Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-01-29
LEGISLATIVE MUDDLE.
No Visible Signs That the Crisis in The
Ohio State Senate Is Close
at Hand,
Republicans Meet In tho Morning and re.
main In Their Seats all Day-The
Democrats Attend In the
Afternoon.
TIE PAYS PROCEEDINGS.

political parties, while viewing the
present condition of affairs as unfortunate,
or even deplorable. maintain n calm exterior,
and express confidence that matters will ad-
Just themselves without serious trouble.
The stories which have been telegraphed far
and near regarding the local excitement, the
fears of physical violence, the city being on
the verge of revolution, etc., are secuted as
absurd, and roundly condemned.
IL was precisely ten o'clock when Lieuten-
ant Governor Kennedy ascended TO the
Presidents chair In the Senate chamber.
All of the seventeen Republican members
were In their seats but scarcely two score
of outsiders occupied the spaces allotted to
privileged spectators OF the general public,
and majority of these had the appearance
of the habiiual lOunger.
The President announced that in the
absence of the secretary, the journal of
Saturday would be read by Senator Ford
and ms the journal proper has been, accord.
ing to report, locked up in the safe of
local business house, Senator Ford was
compelled to perform his duty by reading
from couple of sheets of foolscap.
No objection was made to. the minutes
and the clerk pro tenn. had scarcely taken
his seat when Senator Fassett (Maboning)
was upon his feet and vociferorsly claimed
the attention of the chair. The president
however, was buslly engaged in comforting
with half dozen Senators. and II was not
until fifteen minutes had elapsed that Sena-
tor Fassett was successful In announcing
that he had risen 10 q question of privilege.
Before, however, he could state his question,
which was intended to be an attack upon
the Senate reporter of the Times, of this
city, for certain matters in his report of
t,s.. ..l,., .,f, III
surrounded by his brother Senators, and in
duced to let the matter drop. Then another
long wait cnsued, the evident purpose of the
chamber being to kill time.
The Republicans are determined to adopt
the ''sit-itout' policy. Nothing was done
but the reading of the journal. President
Kennedy busted himself in the perusa of
the Cincinnati papers, and the bulk of his
colleagues followed his example.
Allen o. Meyers entered the chamber and
requested n look at the journal of Saturday.
There was whispered confab between
Senator Ford and President Kenne-
dy, during which copy of the
journal was hurrledly made, and
the original locked up in Fords desk.
Myers was then allowed to peruse the copy,
after which lie retired, with bows and
smiles. A meeting of the Democrats was
held to determine upon plan of proceed
ings.
Senator and clerk pro tenn. Ford, after
holding prolonged conference with Pre-
siding Officer Kennedy and several Senators,
said to the United Press representatives:
1--WE have decided to sit here every one of
us, until four o'clock, when the Demo-
Gratis are expected to put In an
appearance. We will transact no business,
make no speeches, nor take any recess for
dinner. What is more we have decided to
sit here until July 1, day and night, in the
event of quorum not being effected before
that date. This may sound little off, but
we mean it''
THE AFTERNOON SESSION.
COLUMBUS, o., Jan. 26.-The opposing
forces in the Ohio Senate faced each other
in the afternoon, climched, indulged in nu-
merOus bouts in which neither side was
successful In gaining n throw and then adj
j0urned to renew the contest another day.
The Republican Senators, whose session
commenced at ten o'clock in the morning,
did nothing beyond approving the journal of
Saturday. During the afternoon they went
out In squads to dinner, but Lieutenant
Governor Kennedy, fearful of coup detdt,
preferred to keep his seat and solaced him
self with an humble lunch of crackers and
cheese and so the hours passed.
Three o'clock came and with 1t the first
signs of public interest. Crowds of men
and women began to flock into the chamber
until ever available foot of ground outside
of the charmed circle was occupied, while
out in the lobby hundreds tore around in
vain attempt to gain admittance to the over
crowded chamber.
AT 3:47 cheering and clapping of hands
OH the outside heralded the approach of the
Democratic Senators, who in single file with
slow military tread and amid renewed mani
festations of enthusiasm from the inside,
entered the chamber and took their seats
The roll was called and every member re-
spOnded. The presiding Office announced
that the order of the day was the contest of
the seats of the Hamilton County delega-
tIon, but he had scarcely concluded when
Mr.. Cable, Democrat, was on his feet with
motion that all further proceedings under
the call be dispensed with.
Mr. Conrad, Republican,. antagOnized this
with the point of order that the call had ex-
hausted itself and then the music began,
both sides put forward their best speakers,
and citations of pieceients flew thick and
fast. Senator Fassett enlivened the pro-
ceedings by calling attention, in stentorlan
tones to tho fact that Allen o. Meyers was
interfering with the members" and shouts
of ironical applause greeted the presidents
UllIiOhiiCtlutHl tllub lIlt bcIRtHllt-ul- arms
would see that the members were protected.
Finally, when the oratory had exhausted
itself, the point of order was decided well
taken. An appeal was moved and vOcifer-
Ously seconded, but the chair, after pro-
lOnged consultation with Speaker Entreken
and ex-Speaker Hodge, who sat on either
side of the chair and posted him throughout
the session, decided that no appeal could be
made.
This decision was again made the basis
for an appeal. Finally, when matters were
drifting into condition of helpless con-
fusion, Senator Sullivan, Democrat threw
oil on the troubled waters by explaining
that his side was cOntending for an estab-
Iished precedent rather than seeking mode
OF obstruction ThereupOn the chair with
drew his ruling and the resolution to dis
pense, ETC.. was carried.
In ordering the roll call the president in
strncted Clerk Vallandigham to omit the
Senators from Hamilton County, but the
only response of that official was TO call the
names In question with an extra ring of his
sonorious voice. A second time the chair
announced the order of the day. Again
this was antagmized by Mr.. Cable who
called for the reading of the journal.
After heated discussion the chair an
nounced that the Senate had been In session
since ten o. m. and that the journal had
already been disposed Of An appeal was
taken and the clerk again failed to omit the
Hamilton County delegation from the call.
He however. pursued his former policy and
his record showed that the appeal had been
sustained by vote OF twenty to seventeen.
The sheet was handed TO the chair. who,
after eraslDg the votes of the Hamilton
County delegation announced that the ap-
peal had been lost by seventeen TO sixteen.