The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1857-08-19

life of the bull, which of itself, woul
have been reform-was a section whic
prohibited the Treasurer of State all
every officer charged with the collect tior
safe-keeping or disbursement of the pub
lie money, from loaning to or depositin
with banks, bankers, individuals. CON
panies OF Corporations, with or withou
interest. or nuder any pre'ense whatever
or froun investing the same in any specie
of property or merchandise, or failing t.
promptly account for aud pay over ib
public funds when legally regu red. AL
these acts were defiued as acts of EN-
bezzlement, and made punishable by I'M
PriS0nnte1at an tie penitcufsary
1t is Unnecessary to follow the bll
through all Its stages; nor would tn,
limits of this letter allow 1t. Suffice i
to say, that on the I'd OF March, 1858
the bill passed the Senate by vote ot
eighteen to twelv--those voting in the
affirmative beiog all Democrats. Oi
those voting i'll the negative SIX were
then known as Wings, two as Freesoil, RS
and four as Dem Gratis. [Senate Jour
nal, page 43l.1 On Saturday, March
IL, the last working day of The session,
L,
having passed that body, with several
amendments, by decided majority, the
entire opposition voting, as ia the Sen
ate, with few Democrats against the
bill. but still enough Democrats voting
for it to give the constitutional majori-
ty The sennte r,fus to agree to
most of the amendments, and the bilI
was Immediately retur, ed to the House.
On the evening of the same day, the
bill was again returned to the Senate,
with message that the House ''iusists
on its amendments to the bill. and asks
Committee of Conference. The re-
quesr of the House for a Committee of
Conference was granted The Commit
tee met Immediately; and, after consul
tation, greed on report, by which each
House was to recede from one or two
amendments, and the balance were modi-
fed [Scnare Journal, rage 600
By this time, the night had far ad-
vauced aud the Senate was thin. A call
of the Senate was had, and ten mem bers
aScertained To be absent, aud the balanc ce
of the sitting vas pretty we'll exhausted
iu motions TO adjourn take recess, for
bseutees Sc. Finally vote was bad
on agreeing to the report of the Com
mittee of Conference, which resulted
yeas fourteen; nays eight. So the re
port faI ing to receive the constitutions
eighteen votes, was disagreed !
10. The vote was, however, imn ediate |
y rcconsldered, and the Senate al late |
Iour adjourned uutil one o'clock Mon
lay morning o. Mouday morning af
er di>patchlng some other business, the
question was again called up aud a fnal
'ota had, which resulted, yeas fourteen,
,ays niue--,s follows:
-Messrs- Award, Atkinson,
Jraalebaugh, Ferguson, Glllett, Hill,
Ee bouru. Mack. Rex, Riddle, Smith,
Taylor, Van Busklrk aud Walkup-I4,
III Democrats.
Nays Messrs Burnett, Coz Fudge
JoHNsToN, Moore, p rde,, RICE, RIcH
nd Wilson's. Wings 4. III ltuIicS
Democrats A i'll SMALL CAPS; aud Free
oller |. i" Roman. Senate Jour. al
,age COZ
Thus e.ded the struggle of 1923.
lad the four Democrats, who voted IL
hc negative Oh the hnal vote, voted with
heir Democratic C leagues, III favor of
greelug TO the report OF the Committee
i Conference II would have gwen the
OnstItutIona majcrity, (eIghteen,) and
he bill would have become law. The
House uf Representative was III a IL
ition similar 10 the Senate. A mum Der
f members had left for home, some of
hem presumipg had left for home, some
t them presumIug that the bill was
ale: indeed, so general was the IN
ressinn that it had passed, that tie
)hio State Journal announced that
was a law. But the constitutional
ote could not be obtained the House
ould not recede from it's amendments,
or the Senate agree by the const,tu
loual majority; the entire opposition,
nth few Demuci ats, held the power l.
heir own hands, aud, beIug determined
. defeat the bill; they succeeded it,
ccomplIsning their purpose and the
lme Tor ADJOURNMENT arrived, leaving
he bill thus Incomplete. have hot
h. Journals of the House before me,
nd, therefore, cauuot give the vote in
etaiL) Here eHds the record of the
ction of the first Legisa a ure, under
he new cousJ tuition, on Ih,s subject.
At the next election [ was again re-
urued to the Seuate, aud, on its organ
zation, By the partiality of my collea-
,ues, was elected Chairman of the III
auce Committee. The session CON-
nenced on the I'd of January, 1854, aud,
N the 18th OF that month, L again III
reduced the bill, which then took its
,lace on the calendar as No Is The
ill had Its first aud second readings,
vas referred to the committee of the
Ehole Senate, considered, aud on the
9th of January ,eported back, with
light amendments; and on my motion
eferred to the Committee on Flnauce
in the 9Th of March it was reported
Jack, with suudry amendments, and
made the special order of the day, for
ach day, until disposed of. On the
ext day it was considered, AID finally
y vote of eighteen yeas TO eight nays
to be engrossed for its third
eading and final passage on the next
sy; thuse voting III The affirmative all
Democrats; aud six Wings, with two
lii the negative. The next
ay the bill passed by the following
ote:
YEAs-Messrs. Anderson, Atkinson,
'artlett, Convers, Creigh, Davis Fol
ut, Hockinberry, Lafn, Lee, Morris,
'eudletou, Il blet Schlff .Schideler, SmIrh
f Athens, Stokes, T yIor and Williams
+ Columbiaua-l8, all Democrats
NAYs-M Messrs Allen, Barrere, Foote,
herman, Smith of Madisoh, Townsend,
rnSot, and WrI1ht-S