Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-02-28
Columbus Correspondence.
CoLUMBUs. Feb. 21st. '62.

business not yet reacheu. our QeSk IS
burdened with bills, upon which no ac-
ton has been had, and new bills to the
number Of three or four day making
their appearance.
Old members assert that business new
er progressed more rapidly in any pre-
vious Legislature, and the present is
spoken of as being a working bedy.-
None seem to desire to burden the peo-
pie with the expense of protraeted
session. But whether the session is to
be made long or short, something must
be done for Buncombe. Unless one re-
ports some eight or ten bills, and dab
bles with his FIVE minute speeches in all
the discussions that arise, his name will
not appear in every paper, and lie will
not be considered leading member
The House now contains about seventy
five leading mem bers, and some mere
are fast growing into leadership.
It is really amusing to see some of
our Representatives (whom the God Of
Eloquenee has not recently visited try
ing TO put a speech together-but how
direful the disappointment Of the author
On reading the newspaper columns and
no trace Of his speech can be found.
The petitions in remonstrance to Mr..
Odlin's bill, signed by citizens of Pom
eroy and vicinity, were received and In
troduced into both houses, and referred
to their respective Judiciary Commit
tees, as the bill had already been laid on
the table Of the House; but the author
| will soon call it up.
The ball is now fairly open on the
Senatorial question. An informal con-
vention OF the Union members Of the
Legislature was held in the hall of the
House on Thursday evening, Feb. 13.
Seventy nine members were present
A motion was made and carried, that no
action of the Convention should be
binding upon any one.
After the Chairman had stated the
object of the meeting, Senator moved
that the election be postponed until the
session of '63. This turned the ones
ton upon the expediency of an extra
session, upon which a lengthy discussion
ensued, participated in by Republican
aud Union members of either house.
| Eggleston, of the Senate, moved that
| the whole subject be laid over to the
second Tuesday of March, when they
could come together in convention with
their minds made up, and then make a
nomination. This motion was lost
One motion was offered after another,
and one substitute after another, were
voted down. Without arriving at any
thing conclusive, the convention sue
ceeded iu carrying the motion to ad.
journ. @
The meeting had the effect to disclose
the sentiments Of the different parties
for there are some 'sstraigh outs in the
name of Union, from the fact that they
don't want JEFF Davis to tear this Union
to pieces, for fear he may hurt them
some way in the scrspe.
Should the election of Senator take
place soon, l give it as my opinion that
Wade and Groesbeck (unless Gov. Tod
should come up in Groesbecks place)
would be the strong candidates, but prob
ably neither would be elected. Delano
may be considered the third man in the
race, and if Tod is not out, as likely OF
success as any one named. We have
our first and second choice, but don't
think we shall be gratifed in either
Recent events have darkened our pros
poets for the first, and probably we shall
be glad to accept of & third. l put
Wade's probable vote in the House at
33, and in the Senate at Is. Delano' q
may be estimated at 20. 1t is not GER
tain that Groesbeck will receive the vote
of the straig ght-out Democrats.
To satisfactorily divide the State into
Congressional Districts will be one of
the most tedious and vexstious questions
that will come before the Legislature
this winter Members who hail from
doubtful districts are desirous that
things shall be so altered as to improve
the chances of their Congressional sue
cess.
In regard to the Eleventh District, it
can't we'll be made more shapeless and
inconvenient, running now from the
Ohio away up into the interior of the
State.
1t is very desirable, if for convenience
only, that the Eleventh District be
brought into a more compact form -
But if our Congressional District is
doomed to ali length and no width, lei
US have the length upon the river, sc
that its extremities may be reached by
water.
Three maps of the proposed plans o.
districting the State are now in the
hands of the Chairman of the Commit
tee. They were framed by Judge Han
ma. No one of them will be adopted
without undergoing material modifca
tions. Either of the three proposes q
favorable change for the Eleventh Dis
trict, however exceptional they may be