Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1880-04-22
Columbus Letter.
Especial Corr. of the Journal.l


COLUMBUS, O., April Eth, 1880.
EDITOR JouRNAL:-The lock is
broken, and the Sixty-fourth Gener-
al Assembly has place in history.
Owing to the disagreement of the
House and Senate on Appropriation
Bill No. 3S2. the session was pro-
longed ten days.
In the Senate several amendments
were made to this bill, all of which
except one were concurred in by the
House; that was the one that gave
to Longview Asylum $3l, 800 addi-
tional 20 that authorized by law, that
the necessary expenses of that in
stitution might be met; on this oc-
CURED the lock. A conference COM
mittee was appointed, but reporteu a
disagreement. The second commit
tee was appointed and agreed that
the amendment be reduced SIC, 600.
Both houses refused to accept this
report; whereupon third commit
tee was appointed; they disagreeing,
fourth was appointed, and after be-
ing in session from Tuesday till
Thursday reported in favor Of re-
ducing the amendment to $4,000.
The House, by vote of 81 to AZ,
refused TO accept this report. Upon
the receipt of the message in the
Senate containing the result of the
Houses action, Mr.. Kelley moved
that the Senate recede from its
amendment; they refused by vote
Of 81 to Is. The House and Senate
were then in a dead lock, with no
prospect OF breaking it. Not dol
lar had been appropriated for benev
olent purposes, since Feb. 15, and
this co1dition Of affairs of course
killed all the hopes that had been
entertained for an early adjournment.
Mr.. Corey of Crawford moved that
the vote by which the report of the
last conference was rejected, be re-
considered. This motion carried.
The vote was again taken upon the
report of last conference committee,
and the result was 63 yeas and 80
nays. Thus the lock was broken,
and the bill became law. Its pass
age settled, too. the time for adjourn
meut, as Immediately resolution
was offered to adjourn Saturday, II,
s q. m, which was adopted.
The conference committee whose
report was adopted, consisted of
Kirby, Hollingsworth, and Sullivan
of the Senate; Locke, Beman and
Moore, of the House; and for their
excellent serviceln securing COM
promise, the people of Ohio should
be grateful.
Mr.. Beman's appointment on the
committee was due, without doubt,
to the fact that he had, throughout
the session, opposed any increase in
appropriations and to the special
effort he made to defeat the Senate
bill for the relief of John Porter for
burning the barge Mingo, of yellow
fever fame, which he succeeded in
doing after it had passed the Senate
by a vote of % to 9. But the oppos-
ers of adjournment had mistaken
their man, as he believed in doing
justice not only to the State but to
Hamilton county also; and moved
that the committee compromise,
which they did. BY this action was
secured the funds for the wants of
our benevolent institutions, and for
the payment of the employees and
creditors of the State. This action,
journment.
Mr.. Beman, in his argument, re-
ferred to action of Congress last
session in refusing to make appro-
prlatious as precedent to be avoid
ed, and one which would prove now,
as 1t did then, disastrous to the
party in power.
COLUMBUS CORR.