Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1868-01-29
C0Iumbus Letter.

constituencies IN IuS AOuE OOAHSAs VI
the State, leaves US without any report
for several days. To-day, however,
there has been a general ingathering
and by to morrow the legislative mill
will resume its wonted business OF
grinding out statute law. A matter
transpired in the Senate to-day afford
ngsomeamusementto the Republicans
bat which was not regarded as funny
by the Democrats. The circumstances
are about as follows: On Monday next
an election comes off in the Eighth
Congressional District, to fill vacancy.
At Delaware there are several hundred
students attending the Wesleyan Uni
versity, the nine-tenths of whom vote
the Republican ticket. The Democrats
had a bill cut and dry, to introduce to-
day, to prevent students attending
colleges. &C., from voting, unless they
are inhabitants of the place. The time
was short. and as a bill requires five
days CESSATION before it can become 8
law, and as it was barely FIVE days un-
til the election, no time. could be lost.
But when the democratic Senators got
ready to introduce their nice little
plan to swindle the Republicans ont of
about $50 votes, it was discovered that
they were without q quorum, the Re-
publican Senators, with y exception,
having suddenly and mysteriously
vanished. The indignant Democracy
had The Sergeant-at-arms 60 in search
of the inYisibles, but after an hours
search he came back and reported that
he had looked at al the hotels, grooe-
ries, &C., but eouldn't find one of them.
The democrats denounced it as 6 mean
trick, and finally were forced to adj
journ, much to their disgust, with
their scheme 10 disfranchise white men
knocked in the head. Whittier the
recusant Republicans had retired, is 8
mystery that Democratic espionage has
not satisfactorily developed.
There wss no business done in the
House to-day for want of a quorum
The storm Detained 8 number who had
to come q long distance. The snow
here is deeper than at any time this
winter, being about ten inches.
WEDNESDAY,, Jan. 22.-Business open
ed lively IN both no uses to day, q large
number of new bills and resolutions,
on a great variety of subjects having
been offered, while thirty or more bills
were read the second time, and three
or four were passed in the House
Among the latter was an act amenda-
tory to the ditch law, providing that
taxes levied for ditch purposes shall
not be perpetualfy enjoined or declared
void in consequence ofany error made
BY the engineer, or any county or other
officer in locating and establishing the
same, or on account Of informality in
the record. In case of manifest errors
in the proceedings, the Court is to set
the same aside so far only as may be
necessary for correction. If the bill
passes the Senate and becomes q law,
| will Immediately thereafter furnish a
COPY for publication in the CHRONICLE.
An amendment to the Common School
law passed the House to day. 1t pro-
Viaes that boards of education shall,
before entering upon their duties,
organize by ~electing 8 chairman, a
clerk and q treasurer-the treasurer to
give bond in double the estimated
amount that viii be in his hands, and
a certified copy of such bond to be
fled with the county auditor, who
then shall recognize said district as a
separate school district, but shall not
recognize any district until this law
has been complied with.
The petition of Jesse Baldwin, of
Youngstown, asking that the State be
required to liqUidate a claim of his
against it in gold instead of "lawful
money" did not receive favorable con-
sideration to-day.
There WAS some discussion in the
Senate to-day On a bill to raise the rate
of interest to ten per cent. on contract.
A similar measure has been proposed
in the House. If l may take the sur
face show on the question thus far, as
an index of the fate of any attempt to
change the present interest law, 1
should say that the law is not likely to
be changed.
Ex-GoY. Cox goes to Cincinnati,
Monday next, 9th. to engage in the
practice of law. His many friends in
TrumbuH viii unite in e hearty wish
for his success. GOV. Cox retires from
the Executive Chair of this State with
a high reputation for q faithful, impair
tiAl, capable and judicious discharge of
the duties of the. office. While the
more radical members of the Republic
can party are forced to differ with Gov
Cox on the importance and necessity of
impartial suffrage, all most willingly
accede that be has very satisfactorily
discharged his duties, and that the
people cannot hope to fill the ONCE
with q gentleman more capable and
more honest than ]. D. Cox. ga good
name Is better than precious ointment"
1t is thought q call for a Union Re-
publican State Nominating Convention
will issue for an earlier dsy than usual,
in March, perhaps, 1t is deemed
advisable, by some of the leading Re-
publicans, to open the campaign early.
/ do not think, IS at present advised,
we should meet before May. The poI.
cy of the Republican party should
always be of a practical character,
adapted to the more momentous ex-
igencies Of the country, that the people
may recognize n noble organization
as a.liYing entity-"a very present help
in every time of need" Hence we do
not require to be pledged to q policy
that may be made impracticsble, If not
obsolete, by the progress of events.
THURSDAY, Jan. 23.-The interest
question has been under discussion IN
the Senate, several members advoca'
ting free trade il money, others limit
ing the maximum rate at ten per cent,
and others holding that the State has
no right to interfere with the money
market, except 70 say what the rate
shall be where there has not been any
rate fixed. The bill zones up again for
discussion on the first Wednesday IN
February. The law enacted last session, |
known as the Metropolitan Police Bill,
giving the Governor of the State the
appointing of the police of cities of GER
tain population, will no doubt be re-
pealed. Although il was put through