Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1858-03-24

was carried. Mr. Hitchcock pitched in
10 the bill, and in q very good speech
against The bill, AMI against time, amused
the House for some lime. Mr.. Finefrock
obtained the floor, and moved the previous
question, which after a long time spent
in parliamentary m~aneuvering, was sus-
tanned and the bill passed.
Thus after a long lapse of time, has
another of the doomed measures been re-
pealed, but they repeal very hard, much
harder than people were led to suppose
in the early part of The session, when the
gentleman from Hamilton, Was in the
habit Of being on the floor about every
other time, and nearly every time aunt
ing The Republicans, braggadocia like,
with his threats, that the majority would
repeal this, that and the other law, sc.
1t may TO some appear strange, that every
important measure of the last Legislature
that has been repealed by Ibis, has been
dine by the aid Of the previous question.
Tae victories have been those of numbers,
and, | believe in no instance, the result
of h honorable argument and reason. The
old adase that "mighr is right" seems to
! obtain here.
BY The time this bill was disposed Of,
it had got 10 be about eight o'clock 10 the
evening, and The majority began TO get
their "~dander,'' pretty well up, OCCASION
ed by their inability 10 have things all
their own way. together with their lack
of skill in manGnvering, and The fore
man, full of wrath and venom, feeling
confident in his power, reported from a
committee the bill 10 repeal the Habeas
Corpus bill Of last session, which was
put upon lis passage.
Mr.. Monroe claimed this would not be
acting in good faith, for he had the pledges
of at least a dozen Democrats, that he
should nave The privilege of expressing
his views on the bill before it was dis
posed of. snow it has come up again,
and The gentleman informs us that he in
tends still TO insist on the previous ques-
ton. Now he submitted 10 the House,
that to cut off discussion, with these facts
in view, and to deprive him of the privi-
lege of being heard, is TO deny him that
fair treatment to which US a member oil
This house, he was entitled. He asked
the House 10 treat him honorably, and
vote down the previous question. He
was taught from a boy to deal honorably
with his fellow-men. God forbid that he
should forget the instructions of his youth.
He had certainly acted upon them in
this body. The principle of honor may
not be a plank in the Cincinnati Platform
bu, it is a plank in that older platform
which God laid when he made man in his
own image, and set him upon it-that is
a platform upon which every honorable
man will stand. /
This statement, which was sustained
by Messr.. Christy, Edison, Satin, and
others, placed the leaders in this move
ment in a bad position, and they felt 1t
keenly Judging from the frequent attempts
10 prevent Mr.. NJ. from proceeding. The
excitement was intense; Andrews, Gil
son, Finefrork and Paine, grouPei
together, each striving TO see who
should first put the previous question:
while the friends of Mr.. Monroe were
striving to. secure him an opportunity 20
be heard" have neither time nor pa
thence 10 record the marches and counter
marches, the votes slowly gone through
with by the clerk, the questions OF order
raised by Messrs. Van Vcrhes and West,
and the singular rulings of tine Speaker;
when a later hour had arrived, Mr.. Har-
rison, of Madison, cooliy rose and pro-
posed a substitute for the bill, and de
Tended his proposition in a speech thai
would compare favorably with any one
delivered in the House the present session
Mr.. H., is conceded 10 be one OF the
strongest men on The Republican side OF
the House. Mr.. Paine obtained the floor
and in a sientorian voice, demanded The
previous question. This Mr.. P. is one
of the four Democrats who voted against
the regal of the 'jail bill" for which Of
fence he wa, threatened with being read
out of the parry, bat has lately shown
signs of true ~penitence, a.cd Judging fom
his ~low-siooping servility, he VII IN ali
probability be re instaied.) The previous
question was sustained, and the bill passel.
Another numerical triumph over justice.
humanity and The honor of the State.
WeaassIay.-Mr. Aliens bill 10 repea,
the ten per cent Law was read the third
time and list. A bill fixing the rate of
interest at seven per ceG', will BE- aHtea
on in a few days, which, many ihIni'
will pass. | do not feel very %sanguine,
however, for money is power, and the
outside pressure is enormous.
Mr.. Blackburn's bill TO repeal a Sec
lion of the law agains; gambling, that
bears too heavily on gentleman gamesiers,
elected a good deal of discussion, and
on motion Of its author, was indefinitely
posiponed-sensible
The Military bill was defeated after a
hard fought battle.
Thursday The militia bill, not be-
ing quite dead, its doctors moved to re-
consider The vote by which the House re-
fused TO pass it yesterday, which prevail
ed. when The section that provides for