Morning journal and courier., 1886-01-26
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. OHIO'S RIVAL SENATES. "A FruitIess Struggle For
 Supremacy. NO SURRENDER THE WORD. The President Attends a
 Ball. A LO0PHOLE FOR SALISBURY. Heavy Fire Losses In Phil
 adeIphia.
HE BATTLE OF THE SENATOR'S.

! forces of the Ohio Senate faced each other
 this afternoon, clinchsd, indulged in nulner- ! ous bouts in which neither side was success ful in gaining throw, and then adjourned
 to renew the contest another day. The Re publican Senators, whose session commenced
 at ten o'clock, did nothing beyond approving | the journal of Saturday. During the after | noon they went out in squads to dinner, but Lieutenant Governor Kennedy, fearful of a coup d'etat, preferred to keep his seat and solaced himself with a 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 an women began to flock into the chamber until every 1 available foot of ground outside the charm | ed circle was occupied, while in the I lobby hundreds struggled in vain attempts 1 to gain admittance to the over-crowded chamber. At 3:47 cheering and clapping of
 hands on the outside heralded the approach of the Democratic Senators, who in single file, with slow military tread and amid re- l newed manifestations of enthusiasm from the insiders, entered the chamber and took their seats The roll was called and every member responded. The presiding officer announced that the order Of the day was the contest of the seats of the Hamilton county delegation, but he had scarcely concluded when Cable Dem.) was on his feet with a
 motion that all further proceedings under the call be dispensed with. Conrad (Rep.) antagonized this with the point of order that the call had exhausted itself @l,a Lot forward their best speakers and citations of precedents flew thick and fast. Senator Fas- sett enlivened the proceedings by calling at tention in stentorian tones to the fact that Allen O. Meyers was interfering with the members and shouts Of ironical applause greeted the presidents announcement that
 the sergeant -at-arrns would see that the members were protected. Finally when the
 orato1y had exhausted itself the point
 of order was decided well taken
 An appeal was moved and vo~
 ciferously seconded, but the chair
 after a prolonged 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 condi-
 ton of hopeless confusion Senator Sullivan
 Dem.) threw oil on the troubled waters by | contendipe for an established
 precedent rather than seeking mode of ob-
 struction. Thereupon the chair withdrew
 his ruling and the resolution was carried
 In ordering the roll call the president in-
 structed Clerk Vallandingham to omit the
 Senators from Hamilton county, but the only
 response of that official was to call the names
 of the persons named. A second time the
 chair announced the order of the day.
 Again this was antagonlzed by Cable, who
 called for the reading of the journal. After a
 heated discussion the chair announced that
 the Senate had been in session s ince 10 am.
 and that the journal had been disposed of.
 An appeal was taken and the clerk again in
 structed to omit the Hamilton county del
 egation from the call. He: however, pursued
 his former policy and his record showed that the appeal had been sustained by vote of 20 to IT. The sheet was handed to the chair, who after erasing the votes of the Hamilton county delegation announced that the appeal had been lost by 17 to IA votes. Instantly there was @ howl of dis pleasure from spectators and Democrats and dozen of the latter jumping
 to their feet protested that the clerk made the record and that the simple duties of the chair was to announce that officials figures. In the midst of the | tumult Senator Pavey CRep.) made few re- 1 marks, which were almost inaudible, upon | the order of the day and sent to the clerk $ l desk a voIuminous roll of manuscript con- | taining provisions for the trial of the con-
 ssstsd sa msl eases. Before he @,,o had rose rs
 and Pavey yielded. G5 Cables s'sq question s vas sent to the clerk to read, but +1-s chair ruled that Pavey's paper was nrst ln order. The Democrats contended that by yielding the floor Pavey had temporarily withdrawn his paper. but the chair held otherwise. bed- fam ensued -Roeroudlng to loud requests Clerk Vallandingham in his loudest tones commenced to read the ques- chair demanded that he should cease and at the same time pounding his desk until it was in imminent danger of being shivered to atoms For several minutes both struggled for mastery, but the clerk finally gave way. Amid an indescribable din countless appeals were taken and declared out of order, while Senator Pavey still further complicated the situation by asserting that he had never yielded the floor. This, in view of the fact that the president had recognized a dozen speakers after Pavey had taken his seat, was greeted with shouts and ironical applause loud and long continued. Once more the clerk made an effort to read the question of privilege and again the presidents voice and mallet were brought into play. Finally at 5:15 half dozen Democrats in unison moved an adjournment until Wednesday at 4 p. m. The chair held that the motion was not ill order, put the cIerR prOceeOeO 10 call the roll, the chair meanwhile exerting his lungs to their fullest capacity. The vote showed 20 to IT for adjournment and the last name
 had scarcely been called when the Democrats seized their coats and hats and hurried from the chamber with three times three, Clerk Vallanding- dam loaded down with journal and other documents following suit. When order had been restored the roll call was ignominiously consigned to the paper basket by the chair, who then read the rules of order for the con duct of the contested cases as presented by Senator Pavey. These were quickly adopted by the seventeen Republicans remaining and a motion to adjourn until tomorrow morning was then put, declared carried. Then it was remembered that motion to reconsider the previous res olution in order to clinch it had not been
 made. Upon suggestion to that effect the
 chair decided that the adjournment had not
 gone into effect. The motion to reconsider was put and lost and another to adjourn was
 carried. The Republicans slowly left the
 chamber and the business of the day was at
 an end.
 Fhe feeling among the Democrats tonight
 is exceedingly bitter and they declare their
 intention of fighting it out on the same line
 if it takes all summer. The Republicans on
 the other hand hold that every action taken
 by the president was based on constitutional
 precedent