Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-01-12
Ohio Legislature.

DEAR FARMER. R.-IucSday, the day set Tor
convening. was taken up by the Senate in
filling vacancies in clerkships and receiving
the credentials Of the new members, Joshua
Ii. Bates, ofHamiltoncounty, vice Weasner,
resigned; Alphonso Hart, of Portage. vice
Judge Day, elected Supreme Judge; and
Jonathen Cranor, of Shelby, vice Senator
Mauzy, deceased.
Mr.. Scott presided in the House until q
Speaker was elected. The credentials o
the new members, James w. Robinson OF
Union, vice Sterling, resigned Humphrey
Hoover, of Stark, vice Joseph Schell, re-
signed; o. ID. Hough, of Delaware, vice j.
X. Hubbell, resigned, We're presented and
who were sworn in.
The contest for Speaker, although polite
ally one sided affair, was on that account
none the less animated. Hon. John John
son, Of Summit, was the opposition candi-
date.
The democracy the Hon. French
w. Thornhill, the beloved joker of the
House. Mr.. Thornhill waving for the time
all political bias eloquently urged his claims
to the scat on the grounds of his good looks,
and at one time it was thought he would
succeed, but unfortunately for himself, for
the honor of the State, he sought to win the
entire vote of the opposition by likening
himself to Old Abe Enough was too much
the charm was broken-the thought of
having anything in the semblance of Old Abe
in the chair was too much for the opposition
and they cast their votes for good looking
man, and thus the election of Mr.. johnson
was secured
Mr.. Stanton, who is a great man on
resolutions, introduced resolution instruct
ing our Members of Congress to vote for an
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slavery. After all the confscating, aggra-
ing that has been done Old Abe and the
abolition party are not yet entirely satisfied
that slavery is dead 1t dies hard might
as well undertake to kill tortie at once.
On Thursday, in the Senate, Mr. Eggles-
ton introduced resolution of instruction to
our Members of Congress to favor a levy of,
lst, one per cent on all real estate held by
any individual above the sum of $4,000 !;
2nd, 33 per cent on each acre of land not
personally occupied, and also upon each acre
which any individual owns above 100 acres.
| trust our abolition friends will not be
startled at these propositions as this is only
.feeler-only fore shadowng of what is to
come-only a desperate measure to arouse
the almost moribund insensibiity of their
dear abolition brethren who are daily decar-
ing that they do not feel the effects of the
war. lftherc is such thing as bringing
them to their pheiinhs | shink it will be
done.
Mr.. Stevenson also introduced resolu-
tion of instruction to Congress for the adop-
ton and rigid enforcement of retaliatory
measures on rebel prisoners; this is sup
posed to be in accordance with the new
Gospel promulgated by Burlingame's S aboli-
ton Bible, and abolition God.
Mr.. Mckenzie announced the death of
Hon. David j. Mauzy, of the 18th Senate
rial district, and introduced resolutions Of
coincidence.
Mr.. Scott introduced a resolution requi-
ring the Governor to endeavor to have the
service of the National Guards placed to the
credit of Ohio under the present call for
troops. This, | imagine would be a very
ernor after having sold the Guards and
pledged his faith to the President that they
should not be credited Can you imagine
our dear Governor occupying that equivocal
position, and going around by way Of the cir
cumlocution office, renovating his enervated
system on the way, with this proposition in
hand to present to Old Abe Can you?-
Mr.. SIS proposition was finally withdrawn.
The week legislation closed with the con.
sideratsn of proposition to increase the
salaries of the incoming State officers, which
was amended to include other State officers.
This caused deal of discussion about cheap
men and cheap officers and any amount Of
Our venerable Governor is
understood to say that he considers it no
great compliment to say that cheap man
can be got for Governor at $500 per an
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