The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1858-02-17
Columbus Correspondence.

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y DEAR SrlRtT, -IA'fbw days since, Mr..
Green Introduced u hill III the Senate 10
authorize tie u4c Of the jail at Sarshsvllle,
until the iisw one bc erected a. the seat
OF justice. llo moved to suspend the
constitutional fucs IN order that the bin
be read q second tins. Mr. Moanow
objected as no wished to hear from those
of his constituents who were Interested
before he voted He was not sure that
anybody wanted such y law. Mr., GREEN
replied saying that he supposed thu gen.
tleman from Monroe wished the prisoners
to run at large. Mr.. MoRRow responded
denying the inslnuatiou and rebukIng
Mr. GREEN pretty sharply. The use OF
the Jail was already authorized for u year
yet, aud there was no pressing necessity
for the passuge Of the bill. 81 In the part
Of the county of Noble which he had the
honor to represent there was no great
need OF % JAIL; he could not answer, how.
ever, for that portion represented by the
Senator from Washington. The motion
to suspend the rules was not agreed to.
Il I offered In the House on Friday tho
following resolution, which to my sur
prise met with much opposition: V'@f't9i
Resolrsd, That the committee on Tenn
perance be instructed to inquire into the
expediency Of reporting a bin to punish
persons for procuring intoxicating liquor
for those to- whom, 1t is unlawful to sell It..
/, stated the object Of the resolution,
but the members seemed afraid Of it, and
referred il TO the committee on temper.
ance. 7H '"'ii1F' 7u- '' '~'.'s'. W
i An Intellectual effort was made to ad-
journ over until Monday. '7'l''s - t5''f
The only bill Of Importance considered
on Saturday was tina, Of Mr.. Brooke, pro-
viding that where al attorney was ap.
pointed by court to defend prisoner,
the court and not (as at presently the COM
missioners should make his allowance Of
fees Mr. BROOKE spoke in favor of the
| bill Y I gave briefly my objections to the
bill. / stated that the law formerly made
lit the duty of the seourt to make these
allowances but experience showed the no
eessity for change and the commission
ers were substituted for the court. The
chief reason for this was that courts were
|accustomed to allow too much; and the
present law if not SO profitable to lawyers
was eminently satisfactory to the people.
IN reply to the argument that courts were
more competent'to make the allowance us
they better knowlthe value Of the services,
Istated that to follow out this principle,
whoever happened to know the most about
the valuesof labor performedfor the coun-
! ty or State shonld in all cases make the
allowances, and gave several instances
showing the absurdity Of the argument.
Thiswa peculiarly the business of the
Commissioners, and was looked to in their
elections. No one thought Of these
things in electing judges, and the interest
of the people would be bettor served by
the commissioners. All after the enact
ling clahse was stricken out gi9' q i''
Mr.. HArcHs sub treasury bin is very
long and contains MANY salutary provi-
sions, bnt it is far from being unobjec.
Itionable Its provisions are as follows:
The Offices or vaults of the State Treas
urer aud of the county treasurers are de-
aclared to be the treasury. Oue-half the
taxes to be paid before the goth of De-
Ioenber, and'tKe other half before the goth
lof Janei provided that the county com