The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1851-01-23
LEGISLATIVE DEBATES.

Until the business Of the Session has
passed from the hands ofthe Committees
into the Houses, the reports Of debates
must necessarily be meagre. We shall
cndcavor not to bore our readers with
anything that is not of general interest.
Reporter.
In the House on Wed .esday, 18th, Mr..
Ludden introduced a resolution looking
to the appointment of Geo. l.. Becker,
NJ. S. Wilkinson and Allen Pierse, to
assist the Judiciary Committees in fran
ing code Of laws.
Mr. North said, in substance, that the
fair to the Judiciary Committees
The work was one of great i'm
portance, and it was highly essential
that the committees, if they required any
assistance at all, should not be trammel-
led with any one, two or three persons
selected thus, but should be allowed to
cab in .hel from whatever source they
chose He had no personal objections
to any of the gentlemen named in the re-
SOLUTION, and it was probable were the
committees left untrammclled they would
choose some at least Of the three, but he
as one ofthe House committee could not
consent to be thus hampered by the action
Of the Legislature.
Mr.. Rice having moved to strike out
the name of Geo. l.. Becker, as he was
suspected of belonging to the Rice fac
tion,"
Mr.. TiIden said that he hoped this
talk of Rice factions and Sibley factions
would cease. As for himself, he came
here to legislate for the interests eff his
constituents, without reference to party
or faction. This feud between factions
had embrolled our people long enough,
and was bane to the best interests of
the Territory. If any one thing more
than another was to be deprecated, it
was this introduction of personal mat
ters and personal feelings into questions
of legislation, and particularly into vi
tally important questions, such as the
one now before US
Mr.. -Ames, (Mr. Tilden in the chair
took the same view as the gentleman
from St. Anthony Mr.. North in regard
to trammelling the Committees
He was astonished at the course of the
mover of this resolution, and those who
acted with him, after what we had seen
the other day referring to the rejection
Of similar resolution from the Council,
differing only i'll no persons being named
as assistants to the committees that af-
ter having voted down the Council rcso-
luton, because it involyed too great an
expenditure Of money, they now came
forward and offered this, amounting to
precisely the same thing in that respect
He could account for the sudden change
in no other way than through out door
influence. Men who were named in this
very resolution had been prowling a
bout this hall, and dogging members for
their votes. Was it to get clear of these
opportunities that members so suddenly
changed their minds: He thought the
name Of Mr.. Becker had been put on to
sugar the pill Ho moved to lay the
resolution on the table.
Mr.. Brunson-So far as the gentle
mans remarks may be supposed by him
to apply to me, | utterly deny the force
of the application. No gentleman named
in that resolution, has ever, either d.
rectly or indirectly, applied to me to
vote for him. hope the motion will
not pIevaiI. am prepared to vote for
the resolution without further delay
Mr.. Ludden.-I should suppose, Mr..
Speaker, after the many brilliant displays
Of oratory we have listened to this
morning, that every member had ar
rived at the same conclusion. Laugter.
Mr.. Rice argued at length against the
resolution, taking the same ground as
Mcssrs. North and Ames.
In the afternoon, the resolution was
further opposed by Messrs. North, Ames
and Rice, each going, very nearly, over
the same ground taken in the morning.
The resolution having been amended at
the instance Of Mr.. Trask, by striking
out the names Of Messrs. Becker and
Pierse, and inserting those of T. f.
Parker and w. P. Murray, which a.
mendment was accepted by the mover,
Mr.. Ludden, the latter gentleman said:
That he now considered the resolu-
ton as being lin reality, a proposition of
the Judiciary Committee itself, mas
much as the gentleman from Saltwater,
tMr. frask, a member of that commit
tee, had been allowed to choose two of
the three named therein As for him
self, he had no preferences among the
various legal gentleman named for this
important business. We must, it ap-
pears, employ some ofthe number, and
it was no material difference to him, who
they were. He wanted the business
through with, in order that the commit
tees might get to work without further
delay.
Mr.. Trask said he made the motion
to strike out and insert as n member of
the House, and not as one of the Judici-
Try Committee.
The resolution was then adopted as a
mendcd