Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1869-05-01
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Iomites, so there arc many here who like Lot
suffer vexation from the misdeeds Of tho uD-
unscrupulous "rings" with which the LegisIa-
ture abounds.
These Lots are not corner lots but at present
seem 10 be badly corRered, since no one can
discover a way out without costing the State a
nice fitue sum. As write the Morgan Raid
men are exulting over the final passage Of their
bill, uppropristins over half a million dollars
10 pay for the real md Imaginary mischief
caused by Morgan's rowing outlaws The va.
rious Items which go 70 make up this immense
amount, are, to say the least, quito Ridiculous,
and u they had been presented by Western
Reserve men would have called forth, any
amount of opposition and ridculc Talk OF
Yankee penuriousness, when / Of the whole
Morgan Raid claim presented by those who
affect 10 ,despise Yankees, is made up, of such
items as the following specimens of the
charges One horse $110; IL tons of hay
$15; 8 poles lost $40 one saddle and bride
$2e; bucket 25cts; x ton Of hay ,$5 ;s
bushels potatoes 80 beds of onions so cts
and so on until the aggregate is made up, to
more than half million dollars. ...r,
Western Reserve people have given more,
outright, by far than all these trnmped up In,
fiated claims amount TO, but there are few. who
weuld not scOrn to burden the State or Generr
al Government with such items as go to. make
up this enormous amount -'D asrnu-u Yh'
| The Democracy have passed Bill In the
House to punish by fine and imprisonment In
the Penitcntiary amy one who advises any
risi5le od,nirfu,e 10 vote. Il is amore Infamous
bill than the last winters law. Theyhave also
passed by nearly a strict party vote, bill Civ
| ing to st. Xavier College; (Catholic) powers
which no other religious or literary Institution
In Ohio possesses. ' .H 't7i "'i '''t
BY the provisions of this Bill, It can hold an
unlimited amount Of property from taxation,
and have all the special privileges of close
corporation. Bill to authorize the taxation
of Government and State Bonds t~os also pass
ed by the House, by a party vote on Tuesday
This requires all bonds held by any one in the
State to be listed for taxation, escept Mo@ AeId
By National Banks. 1t is not expected that a
law so palpably in violation with the constitu,
tion should stand, but as a partisan measure, !,
was passed. t......i ....,,,.... nai.f.
The ten per cent Interest Bill and the FREQ
trade Bill were both defeated last week, and a
bill permitting eight per cent. on contract was
passed. This came near being defeated In the
Senate by few Iow-lived Democrats, who on
Monday called it up In the absence of ito
friends, and attempted 10 indefinitely postpone
It, To prevent this few more of Its friends LETT
and the Senate was without a quorum and
could do no business, Every nook and cornel
of the State House and town was searched b,
the sergeant-at-ArHw fcs IRE absentees, bu
they could not be found TIL the Senate ad
journed and then by vote Of spItefHl minority
they were arrested, and the whole forenoon 0
Tuesday was spent in talking over their ease
motiohto TO discharge the culprits from arres
was met Ivy spirited oppesition, because It WA
averYed, the arrest ceased when Che absentee
were within the Senate Chdrnber but the Lieut.
Governor ruled that II did not, and q long an,
proftless wrangie ensued, which wound up b,
passing a resolution that the'arrcst was unau
thorized. The grave and wise Senators claimes
that 1t gave rise TO entirely new feelings 10 Gnt
themselves under arrest, and not be permiites
TO speak o. vote while In the Senate Chamber
The day for adjournment Is fixed for mex
Tuesday, the 4th Of May, and appearances In
dicate that on that auspicious day the State o
Ohio will be once more free from Democrat,
fale, Important measures are being disposed
of every day and all seen determined 10 wind
the thing up'at the earliest possible moments
Both Houses meet at eouiock, and generally
continue till nearly dark, and occasionally hold
evening sessions. ar "nra r"'fff ~
Gen, Lee has consented to be candidate for
Lieut. Governor again, at the earnest soliclta.
tion of hts friends, and We trust he may be
nominated by acclarnssion. With such stancIl
and tried temperance men as Hayes and Lee
at the head Of the ticket, no exclusively tenn
pcranee ticket will probably be nominated, and
pDemocracy will suffer deserved and over
Fwhelming defeat B ''' E.