Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-02-28
IOHI0 LEGTSLATURE.
ADsouRSED SESSION
10 In sENAVE.
"WEDNESDAY, February 81.

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=. ~. :. AssAAnooH sh7''0H. -
r Mr. JONES appointment TO the NOW fen,j|
teht|ary bill was pending when the Senate took
= receas, Mr.. Holmes being entitledl 10 the
floor. The yeas and nays were called on the
viz: 49,
Those who voted in the affirmative were-s
Meaars. Bonar, Ferguson, Fisher. class. har'
risonsl Holmes. jones'. Key, McCall,n Moore'
Newman aud White-l9. 1s5 ,eats mlll "A
Those who voted in the negative were
Messrs' Brock, Brewer, Solins, G4A SuPPy,
Cummins, ,Eason, Foster, Garfield, Harsh, Las
key, Morse, farish, Perriil, fottss rot"ih anu
Sprague--l7. oi n9ass.1Dih .1ey37Ui isaAa I
So che amendment was lost. es1s AIw
Mr. BREWER moved to strike from the phl
$25. .000apd insert $l5, ,OO0a a19F o1eN 80
Mr.. HOLMES called Tor "a uivision VI Lsno
question, and the Senate agreed to strike ous.
Yeas 10, nays 10. 7fblp .isa -Lp,I oo o ~ ~
The Senate then refused TO insert $io,uvUo.o voo
: Mr.. cox moved to fill the blank with $2Or
0OO.ir n mgal 6 'o,w a2.n ! -.
Mr.. CUFPY moved TO amend by inserting
$4,000. Lost, yeas nays Si' -
The amendment Of Mr.. Cox was agreed 70.
Yeae l9nays Ia. y 'q9 tli" aLY.. :
Mr. FERGUSON moved to amend secton
ten, 60 that the Penitentiary shall De ioca'ea
"within the county Of Erie, and near tne cry ol
sandusky," the area for the site 10 90 nos ieSs .
than thirty acres.
Mr.. STANLEY moved 10 amend, oy insert
ing the county of Hamilton. cg4 ~
Mr.. FISHER opposed the bill generaily ~
unnecessary but OF all events ne desired 70 Aeow
where the Penitentiary Is 10 be located before
he could vote for an appropriation. De' ~
Mr.. MOORE would only vote Tor an appro'
priatou when he is Satisfied thatit Is necessary.
| He would not be moved by CONSIDERATIONS ior
partiahty for any locality. =.
Mr.. HARSH was go satisfied ofthe necessity
for a new Penltentiary. that ne wouiu vote ios
an appropriation, wherever the Penitentiary may
he located, The townof Massilon 10 an appll'
can't for the Pepitentiary, but that could not
cersainlv' Affect his conyiciops OF the necessity
tor the Pepitentiary. a.
= mr.. cox thought localitS ought not to be
ouestion until IL is decided whether q peniten
tiary shall be built. 'io' q ga ~ elsa
Mr. FISHER insisted upon having the loca.
lion fixed before making az appropriation. 1Hs
moved 10 lay the bill and amendments on the
table--yeas l3, nays 90, ,v q q btsss syso. 2,
Yx.s-Messrs. Ronsr, Ferguson, Fisher
Glass, Harrison, Holmes, Jones, Key, Mccall
Moore, Newman, Stanley and White-l3. isi
NAYs--Messrs. Brsck, Brewer, Collins, Cox
CupDy, Cnmmlne, BAsOnl roStuE,' SGhe..
Hsrsb' IAskey. Monroe, Morse, Orr, Parish
Perrill. Polts. Potwin, Smith and sprague-20
Mr. STANLEY thought the location shoul'
be frst fixed, and was in favor Of Hamilton Co
ss the institution ought 70 be in or near q larg
city. '.,-,.,', RI ,so,'i- ,sTo., e55 fsr. a
Mr. PERRILL was not prepared to decid
mon a locality now. He had no axe to grind
| There is already one psnitentlary too many z
hta niatriek (C,nlumhua.1 lie Was 6AkiBue0
however, tha. another penitentisry should b
built. The best prisoners nos, ip the Peniten'
tiary could be taken out aud used prohtaoiy II
building the new institution. II sde. :, u :
mr.. FERGUSON'S mind was not fully mad'
up as to the .neeessityiof new penitentiary
But he doubted the policy OF building up anoIn
into competition with the manufacturing ane
mechanical laborers of the State. Neitner war
he satisfied by the statistics shown IN TINS ma.
ter. that new penitentiary 10 necessary ~
thought the criminal laws might be SO amenoes
as to shorten terms OF impr'sonmen'' ana .
Mr.. sTANLEY'S amendment (Hamiltol
county, was lost-yeas ~, nays ~ .L ..
Mr.. FERGUsON'Sa amendment was tnen re
iected--yess 8, nays 25. !.i'f iIg
The question then recurring on the tnird reaa
Mr.. MCCALL said Me-. Ferguson bad express
ed his views upon the Bib lie DID not see 70
necessity for q new penit entiary Of tnis tune.
Mr.. HOLMES regretted that the senaI
seemed determined 70 make an appropriate
before locating the Penitentsary. he oio nc
think IL the way men act In reference % tnei
own business. tie wouid NOT yote icr AZ I;s, apRo
pristion until he did know where the pniidinl
was 10 90. g1.s.I az g---L
Mr.. SMITH was satisfied that there 10 necea
atty for new Peuitentiary, and could not per
csiYe that location has anything TO 40 WIN N
merits Of the pending bill. ,,,,.
Mr.. MONROE moved 70 ameno tns phi
that no appropriation snail pe mnee 1elo.S ~, ~,
18th of November, le6l--after tae close o. I'M