Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-02-17

Mr.. CANFIELD presented the petition
of the Commissioners of Geauga county,
asking for the passage of law authoriz-
ing them to levy tax upon the taxable
property of said county. sufficient to raise
a sum not exceeding $4,000, for the pur-
pose of building jail at the county seat
OF said county. Referred to MIR. Garfield.
Mr.. SAYLOR presented the petition OF
s. ii. Thuble aud S5 other citizens of I'reble
county. asking tor the employment of
State Naturalist or Entomologist. Refer
red to committee on Agriculture.
Mr.. SINCLAIR presented the memorial
of the Toledo Board of Trade, asking that
temper cent. interest on contracts be legal
lied. Referred to committee on Interest
Also the petition of E. b. Atherton and
1O2 other citizens of Lucas county on same
subject. Referred to committee on Inter-
est.
Mr.. ULLERY presented the petition of
w. N. Foster and 67 other citizens of Miami
county, asking the passage of law Gre
ating an asylum for unfortunate Juvenile
female offenders. Referred to committee
on Schools and Idiotic Asylums.
MIR. FITCH presented the petition of j..
Reynolds and 45 other citizens OF Brown
county. asking for the passage of a law to
legalize ten per cent. interest on contracts.
Referred to committee on Interest.
Mr.. MANN presented the petition of w.
Ross and 127 other citizens of Franklin
county, asking Tor the repeal of the law
restraining certain animals from running
at large. Referred to committee on Agri-
culture.
Mr.. JONES presented the petition of F.
j. Lye, Jr., and other citizens of Allen and
Van Vert counties, praying tor the pas
sage OF law authorizing the Board of
Education of Union School district of Del
phi, Allen and Van Vert counties, to bor-
l-
OF purchasing site aud building Union
school house in said district. Referred to
Mr.. Jones. sg t1..s-.-
Mr.. GERHART presented the petition of
l.. IvestOne, M. D., and 10l other citizens of
Wooster, Wayne county, praying for law
to create competent dentistry. Referred
to the committee on Medical Colleges and
Societies. r ;
BILLS INTRODUCED.
Mr.. SCOTT, of Warren-A bill to amend
an act entitled an act to amend the act en-
titled an act to create and establish COM
mon school fund in part of the county OF
Warren composed of the Virginia Military
District, passed Feb. 20, 1884. Read the first
time.
Mr.. CRIST-A bill for the relief of the
sufferers from the casualty at Earnest Sta
tiOn, in Hamilton county, on the 9Th day of
Sept, 1867. Read the first time.
1hIs IlO L GIl--A Oiii w
an act entitled an act to authorize the coun-
ty commissioners to construct roads on Pc
tition OF majority of the resident land
owners along and adjacent to the line of
said roads, and to repeal an act therein
named, passed March 20, 1867. Read the
first time.
Mr.. SCOTT, of Hamilton--A bill to
amend section of an act to authorize cOun-
ty commissioners to construct roads, on
no ,fo q mir " nf rpci6ant 10 MI nW
ers along and adjacent to the line of said
road, and to repeal an act therein named.
Read the first time.
Mr.. BRONSON-A bill to create new
voting precint in the township of Gull
ford, Medina county, Ohio. Read the first
time.
Mr.. SINCLAIR-A bill to amend section
of an act entitled an act to provide for the
organization as cities of the first class OF
such cities as may have advanced to the
grade of cities of the first class between the
decennial periods aud prior to May, 1867,
and also supplementary to the act passed
May 3, 1852, entitled an act to provide for
the organization of cities and incorporated
villages, and to the several acts supplement
tary thereto now in force; also. to further
define the duties of County Treasurers
Read the first time.
Mr.. SWAIM-A bill to make an appro-
channel of Raccoon river. Read the first
time.
Mr.. SCOTT. of Warren-A bill to amend
section one of an act entitled an act fur
ther to prescribe the duties of county COM
missioners, passed April s, 1856. Read the
first time.
Mr.. BALL-A bill to repeal an act passed
February Is, 1862, entitled an act supple
mentary to the act to provide for the or
tyan MI q tinn nf eifioS innnrnOratpl viii
lagos, passed May 3. 1852, passed April 3,
1857. Read the first time.
REPORTS.
Mr.. SCOTT, of Warren, from the COM
mittee on Joint Rules, made a report
which was read and adopted by the House
QUESTION OF PRIVILEGE.
Mr.. WARREN moved to refer to the
standing committee on the Judiciary a
certain correspondence in the OHIO
STATESMAN OF the date of Feb. l. 1865 en-
titled "Porcine," with the editorial re-
marks below, with the same instructions
to said committee concerning said CORES
pondence as were given by this House on
the 9th of this month concerning a "Card"
in the Ohio State journal of the same date,
and which card and instructions are still
in the hands of said committee.
Mr.. WARREN said, in support of this
mOblOll3 tudb Ic GuO TClcTtuCe
ought to be made, because an article, as he
thought of a less scandalous nature. in the
Ohio State Journal of the same date, bad
been referred, and he asked this reference
OF the STATESMAN article to the same COM
mittee with the same Instructions, in order
that no seeming partiality or antipathy even
should be manifested toward any of the
newspapers. He thought the resolution
making the former reference was wrong,
I,.,f H. ,tc afara fnv- fho
reason just stated.
Mr.. Speaker, 1 will read the article allud-
ed to from the STATESMAN, which 1 now
hold in nv hand, that the House may Judge
the motive of the articles in question:
PoRCINE.
SPIvINs Il am exceedingly harrassed by
the manifestations of your animOsity to-
ward our Wof F'om the first sitting of
the Legislature ia OBJ, by common consen' ,
has been recognized as the giant intellect OF
the House. The traditional imbecility OF
the Hamilton county delegation has been
broken in upon, and Mr.. Wolt.stands forth
as living, breathing monument to the in
telligence and wisdom OF Porkopolis. Like
the transcendant u. NJ" he assumes all the
pressure. He is at once the d1sraeli and
the Grimaldi of the House. His cloQuence
is that of a Curran or Grattan, and his
forensic ability is not even dimmed by the
lustre of a Patrick Henry. | have seen him
when in the heat and ardor of one of his
in comparable and magnificent orations
upon the floor of the House, draw around
him, by his magic powers, hosts ofmembers,
as in the days of the elder Adams and Web
ster, VINO listened with intense interest to
the matchless oratory which fell from his
libidinous lips. He is the Cteualier Bayard
of the Forum. His is the first instance
where police court shyster (this, we take
it, is Greek word-SPIvINs) has risen to
the dignity and eminence which attaches to
a party leadership in legislative body,
and. as such, all credit is due.
OF his patriotism and loyalty there is not
. shadow of q estic,. He is tar above i'm
putation, 6 nd it is Ell ted of him that durin,
tue late disastrous and tratricidal "set-to,' ~
he came near accepting the sutlership of a
colored regiment. His malignancy toward