The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1851-03-13

w otlt>ttu Tue uay previous, CAME uib Tor !
That the secretary of the
Council he hereby instructed to procure the
printing in pamphlet form, anil with close
long pr,.s,er type, of all such bills or reports
AS may hereafter he submitted To the Coun-
Gil by tho join, judiciary committee, now
employed in the tabor Of revising AMI con
sel.daisng The. general statutes OF the ter
ritory.
"kesofved, ] hst the printing Of the daily
slips OF lhe lournal Of the Council is unne-
cc-sary, aud that the territorial printer be
hereby instructed 10 discontinue the printing
of the same
Ma. OLMsTED.--It will be rccojlected.'
Mr. President, that similar resolutions were
offered by me few days since, ba, a,ivau
tase WAS taken OF my absence, and they
were voted down. The councillor from
Saltwater, Mr. Burkieo] who has ALWAYS
protessed himself IN favor OF retrenctmeut.
was also absent. My friend from ST.. An
thony Mr. Ro!lins] wa, likewise absent on
that occasion. Both these gen,lenanI now
nope to md supporting these resolutions.
Complaints are coming up from all parts OF
the TERRITORY about the extravaganza of this
legislature IN Tho matter of printing: and
even II The resolutions fail, | desire 10 L.,
my constituents see how | stand on this
question. There Is no necessity for print
ing the bills reported 10y the Judiciary com
mIttee with space between the lines -ev.rv
member must admit this. There is scarce
~ ever any intei lining OIL tho part of mem
beers; aud tor my part, | never preserve
them. ihc daily slips are also useIess-I
never scarcely look at them. The record
I'm The hands OF the Secretary is always omen
= ,''e Inspection OF members, aud that is
sn1iotehs. IL Las, on Il previous occasion,
been urged Ivy the councillor from ST. Paul
Mr. Forbes that it nlatterel not to what
extent we swe'ied this printing account, the
United States had II foot the hill. and il
would prove no bur,hen upon our constitu-
ents.
Mr.. FoEREs. -rhe gentleman is m;sta-
Ken. | never used such an arruoert
What sad was that the United States had
ever been liberal to The territories. and thai,
there would tie ma desire in thar quarter TO
cur'ail the amount of printing NECESSARY to
cnrrect legislation, although there might be
some Objection to the Price we had stipuIa-
ted to pay.
Ma. OLMsrEo. The gentleman admits.
then, that II is doubtful whether The price
Will he allowed lay The Treasury Depart-
neht. who then must make up the deficit
To Tue printer? | regard the STIMULATION as
IL binding contract between the territory and
The printer, and ii The United States does
not pay II, wenu>t. will be one of the
tirst 10 secure the tuineni Of this contract.
IL must eventually he paid by taxing the
people. here Is 10 getting around il.
Bat few days since memorial wns before
Us, asking Congress 20 pay printing arrear-
ages OF last year, and felt bound to 60 for
II, although have very little hopes Of aid
| from that quarter.
Mn. BUsxLro. lam, Mr.. President, of
the opinion thar we are crowdiug our az
preparation rather close, not onlg in mat
ters OF printing, bit IN other expenditures
| Bur, sir, am not in favor Of retrencliins in
the manner here proposed. The printing
which The passage Of these resolutions will
cut off, is absolutely necessary to the ends
| Of iudcious and healthy legislation. If the
type upon which the bills before US is urint
e'l, be set close, what opportunity can we
, have to amend properly! II is rather late
III the day for the gentleman from Long
Prairie Mr., Ons-tet,l to ercc, his stand
ard of ."'reirenchnen..'' believe it was
yourself, Mr.. President, whn, at the last
session, introduced proposition, from re-
sixty five cents per thousand ems; and re-
collect that the gentleman from Long Prai
RE was most strenuous opponen, of that
measure. ..r1t.
Ma. OLMsTED. | would ask the Conn
cil.or from Saltwater, T Mr. BurkIeo. if he
i,elieves there has been twenty amendtnent,
intrrlimel by nIsnbers since we commenced
acting upon these bills frorc the Judiciary
committee! Here we are going on and in
voiviny an expenditure Of fifteen or twenty
and perhaps fifty thousand dollars, for WHAT
Merely to put money mo the pockets of
the Territorial printer.
Mr.. Nc LEpD. think, Mr.. President.
that all this new-bnrn zeal manifested by
the gentleman last up, for "reirenchmeit. -
grows out Of personal feeling towards the
individual who had The fortune, contrary TO
the Councillors wishes, to be elected Ter
rtoriai prlnter Had some one else been
the lucky man, we would have heard quite
a different story. He gives US Statements
mere assertions--no facts 10 prove the;n-
and statements which believe to he rreat-
ly Observation-Disclosures to show The sum
which the printing Of this session will
amount to. lie also wishes US to believe
that the people are loud in their co,nplaints
ut the extravaganza of the Legislature in
this particular. Now, Mr.. President,
have heard nothing or,hese complaints from
my constituents & have lost no opportunity
OF consulting with them upon this, as well
AZ upon other important QUESTIONS. Hence
see no reason to alter the course | have
heretofore pursued in regard 10 this matter.
can see nnlling but motive of inIeres,
that induces certain gentlemen to supper,
these resolutions.
Mn. BURKLEo. will further say, that
in regard to the slip printing Of the daily
Journals, conceive il Il matter Of aS much
| Importance To u as the printing of the bills.
|, Is the duty of the members of one House
To know what IS going on in the other. The
daily -lips.of The House proceedings is all
the guide we have in this respect, aud of
course oars is equally useful 10 the mem
bers of TINT body for the same purpose.
MR. OLMsrEp. The gentleman from
MENDOZA MIR. McLeoi, has accused me
OF brias actua'ed by interested motives in
this matter. This is one Of the few occa-
sion<, MIR. President, upon which this accu-
sation has been brought against me with
any degree of truth. acknowledge that.
As one of the people, ! am interested in cut
| ting down expenditures which evan.u.lIv