Tribune and telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1855-1856, 1856-02-28
Madison Correspondence.

MADISON, Feb. IL, 1886.
The matter of the Revision of the Statutes is in the
hands of the Communities on State Affairs of the Sen
ate The Assembly passed resolution appointing
two of their numbcr-Farr, of Geneva, and knowi- 1
ton, of La Fayete-with request to the Senate to
appoint additional one committee of revision.
The Senate will pass such resolution think With
no dsparagement TO the talent of either body APP
prehend it will be generally conceded that the best
talent in the State should be employed in the work.
The Committee on Apporticnment are moving
think Kenosha will be reduced to one Assembly |
man. She has population of IL, 1872. The basis for
Senator is about 10 900, for an Assemblyman 300
She falls much short of enough for Senator, that
unless some portion of W aworth Racine is attach
ed to her to make Senatorial District, her surplus
on Senator must be deducted from her Assembly ba-
sis, which leaves her but one And presume this
latter alternative would be preferred to attaching
any foreign territory increase the Senatorial con
lstituency.
About the principal matter of interest now before
the Legislature is the division of counties do not
know just how many such projects there are, but i
hear OF little else among the lobby
| A bill is before the Assembly subscribing for a
copy To be paid for out of the library fund.- for each
school district in the State of the Educational Jour
nal published by the teachers of the State 1t seems
to me that halt dollar per year of the library fund
of each district, cannot be put out to better
AS before ntmatcd presume q move will be
made for extra session. to listen TO the reports of
the committees of investigation that have been up
pointed. trust itmay not be necessary to have any
such session.
MADISON, Feb %. 1856.
The principal topic here just now is the remov-
al of the head and number of the clerks, in the
School Land Department. This Department is
in charge of the Secretary of State, the Treasurer
and the Attorney General, and by them, or a ma
jority of them, have the removals and changes
been made: Some persons affect to see in this
quarrel or misunderstan ling between these Off
GERS and Barstow, but the fact that HAVEN Pow
Frs, of Milwaukee, most jealous friend of
Barstow, is appointed head clerk in place of Bes-
ley, does not confirm the idea. / consider it on
ly as evincing disposition on the part of Secre-
tary Jones and Treasurer kuehn to cut loose in
the beginning of their career from all entangling
alliances and commence ne,1. They have no dis
position to mix themselves up with early errors
or fraud, if there are any, (for which apprehend
no person will blame them and hence they COM
mencc with their own men, This looks well, be-
cause it shows disposition on their part, to have
no sins laid at their doors, by avoiding even the
suspicion of them. These clerks, am told, are
under solemn pledge to deal in no manner what
ever in school lands while employed clerks. !
may add, thai officers Jones and Kuehn have
thus far succeeded wonderfully well in winning
the good OPP Mons of their political opponents.
| have had business to do with both OF them, and
while am sure every person who has business
to do with of them will be treated either with
kindness and urbanity and attended to prompt
ly, shall be grievously mistaken if the affairs
of their respective departments get in any way
out of point during their administration. heard
the defeated Republican Candidate for Secretary
of State, who has recently had considerable bus
mess with the Secretary's department, express
himself as admirably pleased with his successful
opponent, and delighted that the mistake of his
own defeat had so good a result.
Mills bill for the decentralization of the School
! Fund, which I have before alluded to- has fair
prospect of passing the Assembly. In brief, it
provides for loaning and collecting in each coun-
ty the county officers being made the agents of
the fund have considerable doubt whether
the move would be a judicious one for the fund.
Cutting up and dividing counties seem to be
the exciting topic of legislation just now. The
old county of Dodge has just had the south tier
of towns taken from it and added to Jefferson,
by bill which passed the Assembly. l have
some doubt whether the Senate will confirm the
action. Some half.dozen counties, more or less,
are up for similar action.
The investigating committee into the affairs
of the several departments have made partial re.
report that they have examined the books of the
> Treasury department, up to the close of Fair
chld's term and the beginning of Janssen's, and
+ find every thing correct-that it will take some
six months to complete the investigation and
therefore report two resolutions; one to stop for
the present all sales of School Lands, the other
to adjourn the Legislature on the tenth of March
and meet again III September, to hear the fna
report of the committee. Both of these resolu
tons have been laid on the table, in the Assem-
body will finally conclude to do with them re.
mains to be found out.
Clement has introduced in the Senate &C rtain
resolutions expressing the Republican senti-
ment of the country on matters connected with
the repeal of the Missouri Compromise and Kan
sas generally, which made the order of the
+ day for Wednesday next.
Shocs has introd uced bill, from the Select
committee to which was referred the petition OF
1890 citizens of the State praying for the extern
sion of suffrage to colored people to carry out
such prayer. 1t will probably pass the Senate,
but fear for it in the Assembly.
To-day is the anniversary OF Washington's
Birth day, and also the day af the annual meet
:ngof the jockey club of Madison, both of which
events combined have effected an adjournment
of the legislature-the assembly until tomorrow
and the Senate till Monday Judge Smith of
the Supreme Bench was expected to deliver an
address in the assembly chamcer in relation to
the event first mentioned, and races on the ice
are expected in connection with the latter. But
from some failure to notify the Judge of the re-
quest upon him he does not lecture. The races
doubtless will come off. On Tuesday next, /
understad grand match race between a horse
; OF n Ehe's of kenosha, and of Andrew Pr oud
: fits of Madison, for $25000 side, comes eff
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