Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-02-10
FROM THE CAPITAL.
co1unpu., O., Feb. 7, 1870.

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Two very important constitution,
al questions were involved in those
cases.
The ground of contest in the
! Glover case was that at the time Of
.Ihis election he held the office of
Register in Bankruptcy and contin-
ned SO to hold until the 1st Of Jan
uary, A. D. 1870, He was elected
Representative by majority of six
and his opponent contests his seat
upon the grounds | have stated, and
also that certain fraudulent votes
were cast for him. 1t was claimed
that because Glover held the Office
of Register, he was Ineligible as a
candidate for Representative under
that clause OF our Constitution
which provides that "no peFsoa
holding office under the authority
of the United States or any lucra-
! tive Office under the authority of
this State shall be eligible to or have
a seat in the General Assembly"
A majority Of the Committee on
privileges and elections who had
the case under consideration, re-
ported in favor Of Glover, holding
that the provision Of the Constitu-
ton related to the time of taking
! his seat in and not the time of his
election to the General Assembly.
Baber and the other long winded
Democrats ayailed themselves Of
tho opportunity to spread them
selves, and spent two days endcaY-
oring to persuade the House to the
contrary, which, if the House had
been SO persuaded, would have GUST
ed every member who had been re-
elected. But the House by strict
party vote sustained Mr.. Gloyer's
right to his seat Then next came
the Williams County case. vii
liams county in 1861 had, and ever
since has had, sufficient population
to entitle her to one Representa-
tive under the Constitution. So
had the two counties Of Paulding
and Defiance. Yet from some un.
explained cause the Distrcting
Board provided for by the Consti-
tuition, combined Williams, Paul |
ding and Defiance into one Repre-
sentative District and as being en-
titled to but one Representative. -
Last fall, however, Williams Coun-
ty took the opinion Of Attorney
General West upon her right to
separate Representative, who held
that she was 80 entitled, and there
upon the people of that county
proceeded to elect one, Mr. Blakes-
lee.
The simple and only question in
the case was whether the mistake
and omission of the Distrlcting
Board could and did deprive Will
liams county Of her Constitutional
rights.
The Committee reported in favor
Of Mr.. Blakeslee and another two
days of discussion took place upon
this report. Mr.. Blakcsleeaddress-
ell the House about an hour in q
we'll considered and clear argument,
and closed with q very funny de-
scription Of the scenes that took
place at the organization OF the
House when the Democratic men,
bers threatened to throw the Sec
rotary Of State out Of the window
rorsvearing him in. (Mr. Blakeslee,)
The House came to a vote on
Friday and sustained Mr., Blakeslee,
Saturday was spent mostly in
reading Bills the second time and re
ferripg themto theappropriate Com
mittees who have already a large
amount of work on hands.
Petitions from Building and Loan
Associations to be exempted from
taxation in certain particulars oome
in with every mail and go to the
Committee on Corporations other
than Municipal, which Committee l
understand have a Bill under con
sideration partially meeting the de-
mand.
There is another subject that
seems to be receiving considerable
attention all over the State, sspsc,
tally among medical men, and that
ia the necessity Of a law legalizing
the dissection ofhuman bodies and .
petitions for such law are becom.
ing quite numerous, The practical
difficulty in the way isto get the bod
les. Some wag proposed to set apart
the bodies Of doctors for that pur.
pose. II the doctors are willing,
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