H. B. No. 759-Mr. Kerr: To divide Liverpool township, Columbiana - county, Ohio, into two election precincts. H. B. No. 760-Mr. Barton: To authorize the transfer of funds arising from the tax on dogs in Wayne county. H. B. No. 761-Mr. Hopkins: To repeal chapter 7, title III, part I, of the Revised Statutes of Ohio. H. B. No. 762—Mr. Stubbs: To amend section 7657 of the Revised Statutes of Ohio. Attest: Mr. Atkinson submitted the following report: D. J. EDWARDS, Clerk. The committee on Roads and Highways, to whom was referred S. B. No. 322 To authorize the commissioners of Guernsey county to repair the Quaker City and Summerfield turnpike-having had the same under consideration, report it back, and recommend its passage. F. M. ATKINSON, B. W. CARLISLE, Said bill was read the third time. GEO W. MOORE, Mr. Pond moved to refer said bill (S. B. No. 322) to a select committee of one, with instructions to amend as follows: Strike out, in line 2 section 1, the words " and required." Which was disagreed to. The question being "Shall the bill pass?" the yeas and nays were ordered, taken, and resulted-yeas 24, nays 1, as follows: Those who voted in the affirmative were Messrs. Atkinson, Carran, Creamer, Eggleston, Entrekin, Fleischmann, Hartshorn, Horr, Hollingsworth, Jackson, Kirby of Wyandot, Marriott, Moore, Mounts, Parker, Perkins, Pollard, Saltzgaber, Sinks, Strong, Sullivan, Tyler, Wilkins of Fulton, and Wilkins of Tuscarawas - 24. Mr. Richards voted in the negative. So the bill passed. The title was agreed to. MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Mr. President: The House of Representatives has passed the following bills, in which the concurrence of the Senate is requested: H. B. No. 653—Mr. Porter: Supplementary to an act entitled "an act to authorize certain municipal corporations to construct machine shops and issue bonds therefor," passed April 13, 1880 (Ohio Laws, volume 77, page 193.) H. B. No. 704-Mr. Bloom: Supplementary to the act entitled "an act. to authorize the Register of Virginia Military School Lands at Mansfield to close the business of his office," passed June 10, 1879. Attest: Said bills were read the first time. D. J. EDWARDS, Clerk. Mr. Pollard submitted the following report: The joint committee on Enrollment have examined, and found correctly enrolled, the following bills: H. B. No. 86: To amend section 2733 of the Revised Statutes of Ohio. H. B No 276: To amend section 2711 of the Revised Statutes of Ohio. H. B. No. 380: To amend sections 7060 and 7061 of the Revised Statutes of Ohio. H. B. No. 389: To amend sections 2957 and 2958 of the Revised Statutes of Ohio. H. B. No. 553: To amend section 6836 of the Revised Statutes of Ohio. H B. No 648: To distribute the surplus dog tax in Columbiana county. D. A. HOLLINGSWORTH, J. K. POLLARD, G. W. MOORE, JOHN F. LOCKE, C. R. HARMON, H. R. SMITH, W. T. WALLACE, MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Mr. President: The Speaker of the House of Representatives has, in the presence of the House, signed the following bills: H. B. No 86: To amend section 2733 of the Revised Statutes of Ohio. H. B. No. 276: To amend section 2711 of the Revised Statutes of Ohio. H. B. No. 380: To amend sections 7060 and 7061 of the Revised Statutes of Ohio. H. B. No. 389: To amend sections 2957 and 2958 of the Revised Statutes of Ohio H. B. No. 553: To amend section 6836 of the Revised Statutes of Ohio. H. B. No. 648: To distribute the surplus dog tax in Columbiana county. Attest: D. J. EDWARDS, Clerk. The President of the Senate, in the presence of the Senate, signed said bills. Mr. Sullivan submitted the following report: The committee on Ditches and Drains, to whom was referred S. B. No. 321: To repeal a special act passed April 19, 1487 (0. L., vol. 74, page 448), entitled an act to provide for the straightening, clearing out, widening, and otherwise improving Stillwater ditch and creek, also its tributaries, in Darke county, Ohio-having had the same under consideration, report it back, and recommend its passage. L. M. STRONG, G. M. SALTZGABER, JNO. C. ENTREKIN, J. J. SULLIVAN. Said bill was read the third time. The question being "Shall the bill pass?" the yeas and nays were ordered, taken, and resulted-yeas 25, nays none, as follows: Those who voted in the affirmative