The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1849-01-27

debated. IT came up on 4 resolution offered by
Mr.. Blake to give the Senate printing to Messrs.
Scott and Phillips. Mr.. Emrie made an unsuc.
%ces'ful effort to get the resolution referred to the
law committee of the Senate, in order to test the
charges Of Messrs. Scott and Phillips with the law.
The wings, on a tie and party vote, refused to in.
vestigate. The resolution of Mr. Blake did mol
pass. e. ad5
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HALL OF THE HOUSE OF REpREsrNrArryEs
s, Columbus, January IS, 1919.
DEAR SiR;-After prayer, and the reading oil
the journal, numerous petitions were presented.
among which were a number for the erection o.
the new county of Cumberland.
Considerable effort is being made by the friends
Of the new county Of Noble, for the erection Of
that county, in the way of petitions, private cor.
respondence, &c John Davenport, alias "Fa,
Arthur, 10 here as lobby member for that county.
The bill to incorporate the town of Carlisle in
Monroe county" was read third time and passed
The member from Monroe gave notice that on
Tomorrow or some subsequent day Of the session
he would ask leave introduce a bill TO further
amend THE act entitled san act to regulate the
practice Of the judicial courts." s,r -ac
The question again came up to-day. whether it
requires a unanimous vote to suspend the rules Of
the House, there being no express rule upon that
subject; and 1t was decided that it did. Thus has
the decision of the House, made some days since,
been reversed. and the Speaker sustained.
Mr.. Chaffee moved the adoption of resolutions
instructing our Senators to vote fur the abolition
Of slavery and the slave trade in the District of
Columbia, and in our vessels upon the high seas
and in the coastwise trade.
The member from Monroe offered the following
resolution, which was adopted:
ResOlved, That the Auditor of State be and he
is hereby required to report to this House the
cause or causes of the delay in furnishing the in
formation desired by this House, by resolution of
the 9Th inst, relative to the three per cent. fund
received from the Treasury of the United States.
Also the following resolution, which was a.
dopted: asa UyE e.stErt .1f. ...r
-Resoiued, That the Auditor of State be and is
hereby required to report to this House by what
authority some three thousand dollars vera aG.
vanced to Messrs Scott g. Philips for printing for
the current year; and also by what authority the
Reports Of the Secretary, Treasurer and Auditor
Of State have been printed, neither House of this
General Assembly having ordered the same to be
done. @
The House, to-day, was several times in COM
miites of the whale on the orders of the day.
My constituents will understand why they re-
ceive no documents from me, when | inform them
that n ne have been printed-a difficulty having
grown up in relation to the power of the Legisla.
ture to bind the future actiun OF the General As
sembly in relation to that particular. - THH
THE EDITOR.
The forenoon 10 the Senate was spent in com.
mittee of the whole, and the dicus,ion of local
bills. rsus .... al.
In the afternoon, Mr.. Chase introduced a series
Of resolutions in relation to the illegal returns from
Lorain county tor Governor-the returns from
that part Of Morrow county, taken from Richland,
and by law to be included in the Richland county
Abstiact, and the returns from Defiance, Portage
and Crawford, reciting the facts and offering GER.
tain propositions, which the Wing members, in
their speeches, had held sacred, each of which
were voted down, and men who ~professed to hold
to the doctrines not being willing to leave a record.
ed vote in their favor, though, in the declaration
that Seabury Ford is elected Governor, they had
previously voted upon them. t.s. ...t 90.
HALL OF THE House OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Columbus, Jan. %, l949.
DEAR SIR IA considerable amount of BUSH
ness was transacted to day, in the House, mostly
of a private character. ""'
Al three o'clock, Gov. Ford was conducted in
to the Hall of the House by the committee of ar.
ra%ngements, attended by the Ex-Governor, Audi.
tor, Treasurer, and Secretary OF State, and some
of the Judges of the Supreme Court. Quite a
number of ladies were in attendance to witness
the Inauguration. The Governors Inaugural Adj
dress "a copy of which I send you, and the only
one l have r~eceived) treats of various matters Of
interest to the people of the State. 1t is, as a mat.
ter of course, partizan in It's character.
THE EDITOR.
lhe Senate numerous petitions were presented
and bills offered. Nothing Of importance was
transacted. AT O'Clock the Senate retired 10 the
Hall of the House, when Gov. Ford was inaug-
rated. .se7,- at.a-- s
0G-The Auditor of the State of Kentucky, in
his report, sets down the number of acres of land
in the State at Is, 425, $3.50, valued at $l27, 63l ,s7l;
49, I--- vnn arnt 80, ~ ..xs~ c1a ~.
number of qualified voters, 8 1913, and the
number Of white males over 81 years. l42. $40.
0p-Itis said that there are 20, 900 Mormons,
nearly in a state Of starvation in Iowa. These
prosecuted and unfortunate people, merit the
of the whole Union. So