The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1853-10-15
NUMBER 5.

on tbot occonnt %or did hi. irdoronInnt co,,r.n
} in tho smallest degrec diminish tho vo;obt bo
: had acouirnd omong his own constituents, !,
Anonc, tho n,ooa|,ros ernrc,.tnJ I,r hin, y,oro
tbc toy IiIIs of tLn cvtra session n which hc
first ontnrod ConUrnc. JGn orioinotnd thn low
to indomnirv indiridr,Is for ,ronort,, Ioct il,
the nuIIic ,crvicn rognintion iprst,,Ict;,cr tbn
nronnr committee TO in,,,i,, In th aI,,,af;on0
cv Of oivin,r sions td tbo ,,;Iors of iLo n1;
cars onJ sni,,ios ,l tnd ctt" =; ,I;n ,'o
trv.s ecrvicc y.,s intrndunaI I hi , d.
measure was oftnrwarIs sonct;onna ,',, ron.
crrssional enactment Rv nv aha .,,!ocb l.o
defended tbn var ,,na,rrcs nf NO Inpi;tr ~
t;on and Inv tbc dilioont discLorro ~ H.; H.
ties in respect 70 the General wn,f,ro nr tho
countrv and iLo intrrctf. of hi. naaIa ,,d IL
trict he continued IN rise in nnI,i ins,;ntir
In 1914 he was rc-nlrrtcJ f. Cnnorosl I,, Tn
, unanimous vote of his district recnivi,g nnt
) only every vote cast in the district for renrn-
sentative. Int every voter that attended, tho
polIs voted for hip-a Circumstance ,L,t bos
rarely occurred in the poIitical history Of anv
man. His position as a mnmbnr of tbc co,nn;if
trc of G,r,.ir, r,l,t;ors onI ,r tL,, nmIIi iam,i
indicates the estimation in which he was hold
and his familiarity with the impnrtan. nuns,
tions of fnrnion and do,nnetic rol;on vit,;ch
were in amitotiou durin.r tbo .vcrtf,I 'noriod Of
his mcmL@rsin The Nh. G,,lJ f,r ,niIJ;,. ,,so-
f,Incss prescntcd l,v the rrnr,..,nt.tiyc LroncI,
ftbr pationaI Ico;sI ,tnrc induccd lin, D., do,
l,.liu it,ii L..
date for tho Irritpd Siotns G,r,,. in 1s1I at ,
inn wbr, hi. rIcctin, ,,, r,..,.r,I'I a., c,rtai,,
aIthounh lie had only ott.ii,rI Ifs f,-rffrtI,
voar and was tbnr,.f;,rr Iror,.I,. ,IioII 10 rn-
manned in CONGRESS uutu lSjG whom tlr Ipois-
laturc of Ohio haying unanimously elected linn
iudpn Of tl,r Srnrl1,n C,u,t IF tLat ct,tc Ln
resi- med his cont IN Cnnc,.,si ,f tI, ca., nctLc
session aud ,y.,s sucnnnJ,J oe rc,,,nsn,t,tirn or
that district hv General Harrison
Aftcr his acceptance Of tbc i,drcsbip. and
before his restoration tho famous cnn,,nutation
: bill was rcportod. uivirr to each In,mIrr or
Congress u salary Of Gftccp hundred dollars a.
wear. in lieu oi the rcr diem allowance then
paid which Wa. y,,pported az the ip,I,sq and bv
the princinal uaDIl,rrs cTCouprr,s of both no
=, litical pari:cs. lie wa. on the committee ihat
: rcDorttd the bill and 1r;ucr convinced fiat II
was a mcasnrr cmincntIv calculated in advance
the public service he voted for it, Lciicyine
that II would shorten the sessions ofConorcss
rive il a more business character and greatly
lessen tie public expenditure. Under this law
no useless discussions would have beer, toIcrat-
f ed. and the business before Congress would
. have been promptly DISPATCHED. Bat thc law
was perverted and lis elects m;srcprcsrntcd Hv
selfish aspirants 80 that at the ncyt session it
was repealed. and the present law. giving ci.lt
dollars per day. AID ci.Lt dollar. for every
twenty miles travel. was passed Under the
salary system. few llo,aIcrs would have con-
e.
. cessary 10 act Oh Ike business before th,in The
contingent expenses Of Congress would have
been Onc-thiri less than tlcy now are ana the
annual pay of the members would have been
propor;onabiy reduced at the same time they
would have been better paid for the tine spent
in legislation But the most desirable feature
i'm the reform would have been found in the in
, crcasiug dignity and Eus, ,ncss character of the
/ body
Judge M'LCan renal ed six wears upon ihc
Supreme Bench Of Ohio. ecryiuT the State with
great advantage to il. iurisprudcucc and cyinc-
! ing those professional attainment. aud judicial
Icuaitics thai haze sinc. di tin,n,i.L,G hi. ,ro
sent station. In the summer of lS,2 lac vas
appointed Commissioner Of The General Land
, Office bv President Monroe aud ia Jplv 1890
he became Postmaster General
The administrator, of IN. General Past Of
flee in the condition If thpn MA. nrn.cnte,I so
little for an ambitions man of rrrutotinn IN
hone for ard 60 nucb to drcod iLot his friends
earnestly cn,Icoyorcd to di..u,5. linn from ,c,
ceptiur ihe annoint1ncnt. pisng,I. rcd :,rrnn%c-
mdnts donrrtsn1 r;n.rcc. or,Iraue ditto, II
lie comnIaints and ,ietrp,t NOT unm;nrIoI With
erouudlnss abusc and columnY. nr.ccntod a
iiold wi orc II ,,os ,onnyII, thn;,Lt 40 ,nnn,o
t;nn oomIJ Ln ,,a ~ scI; ~ nv T.; - Pn..
ministry ond oLilit,, ,pd r,itinG, mi,h oo,'G
danco mon Tho ,iri,,o and in;aii;,,oran of tIa
noonIo nrnnorI,, to ast;mato do,ntion 40 ,,a;,
. iior,,,;o ',,.I ,,'''Hs,, -,
tbn boy,rI e n nty;an OnIo ~, ~ a"Ao
ontoronI Gnan ,,'e , anu .oooiy
rnnIort, nn ,c IT,, ,,;t
tn5' | "'',' W, VI Wv ii'''i ~
r;aS nn ,;tI u,'n s
unInnm ;rita1 'iIn .p n.oi1
H.; ', ., 'iie oi
"'lr ,I , n - " ny
mann na,,t,', 'no p',' ",,Ge -,
Lo c,o;ls or h',7; ,' - ,'nr',i, a;on. r. E.i a."
and corrnnton IN th i;n a6d orn.,',in' ~
inof,icionf nan,,naio, o,-nnt ,rI ,'at,'a,, "m
snnnrintrrJ;n~ all IN" Observation-Disclosures anJi
seine unon ali onnoint,,nnt, opJ onn,,ioi',.a u"
his adminstrotion Of this dcnartment iras rn'
wardcd with unevamnlnJ surcnss and nn,l;c
confidence Rvo nearly unanimous roto r,o 81 ti,o
Senate and House, the Postmaster Conorai.s
salary was increased from four ia six thousand
~ 30 '"'u."h"