The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1852-03-26
OHIO LEGISLATURE
TnuRspAy. March II. 1852

III tuc llUurCy oChu.c tco'""'"u 49,
laring the contract between j. " Allen
and Gov. Ford, null and void, being
under consideration. awp
Mr.. Shellabarger askedfor information,
as 10 what compensation Mr.. Allen was
10 receive for services, &c.
K Mr. Bliss replied thai he was not salts
| fed that the Hon. J. W. Allen was
entitled 10 any compensation. Il may
be true tba, he has rendered service TO
the State; but il is equally true. i snch
service has been rendered, that the OBJ
|iect ofthat service was TO perpeiraie one
ofthe most siupenduous frauds upon The
State that human ingenuity could devise.
He read papers, &C., 10 showth the charac-
ter Of the transaction. The contract
was made between Gov. Ford, and J.
w. Allen before The passage Of the Ieso-
lutions, under which Allen claims title
10 upwards Of 10000 acres Of lsnd.--
The whole Thing was conceived in fraud,
&c. &c. ois6t LII sagS ss j'
Mr.. Casad coniended that The title Of
the lands itself, depends upon the agency
of Mr.. Allen. ,a S,;y Is ..-.:=.A
Mr.. Bliss argued TINT The title Of 90,
yernment dated anterior to the agency Of
Nj. Allen, and that the existence of the
claim of the Slate ,oibese lands was we'll
known TO Governor Ford, was a matter
of history before the employmen, Of
Allen. There was no difficulty about
the title in his State.
The resolution was then passed
yeas 65 nays 5-(Messrs. Ackley, Filler,
Mccall. Renck and Vermilion, voting
in the negative.) i,
FRIDAy, March 10. 1852.
In the Senate, the communication OF
The Governor, nominating commissioners
10 revise the practice of the courts, &C.,
was taken up. gnsi,3 la
Mr.. Riddle then offered resolution
in substance. as follows: ,gge lgfa n
Resolped By The State of Ohio, That
the Senate do advise and consent 10 the
appointment Of VIM KENNnN, Of Belmont,
VIM. s. GRoEsBEcK, of Hamilton, and
DANIEL o. MoRToN, of Lucas, as COM
mssioners 10 revise practice and plead.
ings. ~
Mr. Rex called for "a division Of the
question, which turned first on confirming
the nomination Of Mr.. KENYON, n
After some debate, in which Mr..
Pardee opro.ed, and Messrs. Riddle,
Covey, Ferguson, Sherman, Peppard
Johnsion and Cradlebaueh spoke in favor
of the confirmation Of the nominaiionl Of
Mr.. KRNNoN, the same was confirmed
yeas 90, nays g.. n fa,as ta9
Those who voted in The affirmative
were: fbs83i 3i4 esN.,.
, Messrs, Atkinson, Burnett, Covey,
Cox, Cradlebauph. 4 Ferguson, Fudge,
Hibben, Hill, Johnston, Nc. Kinney,
Moore, Mw,gen, Peppard, Rice. Rich
Riddle, Sherman, Van Buskirk, Waiter
Williams and Wilson--22.
Tho.e who voted inthe negative were
Messrs. Award, Armstrong, Gilleit
Kilbourp, Mack, Pardee, Rex, Taylor ane
Tod %.
The nomination Of Mr.. Grosheck wa.
then confirmed, yeas %, nays !. III
Mr.. Fudge, whig,, only voting in. the
negative. g e a
The question being on confirming the
nomination, of Mr.. Morton.
Mr., Hibben said he thought that The
Governor had NOT shown proper res
pect to the Wing, party, in nominating
all. Democrats 10 the place Of Commis
sioners. Itlooked like prescribing fo'
opinions sake, and he should feel com
PEELED to vote agains, ihis nomination.
He should not vote against, MI. Morton
on personal grounds, .bu, because he
wished to show his disapprobaiion Of the
course Of the Governor. He had voted
for the other gentlemen because he knew
their qualifications, and was willing to
have two Democrats on the commission.
Mr.. Sherman said the Free Soil party
had heen neglected. oat.,a y
MI. Atkinson asked how many. Dem.
ocrats Mr.. Fillmore had nominated TO the
United States Senate, for Office under
the Geueral Government. Laughter,]
The nomination Of MI. Morton was
.hen c,pfrmed--yeas 25 nays 5.
II Messrs, Burnett, Cox Fudge. Hibben,
and More, Wings, in the negctiye. se3
An unfortunate gisl OF the pave threw
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