Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-05-13
PURGED.
The Last of the Cincinnati Frauds
Gone Glimmering.
The Seats of the Four Frauds in the
Senate Declared Vacant, and the
Honestly Elected Republi-
cans Sworn In.

Honestly Elected Republi-
cans Sworn In.
Despite the efforts of the Democracy
to support and maintain fraud in the
General Assembly of Ohio, the lawfully
elected members of the Senate have been
seated. After sturdy tight right has
prevailed, and through the united efforts
of the Republicans, the distractions il
the way of the proper transaction of the
public business have been removed.
The four Republican Senators were
seated on Saturday At ten o'clock in
the morning, pursuant to adjournment,
the Senate convened, with Lieutenant
Governor Kennedy in the chair. Pray
er was offered by Rev. Konrad Mees,
pastor OF German Lutheran st. Psuls
church, Columbus. At 10:40 o'clock a.
90. number of senators entered the
chamber, and Immediately thereafter
the chair directed the clerk to read the
journals of Tuesday, Wednesday, Thurs
day and Friday. The reading was 6n
ished at IL o'clock, when Mr.. Pavey, on
leave, moved that the report made and
submitted to the Senate, and the resolu-
tions thereto attached and recommended
for adoption by I b Couler,T J Pringle.
and w Rannells, members of the CON-
mittee on privileges and elections, in
the matter of contest of Samnel Bailey,
jr, against John Brashears, James
Hopple, Moses S Wilson and Robert
Kuehnert, be now taken from the table
The motion was adopted unanimously.
Mr. Pavey then moved: That the res
olutions recommended for adoption by
B Coulter, J Pringle and w j Ran
nells, members of the con mittee On priv
ileges and elections in the contested
election case of Samuel Bailey y,jr, against
John Brashears, James c Hopple, Moses
Z Wilson and Robert kuehDert, be now
adopted, and that the oath of Office be
now administered to George W Hard
acre. Frank Klrchner, James c Richard
son and AMI McGill, and that they
take their seats as senators in the Senate
of the Sixty seventh General Assembly
of the State of Ohio from the First Sem
atorial district"
This motion was adopted by viva
voce vote, all the senators voting in the
affirmative. The senators from the Firs
Senatorial district, Messrs Hardacre,
Kirchner, Richardson and McGill, ap.
peared within the bar of the Senate and
took the usual oath to support the Con
stitution of the United States, the Con-
Stitution of the State of Ohio, etc, ad-
niniStered by the President of the Sen
ate, and formally entered upon the dis
charge of their duties.
There being no call of the Senate and
no rell-call, there is nothing on the Sem
ate journal to indicate whether or not
there was a quorum in the Senate. The
courts have repeatedly held that they
cannot go behind the record of legs-
lative body, and there is no question of
the validity of these proceedings and the
seating of the four senators from Ham
ilton county. If Van Cleat had re-
mained in the Senate as he was instruct
ed by his Democratic colleagues to do, to
demand d call of the Senate, he might
have prevented the action of the Repub.
lican senators, but he was not on hand.
The action of the Republicans resulted
from the adoption of the following res
olution offered by Senator Gregg in the
Republican caucus.
"WHEREAs, Several of the legally
elected members of the Senate have, in
an warranted and revolutionary man-
ner, withdrawn from the Ohio Senate,
and from the state, thereby obstructing
legislation, and especially for the pur
pose of preventing action being taken on
the senatorial contests from Hamilton
county, after said contests having con-
Sumed nearly ten weeks of time and
costing an immense sum of NOM
ty, and having yielded to the De
mocracy at every point, and they having
violated and broken faith with US after
having carried out our part of the COM
pact with them to the letter, aud there
being no reason for further delaying ac-
tion in said cases, and being well ad-
vised that we are fully warranted, le-
gally and morally, in taking immediate
action, and knowing we will be fully ap-
plauded by the people of Ohio; there+
fore, be it
Resolved, That it is the sense of this
caucus that at 10 o'clock tomorrow Sen
ator Pavey he authorized to offer such
resolutions as may meet case to de-.
clare the seats of the four sitting MEM
bers from Hamilton county vacant, and
t hat George w Hardacre, james G Rich
ardson, Frank Kirchner and AMI Nc
Gill were the legally elected senators
from that county, and that they be
sworn in at once"
After the four Republicans from Ham.
ilton county were seated the Senate pro-
ceeded with its regular business. A
message from Gov. Foraker was receiv-
ed, appointing the trustees for the State
Soldiers and Sailors home. The APT
pointmeEts were referred to a special
consisting of Senators Ford,
Conrad and Fassett.
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