New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-12-11
Anarchy ip Ohio.

iatore OF Ohio. We shall endesvoz 70 comPiee
the statement bat, in orderto make It ioliy inH4
ngibie. 1t will be necessary to recall The lesd''s
fae,a cat Of which this difScalty has s'ise1'
The Apportionment OF Members Of Cons'e"
aud u TIE Legislature among the several VoaHt.es
a the Sssts has fcr some years been source o.
o,s,c,,.v snA excitement IN Ohio. Ia 1912, toe
L,sa- Pooos had majority IN The Legislature, on
which 5svolyed the duty Of ,pportsoning the
M.mbsrs u Congress under the Census Of 1870
They laid OF The S;sts into Districts which would
or an even vote for the two parties IN the state
have ziven At east fourteen Loco FOco u 'erea
wnig Hsnbcrs-the strong Wing counties being
hesped upon each other in three or four Districts
giving nsio-'.iss OF thousands each, while strong
Looo-goo Counties were arranged Ia Districts
with tn. doubtful or less decidedly Wbig Coun-
ties. ~ o. 20 seo1re Loco-FOco msioritiss in as
many a. po.sbe. The Whs Members reasoned
protested, demonstrated, entrestsd, n no par
pDse q. last those OF the Senate t"os
the extreme step Of resigDioy their ssais
10 body, thus bringing the session abruptly 70
o,o.e f,e the Constitasion ~ Ohio requires the
o,a.,nos Of fwotbirds ~ the Members OF each
*, object ADJ Ell c., his resignation vss simply
a. sppssl from ,yranaios Legislative majority
70 shoir masters the People. IL wss strioty a.
gsl act and in no nsnnsr oisOrganzsd the STATE
nor prevented the iegs. aud orderly msinten'noe
Of ia G,7ernmsn.. Still, IL wss condemned By
SONS les5iog W his journals aud not sustained oy
the People 81 Ohio. 10 the Election that soon ',i-
lowed, Loco Fooo Governor and Legislature
we're carried by some 5000 majority, ard the az
last Apportioument thereby enscssd without far.
thar sH- ctu,I remittance. The Wbigs, however
on r.gsiuias thsir sscsndsooy Ia the Legislature,
40 of shree years slterEsrd, reoGst the ApPor-
sishusn. 80 a. t. give themselves ~ even chance
IN fosurs elections 70 Congress and this correction
u grors wrong mas over slcs bssn quietly o.
Qu.Ssc Ia.
L. ls47 9 Legisisture Wing n both branches
wa chosen, and on this Legislature devOlysd The
DUTY Of Approaching tho State for s0coeecius
Legi.lsturos- Senate AID House. ill was sc
oo-oinsy dfat9d and approved by the n'J 'rity'
mailing Ehst has seemed 90 " very FER END
eqgal Appointment than bEs uSusly been
rpsoe by party majority IN State 80 close snd
doubtful 80 Ohio. One cosent proof of tbs fair
iiops uaeor this Appottionment have very ART
fcly reflected he poi iosi sentiment Of the Ssste,
a. expressed "a the sgs req ate Popular Voc. The
Wings add Free Sellers generally voted tosetLef
ia choosins Mcnbors OF tie Last Legislature from
doubtful Counties, and they elected bare MAORI
# tho Legislatare, At tho ssBe time carrying thoir
candidate for Governor by very small majority
This year again tho Popular Vote in the doubtful
h q untlts sld tbs relative strength Of pa { ia
Doe lev Legislature ev moe like ooFrespo ce'
bai tho Loco Foco minority OF the or
tiouiog Legislature we're hot suited, as the, Ad
predetermined not to be They fought the Ill
at every staye and 10 every imaginable man
ne. showing especial hostility to that part Of
It which divided the County of Hamilton into two
Districts and gave - the compact portion OF The
City Of Cincinnati one Senstor and two Repre-
sSntatives, and to The balance of the County Sen
s,O, and three Representatives. THIS division
vas required by every dictate Of fairness, ever
principle on which Representation 10 hlst fed
Tho population Of Hamilton County was far larger
THAI that Of any two Counties beside. while the
people of Cincinnati differed radically from those
Of toe Coan,y, net oAly an politics but 10 origin,
parHeits, education, and almost every particular
IL was not and never be right 10 stAs the sen
ument Of great, intelligent and rapidly growing
community liks Cincinnati underline dead weight
VI al adverse majority elsewhere, 80 essentially
diverse IN views, feeling. and purposes. We
hod therefore, the division of Hamilton Coun'
ty no, only just bus Indispensable TO any fair
aud full representation OF the People Of Ohio
Yet the Loco Feco opposition to il carried the
length of an oron secession OF ali the members
Of that party from the Senate, they retiring to
room In a hotel snd leaving the Senate without a
quorum Tor several days. Finally, they returned.
intending 70 leave again whenever the Appostion.
rasnt bill shoald be taksn up for sigma ure by the
presiding officer. This intent WA defeated by
anesse the act duly signed, approved BY he
Governor, sad inscribed on the stssate-book,
Tbis lsw, 80 far ss IL divides Hamilton County
hiss bean systematically defed and violated BY the
LncD-Fooo parry. who have tvlce assumed to
slCc, Members Of both Houses in ostentatca,
oonseuPt Of its provisions. They jGslily this null
litcahcn on two gruunds-frst, the sseeSst<E,ios-
ei,.y Of any such division, because the State Goa
sntutiOn Gays Senator'S ard Representative,
shall be spporsioned aHoHs tie serena Goa sf,es.
and, secondly. on the assumption that the Appcr.
tcnnent Act IVES not legsily passed at ell. BY
reason Of toe Senatorial esntumscy aforesaid.
To these assumptions the answers are ready |
and simple, namely l. This Act Gess sPpostlon |
sne Members ataeas the several Counties and !
aene ihs less because il farther prescribes that
toe great County Of Hamilton shall eject i.s Mem |
esrs In two separate Districts, any more than
Turner Appointments did when sSsy frsessn,I,
specified that two or nO-s Counties should IA
united In one District, eiscsing one. two or sv.n
three Members The Constitutional CLAUSE ri,sa
does not In ,ts nature intent So restrict L,s,,
sares acting rader Il that. in case half ,he non0
i~s'on Ct the ssste were to become concentr>tsS
IN Hamilton coansy, half the Members Of ,he La.
gislstuse must therefore Be chosen In one Di.,r,e,
ard On one ballot Conmon sense deride. .ux
such irrational and injarioas restriction % ,hi,
. Then. 81 TO the alleged non.enso,msnt Of the
AppOrs,onnsnt Law, IL v very clear that TIN.
esvil god Tor anything. applies 70 and anpuls
the Skols Apporsiaamens and nct any one clause
Of IL. If there &c any virtue in this objection, il
provss, rot merely thar Hamilton Cosasy il net
H. IL