Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-03-10

strain from running at large certain ami
mails therein named, passed April 10, 1860
Read the first time.
Mr.. .LEWTON-A bill prescribing rules
In regard to charging freights by railroad
and other companies in the State of OHIO.
Read the first time.
Mr.. BETrS-A bill supplementary to an
act entitled an act for the incorporation
and regulation OF life insurance companies.
passed April l6. 1867. Read the first time.
Mr.. BORDEN-A bill supplementary to |
an act entitled an act to provide for the |
uniform government and better regulation |
of the Lunatic Asylums OF the State. and |
care of idiots and insane, passed April z. |
1856, and amended April H. 1868. Read
the first time
Mr.. SAYLOR-A bill to enable instra-
mental musical associations to become
bodies corporate. Read the fist time.
CALL OF HOUSE.
A call of the House was had, and IS
members were found present.
The following were found absent: Messrs.
Branch, Coleman. Crist. Denman. Dennis.
Dickson, Dilworth, Eames. Headley, Hill
OF Erie, Jewett, Lawrence, McMorran,
Pond, Robinson. Shaw, Sinclair, Skaats.
Warnking and Wolf
On motion, leave of absence was granted
all the absentees.
Mr. WARREN offered the following res
olution, which was laid on the table, under
notice to discuss by MIR. Leete:
WHEREAS, The act 10 fix the compensa-
ton of members of the General Assembly
provides that each member of this General
Assembly shall be entitled to receive Tor
each days actual attendance during the
session of the General Assembly the sum
of five dollars; and,
WHEREAS, This House did by resolution
ON the 7th day of March, 1868, provide that
upon call of the House the names of the
absentees shall be noted by the Clerk and
shall be published with the proceedings OF
that day, and that such absentees shall not
be entitled to pay for that days service
Resotoed, That for the purpose of more
effectualy carrying out the spirit and in
tent of said act and resolution, it is hereby
made the duty of the Clerk of this House to
call the roll each morning directly after the
reading of the journal.
Mr.. HUGHES, of Highland, offered the
following resolution, which was adopted !:
Resolred, That the standing committee of
the House on Railroads, is hereby instruct
ed to inquire whether railroad companies
have complied with the law regulating the
fencing and incfosing of railroads, and to
report at an early day by bill or otherwise.
Recess.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
On motion of Mr.. WARREN, House Joint
resolution, No. 80, the special order for %
o'clock, was taken up. The resolu tion being
as follows:
JOINT RESOLUTION.
1st. Resolued ythe General Assembly of the
State of Ohio. That by the law and justice of
the case, the United States five-twenty
bonds are payable in United States legal
tender notes. -..,.-..f --
End. That said bonds ought to be paid as
fast as it can be done without too great an
expansion of the currency =; that the degree
of expansion proper to be established and
kept up while the National and State debts
are being paid, is that under which those
debts were mainly created, having ref
erence always to the increasing business
| of the country I; that the contraction that
has been made far below this proper point,
| is a wrong upon the tax payers, whilst an
expansion beyond the same point would be
| a wrong upon the uondholderS. -
Sd. That the national bank note circula-
tion ought to be retired by law. and United
States legal tender notes substituted and
henceforgh there should be but two kinds
of money authorized in the country, to
wit: coin and United States legal tender
paper money, and every other kind should
be prohibited by act of Congress.
| 4Jh. That contracts for the payment of
coin are contrary to sound public policy, as
paper money, and thereby lay the founda-
| tion for money speculation, and therefore
such coin contracts ought not to be legal
lied.
9th. That all the propositions in Con-
gress. known as pending schemes, whereby
| it is proposed to convert the Five-twenty
bonds into gold bonds, in consideration of
longer time and reduced rate of interest,
are Objectionable and odious in the extreme.
9th. That all attempts to hasten the re-
sumption OF specie payment upon the Uni
| ted States legal tender notes, by fixing a
time certain for such resumption, are
wholly uncalled for, and'can only tend to
impair the national credit.
9TH. ResolUed, That the Governor be re-
quested to cause a copy of the foregoing
resolutions to be presented as memorial
to each branch OF the National Congress.
Mr.. WARREN read a written address in
advocacy of his theory of paying the $40
bonds in greenbacks.
Mr.. THORNHILL said: am fully per-
suaded that the many prayers have offer
ed up, and the tears l have shed over the
Republican party are about to be answer
ed, after hearing the Democratic speech of
the gentleman from Logan, Mr.. Warren. If
in order, sir, 1 would move that the gentle
man from Logan be invited to attend our
Democratic caucus, and that we take h!in
in on probation, as he shows signs of repen-
tance.
Mr.. WARREN thought Mr.. Thornhilrs IS
church was hard up for members, to solicit
them before they made application for
membership.
Mr.. SCOTT, of Warren, moved to amend
the original resolutions as follows: =
Strike out the 81 and Sd resolutions and
insert the following 2. ReSolUed, That the
public debt ought to be paid in good faith
and in accordance with the laws under
which it was contracted, and that it is the
conviction of this General Assembly that
according to the laws under which the
fUe t,centu bonds were issued, said bonds
should be paid in the currency of the coun-
try which may be legal tender when the
government may be prepared to redeem
such bonds-and that we heartily approve
of the policy of Congress in arresting con-
traction, and believe that the issue of cur
rency should be commensurate with the
industrial and commercial interests of the
people.
Resolued, That the National Bank note
circulation ought to be retired by law, and
United States legal tender notes substitu-
ted as circulating medium.
On motion of Mr.. HUGHES, of Hi gh-
land, the resolutions and pending amend
ments were referred to the committee on
Federal Relations.
ASYLUM AT ATKINS.
Mr.. BALL offered the following reso-
lutions, which were adopted-yeas S6,
nays 2:
WHEREAS, 1t has been alleged that seri-
Gus frauds have been committed in the
construction of the Asylum for the Deaf
and Dumb, by which the State has been
defrauded out of very large sums of mon
ey; and.
WHEREAS. 1t has been strongly intima
ted that other similar frauds have been
perpetrated, greatly to the detrim ent OF
the public interest; therefore,
Resolved, That select committee of five
members of this House be appointed, whose
duty it shall be to investigate into the
truth of said alleged frauds and any 9TH
ers that may be brought to the attention of
said committee, and to enable the commit
ton tharounhlu to discharue such duty