Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1849-02-16
MADISON, Feb. 7, 1919.

MADIsox, Feb 7, 1919.
Members of the Senate have been looking some
what closely into the affairs of the State Treasury,
and have become somewhat alarmed thereby One
thing has become pretty evident, viz: that the ex-
penses of the present year will exceed considerably
the receipts. You have published the estimate of
the Secretary both as to the receipts and expendi
lures, in which the account is made very nearly
/ equal. predict very confidently, that the result
will rrove difference of 100000 against the State,
as compared with the report. These evident facts
have compelled members 10 seek for modes OF econ
! omizng. The newspapers and printing is the most
/ apparent and tangible subject, upon which the eco
nonical predispositions of the members can be
ercSeG. Hence, joint resolution has been intro
duced doing away with the taking of papers at the
expense OF the State. It will come up to morrow
for action, with what fate | cannot yet conjecture
am told and doubt not it is true, that the post
age of the two houses is for this, the first month Of
! the session, over $1,000. You may con lecture
what mass of printing has been done to incur the
! expense. 1t is to be regretted that members had
not thought Of this matter earlier, but it is not the
less source of satisfaction that they hare thought
of it. This morning, found the desks Of the
Senate, an immense pile of German newspapers,
On inquiry and examination, found them TO
tain the Governors message, and it appears 500
copies of them were ordered by the House of Rep
rcsentatives for distribution. They were sent in
the first place, from Washington CO. by mail at the
expense OF the State they cost about cents each
here, and will be sent off at expense OF cents
each for postage. Aud all this, month after the
message was delivered, and after every man in the
State, whether English or Dutch, who desires TO do
SO, has perused it, Can there be any Justification
for such expense? How indeed can this matter of
charging postage TO the State be justified? | feel
confident of its truth when | make the assertion,
that of the letter postage there is not member on
the floor whose priUaEs correspondence does not
much exceed his pubic; and yet they deliberately
vote to tax the people to meet this expense. Might
they not with the same proprety tax the State for
: washing their shirts and backing their boots?
confess cannot perceive the difference. A letter
that will not justify either the sender or receiver in
paying the postage, ought not to be sent; and no
letter can be sent, of character that will Justify
taxing the people of the whole State TO pay for il;
Why does not the press, that guardian of the pub
Id interests, speak out on these matters Unless
the people arouse at once TO this subject they will
have extravagant State government, and crush
ing burhen Of taxes imposed on them.
: The Senate, to-day, in view of TIE probable de-
fciency in the Treasury, passed law directing the
Treasurer TO retain money enough in his hands to
: pay the members at the close of the session The
members, be it understood have already drawn tn .r
mileage, and 20 days per diem, and they now seem
determined, that whatever may be the fate Of other
creditors of the State, they not going to suffer
, There were but nays the passage of the BILL
viz Williams, Smith, and Sholes 1t looks to me
hardly jnstifable Suppose the Legislature, by its
! own reckIessness Il do not say such is the fact
but suppose they have thus created deficiency.
how does 1t look for them TO take advantage of the
fact, that they have been appointed guardians OF
the funds. to secure their own share, leaving the
rest to struggle or suffer as they may lfjust it is
certainly not nagnanmous, and for my own part
can see no justice in it. | know of nothing else,
in the proceedings of to-day, worthy Of comment
The House, to-day, passed the slavery resolutions
as they came from the Senate, by vote of 80 yeas
! to "a nays. They were in good shape. protesting
against the extension of slavery into new territory
against its continuance in the District of Columbia
and against its support anywhere, by means of Uni.
ted States Laws. / have not seen the vote bat |
believe they were Cass men mainly il not entirely,
who voted against them. The resolutions were
just and temperate, and can conceive Of 10 iusti-
hcaton for voting against them, except hatred OF
The principles they contain. And yet the men
WHO voted against them will claim 10 be good free
soil men. Since writing the above, have procur-
ed copy Of the resolutions as also Of the vote Oh
them. which transmit:
Eesolred by the Senate and Assembly of the
l State Of isconsin That our Senators in CONGRESS
be, and they are hereby instructed and our Repre-,
, sena,lyes requested,
First, To oppose the passage of any act for the
t govcrnmen, OF New Mexico and California or any
other territory now belonging to the United States
or which may hereafter be acquired unless it shall
contain provision forever prohibiting the intro
Gucton OF slavery or involuntary servitnde into
Second To oppose the admission Of any more
, slave States into the federal Union.
Third, To exert their influence to procure the
repeal o. all laws sustaining slavery and the slave
trade IN the District OF Columbia or in any other
place under the control OF the national government
and 10 secure the passage OF laws prohibiting sa-
very and the slave trade in all places under the ex
elusive jurisdiction Of the federal government.
( pscol,cJ That HE
hereby requested Immediately to forward copv
Of the foregoing resolutions each of our Senators
and Representatives in Congress 20 be by them laid
before Congress.
Those who voted IN the affirmative were,
Messrs. Brooch Chase, Colwel, Cooley, Crandall,
Daugherty, Dick, Flynn, Hastings Scion johnson,
Kerr, kng, Leland Lown Noble Mute, Page Phelps,
Pike, Pope, Pratt, Reymert, Rockwell, Strong Sug-
den, Thorp Townsend, Turck, Warren, Wells,
White Willard, and Hobart, speaker-33.
Those who voted in the negative were.