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


printer will hayeJudical redress against the
Territory or not, he will he sure to eventu-
ally realize the sum out of The people,. Ii
may pass unpaid ill we become II Stne, but
itlnass be paid. The claim lii,r present
ed here, year after year; and although it
.,uay be often rejected or laid axer, set,
when it becomes an old thing--when the
perfllious means by which il was created
shall have been forgotten, it will lie allow
ed and discharged. There is no kind Of
necessity 10 print these bills with space be-
tween the lipes. They can he as well
amended it printed compact. five go on
IN this manner, the appropriation will GER
tainly fail 10 hold out. The printing Of the
daily proceedings can, with great propriety
he dispensed with. With the modification
suggested, | will chee,fuiiy support the re-
solutions.
tFhey were accordingly modified.
MR. FORBES. Gentlemen speak of the
printing matter as being contract between
the Legislature and the printer. In this |
entirely agree. But by what authority, Mr..
President, can we, single branch OF the
Legislature, annui any part of that con
tract' We have elected person TO do all
the incidental printing; and hold, it will
require the action OF the House, Jointly
with us, to give effect 10 anything we may
do in the premises. The printer will not
obey the Councils mandate, so far AS the
bills are concerned, if we should pass it,
Those who are such great sticklers for the
Iinvlolabllity Of contracts, should look to
| this.
Mr.. OLMsTED disagreed, aud remarked
that chapters of The revision had frequently
passed without reading.
Ma. NORRIS agreed with the last gentle
man ia regard to the power of either House
to control its own incidental printing.
Mr.. FORBES. ! have but few words fur
Their to say, Mr. President. The gentle
men who favor these resolutions have enter
tanned Us frequently with " Buncome "
speeches on this subject; and If we stop TO
reply TO all they say, we may debate To the
end of the session.. ! feel that | am right,
and intend TO pursue the course have here
totOre. But what shall we think ofthe gem
tlcman from Cottage Grove? MIR. Norris. ]
y few days since these same resolutions
were before Us, aud no one on this floor OPP
posed more strenuou>iy the first resolution,
than did that gentleman. In fact he moved
TO strike 1t out. IL change appears 20 have
since taken place-a great change, Mr..
President. And The gentleman from Long
Prairie, too, Mr. Olnsled.] At the COM
inence,nent OF the session ! rccoiiect thai
that gentleman could not he satisfied with
the quantity of stationery and the Number
OF newspapers that WAS willing to put up
with. He must have more. Why did he
not come To the rescue sooner:
Ma. NoRaIs. acknowledge, Mr.. Pre-
sidenl, that ! dad oppose the passage OF the
FIRST resolution when it was up before; hu,
it was because had no earthly hopes OF il
being adopted.
Mn. FonBEs. 1t appears. then, that the
gentleman accommodates his principles to
the prospect Of their success or defeat -
But this WAS not The reason he then gave
+ for his motion and vote. took him at hi.
word, that he was opposed to printing these
bills IN close type. 1t seems | was mis-
taken.
[Mr. N. made no reply1
MIR. MCLEop.-l hope, MIR President
this debate will not be prolonged, and
rise TO refer but to Il single point. We have
listened 10 long homilies this morning upon
economy from The gentleman from Long
Prairie Mr. O!nsted] and the gentleman
from Cottage Grove Mr. Norris.] They
are both members of The Judiciary commit
tee, and are responsible, in part, for the act.
OF that committee. by The files OF bills re-
ported 10y them, find many bills embraced
which had previously been printed. Vi
course, when thrown iaio their reports, they
I have again gone 10 the printer under the
rule4. and been reprinted. This has bee!
the case, in some instances, after bill, HAD
passed both branches, and had heer, be-
leve, even signed by the Governor. Prob
ably the expenditure for double printing
authorized by this eleventh hour "retrench-
ing" committee, will amount to five hun
dred dollars. II is right that these facts
should he known to the public, in order thai
a proper estimate may he placed upon the
efforts of these gentlemen to economist in
this particular. If so DESTROYS for Gre.
trenchment," Why, through their instrument
tally, are we saddled with this useless
this worse than useless expenditure
Mr.. OLasTED replied, not denying the
main facts in reference to the ''ioubIe priil.
ting" mentioned by Mr. Mcleod. Somt
further conversation en<ued between these
gentlemen, when the question was taken
and the FIRST resolution failed. The second
was adopted.