The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1860-03-30
Coiuulbus Corrcapondencc.
Colvnaus, Ohio, Mar. pam iseo.


) been truly an industrious week, Member
! feehrg - the session drpes 70 elos
the weighty tcsponsibilitiei ret,ihg upoi
. them, fully conscious ilai they must sooi
return to their homes. meet their constit
uehts face %. face e--acsount Tor che dis
charge Of thoir duties here, and receive
that appreciation, or condemnation, which
on approving or an outraged constituen.
4 on win bcstow upon them en- happy
TO bear testimony to the general good
conduct Of a large majority Of the mem.
bers here this winter That they arc
mainly honest in their motives and de.
voted to the best interests of the State
cannot be denied. There has been but
little unkind feeling, arising from polit.
ical considerations. The Republican
Party with ia numerical mojority and
eonsequ ent power, hns treated the mi-
noriiy with due consideration and re-
sPoet. Regarding tho political minority
as brethren, and equally interested in ad-
vNneing the best interests ofthe State,
differing in opinion only as to the mode,
and not the object sought, tho minority
can sustain but few woll.foundcd charg-
es against the muiority. That dcma-
gogues are In this Legislative body can
not be denied Men caring more for
party than the people, men who worship
at no other shrine than Party-men who
view every question in a part1sn light
unfortunately are TO be found ia nearly
every Legislative Assembly. Enough on
this subject
Tho bill requiring owners Of land 10
keep streams ofwatcr FREQ nom drin
failed in the Senate, Opinions are much
divided as regards such law. Many
are violently opposed to 1.-THE people
should consider and determine Il. Mr..
Rcady's quo warranio bin has passed both
houses. II provides that proceedings in
quo ioarranto shall have precedence in
order In court business. The main OBJ
jcets Of the bin are, that stockholders
representing not less than one fourth Of
the capital Of banking company may, by
order Of court, require tho directors 10
give additional security for tho proper
discharge oftheir duties and Also snioin
them from using tie assets Of the bank
for shaving purposes. The bill was
stcrnly opposed by some Of tho leading
Democrats oil the House Tho general
bill passedthe Senate some
days since, including an item for the over
draft in 1853, to repair damages on the
Hooking canal. The Democratic Scnu-
tors uttered their protest against the pSy-
nont OF this money, as II had been APP
Piled without the warrant Of law, and 10
Of tho Constitution, and the
Uw. When tho bill came TO the House
,arty dlibustering commenced in earnest
he Democracy were determined TO speed 4
ly manufacture very large amount Of {
capital for the special purpose Of injur-
ng the Republican party in general and
ix.Guv. Chase in particular. They
couldn't vote for this approprihtion-it
vas such frghtful violation oflaw--
uch dangerous precedent. True, tho
guilty parties were honest In their mo-
iyos--honest in the expenditure Of the
money and Il was much less expensive
han to have called an extra session oil
he Legislature. Nothing would do but
protest in tho bill in these words: "Bul ,
n making this appropriation, the Gencr- q
! Assembly protests against this and all !,
runs Of money from the Treasury, not :
by law, As in contruvention Of
he Constitution aud the statutes, and is ),
My made in consideration that the pub i,
c officers acted honestly and in good
nth, aud that the money was faithfully
nplied to the public use" This was Of. p
red and accepted as an amendment, Il
Iony Republican members voting for il as o
compromise, others in good faith were h
illing, to thus mildly censure the Ro- Q,
ublican officials for violating the letter Il
the constitution in expOading less than d
'vcnteen thousand dollars, in pressing
norgenoy, whom the mileage of the
legislature, il convened, would have been n
yer $4,000. They felt that the act was
ompletcly surrounded by cXtemating L
circumstances. Tho necessity " as urg- II
Mt, the monoy was drawn for the public Il
God and every cent applied to the pub II
c use; but the people have been grossly 1
,bbed and are very fearful OF everything u
rat looks towards the unauthorized use Il
{ the public funds. This is all right, l
hey can't bo too wstehful,
Lot US look at the ether side. The
Democratic administration Of Gov. Me-
III, on retiring frum office ,lCft over-draNs
nuu.horized by the constitution, Of near ]
ali million Of dollars TO DO provided L
" by the Republican administration.-lT I
his was promptly done on the part Of a
he Republicans, the Democratic mem- '
ers voting for it without prOissiiaq.- r
iuilt always depends very much upon I
no commits the offence, Hereafter n
'und policy dictates that the Constitu-
on and the law shall be .ho rule in all
asss.
Tho bill thus amended went back to &
le Senate and the amendments (there
ere a number Of EedaetORs) were re-
.eted bv the Senate. The uo,.. a.. Q