Fremont weekly freeman. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1850-1853, 1850-12-21
Ohio IegiSIatUre.


A bill was introduced in the Senate by
Fouts, (Loco) to repeal the act creating Com
mon Schools and the State Board of Education.
Bills were also introduced for abolishing the
Homestead exemption and Ten per cent Inter
est laws. The resolution of Randall for ad-
journment in February was lost. Temperance
petitions are pouring into the Legislature
The Columbus correspondent of the Cleveland
Herald says:
Messrs Lewis, Cunningham and Bill, are
select committee on temperance in the Sen
ate; and Messrs Fairchild, O'Ney, Bushnell,
Bundy and Bradley are in the House.
A bill will probably be introduced in the
House repeating all laws now in force on the
subject, and among its provisions, compel pay
ment by the vender for all damages done re-
sulting from the sale of Liquor. l mention
this in advance, so that temperance people
may put in their digestion cisterns and see how
it will operate.
am at loss to determine, but each COM
mittee is an excellent one, and will unquestion--
ably produce bills practically beneficial in their
operations.
The committee on Federal relations, in the
House, have reported resolutions strongly de-
nouncing the Fugitive Slave law.
We are indebted to friend at columbus,
for the following sketch of Legislative proceed
ings in a letter, dated the 9th inst
"Of the organization and other proceedings
of last week YOU are doubtless informed
Governor Wood is here, and on being waited
on by Legislative committee this evening,
responded that he would communicate with
the General Assembly, on Thursday at P.
NJ. He looks hearty, and bids fair to be long
Governor of Ohio, though he may not serve
more than one term.
In the Senate to-day, there has been quite
an interesting discussion, relative to abridgingI
the debates of the Constitutional Convention
Mr.. Payne of Cuyahoga, the position that the
Convention was omnipotent, and could frame
the New Constitution as they pleased, and put
it in force without submitting it to the people
for adoption or rejection. Mr.. Howard of CIer-
mont, said the convention was a kind of item
Grant concern, and was likely to visit every
county in the State, before they got through
with the labors before them. He deprecated
the idea that the General Assembly should leg
islate, or forbear legislation, on account of any
because he said they had only visited two of
the cites of the State, and he expected them
in his county yet, and had no doubt they
would itinerate to every other county He
thought the people had ceased to know or
care anything about the convention, DC. This
from prominent Democrat, was rather rich,
and goes far to confirm me in my conviction
that the people of the State look upon the do
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with a sort of earnest indifference, that is un-
mistakable. The resolution to adjourn sine
die, Feb. 1st, offered in the Senate last Tues
day, was discussed again to-day, and again
laid on the table So far as l can discover,
there is disposition 10 work diligently this
session, and adjourn as early as possible
The members are in very friendly humor,
indeed, none of the rancor and bitterness which
characterized the Legislature of last winter, is
apparent now.
Soon after the organization a resolution pass
ed the Senate, directing the clerk to procure
the printing done at rates not to exceed those
of the last session, until otherwise ordered, and
under that Mr.. Swift has given it to man call
ed Rice, who seems to be on hand, as a tender
for the Statesman. This Rice does not, as l
am informed, own a type in the world, but
from the peculiar shade of his politics he can
get printing and crumbs, when neither the
Statesman or Journal are exactly of the right
stripe, and after 'tolling the grst," he turns it
over to Medary neither know or care, who
Mr. Rice is, but if any honorable, high-mind-
ed man would thus occupy the position of
go-between and scavenger for the Statesman
OF journal or any body else, then am mista-
ken; and hope the Senate will take meas
ures to cut off from Mr. L. L. Rice, these leg
islative crumbs and drippings, by which he
seems to exist
There is to be strong effort to repeal the
Homestead Exemtion law of last winter, but it
is very doubtful of success, the law having an
element of popularity in it, that will make
men, looking for political advancement, eau
tious how they vote. The ten per cent inter-
est law also will have to pass frery trial, if
there is anything in the signs of the times
Some of the members are of the opinion that
if the delays now incident to the collection of
debts, could be done away and the legal rate
of interest fixed at Z per cent, it would super
cede the necessity of any such law as the one
alluded to, and would tend more to invite cap
ital to the State, than any other measure
On the subject of the U. S. Senator, all is
smoke and uncertainty, as yet though think
the indications are not favorable to the cleo
ton of Mr. Ewing. Mr. Randall is said to ia
vor the election of Mr.. Giddings!''
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