The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1848-12-23
OHIO LEGISLATURE.
Letters from the Editor.

nave no change ~ note IN tne pIocseoinV u Wo
House Yesterday. The same stale farce Of the
wings was re-enacted.
In the Senate. yesterday, nothing transpired ex-
cept the discussion of the rules Of order. and incl
dentaily tie resolutions OF Mr.. Archbold. Our
Ser stor again came down on the wings with
heavy hand. You will p lease publish his remarks
as as you can find room, any thing relative
to the present confused state Of public aas win
certainly be Interesting to the reader.
In the House, to-day, DR.. Townsend, Of LASais.
free. .soiler. offered for adoption the following
resolutions. which think will receive the ssnctiSn
Of the democratic members. What the whigs will
do in the premises, cannot now be tvld. Ifthsy
take the responsibility oirejecting the resolutions,
the sin will be upon their own heads:
.. .Resolped, Thatth certificates Of membevship
which were handed to Mr. Swift, (sxcept these
Of Messrs. Spencer and Runyan.) shall be passed
to the Clerks desk, and filed with those Of The
iory.two already on 6Ie. That, recognizing Mr.
Letter as chairman. for the purpose Of organization;
the first business transacted shall be the considers:
ton Of the following resolution: .
"ResofUed, That Messrs. Pdgh and Pierce are,
by their certi6cs,es, prma facie entitled 10 ssab
until their claims shall be finally decided upon
their merits. On which resolution the said Pugh
and Pierce shall not be entitled to vote, but the
same shsli be decided by the re naini " seventy
members The vote on said resolution shall be
decisive Of the prima facie righ, of,aid fosh sAd
Pierce to seats; but nothing in the sforessd pro.
ceedings shall be construed to interfere with he
right Of either Messrs Spencer and Runyan, or
Pugh and Pierce, to contest for such seats sftsS
the organization" Bt
The resolutipns were laid upon the isbls, or.
dered to be printed and hiade the order of the day
for to.m,rrow. Things looL more like an organi.
zaion to-day, than have yet seen them. Cal.
,oun's plan Of ''mas,erly inactivity" will have
accomplished this result
| The Auditor of State has furnished q tabular
statement OF the condition Of the several banks in
the State of Ohio. taken from their returns made
10 him on ,he first Monday Of November. le4s,
from which we ascertain the following facts:
There are, under the new banking law, eieuen
Independent banks, and ihnty.eight branches Of
the State bank. There are also sevtn old banks
making altogether, So banks IN thisst The 10.
tai number Of notes and bills discounted by an these
banks is Sl3,650, ,s74.7+ gold snd silver, S2 S00,'
700, ,39; notes of other banks, 81 ,259 ,437; due
from banks, 1920, 100 ,32; eastern deposits, g..
$50. .5S4 ~; bonds deposited. with the Treasurer Of
State, Sl,799 ,450,99; real estate and personsl
property, $3.50 1893 40; other resources. $543 344,
SO; doubtful notes discounted. $27 990. 49, Total,
1927, 1913 ,926,i6; The circulation Of these 50
banks. SO, ,l66, ,679. The bank OF Norwalk has
circulation of Sll0,l33. and but Sl4. 1886, 20 Of
gold aud silver. The bank of Sandusky has cir.
culation of Sll2,467, aud but 2l ,o75. 40 Of gold
and silver These banks, we may reasonably coD.
cIude, are very unsafe.
One OF the best jokes Of the season occurred
this morning. The whg members published an
address to the people OF Ohio, in the Standard. in
which they undertake to show the causes which
prevent an organization. Among other things
they intended TO copy set Of resolutions offered
by Mr. Riddle, Of Geauga, but instead of insert
ing the resolutions of MIR. Riddle, the printer in.
serted the resolutions of Nr. Archbold on the tax.
| ing power, as the resolutions offered by Mr. Rid.
die. Mr.. Riddle, in the House, this morning,
rose to question of privilege and discaimed their
authorship in speech Of great good humor.
There was no business Of importance transacted
in the Senate to-day. Some warm discussion
arose as to recognizing the organization Of tho
House.
HAyr.oH H0Usc q IT
Columbus. December Is, l648. u
The resolutions which oIwsrded you yester.
day, as having been offered by Mr.. Townsend,
were, to-day, adopted unanimously by the demo.
cratic side of the House. Pugh and Pierce NOT
voting They elected no discussion whatever.
Messrs. Pugh aud Pierce gave DR.. Townsend
paper signed Ly them, stating that they were will.
ling TO abide by his proposition, and had been 90
from the first. The same resolutions were, TO-.
day, offered on the whig side ofthe House BY Mr..
Spencer, who movad that they be laid on the IL.
Bile until tomorrow. The whigs dare not, in my
opinion, refuse to organize on the plan of these
resolutions If they do, they arc dead. politicsl.
", in the State Of Ohio. They, in their publish.
ed addresses and speeches, have tried to leave the
impression that they were willing 10 leave this
vexed qestion to seventy members. spi that We
were not. We now show to the world that we
are willing so to leave it, J39
In the Senate. nothing Of note occurred to day,
except discussion on rules. &c. M
HALL OF THE House. OF REpREsErrArrvEs,
Columbus. Dec. 16, lSls.,
The Senate was not in session to-day -having,
yesterday, adjourned over to Monday. teda
This morning, in the House, we expected
things would come to point. The wings met a
their usual hour. and some one moved that the
resolutions. above referred to. be taken from the
table. which was carried. A motion was then
made tina, the resolutions be referred to commit
tee Of FIVE. Carried. On motion, they then I'd.
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