The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1850-05-13
columbus Correspondence of the Inquirer. !

COLUMBUS, May III.
When closed my letter last evening, the
printing question was being discussed in the
Convention, and they adjourned without dis
posing of the matter. The wings wish to
sell the job to the lowest bidder, so that Col.
Medary will be deprived of it, or have to do
itat less than living prices. 1t is remarka-
BILE and singular what flashing of whig
eyes and trembling Of whig nerves the
name of Samuel Medary can produce in an
assembly Of whigs lpresume if the name
Of any other democrat was proposed as a
bidder for the printing, he could get it with
out much difficulty, but the name of " Sam
Medary," sounds horrible to whiggery.
The whole of the forenoon session to. day
was consumed discussing the report of the
business committee. Tha. committee re-
ported that sixteen different standing CON-
mittees should be appointed by the Presi
dent, to which the several propositions on
different amendments to the constitution
shall be referred as they are offered in COLI
vention and that those committees. shall
report what amendments and alterations
they may deem necessary in such parts of the
constitution as may refer TO the subjects
coming under the several heads by which the
committees are designated-for instance,
there is committee on the Legislative de-
partment, the Judicial, &c. | shall send
you the committees as soon as they are ap-
pointed, and can procure them from the
Secretary. This afternoon the session last
ed one-half hour, during which time Samson
Mason, whig member from Clark county,
introduced two propositions which he asked
to be laid on the table and printed for the
information of members. One of those
propositions is to create the office of Lieu
tenant Governor, and the other-now, what
do you suppose the other was? Why. it
was nothing more nor less than to give the
Governor the VETO POWER! That terri
Bile "locofoco -man-power Nothing
shorter! For fear that some of your whig
readers may not believe me, will give YOU
the proposition entire:
"ResolUEd, That the constitution be so
amended as to provide that every bill or
resolution which shall have passed both
Houses OF the Legislature, shall, before it
becomes law, be presented to the Cover
nor; ii ne approve, he shall sign it; but if
not, ne shall return it with his objections to
that House in which it originated, who shall
enter the objections at large or their Jour
nal, and proceed to reconsider it. If, after
such reconsideration, a majority of the whole
number present shall agree to pass the bill or
resolution, it shall be sent, together with the
objections, to the other House, by which, it
Shall likewise be re-considered; and if ap-
proved by majority of all the members
present, il shall become law, notwithstand-
Ing the objections of the Governor. But in
al such cases, the votes OF both Houses shall
be determined by yeas and nays, and the
names ofthe membeis voting for and against
the bill or resolution, shall be entered on the
journal of each House respectively. If any
bill or resolution shall not be returned by
the Governor within days, (Sundays
excepted after it shall have been presented
to him, the same shall be law, in like man.
nier as il he had signed it, unless the Legis-
lature shall, by their adjournment, prevent
Its return, in which case it shall not become
law"
Well, there is nothing outrageous or terri
bic In all that. 1t looks to me little demo-
cratic, and should not be at all surprised
to see such a provision made in our new con-
stitution; out, look at the thing, and con-
slider where it came from! There will be
no wings in this country after while
Why, all OF the old favorite hobbies of wbig-
gerry are ridden to death and become /" obso-
lete IDEAS" and the old hobby riders are now
stealing every particle of democratic thun-
der that they can get hold of.
We shall have no session tomorrow, as
they adjourned over till Monday.
Yours, &C., ZED.