Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1850-01-17
10 The Lcgisliurc is now on he second

% The LcGislnurc is now on he second
week Of it, session, ND !, has accomplish.
@! Just nothing. More business 10 done
euh al ,he Jane or October scss ons every
year, han at he January session They
make ou, TO form quorum on Tuesday.
the frs, week uf the session. hen b, Law
the session commences on Monday /; their
,es ions average about two hours aId n
ialf day. the first week, when they offer
unirpoIiant resolutions TO investigate ills.
TIA, and the her, arpoin, Committees TO
enquire uio the expedlency Of his, and
the probability of that, and then, a' early
ss Fri ny noon adjourn over 10 Monday,
and in most instances they are unablc 10
form quorum before afternoon, and some
times no, until Tuesday morning. They
come together again III, second week.
which closes ai,h similar results and 80
With the third, fouuh, fifth, and SO on
Now the vho'e business might easily bc
transacted in TWO " eeks, without any kind
If difficulty. giving the memb!rs all reason
able opportunity tn dine with his Excelrn-
cy, attend the parties given by Providence
gentlemen, 60 TO the Museum, &c, &C..
besides saving at least twenty-five hundred
dollars to the State. The members should
all assemble BY Monday afternoon, Of the
first week, go straight to work, and con,in-
ne until Saturday night, ard then, if the
business at not finished, adjourn over TO
Monday morning. This would be econom-
ical a1d honest legislation, and would be
worthy OF imitation. The amount OF mon
cy that wonld be thus saved in very few
years, would pay tho Old Registered State
Debt which is as honestly due as the pres
ent members pay for the last weeks ser
vice, the State Debt, build a new State
House in Providence, and leave a hand
some surplus in the Treasury.
Those whow, te in favor ofthis waste Of
time ard money, by these constant adjourn
mcns, take good care not to register their
names and votes OF ,he journal, SO that the
people may know who i, is ,ha, help squan-
der the public money, and neglect the pub
lie interest. We were in the House, on
Friday last, at the adjournment over 10
Monday, but these who favored this mo-
ton took care to vote against ca ling the
Ayes aud Noes.
Such kind of play will do very well for
childrei, OF amateur legislators, who are in
de Lucrative body to make speeches for
Bunkome, and secure a reelection but for
plain, practical men, who ought to have
no nonsense in The T he ads, and who ough,
to desire to make Rhode Island a model
State, even in Iegi-la ion. - and whose only
object should be 10 transact the pubic
bus ness, and then go home and take care
OF t cir own private affairs, this is mos,
lily course Of procedure, and one that is
exceedingly rcprehenslble. II has been
tried again and again, by some Of tie mem
hers to correct tho evll,-but to no pur-
pose he ouly remedy, therefore, is for the
people To louk 20 this matter themselves,
AM Let thcm permit those members to re-
main a; home wAo will not attend to their
dutics pUnctna,ly, aud remain steadily at
their post SO long as there is anything to be
done. We spoke Of this mnt'cr las, winter,
and We shall continue TO do 60, until n re-
{ 'rm is effected.
CcS1he following letter from tho First
Asse,an, Post Master General explains The
mode in which The Mails are now carried
between this place and New York. As
there is no written contract, we presume
the Company, OF whoever has charge Of
the Mai on board The boats, do not feel
that they are compel leI to be as psnc,nal
in the delivery Of the Mli,s as they would
if there was a written contract. We trust,
at least, that orr worthy Post Master at
this Place will furnish Il c Department with
return Of all failures on the part Of tho
Company, or their agents, in the discharge
Of this duty, SO that in the settlement of the
account a pro rata payment only viii be
made.
p. o. Department, Contract Office,
Jan. 9th, 1880
In answer TO your letter Of The 4,h
ilst., have to inform you iha, the the offer
for the service from New York by Ne wport
to Fall River and back, six tines a week,
was made to, aud accepted by the New
York and Fall River Steamboat Company.
This offer (SI,5 500 a year, included the
Mail messenger service between the sever
al Offices ard the Boat. No regular con-
tracts have bscn executed by the Company;
but i, was expected they would continue
the service so long as the P. Nj. General
should intimate n" wish to the contrary.
am respectfully,
Your obi servant,
S. r. IlOBBEE.
w. II. CRAssroN, Esq, Newport RI
Although there is no written contract, so
long as the Company accepted the offer Of
the Department, they are legally bourd for
the faith ful fulfllment Of the offer which