The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1849-05-18
An Extra Session.


An Extra Session.
There are probably dozen OF papers In
the state urging the Governor TO call an eS'
ira session Of the legislature, and, what is
curious, nearly every one of these papers
urges such call for a different reason; and
what is still more curious, when you get al!
these reasons together in lump, aud boil
them dows, they dom, amount to more than
about one respectable pretext. For exam
ple: The Joliet Signal complains Of the high
salaries on the canal, and wants an extra
session TO reduce them. Does the Signal
not know that the regulating of these sala'
ries is in the hands Of the trustees, and that
oil the legislature could do in the matter
would be to pass some vain resolves, winch
has been repeatedly done already, without
the slightest effect? Another paper-she
State Register--urges q called session Tor
the purpose Of elec,ng United States Sc.
nator, the Governor, Us it AYERS, not having
the power to make an appointment to till
the vacant seat Of this state. Now this is
all moonshnc, too. There is no doubt OF
the Governors power to appoint; but even
ifthis is not perfectly clear to his mind, 500
ner than put the people to the expense of an
extra session, in matter Of so little conse-
Qnence, he should exercise doubtful pow
err, and lie, the senate decide the natter or,
If he is unwilling 10 do that, let the seat re.
main unoccupied one session. We imagine
the country will DO safe even though there
should, for few months, be one wise man
les. from Illinois in the councils of the la
ton. Then few papers in the southern
part Of the state want an extra session for
the purpose Of granting the RICH, of way
across the state 10 the Cincinnati and 81.
Louis Railroad Company-just as IT there
was probability that The legislature would at
al extra session, pass measure which they
rejected by a very decisive vote at a regular
session. And lastly, some other paper, we
forget what one, has discovered, we had al
most said mares nest, in the fact that
the state is about 10 lose some SO, 900,
in consequence Of the last legislature ne
glectins to provide some $1,000 To redeem
$4,000 ia state bonds which had been pied
ged to Mr.. Peabody, Of London, aud an ex-
ira sessions needed to make good this over
sight Of the last legislature. But i. appears
the bonds were forfeited year ago, and al
though, at the urgent solicitation of Gov.
French, il appears Mr.. p, consented TO hold
OH to bonds until the last legislature should
meet, what reason is ,here to suppose that
since that Legislature has adjourned wi,hon,
making any provision to redeem the bonds,
they have uo, been sold? At all events, IL
seems 10 ush were better 10 hear from Mr..
Peabody again, before we re-assemblc the
legislature to correc. fau. which may be
pas. correcting.
We suspect, il the truth could lie got at,
the reasons assigned for urging called ses-
sion, are the very larthes, from those really
atthe bottom of the matter. Wemay make
some guc'scs on the subject hereafter. But
we are satisfied on this head, tina, nothing
approaching an adequate exigeucy TO justi-
fya called session exists at this time, and
we have sufficient confidence in Gov.
French to believe that nothing short Of the
elearest dictates Of duty will ever induce
him to pu. The state TO the heavy expense
OF an extra session.