Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1856-10-04
Nemlndes for Members OF the Legislature In the
ss ,g 50 Second District.


The Republicans of the second Representative
District have two good mon in the field, Messrs.
Asa Keith and George L. Bingham, the latter o.
Carver county. We are personally acquainted
with both of them, and speak what is universally
conceded, that more consistent and honorable
men couldnot have been put in nomination. Their
constituents need not fear the result of their eec-
ton. Whatever may be required by the whole
district, will be faithfully attended to by them.
Their opponents are L. B. Hunt, OF Chasca, anu
Rev. Norman Mcleod, of Bloomington, the for
mer OF whom was elected on the Democratic
ticket last year. and miserably sacrificed the inter-
ests of his constituents. The only ability he dis
played was that for making noise and throwing
paper wads at the various members. At the close
of the session, the st. Paul Free Prose-, Demo-
crat paper, very justly remarked Of him:
$50 long as our people persist in sending in
competent, impudent and brainless boys, such as
Master Hunt, to represent them in the Legislature
they must necessarily expect bad laws, disgrace
full proceedings, and waste of time and money
His conduct yesterday, as throughout tho entire
BILE, insulting to the House, stigma upon his
constituents, and disgraceful to himself. Indeed
the whole session has been disgraced in the est-
nation of all sensible men, by the conduct of
such men as Hunt, DE La Vergne and Wilkinson,
who seemed to be alike ignorant of Parliamenta-
ry rules and common decsncy. They 90 home to
their constituents dlsgraced men, and We sincerely
hope our Legislature will never see their like
again, for SO long as it does, Joe Brown Il Co.,
will schuckle in their sleeves and revel in the
spo:ls dishonesty received through such PLANT
tools.'
1t was decidedly amusing to SEQ the six dele
gates who nominated Master Hunt for re- cleo
ton, earnestly celebrating upon tho strange
achievement. Some of the parties interested
may be curious to know how the mountain, in its
extreme labor, happened to produce SO small a
mouse. We propose to tell them. 1t appears
that Carver and Mcleod counties were unrepre-
scented except by Hunt, who claimed the right of
casting many votes as those two counties were
entitled to, and the claim being acceded to by the
five persons who happened to be present from the
other portions of the district, he modsstty cast
them all for himself. Master Hunts peculiar
friend, Mr.. Atwater, will no doubt inform the
public whether the :" Honorable gentleman" was
the unanimous choice of the Convention of SIX.
Minnesota Democrat.
We fully endorse the extract from the late FREQ
Press. The next session Of the Legislature will
be an important one, and whatever party pre-
dominates, we trust that the important interests
of the Territory will not again fall into the i'm
beetle hands of such men as MIR. Hunt. He
was decidedly disgrace to his district, and his
return to the Capitol the coming winter would be
considered the most palpable evidence of the
extrems verdancy of his constituents. Keep this
boy at home, by all means, gentlemen, as he is
totally unworthy seat among our Lawmakers,
who should at least be blessed with common sense
and guided by the principles Of common honesty.