Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1845-03-01
FEBRUARY rs, 1915.
the trial term

This day DR.. Ellis, Of the Senate, asked leav
to introduced bill in that body for the purpose
OF receiving the distributive share Of Missouri, o
the proceeds OF the sales Of the public lands
The president decided it was out of order, tn,
Senate having rejected concurrent resolutions a
this session proposing substantially the same
thing. Mr. Ellis appealed from the decision o
the chair, bot the Senate upon vote sustained
the decision.
In the House, today, report was submitted by
the committee on public printing, or a majority
oil that committee, reported that they have EN-
ployed the editor of the Missourian to print the
public and general laws which shall be revised
at the present session OF the Legislature, and the
editor Of the Enquirer, Mr.. Lusk 10 print the
Journals Of the House. Gun to print the private
acts or Senate Journals. You have some idea,
being printers, how these contracts have hereto.
fore been let out by the General Assembly, al
ways 10 democratic, partisan editors, at higher
prices than the work could be done for by others,
but, purely, through fraud, cooling and collision.
The same diabOlical spirit and determination
presides over the public purse as heretofore, and
it is now visible TO the senses that dirty editorial
tools OF the dominant party, are to be rewarded
with fat jobs OF printing when they have been
under bid by others. The majority report was
submitted by Mr.. Rogers, and after its reading by
the clerk was concluded, Mr.. McNeal submitted
a minority report, from which it is most evident
this species OF party swindling 10 reward favor.
ties has been the chief design OF the majority
The minority report on the subject OF PROPOSE
lions to print the laws, shows that the bid OF
Messrs. Robertson, Chambers and others, was in
the single article Of paper, from $500 to $1,000
cheaper than the bid taken by the committee, and
while the bid recommended asks ninety days to
complete the work after the copy shall have
Chambers and others, proposes TO perform the
work in thirty days, one ttird OF the time required
by the lavorites. During the reading of the mi
noGity report, there was an unusual silence per-
vading the hall, and look OF earneslness, that
seemed 10 say, from the cay you talk there is
something rotten in Denmark. After The minor.
,y report was read Mr.. Hough rose and moved
for the printing Of one hundred and fifty copies
of both reports, which was ordered by the House.
These printing jobs promise something luscious
10 the country, as the mode and manner in which
a Missouri legislature will make distribution of
OF their little lOaUes and fishes amongst their ia.
voltes.
As your readers are, perhaps. becoming anx
ious TO know something about the adjournment of
the Legislature, | will state the only fact which
seems likely to be an argument in favor OF it
with the members, which is, that the Treasury is
now empty! However, in the House to day, Mr..
Knox introduced a concurrent resolution, 10 Dor
row from the bank sum OF money, amount not
specified, but not less than fifty thousand dollars,
to dehay the expenses OF this General Assembly
and the Convention TO assembly for the pur
pose Of amending the constitution. If this reso
luton shall be adopted (and the members would
likely prefer borrowed money to warrants upon
an empty treasury you may look out for adjourn.
ment about the time the DhippOOr. Wills cry.
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