The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1895-09-12

business has been ruined in this state
by the Wilson bill, will be scattered
broadcast and the campaign will be
fought, so far as the Republicans are
on the ancient lines.
Now this cry as to the destruction
of the sheep industry comes with bad
grace at the close of the state fair, at
which more and finer sheep We're dis
played than ever before in the history
of the state. The only department
of live stock which showed falling
off was that of horses, and every one
knows that the decrease in the price
of horses, due to the introduction of
into the railway business
and the use of bicycles by thousands
and thousands of persons who would
otherwise probably invest in horses,
has discouraged the breeding of them.
On the other hand the breeding of fine
sheep has been given great impetus
in this state recently.
Farmers and stock breeders who
attended the state fair stated that
never before in the history of the state
were there SO much good sheep in Ohio
as now. They say that to them the
outlook for an increase Of the price of
wool is very good, and that the breed
ing of good sheep, both for wool and
mutton, promises to go ON increasing
in Ohio until the industry is better
than ever before. The breeders will
look more to good blood than they
have in the past, and in that way it is
believed that the business will be
made better and more valuable and
profitable. The display of sheep at
the state fair lar surpass any previous
exhibit, both in numbers and quality,
seems to be sufficient indication that
the industry has not been seriously
afflicted by tariff legislation.
1t is doubtful if the state again soon
tries the experiment of the biennial
Legislative sessions. When the next
general assembly comes together it
will find the finances of the state in q
deplorable condition. The state
emergency board has met again and
again to authorize the creation of de-
Gciencies and it is hard to tell Just
how deeply the state will be in debt
when the next legislative committee
or finance takes hold of the business
Of drawing up general appropriation
bill. Today the emergency board is
meeting to authorize deficiency in
the printing department and most of
the departments Of the state have al
ready been provided for in that way.
When Governor Mckinley gave
orders that the biennial sessions res
olution shoald be adopted and the
legislature got off his hands and out
of his way for a year, he did not
know that Ex-Governor Campbell,
the best informed man in Ohio on
matters of state policy, would be the
Democratic nominee this year. If
he had known this he would probab-
ly have saved himself all this trouble
for the sins of legislative omission
and commission under Republican
administration will be given as COM
plete an airing as if the legislature
had been continuously in session.
Ii the next general assembly is
Democratic, and, if it is, there will
undoubtedly be a Democratic gov
ernor, too, it will receive from the
governor a recommendation of the
gravest importance-that is, that the
laws of the state governing mum l.
palites be thoroughly overhauleI.
The municipal laws Of Ohio are u
regular crazy Quilt patchwork affair,
without system and in many cases
without sense, and there is no branch
OF the statutory law which needs re-
vision more than this. Every mu,
nicipality of any Importance has
special laws for itself and there are
10 two alike. With all this special
legislation, but very few cities and
no villages at all enjoy local self.
government. The whole matter will
probably be referred to commission
or at least: there will be an effort to
bring about the appointment OF
commission to investigate rhe sub
ject and report scheme for asys-
tematic and uniform law for all the
cities and villages, classified and
graded on reasonable and business
like basis.
Another matter to receive atten-
ton next year will be the system of
tlxation for purposes of state reyen-
ne. Governor Campbell has given
this subject great deal of study
and, if he is the next governor, he
will make recommendations which
viii not only be efficient, but honest
in every respect. The Supreme
court having decided that the Nicbo-
las law is based on constitutional
nr1ncinles If is DrObable that an eff