The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-02-08
rRoM COLUmBUs.
Correspondence efhe Daily Lancaster Gazette
CoLuMBUs, Jan. 80, 1850

MR. EDIToR:-The proceedings in the
senate yesterday were rather ludicrous
han alarming, As soon as the petitions
lad been passed, Mr.. OIds from the Com.
nittee on Privileges and Elections made
! unanimous report. 1t amounted TO tins,
hat rhe certificates of the uncnnlested
have been examined and found
10 be without any material defect, aud
that they we've duly elected. All that is
usual or necessary, was accomplished by
the presentation of the report, and there
it could have ended. But Mr.. Whitmun
moved that The rePorlhe adopted.
Mr. Chase rose 10 say word" He
objected to the report because it spoke Of
his election from the district composed Of
the county of Butler. He had been G.
lecled from no district, but from the
county of Butler.
Mr.. Wilson called the attention of the
Senator from Fairfield to the fact that the
repor, spoke oflhe act under which they
were elected as Iaw. Here was
mares nest ,trnIy y
The honordJie Senator hom Fairfield
thanked his distipguished friend ii"m
Seneca. He had nearly fallen into The
trap. Indians behind the bush-com!ng
Iout now. Ho would have been III
mice predicament Why The fact is, Mr.
Speaker. we are nothing but a legally or
ganized mob. ! only sit here to prevent
another from taking my seat.
MIR. Chase moved to recommit the re
port.
Here the Speaker announced that II
his opinion. no member named IN The
report had right to vote, under the 36Ih
rule. This decision was manifestIy m
correct, as there is no objection made IL
the right of auyof them, and no mater
what was done with the report, theil
right to the seats they occupy isclear and
unqucstionable The Speaker, howev
er, honestly thought otherwise, and the
only way 10 get out of the dilemma wa
to ADJOURN; wiIhou, calling the yeas an'
nays. Tha, would lay the report on tn
table.
Mr., Beaver according y made the mo
y lion to adjourn Myers slubbornly Gale
for Division. The Speaker ordered tn
Clerk to call The Is Senators not inclut
= cd in the report. The vote stood fnr ad
iourning 10, against it Z, aud it was M
until King .James |, of Lucas county, ie
the pangs Of hunger so keenly. that eve
J he was perfectly willing to adjourn. Th
u was at half past three.
The whole was ridiculous to the a
degree.
The House disposed of great man
locals.
Mr.. Spelman ihis morning arose on
," question Of privilege. The Ohio Sta
= Journal had venlered % arraign the il
macuIatc freesoilor, for his strange co
duct in giving the public printing out
:" cost of five thousand dollars more, tha
Messrs. Scott & Bascom offered to do
>, for. To say any thing about so pure
y politician, as n freesoler is, eE nccrSSitdt
terrible offence, Spelman felt tito b
such. A lrecsoiler can do no wronI
= Mr. Spolman WAS not so sure that tn
public all thought so, and he therefor
self vindiealion. First, he admitted tn
at an early period in the session, he hf
met with Frcesoilers, and agreed
settle the question of printing, by agre
, ing to give tito the lowest bidder
Ho had so voted when resolution
do this was introduced. New light HI
been shed upon his mind (he did not ST
what it was, and he voted to reconSid
V the part of the resolution requiring Il
y Clerk to contract with the lowest biddG
. Bids were however received. and Sec
, and Buscom's was the lowest. He W
y afraid the bid was fraudulent, and hen
determined not TO give the printing
~ ~ tho lowest bidder.
This will show you what an immac
10 late politician Deacon Spelman is.
The remainder of the day, tho Hou
T. discussed foreign affairs generally, b
n, ing on tho rosolutionsto suspend dipl
IT. matte intercourse with Austria.
'rs The Senate restored the proviso to 4
" House bill for repeating the division
40 Hamilton county. Mr.. Swift voted wi
Mr.. Randall To put it back, thus aga
is hoaorably carrying out his agreeme,
mi The bill will pass Tomorrow.
nth Petitions were presented in the NOR
ven ing by Mr. Whitman from ]. 7. Bras
'lly and others for tho sale of tho Zanesvi
1t and MayswlIe Turnpike Road, aud |
was introduced a rew hours afterwar
rye by tho same gentleman, TO provide