Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1859-03-02
Things and Dolngs at the Capital.
ColuMbUs. o., Feb. ash, 1889.


p House, on bills 10 strike the Library
Clause from the school law. Every inch
Of ground has been warmly contested 10
both houses, by The friends of the library.
Those opposed, contend hal The law Is d
failure, not having produced the fruits all.
ticipaied by It's enacimrnts, consequently
should be wiped from the statutes. On
, the other hand it is claimed, hat it has
r not had time 10 mature lis fruii-thai il
: has scarcely commenced a vigorous
growth, and il is entirely loo soon TO look
for any yield, and would no,>be good poll
cy now, 10 pluck il up as d cumberer Of
the ground.
] There has been no definite action on
j; in either branch, but | rather guess
the library will be tried a while longer,
: bur am moi altogether certain.
A bill has passed both branches during
the past week, and was signed by tie
speaker Yesterday, making it a sufi ;i-rt
cause ,fchalenge, for anv tslesmau who
has served on one trial during hat term
Of court.
This | presume. will be looked uron rs
an Infringement of rights, by the profess
sionol juror.
The legislature adjourned on ii ,ndav
evening. all "Wednesday - a, To p-rmu
The 81 February To cone aud pass.
We'll, itcame a. was exp,c ,ed, and me-,
women, children and Legislators. were
out 10 see il and rach SEEMED well pleased
with the sight. There were the ~ciiizr,,s
in crowds, the so!di rs in Squads" tie
treRPn on a tram, with the great '-srcam
SOURI," putting and snoriing and making
the wafer fly in su h a manner As 10 be-
a terror TO such l,ille darkies as came
within lis range. The ragamufins we're
also eut, exhibiting IN. mselves and al
tracing the attention Of The boys. The
rest Of mankind seemed 10 enjoy Them
selves hugely.
So The day was permitted to pass, and
The law-making power OF the stale went
to work again the next day, as though no
great event had h app+Ded.
A bill by Mr.. Aidrews, further opening
our jails for the admission of the United
States prisoners incluiing captured slaves,
was the suijecr ola good deal of discus. :
sion, and lost upon lis passage, but the
vote re conside red, and il will have all
other tr al. and most likely, will EVENT.
uaily pass, for behesls of rha, kind, gen
orally, are o1eyed by this body.
A bill, codIiying the laws, fr the sell
tiemcnt OF estates uf deceased persons.
and making some important amendments,
has been under con liberation 'or Il parl
Of two days in the House, but is mol fully
perfected yet
Oie important amendment was made
in Committee rf the. whole house, w:
that no attorney or county officer, shall
be received as surety on rny bond OF an
administrator or
The lawyers claimed thew were emf
lied to some privileges that others were
moi. ard thought they were q persecu-
ted class under The prest nj %urgoDiz .
ton # society; brsid S they were not
a responsible set OF men generally.
an when they were responsible, They
were moi rtlisblr, for they would CO.. test
such a claim and make il more trouble 10
C ,lleci. than The money would be worth
when collected. also, the Probate Judge
could net RI fuse 10 take one as security,
even " hen lie knew he was moi respon-
sible, &c.
Taking all these into consideration,
tn committee thought best TO drop them,
whether The house will concur, remains
10 be seen
A bill has been under consideration
in the house entitled "a bill for the pro-
tec,ion of passengers on railroads" 1t
P Divides for a State committee. of seven
Competent M n, 10 examine all locomotive
engineers, as 10 their capacity for run
ming engines, and lone shall be permit
ell 10 act in the capacity of an engineer,
without a c-iiifca'e of the committee
The house did not appear quite ready 10
pass il. and il Was laid on the table 10 b..
called up again al some future lime.
Y'ur readers will. perhaps, be sur.
Prised, 10 learn that a bill has been intro
duced into the Ssnaie. u alter the char
ter OF the Atlantic an! Graf Western
Railroad, so as TO permit the Company,
to leave out the city of Warren in iheir
route. This road was originally called
'.Ihe Warren and franklin road NV
hey propose to run north of War III, TO
make the road, perhaps, one mile shorter.
Ii The otj Ct is 10 shorten the distance.
why make the curve TO reach either
Franklin or Warren at ALI Why not
take an lair line," after the manner Of
the "C,inton air linr?" YES, WHY not
even take The Clinton air iins itself AT the
nearest accessible point coming from the
Wes', and thereby shorten the distance
several miles, and make one grant 6zzle
instead OF fpo small ones.
The route would leave out both War
rem and Franklin, and with all, would
be something of a curiosity. fr i, would
be The Franklin and WARREN with
Franklin aud Warren left out.
This wand ka ,n,,,h ILL., n. ,l,. II