Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1859-03-16
Things and pOings at the Capital.
COLUMBUS, March IIth, 1859

Nessrs. Ed,toTs:-
Since the date of my last letter, the
house has had another tia! al the iii.
cense" question.
On Friday it was called up from the
table when it had qnieily Aep, FIR some
time, and several amendments propose,
all OF which failed, and the resolution,
simply erasing from the Constitution
the liquor clause, was put -pan its pass
sge and lost. 4 motion 10 reconsider
was made and laid on the table, hut clear
~ out of order, for the resolution in its
present shape had been lost and recon-
sidered once before, which is as far as
parliamentary usage will permit in that
direction. What The next move will be
is difficult to determine.
A bill is also pending 10 repeal all The
present laws against selling liquors. II
begins 10 interfere with the business in
some localities.
Bo,h Senate and House adjourned from
Friday evening till Tuesday morning.
Soon after The two houses convened
Tuesday morning, a message was re-
ceived from The Governor, informing
the house that he had transmitted the
long looked for report Of the Treasury
Investigating Committee" to The Senate.
The message contained some structures
on The action Of the legislature, for as
surn;ng The power Of appointment, which
The constitution clearly prohibits. This
"riled" the majority 10 such IN extent,
that they refused 10 have Tie message
printed as is the custom, thinking, no
doubt, they would thereby suppress it
altogether, but it was in all the morning
papers The next morning; 80 much for lha:
attempt a, hiding.
TIE report Of the committee is cxen-
siAo. aud, in many instances spread out
very Tin. Ii would Gil about six "Chron
ices" 10 The exclusion Of everything
csc.
This enormous length oflhe report does
not appear To be demanded, for, if the
Committee had given facts. without com
ment and argument, The people would
Rave been able to draw their own %conclu
sions, much better than now, when all
the points are deliberately commented up
on. The committee seem 10 have had
two classes 10 deal with, one they seem
10 exienuaie before exposure, and pity
afterwards, much as some mothers j neiv-
ing a Gisagreeab.e medicine TO a child,
they first give a lump of sugar 10 prepare
his mouth, and give him another, after
he has swallowed the pill, 10 take the
s.,rs,e out Of his mouth" The others
a,e chased and choaked until they open
their mouths, and the bitter dose crammed
down their lhroats, then soundly spanked
for getting sick, they are suffered 10 run
agar. But coed enough for them; they
should have had better luck.
The report is a valuable document,
as exhibiting a system OF rascaliIy hat
had been in operation for five or SIX years,
or, al least, from lifetime Bliss was Treas
ure-, up 10 Ike time Gibson resigned that
Office in 1857.
BIT to show lie people whrt these
worthless have been doing with their
money, | sclec, the follow ing s;aiemrnt of
Losses. Leans GHd T~HrestzeHfs Of -sl5>rt 4. Bliss,
John g. BresiiH and lillian Il. Gibson, late
TredSGrsrs Of STATE:
Unpaia balance Of BIiss's Acknowledgements
fllcation of 500. assumed hy BarIlit
smith Sl1,5GO-CO
Ly the the present COmmissiOn..--.... 37.ssa-53
tsnden. SanEer, New YOrk.--.-...... laysss. 90
Of Cincinnati 79,sII95
cSnes { E:7s79o
Loss by deposit OF Ereslin with CONNER
c &. Bank OF Toledo ------------- -O.-ElsS
Denosit hy BIeslin with naniei Be kei. Of
Dayton. NEARLY all repaidl --.------.-. 5o,IS5z3
crediseG. eI,Iaa c.
Loaned By Z. y. Sill. former Fund Commits
sioner. 10 Akron Branch Railroad Com
Isny. renewed Ly Brgs .in......--.. <.,5OO.oo
er:. President Of City Bank or Cincinnati eI,3e So
I'm all deposit 10y Rreslin With ''0hio SA
wings Institute" Tiain-S. Wzsgoner,
PTesident. 10 SIS 81
Unpaid lean by Brssiin 10 saml wa-goner SUeO.uO
RANK Of I5.OOc 90
Rs~k. Indiana. 5s.sOs.s6
annapolis. -. 70 COO o.
Bsnt, In iiana."..... ...~.... 5.OOO.CO
inss, Observation-Disclosures. eco co
Unpaid lnaB by Breslin TO Sanlusky, Mans
held ana Newark Railroad Company. j. oO0o0
Unuaid loan by BresIin to John 6. Camp. 6000-CO
Lost ~ purchase Of State Stocks Of Vim.
Sturges----.--- 6,OOOCu
R,iiroad Company I.CoO.oG
sioa Railroad Company .~.......e.... l.COo.GO
roun.y. limos I.IaO 90
CIV Geo 90
Invested Ly fresIin in lands in MinnesotI 4Oeio
rPrair Copysny e4too 90
Unpaid deposit hyGibSsa with Eimiail& Co lnM0tc
Amount charged y Gibson TOR Exchange s,.i16f
Investments OF Breslin with 6ip
sol aud Johnson, in Seneca
CoIaiy Bank.... - $1,000. S5i ,UCnCo
In Ti;il ard Fort Wayne Rail
road Co.. rE0 shares by Glib
son. and tock..--..-.---,- 5O.ICOG
In Tifia and Fort Wayne RIilroai
Co one share by Johnson-.-. al,C00 %
In Johnson's Elkhart and New
port Savings d X claim against
Near 90 U0G CO
-
One half 10 pce,liu.. Iisy COCO 7l0on.oo
5sU,99L.i
From tLis sum should he deducted the amt
of the '-Suspe idei Debt" So called. re
porte 4 hy Breslin in his suuuI a. report to
November Is, le5J. being the City Bank
RI Cincinnati, W. W. Cones & Co ID.
Bsckel. AMI Commercial Bank OF Toledo,
indeitedness which IS credited to the
Treasurer in asreriaininy the defa!ca-
ton. Jane II. SsOi 6b 81
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