The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1877-01-16
.TROu THE STATE CAPITAL.

Sltera'lOn, ANU IL WdS TeltrIeu w 'Ht
COMMITTEE ON Judiciary, who reported
it back with an amendment, that the in
cnmbent should he appointed by the
Governor for one year, and a Comp
lroller he elected at the next October
election: but it would not do in thai
shape; they had aho ished an elective
office and provided for its being filled by
appointment, and the majority laid the
amended bill in its little bed and snugly
tucked it in.
On Tuesday the Senators and their
officers attended in the Hall of the
House. The Lieutenant Governor,
Thomas Young, opened the certificates
of votes cast, in tue presence of both
Houses, handed them TO the Clerks of
the two Houses, who made an abstract
of the returns, and handsi the same to
! the Presiden. of the Senate, who an.
nouncpd the result, and declared that
Milton Barnes was duly elected Secretary
OF State. Mr. Barnes took possession
of the Office last Monday at noon. Mr.
Bell retires from the office with the en-.
viahle reputation of having made the
| fullest and best report that ever emana
ted from the office.
Yesterday was devoted to the discus
sion Of the Presidential question. From
the hour of opening in The morning til
10 O'Clock at night, the singh flyers" in
ihlged in ''wordy warfare" which mus
have convinced the illustrious makers ot
| the Constitution OF the United States, i
they had heard the discussion. that they
had succeeded in making an Instrument
liable TO as many constructions as an,
instrument tha, any one knows anything
about. And then, TOO, it would seen
that it is liable 10 une construction ont
year and in four years it can be plainl,
seen, that il vrncans something else.a Il
seems that the representative men of the
Republican party,on the 6 b day of Feb
ruary, ] 500, under the sanctions and OBJ
legations oftheir oaths Of office. adopted
joint rule, having the force and author
| ity of law, to govern the action of tn,
two Houses of Congress in counting III,
votes for President and Vice Presiden
of the United States Under the opera
lion of that rule, it seemed 10 the lead
ers OF The party that if there was any
objection to counting the vote, when AM
certificate was resd by the tellers, or AM
question should arise. the same shoult
be stated by the presiding eiIlcer, AM
the Senate should then withdraw anf
sale, question should then be submitted
to that body for its decision, and tn,
same proceeding was to take place il
the Fl )use, and no vote objected t
should be counted except by the con
current vote of the two Houses Blu
the member from Ash.abula though
that the opening and counting should b,
in the presence only, as distinctly state(
in Article II of the Constitution, to wit
"The President of the Senate shall, il
the presence of the Serate ald Hous,
of Representatives, open all the certif
Gates, and the vote shall then be count
ed."' -
This he contended, covered the au
thority of Congress or the subject, un
less there was failure to elect by til,
people, then the House should in thai
case, choose Immediately by ballot, th,
President. The member from Putnam
county desired to ask the gentleman
from Ashtabu' a question: he would lik
to know where the Republican Congress
got the doctrine of the 22l joint rule
The member from Ashtabula said h
..would like to know too, it was not il
/ the, Consultation Laughter Mr.
Converse male perhaps the best speecl
on the occasion, He laid it down as al
old and well known rule, that where th'
duties Of an officer were defined in an,
instrument 1t was understood that hi
whole dutv was defined, that in case o
Jefferson d Burr, and in 1921, what ha,
been done by tue Vice President was b,
the authority of resolution of Con
gress DC The arguments of HowlanC
ana Converse left it about in this way
Congress- met and looked at the Vic
President open the certificates, but wht
should count the vote, or declare the re
suit, was LETT as the Constitution leav e
Lit, undefaed. Sd d
/ The celebrated private Da'z-ll undei
took the calculation of the great .ques
ltion, but he got hopelessly lost and frit
tered away his time howling about trai:
Eors and bummers and scalawags compo
sing the 9th OF January Convention il
Columbus; while Meuser, OF Crawfor,
Fcounty, was certain that the effort of tn
Idespised contributor to the waste bas
kets of several metropolitan journals
did not elucidate worth cent. Neal
of Batter county, and Thresher, 0
Montgomery county, made fair speeche
on the Democratic side of the House
land Duncan, Of Morrow, on the Repab
ilican side. h..as.,a...s a.
A great many Of the others seemet
to value themselves on their ability Il
say hard things of the opposite party,
great many things were said whicl
should not have been said, and l an
sure those who said them regret it nov
while those who made temperate argu
Imentaiive and respectful speeches ar,
the sui jects of favorable remarks by al
who heard them
Itwas a day l,st to legislation, bat i
the people will persist in sending sucl
men as Drummer, Of Wyandot, and Dal
zeli and H 3loway, Of Columbiana, they
will have to pay the fiddler.
The Legislature have appointed
committee to 60 and investigate tn
FAsltabula horror They 60 next Mon
'day. ''}tAif ait-t
Hon. Vim A Wheeler, the Rrpnbli
can candidate for Vice President is her
ION visit TO Sow Hayes The Legisla
ture appointed committee of four t
invite him TO visit the House A recess
was taken, and the members were intro
duced and shook hands with him, an,
also with Gov Hayes. When the in
PRODUCTION was over the two candidate
lovingly locked arms and under the es
cort Of the committee proceeded to th
Governors room. and the House re
suned its ordinary routine Of business
The II )use and Senate have passet
resolutions to adj urn on Friday morn
! ing until Tuesday next
tfn Yours, w.