
and getting ready to be born in the
Legislative world that is bound to be
turbulent and troublesome; but what
care their fathers or their nurses? See
the fun they have with 'cm after they
are once born
A Brave Girl.
a good story is told of the daughter of
one of the prominent members from an
interior county, The daughter is with
her father most of the time this winter
and he tells the incident with no little
pleasure, The young lady when at
home attends school at some distance
from her home and uses pony and dog
cart to get to and from school, Last
fall, the fly-net had by an oversight
been left off in the morning, and on the
way home at noon, the flies were so
troublesome that the tail of the horse
switched the reins from the fair hands
of the driver. In moment they, (the
reins not the hands, were upon the
ground. This was good excuse for the
pony to take run, which he did. The
young lady saw that she was in pretty
fast ride, with the chances of a very
disastrous windup if she did not do
something mighty quick. In trice she
dropped her books, took her jacket off,
and out over the dash board she climbed.
She did not dare trust herself to crawl
along on one side, so she climbed along
on both sides-in other words she
"straddled" the running animals back
and slid herself along until she was
astride the saddle, where she could
reach the reins. In other words her
presence Of mind and quick and cool ac-
tion saved, possibly, her life, No wonder
pa is proud to tell the tale to all who
will listen.
A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE.
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