Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1854-02-23

CENATE-1ne InIlhS queSIlOn was Cdleu
up and discussed. 1t gave rise TO little spar
ring which was somewhat amusing particular
ly to outsiders. At the commencement of
the session a joint rule was adopted to the ef-
feet that all extra copies of documents should
be ordered by a joint resolution, to be passed
by the two Houses.
In accordance with this a resolution was in
troduced into the Senate fixing the number of
the Report Of the Board of Public Works to
be printed. 1t went to the House, and was a.
mended by providing that the extra number
should be printed ''for distributing among. the
people" instead Of ''for the use Of members
as originally reported.
The Senate refused to a:cede to the amend
ment and it was sent back and forth till com
mittee Of Conference was appointed. This
Committee arranged new bill, and fixed the
number rather low as many'members thought.
The Senate disagreed to the report Of Confer
ence Committee and Mr.. Atkinson then intro
dnced new series of resolutions on the same
subject These fixed the number of document
much higher thon than the report of the Con-
ference Committee.
Mr.. Atkinson said he had made caloula-
ton Of the number of reports, and the postage
thereon that would fall to each Senator under
his resolution. The number of all sorts would
be little over three hundred; and the entire
postage would be $l2,70. He thought mem.
bers ought not to shrink from that expense but
meet it manGully.
Mr.. Fo!let said,' the postage was small
matter. The printing would cost considerable
money and it was plainly the design of the fra
mers the New Constitution to cut off thai
sort of extravaganza.
Mr.. Lawrence went against the extra docu.
ments on democratic grounds. He had l0,-
600 voters in the district, and they were gen
orally Oery sensible men. If be sent documents
to 80 of them, the balance would be taxed to
pay for them without the benefit. This was
all wrong and should be corrected.
After some playful sparring between
Messrs. Jewett and Lawrence.
| Mr.. Atkinson read from the Senate Jonfnal
of l849, where Mr.. Lawrence had reported a
resolution for a larger number of these docu-
ments than he had asked for. He said he did
not read the extract to place Mr.. Lawrence
in tight place, but to justify his own course,
&c.
Mr.. Lawrence replied that he had learned
something in his day by experience, he was
neither SO proud or so dishonest, as to fear 10
say, that he had changed his views upon some
of these measures. Ii he had been correctly
informed, the Senator from Carroll had once
been swhig, and had been a candidate for
office on the Wing ticket. He had changed
his views no doubt honestly, and was here a
Democratic Senator He referred to this sub
lject to Illustrate his argument. that man
might start wrong and learn something by ex-
perence,
Mr.. Atkinson said he had never been a
candidate on Wing ticket He admitted he
was once Wing, but that was when he was
younger than he is now. In 1910. if he had
been voter, he should have voted for Gen.
Harrison. For some years afterward he had
been engaged in merchandising, and had paid
but title attention to politics, but when he did
examine these things he became Democrat.
The personal part of the debate here closed,
and the Senate. by one majority, refused to
pass Mr. Atkinson's resolutions.
HOUSE, The bill fixing the time of holding
the courts in the 9thjudical district was pas,
sed. Some amendments we're made which re-
quire the agreement of the Senate when it will
be the law.
The Senate resolution to confirm The contract
for convict labor Mr., Burdell, was taken I'M
and discussed.