Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1850-01-07
Ohio Legislature.

In Senate. on Saturday aiternoon,s Mr.
L. L. Rics, of TINS city, was elected Ser
ssoasalsssiHs ON the l3sth ballot Mr.,
Rice is q Fseee Sotler. ,s.sssSAy..ssss.
The Democrats had during the afternoon
proposed namhersof cand dates, ah good
inen assd would have made excellent otfl
ears, hul, without being able to secure a
~hig vote Mr.. Swift then proposed Mr.,
Rice nssa shnsidaser aud he was supported
by Democrats us a aseans oil perecting
the ofgaaizasion Of the sepaie, and was e:
lec.cst. SO ,.sre. s~a.S:>~s,.s,
Hadla horaa she'll beea thrown into the
midst of thas Ashigs Senaiors,.sit could not
have caised Efieatef emancipation Than d1d
the annouues 'aents ol hfr, Rice as 'ca ''dd.
date. Mr.; lawrence, Mr. t'onye@rsa. arse and
other wh.g Senator's, Immediately rushed
10 t6a.sest of, Nix keagsr,s loe Keep him
from .vaisags Tree 80 tseaadidate, and
q, long WIS ,beS caIfp aEsatfon4 4sro,racte',
that Mn RssHs, ttrssD Danocrstie Teller, had
secured hall the vetes Of the Senate, and
had tsksen;itins;' siaid at The. Clerk desk,
~3isSeEyy ssSeEy could cog whip. the irnnball
Senators iaia-ihe ssaees towoteSior aeaaEay'
ior xisigs i1sseadef a.ffee, sesfer, but the
strings Of party were 90 vesy tightly drawn
that Sir. .BeaSer, who elatfas to be the very
head and. .irs.ssssf + rec Soil.sa', was forced
10 yoss for pna d abe most ultra .pt the
pol,isiafs of ffheiray lors Wing school, a
par,s, from ahon air: Beaver expects a
nomu,a,iuni iooff iof G5Svernor.. -, 's- :,
After the ~ ballot, Mr tIaver was with
drawn, and Mr. >Beaver theifs :nominated
Free Soil candidate, in. opposition TO MI,
Rice.s Opths 81 bail Il, however, -Mesrs
Biake thI!d Randall voting for Mr. .KIce.
elected ln,a..s, -.
rho nsw ssrgeaa,-ai. Arms, is capable
and f.i ;hfal, and iWill, We doubt not, make
an excellent officer @2..s' = - =.
initnsaJ,iieIy allef The election, Mr Den.
n:s,n, in advocating.a a resolution simmei;-.
a:elv. To- ed,pt a set. of rules, which sev
erai sssaat.,ss-ssatedtts ttseg had not examined,
Ger even read, .aaae q characteristic speech,
charging The Democratic Senators with
opposition 10 an. Organization, and shadow. :.
ing forth an Intention on the pnrt,of whlg
pery t;saliow no business to be d one by the
Senate, unt, such rules rs whiggery IN
cr,,cus assembled, -decreed should govern
the Senate, staII have been ad,pted.
E-pm the first the federal Senators have
d.,ne tiaeissut:nos, to slave otfan ofganzf-
,ior, snd now. when an organ'zatIons IS
effected, thsy still endeayor TO stave oti,
aciioa,, By i,nssiug. rules 10 which They are
we'll assafe ed Democratic Senator'S will new
Ct subnii.s = .; =
In ssnase, iumedia,ely alter tie reading
of the journal. Mr.. Byers, Cor lhe purpose
OF 10 .itng ihesincer,ty Of .whig gesy, offered
Tor odo;a1osi d set ofsrnles, providing for the
usyer,iineni iof tide Ssflat until otherwise
ordered. hey were an almost liberal
transcSiips 81 rules ndapted last winter
They however provided for the election Of
the conni.iee on Privileges and Elections
and Tor The { .taua,ipn Of Q committee on
new CONSTITUTION, both, Of which were to be
t,ec:sd by 5ails,l. The other committees
TO be appointed By the Speaker as was the
case last year.
Finding themselves headed in this move
,neni, the swhig Senator's, under The lead OF
Mr. Denhisorl, commenced speaking a.
gainst Jime and tell it not in Gaih!l The
only objection 10 the adoption of the rules
was, that i, vested the power OF appoints
moa, IN the 31 Senators, insteud OF the
Speaker sir. Donnison and Mr.. Beaver,
both of. whom have nads the very mir vocal
with their ,tenunciation Of the zone man
po,osr new suddenly yeered round. with
as mich taciiity as weather-cock, and
made ibbg speeches, full Of sound and lary,
in favor OF yesting the sole power OF ar
pointing cpumittees. in the hands Of one
nan, III preference To the whole Senate
They claim that the Speaker had tho sole
righs tosay who should. and swho should
not be- members of re standing committees
Of ihehady. .aand this aclnim, of a sort of
Divine Right, sucil as nonarchs claim they
have bys birlh, 10. rule Inc 'peopfe.) the whie
Senators persisted in,aithoughil was shown
that the power originally belonged to the
body, andsthat5ii was only given to the
Speaker on sufferance and liable Mt any
a,ms.IY Be rasnned: Pfecedenls were cited
10 show. Ihat,it WAS resumed on the motion
of a whig. in stha House of Representatives
last wsnier-,lsa il was the common prnc.
flee insfhs United Ssates Senate, and In
other Eesisialive bodies,
Dsh1fison ihen made a personal np-
peal and tried % gel up sympathy for the
cPeahEEy~9 nv If. sists "oa3u aoe Ioouhou
and inapitad BY taking the power,fror1 him,
and reparkod that had he Ar Dennison,, :
been elected Speaker he would have taken
such Il aspropositioa as a marked insult, Mr..
Dimmqck, wbps ha!d, lse been q candidate
for SpeakaE- remaeked rtlat had he Mr.,
Di.nmeck@ been elected, he would haze
taken such proposition in different light,
and Would have thanked the Senate for
yelisyjng him from so onerons a task
Mr.. RyeFs, who offered the proposition,
Aissiained any such motive, and could not
see how iseolld be construed into aref1ec-
ton on the Speaker
Tho idea iha, one Senator is more capa-
Bile OF forming proper eenamilte on PIiv.
ileges md Elections and on new Consli.
aution. tiihh lie same Senator, aided by
the thiIrty-fye other Senators, is ridiculous
In the extreme. On Saturday, Mr.. Den.
nsssns held thai the. Senate snuld not be or.
gan zeduntl rules were adopted, and on
70 day, he prevailed, by his speaking, and
hisoppnsilion 10 the measure, tho Senate
from adsHKing as,y.. He was bat carrying
out Tho stasiics with which whiggery com,
.sesscAiahe session which was in his own
~, ,,rz want an oypaniZatinn Of the