The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1844-02-15

ten members OF the Senate and have taken 10 them
selves ihrty-eigh and have given to us thirty-iou
members ofthe House Thiswe had right to expect \
Butts sol The bill offered BY the Senator from Car
roll and for which they Voted tesedby the vote of 1870
gives the wings twenty-five and the democrats eleven
Senator's Iigives the wings, permanently, forty, and
the democrats, permanently, nineteen members Of the
House, providing for the thirteen floats each year. and
ofhem, in 1884, this bill would give the wings twenty
ive in the Senate, and fifty in the House seveny-6ve
in all while it would give the democrats eleven in the
Senate andtwenty-two the House:hirtythree in all
BY this arrangement they would have FoRTY-Two OF
joint ballot Can itbesol Do not my senses deceive
met Isit possible that The men who, have so loudly
professed honesty and who have often and so wan
tonly charged upon us design to secure majority on
joint ballot at the next session for the purpose ofelectng
United States Senator, could themselves be the author
of such bin Sir tits so. hold the bill in my hands
as It left the hand os author and here these propo
sions; and here too are he yeas and nays upon that
BILL as they were taken down at the time by the Clerk
There is but one way of accounting for their conduct
that is they are determined to have majority at the
nextsession, that they may elect United States Sera-
tor and as they cannot get 1t by fair aportionment
bi-the people now being against them-lhey are de-
termned 10 insist on it in the face of justice. While
they are playing this game in order that their designs
may be concealed they charge US with the sins they in
tendedto commit This device cannot succeed-th
mask is torn of, and their designs appear, in the bill
they have presented, in all their naked deformity.
Another objection made to the bill we are about to
pass is that there is difference in the number OF white
males embraced in the several Senatorial districts that
while some fall considerably below, others rise consid
eraby above the ratio This is true and no man living
can devise bill that will not be subject to the same
objection, unless he divides the counties BY this ar
rangement nothing is lost to the larger districts as they
have larger representation in the other branch But
with his usual want of fairness when party is involved
the Senator from Musgingum attributes this diferenc
70 design on our part to let democrats represent small
isrcts in the Senate while ewerrquire wings to repre-
sent largeones Here he is, as usual, atfault Ihav
examined the bill on that point and find that tprovide
for seventeen districts with population below the ra
ltio-efseyenteen nine are whig and eightare demo
/. cratic
4 Gentlemen have been most unfortunate IN their al
tacks on this BILL At every point we have met them
and atevery point have they been repulsed. This b
one that has been prepared with great deal Of labo
and care, and is such one as the people of an pare
would be satisfied with if their politicians here woul
meet in spirit of fairness and candur But we canno
hope from the minority here, and we had better pass
and see If it will not meet favorable consideration il
the other branch We are told and great stress is a
on thelanguage that this bin 'can neverbecome law
tthat it can never pass the other branch" What ar
we to understand from such inhamaoy language4 Ar
we to have the scenes oi42 re:enactedl Did tiles
gentlemen not learn sufficient lesson that yearl
they did not they will find the people ready for any
u megency. Ihope the vote will be taken and the bi
passed. that may be sent to the other House, and III;
they may also, pass it and that they may then fix da
! for adjournment.