wereMessrs. Atkinson, Creamer, Eggleston, Entrekin, Fleischmann, Hartshorn, Horr, Hollingsworth, Jackson, Kirby of Wyandot, Marriott, Moore, Mounts, Parker, Perkins, Pollard, Pond, Richards, Sinks, Strong, Sullivan, Tyler, Van Cleaf, Wilkins of Fulton, and Wilkins of Tuscarawas -25. So the bill passed. The title was agreed to. Mr. Richards submitted the following report: The committee on Library, to whom was referred H. J. R. No. 96: To procure the publication of the so-called St. Clair papers-having had the same under consideration, report it back, with following amendments, and recommend its adoption: Strike out the words "by the Secretary of State," and insert in lieu thereof the words, "in the State Library, under the control of the Library Commissioners." And add at the end of the resolution the following: "Said original papers shall not be taken or removed from the Library, and the Board of Library Commissioners is hereby authorized to make the necessary arrangements for copying the same in the Library." Said amendments were agreed to. R. G. RICHARDS, The question being on the adoption of said resolution, the yeas and nays were ordered, taken, and resulted-yeas 23, nays none, as follows: Those who voted in the affirmative were Messrs. Atkinson, Creamer, Eggleston, Entrekin, Fleischmann, Hartshorn, Horr, Hollingsworth, Kirby of Wyandot, Marriott, Moore, Mounts, Parker, Perkins, Pollard, Pond, Richards, Strong, Sullivan, Tyler, Van Cleaf, Wilkins of Fulton. and Wilkins of Tuscarawas-23. So the resolution was adopted. Mr. Jackson submitted the following report: The select committee of one, to whom was referred H. B. No. 752: To authorize the commissioners of Muskingum county to borrow money to complete county infirmary-having had the same under consideration, report it back, and recommend its passage. LYMAN J. JACKSON. Said bill was ordered to be read the third time to-morrow. THREE O'CLOCK P.M. Mr. Sullivan, under suspension of the rules, introduced the following bill, which was read the first time: S B. No. 337: To amend section 2833 of the Revised Statutes of Ohio. Mr. Hitchcock moved to take from the table S. J. R. No. 65. The question then being on the adoption of said resolution, the yeas and nays were ordered, taken, and resulted-yeas 21. nays none, as follows: Those who voted in the affirmative were Messrs. Atkinson, Creamer, Eggleston, Hartshorn, Hitchcock, Horr, Hollingsworth, Jackson, Kirby of Wyandot, Marriott, Moore, Mounts, Parker, Perkins, Pollard, Pond, Richards, Sinks, Sullivan, Tyler, and Wilkins of Fulton-21. So the resolution was adopted. Mr. Perkins asked and obtained indefinite leave of absence for Mr. Beebe. Mr. Entrekin, under suspension of the rules, introduced the following bills, which was read the first time: S. B. No. 338: To authorize the commissioners of Ross county to settle certain claims therein named. S. B. No. 339: To amend section 8401 of the Revised Statutes of Ohio. Mr. Entrekin offered the following joint resolution, which was referred to the committee on Public Printing: S. J. R. No. 70: Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That the Supervisor of Public Printing be and he is hereby instructed to cause the Report of the Adjutant General to be printed at once, so as to allow the same to be submitted to members prior to acting on the general appropriation bill at the present session. On motion of Mr. Hollingsworth, the Senate proceeded to take up the special order for 3 o'clock. S. R. No. 88: Requesting members of the Senate who signed the protest presented by Mr. Van Cleaf to furnish evidence of the truth of the allegations made therein. Mr, Hollingsworth moved to amend S. R. No. 88, by striking out all after the word "resolved," and inserting in lieu thereof a preamble, and also additional matter, so as to make said resolution read as follows: WHEREAS, The right to protest against any aet or resolution, as guaranteed by section 10, article 2, of the Constitution of Ohio, does not include any right to wantonly defame or libel the officers of the State or the United States, or to vilify the private character of honorable citizens of either; and, WHEREAS, A number of Senators, in entering a protest against the adoption of S. J. R. No. 67, have exceeded their constitutional right to protest, as thus guaranteed, by inserting_in_said