Michael DiSalle 1959 State of State Address

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STATE OP THE STATE I^SSAGE GOVERNOR  MICHAEL  V.   DI   SALLE
IO3RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY (^s^^^^u.
THE STATE OF  OHIO  HAS  BEEN  FORTUNATE  IN THE FACT   THAT  ENLIGHTENED CITIZEN   INTEREST   HAS PRODUCED OVER  THE YEARS MANY CAPABLE PUBLIC   OFFICIALS AND  I  BELIEVE THAT   IT  HAS  HAD,   OVER THE PERIOD OP TII4E,   A RESPONSIBLE   TYPE OP LEADERSHIP   IN   ITS  LEGISLATIVE HALLS»
TWENTY-TWO   YEXRS AGO,   AS   I  STOOD BEFORE THIS ROSTRUM BEING  SWORH IN   AS  A MEMBER   OF THE LEGISLATURE^   I  LOCKED FORWARD WITH GREAT   ANTICIPATION TO   THE  SESSION AND WHAT  MIGHT BE  ITS  ACCOMPLISHMEtW'S  AS  PAR AS  THE  WELL- BEING   OP  THE CITIZENS  OF   THIS STATE WAS   CONCERNED.
AT  THAT TII4E,   THE LEGISLATURE WAS  OVERWHELMINGLY DEMOCRATIC. PRANK  UBILE WAS THE  SPEAKER.      JACOB DAVIS^   OF PIKE  COUNTY,   WAS  THE MAJORITY FLOOR   LEADER  LATER  TO  BE  REPIA CED BY BISHOP  KILPATRICK,   STILL A MEI^ER  OF   THIS  HOUSE»      BILL MC   CULLCCH WAS  THE MINORITY FLOOR  LEADER AND THE  LATE HARRY McGREGOR WAS  HIS "WHIP,     ON THE  SENATE  SIDE,   PAUL YODER WAS  PRESIDING AS  LT.   GOVERNOR  WITH KEITH LAVIRENCE  ACTING  AS MAJORITY  LEADER AND THE  LATE VERN MJETCALF  SERVING AS   THE MINORITY LEADER,      ONLY TWO   OF  THESE MEN  HAVE LEFT  THIS  LIFE.      THE REST   ARE  ACTIVE,   RESPECTED CITIZENS   IN  VARIOUS WALKS   OF  LIFE BUT WITH  ONLY TWO   OF  THEM  STILL  ACTIVE  IN PUBLIC  AFFAIRS.
THERE ARE NOT  MANY PEOPLE  STILL  AROUND WHO  WOLTLD BE ABLE TO  NAME THE LEADERSHIP   OF THAT PARTICULAR  ASSEMBLY,   BUT YET,   IN  THEIR OWN  WAY,   THEY FASHIONED A PROGRAM THAT   SERVED  THE  NEEDS  OP   THAT  PARTICULAR  DAY.      THE REPUBLICAN MINORITY' WAS THEN   SO   HOPELESSLY OUTNUMBERED THAT   MANY OF US PROM  TIME TO  TIME FELT   IT   NECESSARY,   IN THE  INTEREST  OF MILITANCY AND COMPLETE DISCUSSION,   TO   JOIN     WITH THEM   IN   GIVING  VOICE TO  AN ESSENTIAL