Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1866-01-24
The State Legislature.


Several new bills were introduced, but
none of general importance. Acommuni
cation from the Warden of the Peniten
tiary, In response to a resolution of en-
quiry from the Senate, in regard to th,
number of persons confined in the Ohi'
Penitentiary, and the character of the
tribunal sentencing them, vas received
The communication reported that twenty
seven persons were held in custody in tn
Penitentiary in accordance with the sen
tence of military tribunals. 1t was laid
on the table to be printed by a vote of p
to IL.
HOUSE.
Among the petitions presented in the
House on Thursday, were the following
BY Mr.. Stedman-From Mr.. Joseph ii
Coult and fifty other citizens of Portage
county, for a change in the manner o.
taxing bank stock. Referred to the Com
mittee on Currency.
MI. Oren introduced abill TO amend
section l of the act prescribing the dutles
of Supervisors and relating to roads ano
highways. This bill increases the mum
Der of days of poll-taX from two to tom
days labor on the public highways.
The House now took up the communl
cation requesting the use of its hall 10y
the colored convention. Mr.. Nixon IN
troduced the following resolution as a sub
stitute for that of Mr.. Wiles, which had
been tabled the day before:
Rssoired, That the request of the com
mittee on behalf of the convention OF
colored persons of the State of OHIO, o
in session in this city, asking the use o.
the Hall of the House of Representative
for said convention on the evening of Jan.
18th, 1865, be and the same Is hereby
granted.
The Introduce ion Of this resolution
/ caused immence squirmiDg among the
! Democrats, and ali sorts of fillibustering
motions were resorted to for its defeat.
But the majority were memorable, and
after demanding the previous question.
voted down all dIlatory motions, and
passed the resolution.
After transacting other business the
House went into joint convention with
the Senate for the purpose of e~lectiDg q
United States Senator. The vote result
ed John Sherman, 81; Allen q. Thurman
Il.
The Senators who voted for Mr.. Sher
man were
Messers. Bateman, Bradbury, Brooks,
Brown, Carlin, Cole, Cummins, Doan,
Griswold, Hall. Harris, Hayden, Hollister.
Irion, Jones, Kellogg, Knowles, Martin,
Mcfarland, Sadler, Tabbals, Warner,
West, Wilson, Williamson-2+.
The Senators who voted for Mr.. Thur
man were:
Messrs. Berry. Burt, C~ritchfeld, Dowd-
ney, Godfrey. Hurd, Linn, May, Savage,
Walling. Willett-ll.
The Representatives who voted for Mr..
Sherman were:
Messrs. Alexander, Banning, Barrett,
BoyntOn, Bronson, Bruff, Chase, Clark, OF
Columbiana, Clark. of Guernsey, Clark,
of Harrison, Coan, Cochran, Coulter, Cur
It's. Dangler, Davenport, D4vey, Deford.
Encell, Fox, Furnas, Gallup, Gardn,r.
/ Glover, Hanson. Hare, Hastings, Houston.
Hough, Howard, johnson, K%essler, Kerr.
/ Kibbee. Kramer, Lawrence, Lockwood.
Lvbrook. Masters, McMoran. Mayors
Nixon. Northway, Oberkline, Oren, Pat
ton, Phillips, Platt, Rhodes, Sawyer.
Schneider, Shipley, Stanton, S;eadman,
Tafel, Teetor, Trip, Welsh. Wilcox
Wiles, Williams, Wood, Wright, Young
and Speaker-66.
The Representatives who voted for Mr..
Sehenck were:
Messrs. Bloom, Cusac, Denman, ORES
sach, Erskine, Fitch, Follett, CASTOR, Cor
don, Headley, Hendricks. HibbS, Hill.
Hughes, Jones, Kagy, Barwill, Lefever,
Marshall, McMarrell, Banks, PerTill, Put
nam, Reid, Rosecrans, Butter, Stookey,
Swain, Thornhill, Worth-30.