The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-04-01
OHIO LEGISLATURES.
LErTEn FRoar ooLUmnus.
,oLuMBus. March 25, 1863.

increase the local School Tax was amended,
so that the people by vote, can have any
amount of Tax not exceeding mills, but
the Board of Education can, without such
vote, levy tax of two aud half mills: to
be read a third timeEo on Wednesday next.
The resolution to expel Otto Dreselwa
taken up, and made the special order for next
Tuesday at 2 Is O'Clock, p. m.
On Monday in tho Senate, Mr.. Bierce Of
fered the following preamble and resolution
which was referred to the Committee on Ju-
dietary as follows @
Mr. Bierce offered preamble and resolu-
ton to the following effect: That inasmuch
as the General Assembly of 1858, required
the Attorney General to employ such meas
ures as in his judgment may be best to COM
pei the Pennsylvania and Ohio Canal Com
panv TO make dividend to its stockholders,
which in February, 1868, amounted to $112,-
139 %. the States share of which should be
$4,000 90, that the present Attorney Gen
eral be requested to inform the Senate what
action has been taken in the premises and
what steps are necessary to collect the same.
In the House, Mr.. Osborn of Lake county,
moved that the resolution fixing the adjourn
ment on the 26th inst, be recinded which was
carried, and the adjournment fixed for April
18th, at IL O'Clock, a. m. They also passed
Senate bill requiring County Auditors to fur
nish the Secretary of the State Board of Ag
riculture, on or before the Goth day of June,
annually, statistics in relation to Agricultural
products.
In the Senate House bill to allow the Gin
cinnati Bridge Company, to fix the altitude
at one hundred feet was passed, and there is
now to be built a bridge across the Ohio river
at that point.
Tuesday in the House, at two and a half
O'Clock p. m. The resolution TO expel Otto
Dresel was taken from the Table. There
was very large outside attendance, the gal
leries and lobby being filed to overhowing,
but they remained quite orderly, much more
so than is usual on such days. The scene
presented on this occasion was very much
like that on the trial of criminal before the
County Court. A little to the right of the
Speakers throne, sat this innocent looking, tn
ofensive, Patriotic Copperhead, Dresel, and
beside him his wife (who is rather cookbook
ing being thus arranged as is usual by their
attorneys, whom they desire to appeal to the
sympathies of the jury, and also to the crowd
in the lobby. Geo. L. Convers, his attorney,
sat short distance at his left, and before any
| further proceedings were had, Ms. Stanton Of
fered substitute for the original resolution
offered by Mr.. West, much the same as the
original except the word erpel was changed 70
ceasssre, and to this several points of order
were raised by Mr.. Convers. Dreseps attor-
ney, who, instead of meeting the question
boldly, seemed determined, if possible, to pet
tifogg his clients case away, by taking advan-
tage of every quibble in which the rules of
order are so prolific As an example of his
quibbling, he maintained that the House
might reprimand, but had no power under
the resolution proposed to censure Dresel, it
was therefore out of order. But this point
of order the Speaker overruled, and cited for
authority and precedent, the resolutions of
censure introduced into Congress in 1848 in
the John @. Adams case, about which SO
much has heretofore been said.
From this ruling, Mr.. Convers took an ap-
peal to the House, and argued his appeal at
some length, declaring that the resolution to
Ecensure contained language offensive to Dres-
fel-he was answered by Mr.. West, who read
4 the resolution offered in the Adams case, and
made short but telling speech, which was
4 listened to with great, interest. Mr.. Uhl
made an effert to answer, but in the language
i of the Ohio State Journal it was, in compare
son to that of Mr. Vests, like the feeble
sound of a half loaded shotgun to the stun
ming roar of a Columbiad-but he soon dis
covered what every body knew before he
commenced, that he could not make much oi
aspeech, and very quietly took his seat, to
the great satisfaction of all present.
Mr. Convcrs, to show how courageous he
and all his Butternut friends are, offered ar
amen ment to include all in the resolution o.
censure who voted for the Dresel resolution
lost % yeas TO 81 nays, your humble servant
voting to include them oil. The question
then recurring on Mr.. Stanton's amendment
Mr.. Dresel took the floor, and commenced, o.
4 supposed he imagined he commenced max
ing speech in his own defense-but it wa.
a dry stammering something. which no one
could understand, but it had the effect tc
empty the hall, lobby and galleries, at double
quick-but notwithstanding this he wen
nluddling on, trying, as suppose, toprovt
(for that is what the Butternuts are Away.
trying to do)-that the Republicans caused
the war, and that the Democrats had fur
nished all the men to do the fighting, tn,
truth or falsity of which will be proven whel
they cast their votes this falkland he wa
speaking when the House took a recess
i LATER. Thursday, II O'Clock at night TIL
t debate has just closed after three days dis
cussion, and the vote taken on the Drese
resolution of censure and decided yeas SO t
E q nays, and so the Hon. Otto Dresel stand
condemned by a vote of his fellow member
n as a promoter of sedtion, and an enemy {
if his adopted country. The vote was take
under great excitement.
re A MEMBER OF THE H. R. DEAD
I Col. jefferson Patterson, died5o last MOI
!. day, at about 5 o'clock, p. m, and was to-da
,e buried in the sai.le grave with daughte
es who has since died, and his wife, as in
So learn, is very dangerously sick at his late re
* y idence in the city of Dayton.
The Soldiers bounty bill is in the hands