The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1856-01-12
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY,
COUNCIL.

| Council met at 2 o'clock, P. M, and wa
called to order by the President.
The roll being called, all the member
were found to be present. -
Journal of yesterdays proceedings reat
and approved. 49,. -.
| The special order of the day, being the re
port of the committee on contested seats
was then taken up.
| Mr.. Balcomb moved that the whole bust
ness be laid on the table, and that the com
mittee appoint two Commissioners to 20 in
to Fillmore county with Instructions to take
further testimony in the case.
| A discussion on the motion. then ensued
in which Mcssrs. Setter, Flandrau, and Bal
comb participated.
| Mr.. Balcomb moved call of the House
and allsthe members were found to be pres
ent ~
The vote on the motion was then taken up
and it was lost, ayes 5, nays IL, as follows:
Ayes-Messrs. Bailey, Balcofft, Dooley,
Ludden & Thompson-5.
Nays-Messrs. Flandrau, Freeborn, Han.
son. Lowry, Rollins, Rolette, Setter, Stone,
Tillottson and Mr.. President-lO.
Mr.. Setter moved that the resolution ap-
pended to the majority report of the COM
Mr.. Balcomb moved that Mr.. Howell be
Council by his attorney.
Mr.. Ludden amended by moving that the
Council now resolve itself ito committee
Of the whole, and that while so sitting, Mr..
Howell be heard by his counsel.
The motion as amended was adopted.
So the Council resolved itself into COM
mittee of the whole, Mr.. Rollins in the
chair.
Mr.: Setter moved that Mr.. Wilkinson ap-
pear within the bar Of The Council, in behalf
of Mr.. Howell. Carried.
On motion of Mr.. Setter, after some time
spent therin, the Committee of the Whole
rose and reported the Resolution back to
the Council with, amendment:
On motion of Mr.. Setter, the Resolution
was then adopted as follows
Resolued, That Benjamin F. Tillotson is
entitled to the seat he now occupies in the
Council of the Territory of Minnesota.
On the aboyo resolution, the yeas and nays
being called for, the vote stood as follows:
Ayes-Messrs. Flandreau, Freedom, Han.
son, Lowry, Rolette, Setter, Stone, and Mr..
Presidents. .-,ts
Nays-Messrs. Bailly, Balcomb, Dooley,
Ludden, Rollins and Thompson-6.
On motion, Council adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
TUESDAY, Jan. 8.
House met and was called to order by the
Speaker.
Prayer by the Rev. Mr. Torbert.
The Journal of yesterday was read.
Mr.. Norris moved that the journal be so
amended as to read that Mr.. Coyill was
sworn into his seat inadvertently and un-
known to the members of the House.
The motion was ably defended by Messrs.
Norris and Galbraith. Mr.. Galbraith spoke
for some time, and said that he did not be-
lieve the error committed in the journal was
done with the cognizance of any member of
the House, and hoped that they would right
it both in honor to themselves and the Ter
ritory. He said that political differences
should not make any member neglect his
duty, especially when an act of justice was
concerned; for his part, he would never do
it, even if the party to which he belonged
denounced him for it.
The question being put, and the yeas and
nays being called for, there were yeas II,
nays 20.
Those who voted in the affirmative were
Messrs. Boutillier, Brady, Buck, Cleveland,
'Galbraith, Gibbs, Holland, Ide, jackson,
Kirkman Knauft, Mobiles, Norris, Murphy,
Thompson and Thorndyke.
Those who voted in the negative were
Messrs. Burdick, De Lavernge, Dunbar,
Farnham, Gere, Grant, Hartenbower, Haus,
Hubbell, Hull, Hunt, johnson, Lott, Mcleod,
Sturgis, Taylor, Wilkinson, Wilson and
Speaker.