Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-02-22
The Kemp-sayIer Contest.

Senator. from the Third District,
was brought to an Infamous and
disgraceful close on Friday OF
last week, by the voting of Say
Ter in without a quorum, and
voting Kemp out without a quo
rum. 1t was one Of the most
outrageous aud Infamous pieces
of partisanship that has ever been
perpetrated in this country, and
should forever sink the actors in
infamy and disgrace, and the
man who would stink Into h pc
sition obtained by such means, is
unfit 10 represent the meanest
and lowest class of bipeds that
inhabit the green earth.
''Thou almost mak'st me WAIVER in my
faith |
To hold opinion with Pythagoras,
That souls of animals infuse themselves
Into the the trunks of men,
For the credit Of this equity,
of which "Jeemes" claims to be
an lnhabitant, if he is permitted
to "stick" until the end Of the
term, we hope he will keep as
quiet as his amount of intelli~
gence will permit him, and when
| tn session closes, he will retire
| to the shades of obscurity.
The modus aperand5 by which
Sayler was admitted is another
bloteh on the "Mule,' who occu-
pies the chair of the Senate. By
Senator Gage absenting himself
the Democrats had a majority of
one, including TIE vote Of DR..
Kemp, but upon a motion to ad-
ljourn, his name was refused to
be called. When but eighteen
Senators were present, the adop-
ton of the majority report was
moved Seventeen members vo
ted in the affirmative, and one in
the negative, whereupon, to use
the Cincinnati Enquirer's Ian
guage, the Teutonic Cyclops in
the Chair decided it carried, and
Mr.. Sayler- entitled to his seat
Senator Schiff gave his opinion
ofMueller in the following forcea-
BILE style: "You are" said Mr..
SchiH, "a disgrace to the chair
you occupy; q disgrace to the
country that gave you birth; a
disgrace to the country of your
adoption, and a reproach to gen
tIemen who have hitherto asso-
ciated with you. You have not
only gone back on your former
rulings, but you have violated the
promises you have made to me
on this subject"
The Democrats of both Houses
held a caucus on the situation to
night, with John q. Thompson
in the Chair aud all the members
present. In the caucus, DR..
Jenner offered the following:
Rosolued, That Lieutenant
Governor Mueller, by his rulings
in the Senate, on the 18th Of
February, 1872, has dishonored
the high Office to which he has
been elected, and deserves the
execration and contempt of all
honorable men.
The resolution was unanimous
~ adopted, and ordered to be
printed i'll all the Democratic pa
pers OF Ohio. ..t
Mr.. Putnam offered the follow
ing, which was unanimously
adopted:
Resolued, That the Democratic
members of the Senate refuse to
recognize Mr.. Sayler as a mems
Der of this body, and that they
will not vote upon any bill or
proposition he may submit, and
that we will raise the point of or
der as to his right TO vote every
time his name is called
Mr.. Ball, of Muskingum, offer
ed a resolution for the appoints
ment of a Committee to issue an
address to the people of Ohio on
the Kemp-Say1er and Sprigg
cases, which was adopted, and
Messrs. Hang, Morris, Patrick,
Daugherty, Jonas and Van Cleaf
were appointed.
Senator Newman offered the
towing, which was adopted:
Resolred, Thata Committee of
five members of the Senate be ap
pointed to prepare tor publica-
ton a full report of the proceed
ings of the Senate and the decis-