Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-04-21
THE CLOSING SCENES.

CLOSING SCENES IN THE HOUSE

CLOSING SCENES IN THE HOUSE.
The closing scenes of the Legis-
latlve session, on Saturday night,
were probably unparalleled by any.
thing of the kind ever known in
the history of Ohio. The regular
report of the House proceedings,
which send you, conveys but a
feeble idea of the tumult and dis
order which prevailed from 8 to IL
o'clock, nor docs the language cited
as that of the different persons
who participated in the debate ut
all adequately portray the fierce
heat and acnmony Of the speakers.
Several times the Sergernt-at. Arms
was compelled to forcibly conduct
excited members to their seats, and
more than once it seemed probable
that there would be general knock
down fight. Faces flushed to the
last degree of redness contrasted
strongly with faces pale as death,
aud Parr, of Licking, in his pass
with his brother Democrat, McVay,
uttered shocking blasphemies and
oaths. The indecent document
presented by Hughes, Of Highland,
which the House very properly re-
fused to put upon its journal was
not signed by all the Democratic
members. believe those from
Hamilton county refused to have
anything to do with it, as did also
Ball, of Muskingum, circumstal ce
somewhat remarkable in the case
Of the latter, as he generally takes
the lead in every partisan indecen
cy, Parr, Of Licking, and Stafford,
Of Ross, scratched their names olfl
just before the paper was present
ed, 1t is said Parr took off his
name because McVay had put his
on, McYay, it will be remember
ed, voted to repeal the visible ad |
mixture acts, and fer this independ-
ence, blind and Litter partisans
like Parr, have never forgiven him
McVay's triumph last night was
complete, for standing in his place,
and uttering not a word to which
the most fastidious ould object, he
stung Paw to madness, which made
the latter exhibit himself in a most
unenyiable and ridiculous light
One of the finest speeches Of the
evening was made by Speaker Gun
ningham, when he replied to Ba.
ber'5 charge that the Republican
delegates from Hamilton county
had fa!siied their pledges. Mr..
Cunningham is usually all exceed
ing quiet gentleman, but in his
brief speech last night he utterly
withered BNber and famed and
blazed like a volcano,
SECRET SESSION OF THE SENATE.
But If the scenes in the House
were strange, those in the Senate
were still more remarkable This
body went into secret session,
about 10 o'clock, over the Cover.
nors nominations for Managers
of the Soldiers Orphans Home
and Superintendent Of the State
House. The nominations for the
Board of Managers were made on
Friday, and almost Immediately it {
became known that some Of the l
Democracy intended to make troub.
le. The Republicans thought, how |
ever, that it was onlyon account Of ]
the natural repugnance which the I
Democrats feel toward the heroes
who crushed the Democratic trca- {
son, from among which heroes, the |
had selected most Of the t
Of the board, and that al
though there might be few spite 4
ful votes cast against snch men as d
and Keifer and Force, still h
hey would certainly be confirmed, t
but in q short time it became evi- c
lent that the Democratic leaders, [,
who had never looked with any IA 4
for on the soldiers orphans, had Il
determined to make q last effort to f,
prevent the Orphans Home from p
going into operation, and this was is
70 be done by defeating the con S
lrmat.on of the Board of Mana f
gers. All the Senators were pres b
,nt, Saturday, except Yeatmm and u
ord, of Cincinnati, Yeatman had Il
,one to Michigan for his health, il
md Lord had Obsented himself to
leep from votil 6 for the Griffith
bin This, however, left NJ
he Republicans olo majority, the h,
ama as IN n full Senate, At five I'll
,clock, Senator Catch, who resides e
n Xeuia, went homo, not dreaming L
# the plot which the Democracy Ii
lad hatched, Tbs left a tie in the II
'enato-l7 Republicans to II Dem Il
,crat-. It was, as | said, about 10 h
,. NJ, when the Senate went into v
Iecrot session, At that time Mr., b
2ocsel, the Democratic Senator o
rom Auglaize, was absent The IN
irst member ofthe board acted up. nj
m was James Burnett, ofCleyeand, I'll
Who Was cOnflrmed-tbe seventeen at
voting for him, the te
ixteen Democrats against him - IN
At this point Mr., Roescl arrived, "a
md the next nomination on the j.
ist, J. Warren Keifcr, Of Spring.
ield, was defeated by a tie vote, the
II Republicans voting for him, the b.
II Democrats against him. Ben. "
amin + Coates, Of Scioto county, II
was defeated the same way; as :,
vas also Ralph p. Buckland, Of u