protest an unfounded accusation against the title of President R. B. Hayes, to the effect that he was never legally elected President of the United States, but was illegally seated in the Presidential chair, as the result of a supposed wrong and collossal fraud, which they characterize in said protest as a foul stain on the American Republic; and, WHEREAS, The Senate and House of Representatives of the Congress of the United States, aided in their deliberations by a duly constituted Electoral Commission, partly composed of the Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, after carefully canvassing the votes of the several Electoral Colleges, as cast for President of the United States in 1876, duly declared that said R. B. Hayes had been elected to said office; and, WHEREAS, In pursuance of said declaration, said R. B. Hayes was regularly inaugurated President of the United States, and has ever since continued to hold said office, with the full acquiescence of both Houses of Congress and of the people of the United States; therefore, Resolved, That we denounce said accusation, as thus embodied in said protest, and entered upon the Journal of the Senate, as an abuse of the constitutional right of protest, and as a libel upon the present legally elected Chief Magistrate of the Nation; and, WHEREAS, Certain grave and scandalous charges are also embodied in said protest affecting the character and integrity of an honored citizen of Ohio, to wit, Stanley Matthews, whose nomination to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States is now pending, for confirmation, before the Senate of the United States; and, WHEREAS, Said charges, if proved true, prove him to be unfit to occupy said high office, or to be recommended thereto by this Senate; and, WHEREAS, It is unreasonable to suppose that honorable Senators would make such serious charges against a citizen without having in their possession abundant evidence of the truth thereof; therefore, Resolved, That the signers of said protest be and they are hereby requested to furnish forthwith to the Judiciary Committee, in writing, for consideration under S. R. No. 87, any and all evidence which they may have to sustain the truth of their charges as thus embodied in said pro test. Mr. Hollingsworth moved that the resolution and pending amendment be laid upon the table and ordered printed. On which motion the yeas and nays were demanded, taken, and resulted-yeas 17, nays 1, as follows: Those who voted in the affirmative were Messrs. Carran, Creamer, Eggleston, Entrekin, Fleischmann, Hartshorn, Hitchcock, Horr, Hollingsworth, Kirby of Hamilton, Mounts, Perkins, Pollard, Pond, Richards, Sinks, and Strong-17. Mr. Kirby of Wyandot voted in the negative. Mr. Hollingsworth demanded a call of the Senate. A call was had, and the following Senators answered to their names: Messrs. Atkinson, Carran, Creamer, Eggleston, Entrekin, Fleischmann, Hartshorn, Hitchcock, Horr, Hollingsworth, Jackson, Kirby of Hamilton, Kirby of Wyandot, Marriott, Moore, Mounts, Parker, Perkins, Pollard, Pond, Richards, Sinks, Strong, Sullivan, Tyler, Van Cleaf, Wilkins of Fulton, and Wilkins of Tuscarawas-28. Mr. Hollingsworth moved that all further proceedings under the call. be dispensed with. On which motion the yeas and nays were demanded, taken, and resulted-yeas 17, nays 11, as follows: Those who voted in the affirmative were Messrs Carran, Creamer, Eggleston, Entrekin, Fleischmann, Hartshorn, Hitchcock, Horr, Hollingsworth, Kirby of Hamilton, Mounts, Perkins, Pollard, Pond, Richards, Sinks, and Strong-17. Those who voted in the negative were— Messrs. Atkinson, Jackson, Kirby of Wyandot, Marriott, Moore, Parker, Sullivan, Tyler, Van Cleaf, Wilkins of Fulton, and Wilkins of Tus carawas-11. So the motion was agreed to. The question recurring on the motion to lay said resolution upon the table, the yeas and nays were ordered, taken, and resulted-yeas 17, nays none, as follows: Those who voted in the affirmative were Messrs. Carran, Creamer, Eggleston, Entrekin, Fleischmann, Hartshorn, Hitchcock, Horr, Hollingsworth, Kirby of Hamilton, Mounts, Perkins, Pollard, Pond, Richards, Sinks, and Strong-17. The President again announced no quorum voting. The yeas and nays were again ordered, taken, and resulted-yeas 16, nays 2, as follows: |