Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1870-01-27
Ohio Legisiaturs-WeskiY sum
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Ohio Legisiaturs-WeskiY Sum
mary,
The Ohio State Journal furnishes
the following comprehensive sum
mary Of the work of the Legislature
for the past week:
Friday, Mr. Griffith introduced a
ten per cent interest law in the
House. Mr.. Van Worries, from CON-
mittee on Privileges and Elections,
presented favorable report upon
all names except Glover, Blahesle
and Colby, which were held over for
further consideration. A fierce fight
thereupon arose, from an effort to
instruct the committee to report
these cases to the House on Monday.
Alter an exhaustive debate, this was
defeated and the House adjourned
over to Monday. In the Senate the
XIV Amendment was discussed all
the forenoon, reaching vote before
recess. The vote to ratify was
Yeas, 10; Nays, Is. The Republi-
cans of Hamilton both voted yea
The most notable point of the dis
cussion was that Mr.. Hunt, Demo
crat of Hamilton, made speech in
favor of negro suffrage, though he
voted against the Amendment on
other grounds. A mass of bills
mostly of local or special nature
were introduced in the Senate Fri
day. We find nothing else worthy
of record here.
Saturday, the House was not in
session, and we find nothing in the
Senate proceedings worthy of re-
cord.
Monday, a number of petitions
were presented in the House to le-
galize dissection, and bill was in
trodueed in the Senate by Mr.. Jen-
ner having that object in view. Va
rious petitions for dog laws have
been presented in both Houses
Also, for the establishment of a
Soldiers Orphans Home. The Bi-
BILE question WAS introduced in the
House, by a bill of Mr.. Ward. A
bill to enable county Treasurers to
loan public moneys MIR. Price) was
introduced Many other bills we're
introduced in the House. Ia the
Senate little business was done. A
bill to re enact the six per cent. in
terest law WAS introduced by Mr..
Jenner.
Tuesday, in the morning session
Of the House, the XIV Amendment
came ffom the Senate, and was i'm
mediate!y taken up. An effort to re
fer to the Committee on Federal Rela-
tions (Dem. Committed WAS, after
much tillibustering on the Democrat
side, voted down, and the subject
went to the committee of the Whole.
We do not find anything of general
interest In the Senate proceedings of
this day, beyond the fact that q resO-
luton vas adopted to adjourn every
third Friday till Tuesday follow
ing.
Wednesday, the principal part of
the day was occupied in the House
with the discussion of the XVIII
Amendment-referred to editorially
elsewhere. A number Of petitions
were presented on various subjects,
and quite number OF bills reached
second reading. Among others the
Agricultural College Bill was read
snd referred to committee on Agri-
culture, after lively contest between
that Committee and the Committee
on Colleges. AS Mr. Fulton was the
leading champion for the Agricul-
tural committee reference, it is sup
posed that Champaign county has an
interest in that reference. In the
Senate, q bill to amend the Railroad
Consolidation Act was read the third
time, and postponed to Thursday,
9th. Bills were introduced, by Mr..
Jenner, to prevent gambling; Mr..
Yeatman, to erect monument to
William Henry Harrison; and by
Mr.. Hunt, TO provide for militia
A bill, to increase pay of jurors be-
fore justices of the peace, was IN
definitely postponed. The commit
tee on Benevolent Institutions re-
ported substitute for Mr.. Potts
bill to establish Soldiers Orphans
Home. The Governor nominated
George Harsh, of Stark, Director
Ohio Penitentiary. Referred to
committee on Penitentiary.
Thursday, in the Honse, the XVIII
Amendment overshadowed all other
questions. The discussion continued
all day and into the night, with fill
clustering by the Democrats on every
possible opportunity. About nine
o'clock, however, the final vote was
reached, and the result was-Yeas
81, nays SIS. So the State of Ohio
is added to the twenty-five States
which have voted to ratify the XVIII
Amendment In the Senate, peti-
tions were presented for county su-
perintendents Of schools. A bill
was passed in the Senate to enable
Boards of Education TO sell the es-
tate created by lease of school house
site, when authorized as therein pro
vided. The bill to increase salaries
of Supreme Judges was reported
back with a recommendation that il
pass, and the bill was made the
special order for Wednesday next.
The nomination of George Harsh
for Director Ohio Penitentiary was
confirmed.