Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1894-05-17
OUR COLUMBUS LETTER
When, Oh, When VIII the Ohio
Legislature Adjourn2
POSSIBLY NEXT MONDAY, MAY 81.

The Session VIII Be at Least Month
Longer Than the Average For Fifteen
Years-When 1t Does Adjourn 1t VIII
Be For Eighteen Months-Appropria-
tions-New Manner Of Taxing Rail-
roads-Legislative Notes.
COLUMBUS, O., May Is.
If the Seventy first general assembly
adjourns next Monday, as is now prac-
tically decided upon, this session will
have lasted exactly one month longer
than the average for the past 10 years.
In consideration of the fact that there is
to be one session, this is not only not
very bad record, but it is an extremely
good one. There will be
A Sigh of Relief
go upward when the legislature has quit
for IS months, not only on the part OF
large corporations, but from municipali-
ties whose citizens are always in danger
of having their local laws more or less
tampered with, many times in the inter-
ests of individuals insteal of the people
at large. Then the great burdens put
upon the people come in the shape of adj
ditional tax levies and bond issues made
by authority of special acts, and if the
legislature Is not in session the people do
not have to fear these things.
The Great Cry Against Biennial Sessions
first had for its strongest argument the
inability to make appropriations for two
years. Even Speaker Boxwell, who is
on his third legislative term, after spend
ing two years upon the house finance
committee, one of which he was chair
man, stated in public speech that he
was at loss to state how appropriations
could possibly be made for two years,
and this was a speech he delivered in
favor Of biennial sessions. The house
finance committee, composed Of all new
men except one,
Solved This Problem,
and 1t Is thought in so good shape that
the next deficiency bill for two years
will not be any larger than an ordinary
one-year deficiency bill. The Mansfield
reformatory is to get $5O,00O this yea,
and the same amount for next, which is
a large amount, taking all things into
consideration. The same amounts go tc
the Gallipolis and Mansfield hospitals
for construction. The Experiment farm
gets $15, 900 this year and $4,000 next
and the Soldiers home gets $25, 900 next
year with which to begin new hospital
The penitentiary gets $4,000 for the
commencement Of a new hospital. Thess
amounts are all that go for construction
The other appropriations for regular in
stitutions
Are Made As Liberaily rs Possible
and with the idea that ample means
must be appropriated for their mainte
nance first. There will be no excuse fol
a deficiency In any Of the institution
during the next two years unless for ont
caused by an act Of providence. Las
year every running institution in tn
state was actually robbed for the benef
of certain new institution, and tn
present general assembly had to foot tn
bills by making up deficiencies up to th
amount of $3.50, 900, which does not in
clude the $1,000 paid out for advertis
ing the constitutional amendments.
The Appropriation Bill For This Yea
has passed and is now a law. Its tota
exceeds the estimated receipts by com
paratiyely small amount, but the est
mates of the receipts are very conserva
J lively made, indeed. The bill for mex
year is within the estimated revenues 70
next year, 80 that the total Of appropria
tions for the two years do not exceed tn
| total estimated receipts for the two year
BY more than $4,000 to $4,000. Thi
! is 50 small an excess that II viii be apy
than made Up By -. -.........,...nAs....