Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1869-03-31
Editorial Notes FROM the State CapItaI.

mend the town of Urbana, in Chan
paign County, as offering ON the Who'll
the greatest inducements and aG
v~antages. The question now at issu
is to secure the adoption by the Legis
lature of the report of the Committee
Wooster, in Wayne County, is dis
posed TO contest the point, With III
bana. The University at Wooster &c
sIres to add the Agricultural and Me
ehanical College, and offers to relieve
the State of all future liability an'
expense in maintaining the Agricul
tural College. The Wooster institu
ton is under the auspices of severa
Synods of the Presbyterian church
and is literally endowed. The objec
ton urged against turning the Agri
cultural College over to ii is that il
would be likely to be under sectariar
influences, and thsta State education.
al institution should be Independent
of any speci-l religious denomination.
al control. How many days will b
spent in discussing the matter, anC
how it will end il is now impossibl,
to say. 1t is however possible, and
am inclined 10 think probable, that
the College may not be located thi:
session, but remain. an open and vex,
ed question for a subsequent Legisla.
ture TO dispose of.
WOMAN SUFFRAGE.
The House resolution proposing an
amendment TO the Constitution to
strike out the word male, and give the
ballot TO all white citizens, coming up
in the House, was tinkered by a
democratic trickster, with an amend
ment proposing that wherever the
word white occurs in the State Con-
stitution it should be construed to
mean a person who has no visible adj
mixture of African blood. The
Democrats added this proposition to
the one proposing to strike out the
word male, because they well knew
the Republicans would then
be forced TO vote against the amend
ment as a whole. The fact is, that
the Democrats were afraid TO vote
squarely on the direct question of Civ
ing women the ballot. and in order to
dodge it, concocted their admixture
amendment. If it was not that when
the Democrats get into a tight place
in a contest, they can take shelter be
hind the black man, they would often
be in & most miserable and defense
less condition. BY this trick they
defeated any chance to bring the
question of woman suffrage before the
Voters of the State by this Legisla-
ture. The old idea must evidently
for some time yet prevail, that hus-
band and wife are one, and that one
Is the husband.
THE 18TH AMENDMENT.
The Democrats have agreed in eau
rus 10 vote against rstifying the 18th
amendment proposed by Congress to
he Constitution of the UnitedSStates,
extending suffrage to persons irrespec-
i've of color, race or previous condition.
They are afraid they may not have a
majority in the next legislature, and
therefore, wish 70 record their hostili-
Y 20 the proposition while they have
he power. Two or three Of the Dem
erats in the House are in favor of
the question, and referring
be matter TO the people, but king
aucus decreed that the vote should
Q taken at this session, and the Re-
ublicans say-"sgreed.n Something
f a discussion sprang up on the re-
,ort of the Committee on Federal Re
TO whom the amendment res
lutions had been referred, when re-
orted to the House on Thursday, and
here was some ranting and roaring
n both sides, the speeches partaking
of political stump harrangues
nan on any previous occasion, save
erhaps one. One Democratic speak
r declared he believed ALEX. H. STE
EMS, Confederate Vice President, was
as good Union man and true
patriot as Senator BEN WADE. After
days gasconade the further consid-
of the question was postponed
ntil Thursday, March 81, on which
ecasion the constitution and the
niger will be literally "chawed
p" by a few vorscious Democrats.
THE COMMISSIONERS BILL.
Tie county commissioners i'm
royement bill still rests in quiet in
he Senate. Senator REX wishes to
mend it by giving the commissioners
over to build and repair bridges. If
ne Senate should pass his amend
lent, it is doubtful whether the
House will agree to il, and then the
uestion will have TO be settled by q
ommittee of conference, if indeed it
an be settled at all, for it is a notori-
fact that the two houses are some
That jealous Of each others action in
eiecting or amending bills passed by
ne or the other, and this important
i'll may be defeated merely because
side will yield. This manner
) Of course very wrong, but human
Isture manifests its perversity some
lines even in legislative councils.
ABOUT 80 DAYS MORE
viii probably wind up this concern.
have not much hope of it termina-
ing its existence before the first days
f May. Even then there will be an
immense amount of business unfin-
shed, and which will never be heard
f again. r.
General Garfield.
The Washington correspondent of
be Chicago Tribune, referring to the
louise standing committee, pays the
blowing high compliment to our rep
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