Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-04-05
The Ohio Legislature.
2 ggi61 g THuRsDAY, April 4, 1867.
SENATE.

Ehe ONO Legislature.
= Ti89 3 GTHUEsbayeApri 4, 1867.
i MORNING SESSION.
The Journal of yesterday was read and
approved.
nays g. as follows:
YEAs-Messrs. BRADBURY, Brooks, Brown.
Coombs, Doan, rGriswold, Hall, Harris,
Hayden, Jones, Justice, Knowles, Martin,
Mcfarland, Sadler, Tibbals, Warner, West
and WilliamSOn-19
Godfrey, Kellogg, Linn, May and Saw
ages.
II O'CLOCK NJ.
The President resumed the chair, and
called the Senate to order.
Mr.. DOWDNET moved an adj journment
] Not agreed to-. s-*k
Mr.9MARTIN, on leave. from the com
mittee on Schools and School Lands, re-
ported substitute for II. B. 40, To amend
certain sections of the school law.
The substitute was agreed TO, and the
| bill was read third time and passed-yeas
81, nays none. [The bill provides that all
| towns of 275 inhabitants or more, may be-
come separate school distrits, on a vote of a
maj jority of the electors embraced in its
limits.
Z The title was amended so as to read-"A
bill supplementary TO an act passed March
18th, 1858, entitled an at to provide for the
reorganization, supervision and mainten-
ance of common schools"
Mr.. GRISWOLD, on leave, presented a
petition of Clement Stebbins and IL other
citizens of Grafton, Lorain county, asking
for the enactment of special law to en-
able the board of education to build town
hall and school house. Referred to a COM
mittee of one-Mr. Griswold.
Messages from the House were read af-
ter which the Senate took recess.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
On motion of Mr.. BATEM AN, call of
the Senate was ordered, and 27 Senator'S
answered to their names, as follows:
Messrs. Bateman, Berry, Bradbury,
D )an, Godfrey, Griswold, Hall, Harris,
Hayden, Jones. Kellogg, Knowles, Linn,
May, Martin, Mcfarland, Sadler, Savage.
Tibbals, West and Williamsburg.
Absent without tleave-Messrs. Dowdney,
Justice, Walker and Warner. -
Messrs. Warner, Dowdney, Justice and
Walker having appeared and answered
to their names, all further proceedings un-
der the call were dispensed with.
The question was announced to be on
tagreeing to House amendments to S. j. r.
No. 3. Relative to an amendment of the
| pFONIulIS LuG =cAI0uSlOu
of the elective franchise.
Mr.. DOWDNEY offered the following
amendment to the House amendment:
Amend by inserting in the House
amendment, after the words United States,
as follows: or who have signed petitions
praying the Ohio Legislature TO destroy
the Union.'" 80. "a
Lost-yeas 6, nays 25, as follows:
| YEAs-Messrs. Burt, Dowdney, Godfrey,
Justice, May, Savage-6.
| NAYs-Messrs. Bateman. Berry, Brad
bury, Brooks Brown, Carlin, Cole, Coombs,
Doan, Griswold; Hall, Harris, Hayden,
Jones, Kellogg, Knowles, Linn. Martin,
Mcfarland, Sadler. Tibbals, Walker, War
ner, West, Williamson-25.
| MIR. SAVAGE offered an amendment, in
serting the following: ~
"Or who in any manner aided or SYM
pathized with John Brown, in his conspir-
acy and insurrectionary movement at Har-
per's Ferry, Virginia, to overthrow the
Government of the United States"
| Lost-yeas 6, nays 24-same vote as the
foregoing, except Mr.. 'Carlin, who did not
vote.
Mr.. JUSTICE moved to amend by add
! ing the following:
And all who carried a sixteen star flag
and were in the habit of calling our ma
tional flag Haunting lie."
Lost, without calling the yeas and nays.
Mr.. MAY spoke long and loud in oppO-
| sition to the resolution.
Mr.. TIBBALS spoke in reply to Mr.. May,
and in defense of the action of the Repub-
licans.
House amendment, by striking out so much
thereof as proscribes deserters and skedad-
dlers.
On motion of Mr.. BATEMAN, the Sem
ate took recess until half-past seven this
evening.
.rrz. EVENING SESSION.
The question being on Mr.. Kellogg's
amendment to the House amendment
of the Suffrage resolution,
Mr.. KELLOGG moved that speeches on
the question be limited to l5 minutes
which was agreed TO.
Mr.. KELLOGG spoke the allotted time
in support of his amendment.
/ On motion of Mr.. BROWN, a call Of the
Senate was ordered, and 20 members an
swered to their names.
Absent without leave, Messrs. Carlin and
Savage. ~
On motion, further proceedings under
the call were dispensed with.
i Messrs. Warner, Dowdney and Brown
made each some remarks on the subject
|, The voteOn Mr.. Kelogg's amendment to
the House amendment, resulted-yeas 16
4 nays Is, as follows:
j YEAS--Messrs. Bateman, Berry, Brooks,
Brown, Burt, Cole, Dowdney, Godfrey
Justice, kellogg, Knowles, Linn, May
, Sadler, Tibbals, Williamson--16.
NAYs-Messrs. Bradbury. CoOmbs, Car
lin, Doan, Griswold, Hall, Harris, Hayden
Jones, Martin, Mcfarland, Walker, War
ner, West--l4.
So the amendment was agreed to.
The vote was then taken on the House
amendment as amended, and resulted-yeas
%, nays z, as follows:
| YEAs--Messrs. Bateman, Bradbury,
Brooks, Brown, Carlin, Cole, Coombs
Doan, Griswold, Hall, Harris, Hayden
Jones, Kellogg, Knowles, Martin, McFar-
land, Sadler, Tibbals, Walker, Warner
West, Williamson-23.
NAYs-Messrs. Berry, Burt, Dowdney
Godfrey, Justice, Linn, May.
So the House amendment, as amended
was agreed to.
II Mr.BRADBURY moved that the Senate
adjourn; which was disagreed to.
On motion of Mr.. BATEMAN, the join
resolution fixing day for adjourning sin
die was taken from the table.
+ The question being on amending th'
House amendment by making Saturday
the 18th of April, the day of adjournment
Mr.. MARTIN spoke against fixing a day
of adjournment at the present time.
The motion fixing on the 18th was lost.
2 Mr.. GRISWOLD moved to agree to th'
D House amendment fixing on the 10Th.
Messrs. Martin, Hall and Williamson
spoke against fixing day of adjournmen