Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-02-07
HOUSE.
MORNING SESSION.

HOUSE.
MORNING SESSION.
The House met at nine o'clock and re-
resumed the discussion of Mr.. Jewett's
reconstruction resolutions. Mr.. Dilworth,
of Stark, concluded his speech, and was
followed by Mr.. Welsh, of Meigs and Mr.
Crist, of Hamilton.
Recess till 21a o'clock P. NJ.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Mr.. JEWETT proceeded in lengthy
speech to advocate che passage of his anti
reconstruction resolutions, and, after the
close of his speech,
Mr.. BALL, of Muskingum, demanded
the previous question on their passage.
Pending this demand. Mr.. THOMPSON,
of Columbiana. asked leave to have the
following resolution read. and stated that
his SIDE of the House desired to continue
the discussion on the resolutions, but that
business might not be Interrupted. they
were willing to discuss in the evening:
RESOLUTION.
tion No. 26, offered by the gentleman from
Muskingum, has already cost the State
about So 600; therefore,
RESOLVED. That the discussion of said res.
olution shall only be continued hereafter il
the evenings, commencing at ~ o'clock.
The yeas and nays were called on the de-
mand tor the previous question, and it was
sustained--yeas 54. nays 81.
The question then was upon che passage
OF the resolutions, upon which the yeas and
nays were called and resulted as follows:
YEAS = Messrs. Baker, Ball, Belville.
Benmer, Branch. Buell., Callen, Cock-rill
Cusac. Denman, Dilworth, DUNCAN, Field
ing. Finley, Fitch. CASTOR, G G,rhart, Cor
don, Hendricks, Hill. of D tianca, Hord,
Hughes, of Butler, Hughes, of Highland
Jewett, Jones, KemD, X .nnOn. l. rrwi !,
Lawson. Leete. Mann, McMarrell, Moffett
Neal Newman. Nicnol, Parks. Parr, PEN
nisten, Read, Richardson, Robinson, Ross
Rutter, Shaw, Stckney, ThGmpson. ol
Stark, Thornhiu. Uliery, Walling, Wilson
Worth, Speaker-53.
NAYS-MesSrs. Anderson. B it's. ,rden.
Bronson. Brooke, Cannon, Carpenter, Cole.
man, Crist, Dennis, Dunn, Gallup. Hill, o.
Erie. Hill. of Fulton, Howard, Johnson,
Kahn, Kenneth, Kerr. OF Fayette, Kerr, o
Jefferson, Lee, McMOrran, Moore, Parker
Pond, Rit zell, Rough, Rukenbrod, Saylor
Scntt, of Hamilton. Scott, OF Warren. Sher.
win. Sinclair, Sister. Skaats. Stewart
Thompson, of Columbiana, Warnking
Warren, Welsh, Wolf, Wood-42.
So the resolutions passed.
Mr.. SHAW, on leave, offered the follow
ing resolutions, which were referred to the
| committee on Finance {:
Res0lced, That it is the sense of this Gen.
eral Assembly, in order as much as possible
TO tighten the burdens of tax -rIdder
people, that this Legislature .ould ad
jOurn at as early day as is consistent
| with the public interests.
ReeolUed, That all business necessary al
this time to be transacted by the LegiSla
ture of Ohio, can be accomplished by the
10Th of March next, and that this session
snail not be continued beyond that time.
Resolued That in view of the revolution.
ary proceedings of the present Congress O.
the United States, and that necessity may
arise for State action to cOunieract their
revolutionary schemes, we should hold an
adjourned session, to commence on Mon
day, January A, 1869.
PETITIONS ON LEAVE.
Mr.. BELVILLE presented the petition
of A. l.. Stout. of Dayton, Montgomery
county. praying tor the passage of a law t.
enable the Dayton Hydraulic Company to
condemn land for hydraulic purposes. Re-
ferred to MeSsrs. Belville and Kemp.
Mr.. FIELDING presented the petition
of 5. Marshall and 206 other citizens OF
Shelby county, praying for the repeal o
the Turnpike law, passed March 20, 1868
Referred TO committee on Turnpikes.
Mr.. ANDERSON presented the petition
of NJ. Smith aud % other citizens of Guern.
sey county, praying tor the passage of q
law establishing county superintendents OF
common schools. Referred to the COM
mittee on Common Schools.
Mr.. STEWART I presented TIE petition oi
Thomas Fall and 33 other citizans of Clark
county. asking that the legal rate of inter-
est be 10 per cent on contract. Referred to
special committee on Interest.
MIR. HUGHES, of Butler. presented the
petition of r. Potter and 81 other citizens
of Butler county, in relation to interest
law. Referred to committee on Interest.
Mr.. HILL, of d .fiance. presented the
petition of B. IA. Fisher and other citizens
of Williams county. asking revision of
the fees of county clerks. Referred TO the
committee on Fees and Salaries.
MIR. EAMES presentel the petition of F.
Brook and ll9 other citizens of ConneauJ,
Ashtabula county. praying for the appoint
ment of State Naturalist. Referred to
committee OH Agriculture.
Mr.. HOWARD presented the petition of
Mr.. Sharp and 70 other citizens of Green
county, praying absolute free trade in
money or the legalizing of 10 per cent. OH
BILL INTRODUCED.
Mr.. THORNHILL introduced bill to
TRANSFER certain duties aud powers from
the Governor to the truste of the Deaf
and dDumb1Asylum. Read first time.
Mr.. LEA bill to provide for the pay
memt of local bodltieS pledged TO volun-
teers under the calls of the President for
volunteers. issued July and August 4, 1852
Read the first time.
Mr.. WOOD-A dill to authorize and en-
power the @ commissioners of Wool county
10 make an additional levy for county pur-
poses. Rad the first tim-.
On motion of Mr.. HILL, of Defiance,
the House adj 'urned.