The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-08-29
kOnAethiRg for WashingtOa and
Morgan county Men 90
kieMd ana Ponder.
Abraham SinihlOns' RecOrd In
the UhiO Legislature ln '07.
He Votes 20 Sell The PhbIlc
W Orks of the State OF Ohio, .

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In 1851 there was a bill up in the Legislature
OF Ohio to seli the public works Of the State
II was understood, az We have before said, that
the purchasers we're to be Wall Street New
York; men, who owned the principal railroad
interests OF Ohio The effect OF such sale would
have been to have given the Wall Street men
a monopoly Of all the travel and freight trans
p~ortation which the great State Of Ohio has
The effect Of such sale to the people Of the
Muskingum valley would have been an aban-
Comment of the Muskingum River Improve
ment, and, thereby, = great depreciation in the
value OF their lands, ands complete jmpover-
iihment Of the whole valley. AB,A HANl siNa
MONS, the present Radical candidate for senAt
tor or this District, was one Of the most active
representatives to secursithe. passogs Of ths
Bill. The action Of the House Of Representa-
tive upon it was as {ollpws. " We tcopy from
the House journal of1s57; -
II, B. 29s-Relative-to the sale Of the Public
works, was read n third time, when
Mr.. Bingham moved that the bill be referred
20 q select committee, with instructions to
make the minimum price Of the whole Public
Works, a, 200, 900, which was agreed to. ..t,
MIR. Patterson moved that the COMMITTEES be
further instructed TO amend by adding the fol-
lowing; Provided, always, that II the said.
board OF commissioner shall deem IL best for
the interest OF the State, they may decline COM
pleting any contract until they shall submit
The same 10 the Legislature.
Mr.. Thomas moved that Mr.. Patterson's
amendment be amended by substituting the
word shall" fer may" which motion was
lost.
Mr.. Underhill moved that Mr.. PattersOn's
amendment be amended by striking OuI the
word "if,'' and all between "bhall" aud ode
cline" on which the yeas and nays were called
and resulted-yeas AZ, nays So.
Those who voted in the Affirmative were
Meusrs. Andrews, Belle Baughman, Blair,
/ Blhteshe, Brayton, Bunker Chanvy, CVriyi
Crooks, Egley, Flowers. Franklin, G!tin, GOu-
DIS, Guthrie, liolbrook, Holmes, Hosea, Hutch
| eson Of Madison, Jewett, johnson, Langdon,
L, lie, McElwee, Miller, Mile, Mygatt, Need
ham, kobincon. Shaw, Smith OF Montgomery,
Tenney, Thomas, Thompson OF Brown, Under.
hill, Watson eatherLy, West, Williamson.
Yeple end speaker-42.
Those who voted in the negative were
Messrs, Burns, Burton, Caldwell, Campbell,
Cnrlin, Clark OF Gu. liza, Clark OF Hsrrt on,
Cook, Cowan Of Ashley, CowHn Of Shelby, Doc
ley, Gabriel, Games, Catch, Green, Grier,
Hsins, Hamilton, Hawkins, Hendrel, Hunter,
HutchisOn of Washington, lrion, La ham,
L.awton, LitIler, Loveland, McCurdy, Mend
entail Of ColunlLiana, Msndenhall Of Jetier.
son, Aohroe, Ugle, Patterson, Peck, PIttmHn,
Plumb, ~PlymPtoh, Post, RHlstop, R.cker, Rog-
ers, Russell, Sh5 pherd, SIMMONS, Sin1et, Smith
Of Franklin, Smith Of Knox, Thomp on Of
Meigs, Todd, Townsend. True, Trussdalt, Tur-
uer, Turpin, ana CphaiA-56.
The amendment Of Mr.. Patterson was agreed
TO.
Mr.. Littlcr moved that the rules be suspend
ed in order that Mr.. Bingham might report
back IL. b. No. 29s, on which yeas and nays
were demanded amt resulted-yeas ~, nays "a.
Those who voted In the affirmative were
Messrs. Allen, Bingham, Blakrslee, Boyer,
Brayton, Burns, Burton, Caldwell, Campbell,
Cariin, Clark OF Gala, Clark OF Harrison,
CooL, cowsn Of Ashland, Cowan OF Shelby,
Crooks, Dooley, Flowers, Gabriel, GGmes,
Catch, Green, Grier, Hams. Hdmilton, Hawk
lins, tIeudrsp, Hunter, Hutchinson. OF washing
ton, ffich, Jewett, Latham, Lawton, Littler,
LogelsHd, McCurdy, Mendenhall OF Columbi-
ana, MsndenhaD OF Jefferson, Miller, Mon oe,
: eedhsW, Patterson, Peck, Pitinian, Plnmb,
Post, Rail ton. Kicker, Robinson, Rogers, Rus
eel, Shaw, Shepherd, ~IHNoss sinnet, Smith Of
Franklin, Smith OF KnoI. Tennsy, Thompson
OF Brown, Thonp-on OF Meigs, Todd, Town.
send. True, Trvesdale, Turner, Turpin, Upham,
Watson, West and SpeHker--70.
Those who voted in the negative were
Messrs. Andrews, Bell, Blair, Bunker, Cory,
Egley, Frsnxlin, CHIN, Goudy, Holbrook,
Holmes, Husea, johnson, Langdon, Lyle, Nc
Elwee, ,%sills, Mygati, Ogle, Smith Of Nontgo-
merry, Thomas, underhill, Weatherby, Will
iHm,on aud Yapl1--24. ....' e.
II 0 select Committee 10 whom Was referred
II. u. No. 2oS, zee, reported the came back
snIended according TO the instructions Of the
Eopse, when the amendment was agreed 10.
On motion the House took a recess till half
past Ieveu O'CLOCK this evenul-