Minnesota weekly times., 1855-02-20
PROCEEDINGS NTHE COUNCIL.

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The deeds of infamy of the fraudulent Rail-
road men, conceived in sin, was brought forward
in niquty at the Capitol yesterday in the passage,
by bribery, Of the bill so patriotically vetoed by
the Governor the 9th inst, by wo-third vote.
This was accomplished in the House by the aid
of Mcssrs. BRAWLEY and HAUS, disinterested-
~ going over to the enemy.
With indecent haste, in the Council, the advo-
Gates Of the fraud endeavored to pass the Bill,
Notwithstanding one of tho strongest opponents of
the measure had been called from his seat on ur-
gent business, and had requested an adjournment
until to-day "a courtesy never before denied.)-
On seeing this the able, talented and honest Pres
ident of the Council, Hon. S. B. OLMSTEAD,
who had presided over the Council two sessions
in notwithstanding never done in Minncso-
ia before-callcd Mr.. STEARNSt to the Chair, and
handed in the following resignation of his Office
Council CHAMBER, Feb. Is, 1855.
Gentlemen of the Council
hereby resign the Office of President of the
Council. Very Respectfully
-.n .1. Your ob't servant,
S. B. OLMSTEAD.
When this resignation was read, a tremor seem
cd to have seized the fraud mongcrs of the body;
and after quite lengthy shuttle the resignation
was accepted, and Mr.. Stearns elected President
pro tenn. and finally Mr.. MURRAY was elected for
the balance of the session. rf -
On the receipt of the Veto Message from the
House, containing news of its passage by that
body, Mr.. BRowN moved that it be taken up and
read. Mr.. Olmstead said he trusted the motion
would not prevail. He was anxious that the
Councillor from St. Paul, his esteemed friend,
Mr.. Van Etten, should be allowed to share the
honor of voting against this iniquitous bill with
him. Every Councillor on the floor was aware
that Mr.. Van Etten wished to do so. He was alb
sent from tho city and if the Council would only
extent usual courtesy and postpone the consid-
Grafton Of the bill and accompanying documents
until to morrow, that gentleman would be in his
seat-but if determined to pass it with indecent
haste, he would be proud in being the only one
to record his vote against it.
Mr.. Van Etten would not have left the city
no matter however urgent his business-had any
thing been known Of a certain $4,000 ar
rangement, by which the majority was attained in
the House. He, Mr.. o., had never concealed his
views on the subject of the fraudulent charter,
since its inception last winter, and in resigning
his seat as President, it to show all who knew
him that that opinion was unchanged, and he
could not in honor to his sense of propriety long
er consent to act as President. He might reca-
pituate the bribery, corruption and deception
practiced at the last session, and which unblush-
ingly stalks abroad at noon-day now, but they
were matters of history and he would now con-
tent himself with calling for the ayes and noes
on the motion to take up the bill, which was
done, and
Messrs. Brown, Freeborn, Mower, Stearnes,
Stimson and President, voted in the afirma-
tive.
And Mr.. Olmstead-honor to his name-in the
negative.
Mr.. Olmstead made several motions-a call of
the Council, to indefinitely postpone, &C. &c. but
with the same result. The determination to &c 20
it blind" becoming too apparent, and fearing the
judgment of an outraged people, the Council f.
nally concluded to adjourn until to day, whea the
Territory, so far as the Legislature is concerned,
will be sold to foreign spectators and shylocks.
FRAUDS IN New YoRK.-It is stated that the
frauds of which complaints have been made be-
fore the Magistrate of New York, during the year
1854, and for which arrests have been made, will
not fall far short of 81 900, 900.
PHILoGNoMloN SoCIETY.-We were prevented
from attending the exercises of this Society held
at the Baldwin Institute on Friday evening last,
but we learn from those who were present that
everything passed of in highly satisfactory
manner. The young ladies acquitted themselves
well, and fully repaid the audience for their at
tendance. No lecture was given in conse-
quence of the non-arr:val Of Mr.. Nichols, but