The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1862-03-21
Our Columbus Correspondence.
CoLuMuus. Marcb lam. las


CoLuMpus, March l4Jh, 1862.
Tho caucus Tueeday evening was organ.
izod BY the appointment Of Isaac Welsh
Chairman, and B. T. Cory. OF Lawrence,
Secretary. Mr.. Gunckol, Senator from
Montgomery. offered sories OF resolutions,
which we're adopted with only ono dissent
ing. voico. The substance Of these resolu.
tions was, that thcre shall DO no election of
United States Senator by the General As.
eembly until a candidate is agreed upon by
this or somo subsequent caucus; that We
bind ourselves 10 support in joint con Won /.
tion. the candidate Of this or any subseq quent
caucus Of the Union party. Mr.. Harsh, OF
Hamilton. offered a substitute as follows
That the Union members agroe to name a
day during tho present session, when, by
Join resolution Of tho two Houses, they will
go into IN election for United States Soma.
tor. without naming a gentleman in caucus
for that Office. but leave every member free
| to choose for himself This was rejected.
Harsh is Grocsbeck man. aud there uro
suspicious that the Democrats would vote
Cor g., IL the Union mombers would in part
support him. ANY way. tbero arc a great
many axes TO grind in making Senator -
Candidates were then offered as follows
B. +. Wade, Columbus Doano, Of Delaware,
II. p. Spaldng. of Cuyaboga. p. Odlin, Of
Montgomery. Thos. Ewing. of Fairfield, G..
/ V. D,tsey, of Miami. Samuel Galloway, of
Franklin, VIM. S. Groesbeck, Of Hamilton
! First l3 BALLOT Wndo received 81. 40, Al, 40,
al, 43, 4l, 49, 46 46. "a. 46, 40; Delano, II,
26. 2S. 81, 80. 80, 81. 80. "a. 80. 81, 90. 33 ;
tho othor candidates running from one up
to fourteen. There pra ninety nine Union
members 10 tho two Houses. and fifty re
quired for a choice. Came within four Of
making nomination. At eleven O'Clock,
adjourned unit! Wednesday evening, seven
o'clock. This caucus was as quie. as a class
meeting.
"Wednesday p. M. House Res. No. 40, as
to dispatch of business and an early ad.
journmont, was taken from tho table BY q
vote of yeas 63, nays 23. O0 the question
OF adopting tho resolution, Mr.. Cook moved,
rs q substitute, that the election of Senator
ho postponed until the extra session of s63
which was lost, yeas 80, nays 40. Mr.. Flage
moved so to amend that the election of Sen.
atOr be postponed until next session. Car
ried; yeas 40, nays ~. These foriv four
nays arc moro than Mr.. Wade's average
vote in caucus. This vote shows badly for
electiDg n Senator. Here is n vote of 40
for postpOEine, out of 81 members, wbile.
OF tho absentoes, 8 are known arc known to
be in favor of postponing, uncertain, and
only for an election; therefore, a full
House would give a stronger majority for
putting over, and, if they should combine,
as they seem disposed to, they could carry
tho dav. - .. -...
On Wednesday evening, We had fourteen
ballo,ings. running about as on Tuesday
evening, Wado starting off at 80, going up
to 40 only once; Delano starting at 80, run
ming up to 35. and down as low as 2S. On
the 10th ballot. move was made to ad.
journ the caucus until the Cd Monday in
January, 1868, which was lost. The caucus.
then agreed to have four moro more ballots.
and. il no choice, adjourn until next week.
Wednesday. 1t was on ono of these ballots
that Wade got i6 votes. There were some
hopes thon nmoug his friends.
II thero could not be all adjourned ses
sion. it is quite probable enough would vote
for Wade in caucus, to nominate him bu:,
as IL Is otherwise, members will not vote for a
candidate they utterly dislike, when II can
DO put over, for, by 80 doing. ihore are
hopes o: getting man moro to their choice.
II is oaey to persuade men that IL will be
better to wait ill next winter for the choice
OF Senator to represent this State in Con.
gross. Many say, " Mr. Wado proves to
bo true supporter of the Administration
during the year. thoy will then support him.
will here remark that perfect good feeling
pervades this Legislature, both in and out
of caucus. There are times when TOO MANY
want to speak Mt once, aud got little con.
fused, but thoy do not get angry Dolano
stands much worse on tho record than
Wade. IL is said Deano vas one of tho
mon In Congress. in tho time Of tho Mexi- |
can war, who refused to vote supplies to our
army engaged in said war, and, IL anything.
when in public life heretofore. has. in his
acts. boon more ultra than Mr.. Wado.
To change the subject, and bring this lot.
tor to cloGo, l will state that thero is one
OF liangman Foote's sons at Camp Chnse,
prisoner. He is about eighteen years old
This HaDgmnn Footo is the man who threat
ened to take Sumner to Nashville. and put
him in state Of suspense. He will prob.
ably wait until they place the Confederate
flag on tho State House in Boston, and there
do the hanging. W.
On Monday. tho House ppcnt some timc
discussing bill which provided that jnsticcs
of the peace might have jurisdiction over
oil cases of Indebtedness, under 1900.
which hnd been created in their township.
though tho debtor might reside in any other
part of tho country. II was then inedef.
nitely postponed.
r. The week previous, Mr.. D;ckman had in.
troduced q resolution endorsing the Presi.
dents Message on emancipation, which res.
olution was then laid on the table. A mo- |
tion to take il up was lost; nays az. yeas 30.
Somo voted in the negative, as IL was late in !
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