The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1854-01-07
MiunesotA Legislature.

Miuneseta Legislature.
In pursuance Of statute provision, this body
convened at the Capitol, St. Paul on Wednesday
last, at twelve O'Clock. This, as our home rea-
ders are aware. is new egislature-Council
and House. The members Of the Council are :
First district, Albert Stimsea. John F. Mower /;
second district, ". r. Murray. Isaac Van Etten;
third district, Charles +. Stearns; fourth dist
riot, William Freedom: fifth district. S. BALD
win Oimstead; sixth district. Jos. K. Brown !:
seventh district Norman W. kittson. or these.
Mr.. Kittson IL the only gentleman formerly a
member of the Council. Me.srs. Murray, Slim
son and Olmstead have been members Of the
House heretofore Mr.. Brown has been men,
Der OF the Wisconsin (TerritoraD Legislature.
while Messrs Mower, Freedom, Stearns and
Van Ettcn are green hands at legislation al
though all of them are very competent men for
their places. Politically. the Council is a jug
handle concern. Mr.. Stearns is the only out
and-out Wing in the body. Mr. Kttson claims
to adhere neither to exclusive Whggery or
straight-laced Democracy, although generally
be inclines to the Democratic side All the rest
are Democrats in the full acccptation of the
term.
The members Of the House arc: Taylor's Falls,
Nathan c. D. Taylor: Saltwater. I'm. -aeh'u-
sick John Fisher; Point Douglass. Robert Wat
son; Fillmore. Wabasha. &c. - Lord; st. Paul.
and Little Canada. John Harvey Day. William
Moot, VIM. Davis. Louis Bartlette. Levi Sloan
e. Aptbopv Capb,s T. ,r1 nor yyeu~,, G Dy,,.,
mer Benton. Reuben NJ. Richardson Cass
Pierre Roy; Hennepin, Scott, Dakota, &C..
Vim. MOBILES, Hezekiah Fletcher; Pcmbna
Joseph Rolette, Donald G. Morrison. The nal-
ieised names are thorough Wings, although
some of them, Mr.. Mobiles for instance. were vo-
ted for on Democratic tickets. Mr. Morrison
is perhaps as much of Wing as anything else.
and We notice generally votes with the Wigs
Nessrs. Fletcher and Gardner, do not belong
to the ultra side of the House. and cannot be
kept in leading strings by the foreign satraps
sent hither Ivy President Pierce to gee and
'haw' the people about as though we were so
many yoke cattle n. {. d. Taylor was elected
by q combination of Wings and Democrats
lie has heretofore acted With the badly abused
coalition party, and is not at all ultra. The
remainder-with the exception perhaps of Mr.
Roy, whose positive political views we do not
know-may be set down as hard cases-pol:ti-
eally. we mean-real dyed-in-thewool. unpar
donable sinners in the ways Of modern Democ.
racy. 1t will thus be seen, that throwing in all
the chances against them, the pure. unadulter-
Atpd DemOcracy ha Iii
on joint ballot, if not in both Houses separate
ly.
Of the House, Ncssrs. Rolette and Moot have
been members heretofore All the others are
entirely new at the busincss-none of them ev-
or having been members Of any legislative
body.
Both Houses made the usual temporary or
CARNATIONS on Wednesday and adjourned over
Next day the Council permanently organized
Hon. S. B. Olmsteal was Il ,ciea President unan-
imously. He has the requisite qualifications.
and will make good presiding officer Mr..
James r. Dixon, Of Saltwater, is Secretary :
James Starkey. of St. Paul. Assistant Secreta
~; John Lamb. St. Paul, Enrolling Clerk I:
warren Chapman, St. Paul. Sergeant at Arms:
VIM. Dwinell, St. Paul Messenger: Mr. La
earte. OF Pembina. Fireman; and Rev. Mr..
herns, OF the Methodist church, St. Paul, Chap
lain.
ihe House had not quite such expeditions
luck in organizing. The matter of officers wa.
duly caucussed Wednesday night, but the ma,
chine didn't appear to grind next morning
before the attempt was made to carry ont til,
Dehests OF the caucus. a motion was slipped
In by Mr.. Rolette 10 adjourn until Friday. hicl
was carried. This is not to be wondered at
when members once came to reflect that tn
caucus nominee for Speaker was Mr.. Davis, @
st. Paul, who owing to lack Of talent, etluca
tion, experience and other requisites of pre-
siding officer, would make rather an odd kin,
OF Speaker. His colleague Hon. VIM. Moot i
ar MS superior in every respect for this post
anu should by all means have been nominated
.s8~ Since the above was in TYNE We lear,
rom the capitol that the House has preserved
It's reputation by the election of Nathan c. d
Iayior as Speaker The Democratic members
were inveglcd in caucus into the nomnatio,
OF notor:ously Incompetent can lidaie for tbi
responsible post but Mcssrs. Gardner. Flctcb
er and Sloan had the independence to Iol, III,
nomination. and with the aid of the Wbics. elrc
'ea Mr. Taylor, who, with few days practice
VIII make good presiding officer. Mr.. 4 ]
Morgan, Of st. Paul, was elected Clerk. G. "
PRESCOTT: OF the Northwestern Democrat St
Anthony' Assistant Clerk: Henry Jackson, o
Aankato, Enrolling Clerk: James Middleton q
washington county. Sergeant-a at Arms: Josenl
Ieserow. OF Cass. Messenger: Mr.. Draper O
hennepn, Fireman and Rev. J. A. Bradley
OF 81. Paul. Chaplain. This is set down co e.,
|" least as the election of Messrs. TAYLOR. Nor
gan and Prescott is concerned, a. an an,i.Cor
man triumph.
ne mouse adjourned over until Monday
we VIII then probably have the Governor
Message.
The war between Disney and Olas st;}, cor
tlnues in Washington. and as the case nov