The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1886-02-03
LEGISLATIVE MIDDLE.
70 Visible Signs That che Crisis in the
Ohio State Senate iB Close
at Hand.
Republicans Meet IN the Morning and Re.
main in Their Seats ali Day-Tho
Democrats Attend In the
Afternoon


In the afternoon, cllnched, INDUCED In nu- /
merOus bouts In which neither side was |
successful In gaining a throw and then adj |
jOuTned 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 70 dinner, but Lieutenant |
Governor Kennedy, fearful Of a coup d etdt, /
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 It 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 I'm the lobby hundreds tore around In q
vain attempt 10 gain admittanCe to the over
crowded chamber
At 3:47 cheering and Clapping of hands
on the outside heTalded the approach ~ 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-
BpOnded. The presiding officer announced
that the order of the day was the contest Of
the seats of the Hamilton County delega-
zion, but he had scarcely concluded when
NI' CdOlb' DeluUCIal' WAS VII lliS ieel WIN
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 elections OF pIecedenls new thlck ana
tast Senator tassetC enIlVeheu the pro
Ceedmgs by calling attention, IN stentOrlan
tones, to the TACT That Allen u meyers was
interfering with the members ana sl0uts
OF ironical applause greeted the presidents
announcement thaC the sergeahJ-at-alms
would see thaJ the members were projected.
Finally when the OIatory had exhausted
ltseltr the point OF order was decided wen
taken. An appeal was moved ana Yoclier-
Ously seconded, but the CHAIR, atter pro-
lOnged consultation with Speaker Entreken
ana eX-Speaker HOdge' VINO saJ on e'JheI
SIDE OF Jhe chalr ana posted nun IlrOugnOuJ
@ne session, decided thaJ no appeal coulu De
made
This decision was again maze the OASIS
Tor an appeal Finally, when matters We're
drifting mt" condition OF helpless con
4uslOn, oehaJOf sullivan DemOctaI CnIeW
oil on the troubled waters by explaining
shat his side was conIendlng Tor an estaO-
Aished precedent rather thah seeking mooe
or obstruction lhereupoh JLe chau WIN
drew his ruling and the resolution 10 ais
pense, etc., was carried
In ordering the roll call the president M
structed Clerk YalIandigham to omit the
Senators from Hamilton County, but the
only response OF that oHicial was TO call the
names In question with an extra ring OF MS
sOnortous voice. second time the chair
announced the order OF the day. AGAIN
this was antagonzed 0y Mr., CaDIe' VINO
called Tor Jhe reaolng OF Jhe journal
After a heated discussion the char an
nOunced JhaJ the senate had Deeil IN session
since ten a. M and that the journal had
already been disposed or An appeal was
taken and the clerk again failed to omit the
Hamilton County delegation from the call.
He however, pursued his former policy ana
his record showed that the appeal had been
sustained by vote OF twenty to seventeen
Ihe sheet was handed TO the chalT' Who'
after erasing the votes OF the Hamilton
County delegation announced thaC the ap-
peal had been lost by seventeen TO sixteen
instantly there was howl or d'spleasure
from spectators and Democratic Senators
ana dozen or Jhe laIJeT jumping 10 Jhelt
feet protested that the clerk made the record
and that the simple duty OF the chair was to
announce JnaJ n1lclaIs 8 hgureS.
In the midst Of the tumWt Senator PaVey,
Republican, made a few remarks which
were almost lnaudiDle, upon the order OF the
day. and sent to the clerks desk Volumnl-
Gus lOll OF manuscript containing PROVISIONS
HOT the trial Oh tle contested cases. beIOTe
ne had resumed hts seat senator Gable rose
70 a question OF high privilege ana MI
BaVey yielded the fOOr. MT CaOle.s ques-
tion was sent to the clerk TO read' Out the
char ruled mat Mr. l'aVeys paper was hrsL
an order The Democrats c0nLenaed that
Dy yielding the moor MI. PaVey had tempo
Tarlly Withdrawn his paper, OuJ the chaH
held otherwise. bedlam ensued
Responding to loud requests, CLERK val
iandignam, III nus lOudest tones, commenced
TO read the question OF privilege. In stu
louder tones, the chair demanded that he
should cease at the same time pounding his
desk until it was IN imminent danger OF
Oemg shlVered 70 atoms For several MN
ubes both struggled Tor mastery DuI the
clerk nnaIly gave way Amld an mue'
scrlbabie din, countless appeals We're taken
ana declared out OF order, Whae senator
Payey still further complicated the sltua-
ton by asserting that he had never yielded
the floor. This, In view OF the fact that the
president had recognized dozen speakers
after Mr., Pavey had taken his scat was
greeted with shouts ana lrOncal applause
loud and long continued
Once more the clerk made an effort tC
read the question OF privilege ana again the
president voice aha malleL were oLouBhl
into play. Finally at 5l5 half-dOzer
Democrats in union moved an adjournment
until wednesday at four p. IN.
The chair held that the motion was not u
order, out the clerk proceeded 70 call JhC