Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1850-03-11
Chic Legislature.
.WrDxrspAr,, Feb ~.


In Senate To-Day, the contested case Of
Broadwell Us. Johnson, came up n. ,Is
special order Of theday, and after an atls
speech from Mr.. johnson, which will be
written out for publication, the question
was taken on the 6rsi branch oftl.s resola.
ton Of the majority oil the commilsss On
Privileges and Elections, which read a.
follows:
"Resolrsd. Tha. the seat in the Senate
temporarily held BY Wm +. johnson, bs.
and the same hereby is, declared pscant
And it was carried by party yots, yeas
Is, nays ID, Mr Johnson no. voting.
The question then being on the second
branch Of lhs same resolution, which reads:
---.'and that Lewis F.. Broadweli he faysh-
with admitted TO seat In this Senals, ~
the Senator from The frst district oil Ham.
lton county," i.el.k
When the vote was about to bs taksnssn
this question, Mr. Whitman submitted d
question of order, that rs the Senate had
just declared the scot OF Mr. Johnson, asa
Senator, uacanf, that body had ne right TO
fill it, for, under the Constitution, in snss
of vacancies, the Governor mast issue q
writ, calling a new election, and that the
seat could only be filled by person elected
at Speciai or General Election. This
threw whiggery into fluiier, and the bai-
ance Of the forenoonsession was consumed
in efforts to ride orer the plain require
ments of the Constitution, by speeial plead.
ing. 80,
Tho question Of order raised BY Mr..
Whitman, naturally gave rish TO anoahes
which that Senator presented, which, in
substance, was; That under the rules, tho
Speaker ofrhe Senate could not sots oasn
appeal from his decision.
By the introduction and adoption of d
new and singular rule, not allowing any
Senator 10 vote on propositions in which hs
had any interest whatever, The vois Of Mr..
johnson was excluded on the passage Of
the resolution declaring the seat held ~
him vacant, and now whiggery seems un-
willing to have the same rule applied 10
their Speaker. He has an interssf IN sus.
tanning his own decision, and, under he
rule, he is deprived of the right TO yete, and
by the adoption Of the Same rule,
the same party not twenty minutes before.
succeeded in committing an outrage upon
the Constitution, by depriving man legal.
ly, rightfully and consiituiionally elected,
Of sea. in the Senate, yet when the same
rule is rightfully applied to them, thsy
think ii great outrage. When the SEN
ate took recess, the question was not d.
cided. A 80,
P.S. The Speaker Of the Senate has
decided that he had the right TO vote on all
questions Of appeal from his decision, and
when un appeal was taken from that De-
cisien, he voted to sustain it. On the point
of order raised by Mr. Whitman, thai The
Senate had no right to fill a seat i had
declared vacant, the same officer voted for
and by his vote sustained and carried bib
decision. Mr. Broadwell was then by !
party vote admitted to his seat, and ihus
the outrage, conceived in fraud and brought
forth in iniquity, was accomplished.
THuRspAY, Feb. 20. I,
In Senate, to-day, large nnmbsr Of u
cal bills were read third time and passsd.
The bill .re.cartering the Clinton Bank
of this city, was also passed, An sfors
was made to engraft the individual liability
upon it, but it failed, every Wing and
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