Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1858-01-27
Things and Doings at the Capital.
COLUMBUS, Jan. 1858.

Mssrs. Eaitors:-This day Thurs
day, Jan. i4th,) was partly spent by the
Senate, discussing the Kansas Resolutions
or, lather. the Resolutions endorsing
Buchanan and the Cincinnati platform.
that were passed through that body
under the gag" a few days since
They also passed the House in the same
cowardly manner, with a slight amend.
ment, which made it necessary they
should be returned for the concurrence
of the Senate. When they went back,
the Republicans were on the lookout, and
as .eon as they were read. Mr. Caldwell.
Senator from Ashtabula and Lake, sue
ceeded in getting the floor, when Mr.,
Phelps appealed to the gentleman's cour.
,esy and magnanimity, to give way one
moment, that he again might move the
previous question, a higher notch in the
scale of impudence, than 1 presumed
even the Senator from Auglaize could
reach.) Mr.. CALDWELL very politely told
he would do no such thing. and ''piich.
ed in" and in a very able speech de-
Tended the rights of the minority, and
exposed the unfairness of the majority.
Mr.. G. concluded his remarks very sud
denly and Unexpectedly TO all but Mr..
Slade, who was on his feet in a moment,
and a right good time they had Of it for
a few hours, but the Democracy applied
the brakes the first opportunity, and
clicked it through.
The resolutions you published last
week, and l think a greater bundle of
contradictions, It would be hard TO mag
inc 10 so many words, but that l would
not have objected to. if they had given
them the right paternity, and called them
the resolutions Of the Ohio Democracy,
or. of that party in the Legislature, but
to cay such stuff is the sense of the Ohio
Legislature, or, a majority Of the people
of Ohio, should be protested agaiist.-
And the more certainly, from the fact.
that the forty four Republican members
of the House. represent sir thousand
more poters, than The sizty two Democrats
do.
There was but little done in either
branch Of the Legislature OF Friday
The Senate adjourned at noon, until
Tuesday afternoon. and the House at
three O'Clock. till Monday afternoon, so
that members who had families might
visit them, and those who had none
might visit their intended ones Very
considerable in the Legislature, truly, and
every person of any considerable knowl-
edge must admit that it is a considerate
body, for it has been considering only
two weeks. and has passed n bill. and
considering That not sufficiently consider
ed. it was re considered, and upon fur
Their consideration, considered unneces-
sary, and after considerable delay, was
indefinitely postponed. Served them
right. they had no business to be in such a
and 1 trust they have learned 3
lesson, and will hereafter act more de-
liberately. for there is seldom any good
comes from hssty Legislation.
Saturday. No session of either branch
OF The Legislature and consequently no
news in that line.
Monday. Not a quorum present; the
members not having returned from rus
ticating.
Tuesday. Quorum present and bust.
ness moves along again. many petitions
were presented, among them quite a
number praying for taxation Of dogs;
and petitions not a few for the repeal of
Inc Law, fixing the compensation Of