Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1894-04-26
OUR COLUMBUS LETTER
Biennialists and Perennlalists
Still Clashing.
WHEN WILL ADJOURNMENT COME.

The House Says May II, But the Senate
May Prolong tho session Somewhat.
The House appropriation Bill $4,000
Larger than the Estimated Receipts.
Swamp Lands.-LocaI Option.
CoLUMBUs, o., April "a.
The biennialists and the perennialsts
are still clashing. but the former in the
house seem to be on top, while their OPP
ponents in the senate, having control as
they do of the finance committee OF that
body, have the advantage in that body.
The house has passed resolution to adj
journ on May IA, sine die, but the senate
may add week or two to that date, by
way of getting even with the house for
insisting on biennial sessions. The aver
age time for adjournment each year for
the past Is years is April 81. IL the
Seventy first general assembly should be
here until June it would ba putting in
but FIVE weeks more than usual, with no
session next year. This would not be a
bad record. Ii an adjournment should
be brought about on the 18th, as contem-
plated by the house resolution, the record
would certainly be one to be proud of.
The senate finance COMMITTEES after six
weeks consideration of the appropriation
bill is only ready to report. The house
finance committee has reported the ap-
preparation bill for the second year, and
the senate will have to lose no time IN
beginning its consideration. It has taken
just twice as long as necessary to con-
slider the first bill, but
Now THAT tho End Approaches
and the farmers are anxious to get back
to their work, the house is getting in a
very poor humor to be fooled with.
Some Of the leading spirits suggest that
house pass the appropriation bills,
H. The senate up with all the impor-
tant bills, then refuse to pass any senate
bills except local bills, and adjourn every
three days, SO that the whole state may
know where the blame for delay lies.
The house has already gone through
with great part of this program. With
the passage of the second years appro-
priation bill today most of the important
bills are through the house. Last week
the house passed the bill to issue $50O,00O
in certificates of Indebtedness to take
care of the oyer-appropriations that have
been accumulating for nine years. 1t
passed several revenue bills, such as the
bill to tax foreign corporations that in
corporate in West Virginia for anominal
sum and then come into Ohio to do buSi-
ness; the bill to impose an excise tax on
express companies, and bill to tax
sleepingcar companies on their capital
stock and receipts. These bills are now
in the senate, so that that body has
plenty Of heavy material upon which to
work. When the second years appro-
priation bill is added to the List the sen.
ate and its finance committee will have
plenty to do to keep them both out Of
mischief, and yet if there is disposition
on the part of the upper house to get the
work done there is
Not Too Much to be Done and that
Properly.
The house appropriation bin for the
current year has been increased about
$B0,000 in the senate, which is about
$4,000 in excess, Of the receipts as esti-
mated for this year, exclusive Of any
revenues to be derived from any Of the
new bills now being considered or the in
heritance tax bills now passed. It will
be difficult to estimate what the reve.
nues will be under the inheritance tax
bills, as those who have the returns to
make have is months in which to make
them, after which the fights will prob
ably come in the courts. There is every
likelihood there being very littletocome
in under these new laws for a year and
half or two years, and
what the Amount win be Is Hard 10
Determine.
The corporation tax bill passed by the
house, above referred to, will bring in
probably 100000, beginning almost i'm
mediately. The express company excise
bill may bring in $50, 200 and tho sleep
ingcar bill $50, 600, making $150,o00 all
together, under these three bills, II the
Inheritance tax laws do as well in the
next rear as these there will be . revenue