The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1862-03-28
Our Columbus Correspondence.
CoLunBus, March Goth, 1869

| NVtuAbuh, mhfcu KUN, 1909.
"Wednesday evening tho caucus met, pur.
suant to adjournment. A motion was made
TO exclude reporters from tho House, which
motion vas not sgroed to. Ninety two
members present. Proceeded 10 make
eleven ballots, which resulted 90 follows
Wade, ~. AZ, 40. 80. 80. az, AZ, SO, AZ. a.,
A7i DelanO, 81, s5. 81. 81, 30, "a, 36. "a,
81, 20. 80; Ewing, 3, 2, 1, l, LII, /, 1, 8, 3,
81 odlin, z, 8, 1917. o, s, 4. 8, {, 4, 3;
Groesbeck,7. 6.7, 7,6, A. 7, 8, 10, g.
This makes thirty.oigh, ballots 10 all. Docs
Il not look singular that men Of as high
standing as odlio. Ewing and Groesbeck,
should suffer their names to run thirty.
oight times, receiving at no one ballot
more than fiftoen votes. and from that down
az low as ono 1t may bc on tho ground Of
hope-hopo, that Springs eternal ia tho
human broast"--hopc that the caucus not
making choice of Wade or Delano, these
will be dropped. and a concentration made
on one Of the weaker candidates. In that
case, zach ono may bavo hope for himself.
| do not know that E~ing's name is used
with his consent, but the other two are
present, and spoak for themselves. On tho
last ballot, there was a regular Bull Run
fright among those not in favor of Mr..
Wado. Forty.sevon wero moro than one.
balf OF the mombcrs in tho caucus, but tho
rulo requires fifty to nominate. A motion
was tbon u'ado to adjourn siac die not
agreed to. Toadjourn until tho ID Monday
in January. 1858; not agreed TO. To ad-
adjourn, (samo as sine die y no. agreed to.
The above. with sundry othor motions and
amendments, bad to be voted down with the
yeas and nays. consuming time until about
IL o'clock, when q motion TO sdjourn to
Thursday evening of next week, was agreed
to. This caucus, as long as balloting con-
tinaed, was "all quiet" but, as soon as
moves and motions commenced, tho order
changed. .s.I ...
To-day Crhursday) Mr.. Odiiu introduced
for adoption tho following resolution:
Resoiced, That. whom tho General Assem-
bly, adjourn, i, adjourn to meet on the frst
Monday of December, 1862 Mr.. Converse
moved to strike out December" and in.
sers january" not agreed to. Mr.. Lind
proposed to SO amond that mem 5ers should
only receive $500 per day for the adjourned
session. This tho Speaker decided to be
unconstitutional. Mr.. Ross proposed to
amend as follows;
Resoived, That the members have right
to give thoir services TO the State, il they
SEQ proper.
This was ruled out. as boing pure bun.
combe. Mr.. Myers. of Lucas. offered pro.
viso that, at tho adjourned session, NO
members shall roceivo any per diem for any
time they may DO absent. The gentleman
from Lake rose in bis seat, and said be
would just say to tho gentleman from Lucas
that be would settle all questions of that
nature with bis constituents; that the gen.
tloman from Lucas need not trouble him.
self, as far as he was concerued. This
rather put On idoa into the gentleman's head,
which had not heretofore boon thore. The
proviso was lost yeas 23. nays 81. The
question on the resolution, being then put,
resulted, yeas A. nays 46. This voto was
afterwards rcconsidered, and the resolution
adopted by q vote of yeas 46, nays 81. The
resolution then weut to the Senate. and Va,
thore lost by vote of yeas IA. nays 49,
This resolution was sprung ut this time
just to put over the Senatorial question. It
isgenerally considered that no mau can be
elected Senator at this session, unless IL is
Mr.. Wade. As soon rs joint resolution
for an adjourned session can be carried
through both branches of the Legislature,
tho election of Senator will be put over.
and the caucus dissolved. On tho other
band, tho caucus Is a live "institution,'' lia-
bio at any time to be put in motion, aud
may, OF somo Of Its sistings. mako Senator.
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