Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1856-02-02


suited as follows:
Banks, 90; Orr, So; Fuller, IL; Ricaud, Of
Md assz seaAlssiag 0~neeeaaasynleA@ssh aiaa.
lO2.
II The Bspgtf ssdss ti4fus and 4>ety q
bound to be Speaker.
The Clsyion. Bulwsesr Treaty Il Attracting
considerable attention 81 the rSehass. = 'N0shing
new fsom the seat of war; L % nraed
sd"BLA cK r EsvsLsc An 81 Sach 10 ihename
given blythe Free Press to the epressntOmem.
bers Of the Republican party. in the tLegisla.
tuse. THE objecs, doub,less, il to heap upon
themias much blacks uardism as can possibly
emanutey from the pen fithe editor. Very
well;A-we thinle they can stand that +-but the
writer goes step further, and says that two Of
these same republicans have been bought over.
Now, we demand the names Of the persons
alludedsto by the. editor, or We shall be con.
strained to believe tina, he has given ciscula-
ton to afalsehood. Let US have the names--
out with them. We do not fear an exposure,
neither do the Republicans. 50 let's. have 1.-The
names. But the Free Press says that there
are but fourteen Republican members in the
Legislature, and to prove it, gives the vote on
the Speaker. alleging that the Republican can;
didate voted for himself, which is not 50. /, To
test who are and who are no. Republicans in
the House, Of Representatives. Of the presen,
Legislature, it is only necessary to refer to the
vote on the indefinite postponement Of the Re
publican resolutions, and what says that 3
Eighteen for the 'postponement, and sixteen
against it, as follows:-. 20. =.
Rice-Yeas-Messrs. Burdick, Covill, Dun
bar, Gere, Grant, Hartenbower, Haus. Hol-
land, Hubbell, Hunt, Lott, Murphy, Norris,
Sturgis, Taylor, Wilkinson, Wilson, and Gar
diner.-..lS. f'" ~ as'as ''-"4 ~s@
Republicans. Nays--Messrs Bradley. Cleve.
land, De Lavergne, Farnham, Galbraith, Gibbs,
Hull, Ide, Jackman, johnson, Kirkman, No
bles, Pierce, Thompson, Thorndyke and Van
Vorhes..-.l6. 20 ss-a4sad ~ taas3vs "a saGf
Messrs. Buck and Knauft, Rep. were alb
sent, which would have made eighteen .-to
which add, Dooley, Ludden, Balcombe and
Thompson, Of the Council, and we have t,cen-
ty-tro members who are really Republicans at
heart, and who we believe, have no sympathy
whatever with the Slave Oligarchy. But sup
pose we deduct three who have hitherto moved
with the Rice party, viz:---Messrs. De La
yergne, Farnham and Hull, and then we have
eighteen, good and true men. and here are the
names :--Messrs. Bradley, Buck, Cleveland,
Galbraith, Gibbs, Ide, Jaclman,f Dooley,
Kirkman, Knauft, MOBILES, Pierce, Thompson,
Thornkyke, Van Worries. and Balcombe, Lud-
den and Thompson Of the CounciLAlS. aai5
SO Mr.. Free Press, put that in your pipe,
and smoke it. e- "ii ir,9Ts1 59facJ
But why do you seek to cast odium on the
Republicans Is il because they would not put
Mr.. Norris in The chair as Speakers or Is II be.
cause they are not sufficiently pliable and you
cannot get them 10 vote against the Shinplaster
bills Let us know where the difficulty is, and
who the renegades are--aive US their names.
THREE MoNrHs REs1nEscE.-There seems
to be some opposition to the bill altering the
statute so that citizens of the Territory can vote
after having been here three months. We
are not particular whether the time is set at
three months, or the period Of holding our
election is changed. One thing is certain, as
matters now are, most of the settlers are de-
prived of voting for nearly eighteen months, and
this, every body will concede, is entirely wrong
| II IS astonishing to us that the popular soy.
ereignty" party in the Legislature will object
to a measure Of so much importance to the
people. Let the people watch the ayes and
| noes and see who are for, and who are against
them. a,gassssW e5f s = rsW-g4F ., raW
P. S.---Since writing the above, we observe by
our report, that bill, making the time of resi-
dence FIVE months, and the election one month
later than new stipulated by the Statute, has been
under discussion in the Houss, and was ordered
to be engrossed. We hope it will pass ST. a-a
RsoHr Is RIs Hr.-As we gave Mr.. Nc.
Leod, the other day, the benefit Of his odenal
that he had been put under arrest, we now
state that he was brought before Justice 81.
mons yesterday, fined $40 and costs, and put
under bonds of s5Ooto keep the peace. s;a' 10
It is bad faith to vi,late the, Missouri Compro-
misc, and We propose to right the matter mot by
restoring it) But iy again 'sv;oldtsng he solemn
compact" and elaiming at Territory both North
and South ofltf--and thus 1.-TWO wrongs will
make all right" So says Newson. So says
Owens. So say the whole Republican party
Pioneer and Democrat, lef.Ja1 : X srsds II
lu The above ia fair specimen.of the misrepre.
sensations of writer in the Pioneer, who signs
himself g Conservativc,' ogcnerally supposed 70
be, and probably is, Ross Wiikiason, present
member of the House from st; Paul. w esskould
like to ask tho honorable gentlemen vbess he xets