Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-02-08

Nh. Spr1ggS- 1t was then moved to
amend the report SO as to declare his
seat vacant, and instruct the governor
to order new election. Nothing
more was done at that time, and the
subject came up again, according to
agree ment, on last w Wednesday. 1t oe-
cupied the attention of the House most
of the time till Thursday evening. and
furnished the occasion for many short
speeches, and some long ones. The
first move by Mr.. Spriggs' friends was
to have the further consideration of the
subject postponed till the 18th of March.
This was advocated on the ground that
in event of the seat being declared va
cant, the vacancy could be filed next
April, and no special election would be
necessary. This was, of course voted
down, and similar efforts met with the
same fate. 1t was next claimed by
the Democrats that Mr.. Spriggs having
presented regular certihcate of cleo
ton from the Clerk of Noble County,
the House in.its investigations had no
right to 90 back on that certificate.
But Ii appeared that the Clerk had also
certified TO the Secretary of State that
the two candidates received an equal
| number of votes, and that the eertifi-
cate to ,Mr. Spriggs was based on the
fact that he had drawn the lucky straw
In the game of s'cuts.p 1t was shown
/ ddifiol that although the pTi8a Jdcie
evidence OF a certificate q member for
| the purposes of organization, it does
not preclude subsequent examination
| by the House into its qualifications.
:. Retreating from these positions the
Democrats next claimed that Mr.
Spriggs had, really received majority
of the legal votes cast, and that McGar-
lfy, had received fraudulent votes, the
truth of which could beattested by af-
fdavits. They therefore wis he'd the
Subject again to be referred to the Com
mittee; sand that com mitfee be instructed
| to examine the poll books of said cleo
ton and be given the power to send for
/ persons, and, papers,. The proposition
was defeated, After disp0sing, of an
Iother motion, that further action in the
lease be dispensed with, the previous
lquestiOn was demanded The main
lqaestien was then put, and the amend
lnendment to the original report tagreed
| to. The report as amended was adopt
ed by q vote of 49 to 81, one Democrat
voting in the affirmative. a few Re
publicans were at first inclined to re-
tain Mr.. Spfiggs this winter, and vote
him out in the spring in time for the
| April election, because the Republican
party had a good working majority
/ Iaayhow. The question was properly
decided ION it's merits. Mr.. Spriggs has
been here month, has perhaps made
money enough to pay the expenses of
the campaign, and has no reason to
Ieomplairl. At' ~ =
The joint convention of the tive
Houses met again on Thursday to
count the vote on calling a Constitu-
tienai Convention, but there still being
four counties to hear from, the Conven-
tion adjourned. There is no longer any
lNoubf, however, as to the result.
1 Senator Knox has introduced a bill
4 providing that a Sheriff Shall pass over
4 adj money and papers otficiaiiy in his
possession TO his successor in office.
4 The joint resolution relative to the
4 Martinsville causeway has not yet been
up for consideration. If the Martins
4 vile people are in earnest about it, they
Il will doubtless meet with strong opposi-
ton from the citizens of Bridgeport.
! The committee appointed to visit the
I grave Of, Gen. Harrison, report in favor
\ of a monument. A bill has been intro
duced to appropriate SO, 900 for mon
4 ufpent to- Gen. Harrison, at North
4 Bend, and 81 200 for one to Gen. Har-
mer, at Georgetown. f,.laihg44,ssf, uliet
1 The proposition to erect a monument
!, to Simon Kenton, has again tailed, No
doubt is expressed that Simon could
scalp an Indian with great facility; but
concerning his possession of. those other
4 virtues more suggestive in these latter
days of the marble column, there is no
little difference Of opinion. Suppose
you advocate the erection of .mOnu-
ment in Belmont County, to the mem
DRY of Lewis Wetzel. Let St. Clairsyille
|, land Urbana have a contest as to which
, of these ancient heroes was the greater
!, land better man. - riJ.tg.s -s,7ds4 at
u The game bill has not yet passed the
I Senate. Petitions for and against ii
fare being presented every few days.
! A bill has been introduced designat.
hing the manner in which an executor
Tor administration shall proceed to collect
a claim which be has. against the estate
that he represents. He must first file il
j with, the Probate Judge, who thFeupon
, gives notice to all the parties when he
will hear it.. ....
ii There is a bill to prohibit County
. : iTneasureT5 from receiving any per cent
? proceeds from sale of bonds by Coun
ty Commissioners. il,'s-l lsii.s3 ?. = !.
II Another authorizes injunctions againsf
: lotteries and other games of chance. fi
a Another one proposes to increase the
I fees of witnesses s-allowing them 81 81
! before Court of Common Pleas, anC
i 81 90 before Justices. si;sIs ti'7Itii = ~
One bill would ALLOW Judges of elee.
ttions 81 90 each at every election.
AN important bill has been intro
!. . duced on the subject of illuminating
oils. IL provides for the appointment
in each county of inspectors to exam
! inc said oils, and prevent the sale o
! lany such as may be considered expIo
!. tsive. The Oil men are vigorously op
J, posing the measure. ISL fsstt
= The Attorney general paid into th,
= State treasury on last Friday the sun
: lof ten thousand dollars, collected bl
: him off the Brown estate in COshoctoi
!. County. AS will be remembered Brown
I. and ketcham, the county treasurer
: conspired with each other and robbed
3 the treasury of that county in 1858
s1Ketchum was afterwards relieved b,
Ithe Legislature, butIthe conspiracy wa!
: subsequently discovered. Brown i:
). Istili in the Penitentiary. egp1ls 9e7
FL The COMMITTEES of the Kemp-Sayle
case has not yet reported. 8 i-.3-i fi.'5fii
: Miss Fletcher, OF iowa, delivered al
Z entertaining address in the hall of tn,
] House on last Wednesday evening
= Subject ''Civil Service Reform"
Several ST. Clairsville citizens wer,
I in the city last week. Messrs Alexan
J. fder and Bailey were attending the Ma
: sonic convention Auditor Longle,
!. ! was looking after legislation on thu
Afpike question. Mr.. lCowen has beer
I attending court, at Lebanon f,,s.5I =.