Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1846-12-24
DARING OUTRAGE.

'N'S 'o"e" SSFSS'ai Pa'HSs al Nho", W
create the impression tina, they were will
ling 10 carry out the wishes of the people
in electng U. s. Senators, and tina, there
was nothing in The way bu, The reluctance
OF the Wings in the Legislature to 60 into
join. ballot. We have apprised our read.
ers on several occasions of the fa!si,y of
this position. The frs, proposition TO 60
into an election came from the House.
As some intima.on had been given tina. i,
was the intention of the loco focos to pre-
vent the election of Supreme Judges, so
that the present incumbents might hold
their commissions and draw their pay
year or two longer. the wings thought
that such course would defeat the in
tention and spirit of the Constitutions;
they therefore amended the resolution be-
fore it went to the Senate, by making
provision for the election of one chief JUS
tice and two associate Justices. During
the discussion in the House the loco focos
virtually acknowledged that there was no
necessity Of eleclng judges for twelve
month. This made the wings more ca
ger to carry their point, and the join,
resolution in its amended shape was sent
TO The Senate for its concurrence. Our
readers have learned. through Our CORES.
pondence, that several disiinc, propositions
were made by the House, to get the
Senate into join, ballot, and that they all
bad been frustrated by the loco focos.-
The wings. finding .ba, their opponents
made it sine qua non to have the Sena.
tors elected first, and believing it to be
mere ruse 10 stave off the election of
either Senators or Judges, concluded TO
test their sincerity. Accordingly, Mr.
Morton introduced joint resolution to
90 into Convention on Friday for the
election Of Senators and on Saturday the
Convention would meet again for the
purpose Of elec,ng judges. The locos in
the Senate took every method to avoid the
responsibility and Illustrate this movement.
They determined up to last Thursday to
take no other notice of ii than they had
Of the other propositions which had come
from the House. On Thursday night
however they had secret caucus in
which the question was discussed. II
was there thought hazardous for them 10
see their constituents during the Temporal
~ adjournment without making some
better show than they had done; and they
determined TO amend the House join. re-
solution in such manner as to throw the
responsibility of lis defeat on that body,
and in the contingency Of the House &C.
ceptng their proposition of going into
the election of one Senator only, they
determined to run Judge Wilson, with
the hope of getting whg or the possum
democrats to 60 with them. The frs,
thing they did in the Senate on Friday
morning was to amend the joint resolution
as proposed in Caucus the nigh, before.
In This shape it went Immediately to the
House. The wings in the House, to show
their sincerity, voted with the locos to
concur in all the amendments without the
least hesitation.
We now come TO that part of our sub
although The conduct of the locos
throughout has been most Outrageous
which will show that we have chosen a
most appropriate caption to this article
Al the hour appointed on Friday, the
Senators came into the Hall of the House
where they were very respectfully re-
ceived by the members. As there had
been no rules established for any special
organization Of the Convention. and as
the Speaker Of the House had presided on
another occasion, when both Houses met
in convention, in accordance with the re.
quiremen, Of the Constitution, he claimed
the right Of presiding on this occasion,
and as no objection was offered at the
time, he retained his seat accordingly.-
The Convention proceeded Immediately
10 the election Of one Senator riud Uoce
A deathlike stiffness pervadej the Hal
while the names of the members were
called in alphabetical order. This lasted
until Fullenwider's name was called He
broke the charm by naming G. G.. Il
Mitchell as the candidate Of his choice
At that instant the loco foco side Of ,ht
House was in buz of admiration a, til,
revulsion of feeling which the Doctor,
vote produced among them. The volin!
wen. on. and the result, showed .ha. M
choice had been effected.
The Speaker announced the result, an.
a motion was Immediately made to 60 in
10 a second ballot Here the grea, on,
rage commenced. We have given de
tail Of the tumuliuous proceedings in ano
Their par, Of this paper. That, however
gives but faint outline of the ungen,le
manly and mobocra,c department of
large number Of The leading loco focos q
the Senate. Our intention is not now I
recspi,ula,e this disrepu,able conduct, b,
only TO show the actual position Of the $
called Democracy of the Legislature :
Thy openly refused TO go into secon
ballot and haze since last Eiday declal
ed that they wiu not go into Conuentio
again during. this session of the sLegi
icture for the purpose of eIecting eth,
-Ssnofors or Jkdges. The reason IS palI