Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-01-28
REPUBLICANS AT THE STATE CAP
tai INACCURATE REVOLT
TION AND THREATEN
BLooDsHED.
The Lawful Senate to be Dispersed
by the Bayonet.
The Fair Fame of Ohio Disgraced by
the High-Handed Acts of Her
Own Sworn Officials.
plain Dealer Special

COLBMBgS, o., Jan. 22.-The capital
city is in fever of excitement tonight
over the high-handed and revolution
airy acts of the Republican minority in
the Senate, aided by Lieutenant Cover
nor Kennedy, to-day, and many fear
THERE MAY BE BLooDsHED
before the matter is settled If the Re
publicans persist in their unlawful at
tempts to subvert the majority. 1t is
openly proclaimed tonight by the des-
perate eonspirators that the State house
will be filed with troops who will en-
force Dictator Kennedy's DEGREES and
expel the Democratic Senators at the
POINT OF THE BAYoNET.
The outcome of the days proceedings
is a divided Senate, or rather two bod
les, each claiming to be the Senate.
One, consisting of twenty lawful Sena-
tors, presided over by Senator O'Neill,
has constitutional majority and is the
lawful Senate, while Kennedy is at the
head of a rum Senate consisting of
seventeen Republican Senators, two
less than constitutional majority.
Nevertheless the gang of scoundrels
from Cincinnati, headed by Indexer
Noyes and Bateman, declare they will
carry out their plans and that unless the
Democrats submit the lawful Senate
will be
DISPERSED BY FORCE.
The proceedings of to-day have alarmed
conservative Republicans, who fear that
the revolutionary actions of the Repub-
lican Senators may precipitate civil war.
Democrats tonight are strong in their
determinations to stand for their rights
and will resist the revolutionists to the
utmost. There is talk of
IMPEACHING KENNEDY,
as his actions to-day have been unlaw-
ful and REASONABLE.
A large number of visitors appeared
within the bar of the Senate, expecting
to see the usual tilt between the presid-
ing officer and the Senate, but they
were disappointed for the time being,
for as soon as the Lieutenant Governor
dropped the gavel and called the Senate
to order he announced that prayer
would be offered by w. P. Aylesworth
of this city. As soon as the Senators
took their seats after prayer, the pre-
siding officer ordered the reading of the
previous journals. Clerk Vallandigham
took the journal of the day before yes
terday and began to read, but Senator
Critics raised point of order and said
that the chair had no right to order the
reading of the journal of the day before
yesterday, for the reason that by ad-
journment yesterday morning the Jour-
nal went to the table. The chair ruled
the point of order as not well taken.
To this ruling of the chair Senator Ca
BILE made no appeal. At this point of
the proceedings the
wAxEN WHEN HAIRED
squealer Rannels from the coal pits of
Vinton commenced to read from Cush-
ing on Legislative practice, but failed to
read the entire clause when he was
caught on the fly by
SENATOR LAWRENCE,
who secured the floor and reviewed the
proceedings in mastery and able
manner and asked the chair how the
proceedings of the Senate could be on
the table and not the journal. This de-
cision of the chair was laughed at by
the lobby, for if any school boy of ma
ture age should make decision of that
kind he would be laughed at by all of
his schoolmates. The presiding officer
of the Senate sat in his chair like log
and did not have anybody on the floor
of the Senate to take his part, until the
lank, lean,
HUNGRY, GRAY RAIRED sQUEALER
from Fayette jumped to his feet, and
with extended arms reached out to take
in the waves of Lake Erie and the
muddy ripples of the Scioto, in fact if
there ever was demagogue that held a
seat in the Senate of Ohio, this man
from Fayette is one, although he wears
sanctimonious appearance, for this
morning he squealed for justice and fair
treatment, while on Wednesday after
noon he deliberately insulted the DEM
cratic members of the Senate, and es
pecially so in the. case of the Senators
from Hamilton county. 1t was oni>
putting on false face and hypocritital
guise for what afterwards occurred ia
the Senate. Finally the whole question
of reading the journal was disposed of
by Kennedy backing down In his de-
cision that the proceedings of the SEN
ate were on the table, but not the jour-
nal. Where he could get any authority
for this ruling Kennedy himself could
not tell, SO he sent for the
COWBOY ENTREKIN,
from Ross, but this limber-kneed states
man could not find any way out of the
dilema, so Kennedy, who has only made
one different speech in ten years, said
he would decide as he pleased, but right
in the same breath would order the
reading of the journal of yesterday.
This decision of his was broughtabout
when he learned that the Senate would
not entertain his ruling, but being bull
headed he thought he would test the
Democratic Senators, 80 the appeal was
taken and the chair in, its ruling was
not sustained BY strict party vote
yeas IL, fiays2O. 4 W
DOING THE BIDDING OF THE RINGsTERs.
When the journal was read and ap-
proved Lieutenant Governor Kennedy
said he had d question of privilege to
state to the Senate and in long state
ment citing authorities as to the scope
of his duties as presiding officer, an
nounced that he would perform his du-
ties in accordance with law and preced-
ents, regardless of rules which may
have been adopted by the majority
abridging him in his constitutional
rights. The statement went to the
committee on privileges and elections.