Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1857-03-12
X EN- O S HA, WIS.
THURSDAY, MARCH u, 1857.


The Legislature closed It's session finally on
Monday morning last at the early hour of 5
o'clock. The session commenced ON the 14th of
january, which makes it's length some 81 days
tho shortest session. with one exception. ever
had since the state government was formed. OF
course this shortening of the session correspon-
DINGHY diminished the evils which are supposed
to be nseparable from legislation and Legislative
bodies. Whether the good has been equally d-
minished we can tel! better when we know more
exactly what has been done, and understand
more thoroughly its character. From the hasty
notice we have kept of the proceedings-atho'
undoubtedly some things have been done which
ought not to have been, and some left undone
which ought to have beehive have no doubt
the session will compare iavorably in all respects
with any that has preceded it.
AS usual the great bulk of its proceedings
seems to have been of private and local nature,
ofwhch much complaint is made. Ifthose com
planning could be made representatives for year
from the newer portions of the state the com
plants would cease The evil, if it is an evil
is with the people, and grows out of necessities
which however fancied to those who have no in.
terest in them, are real enough to those who have.
There has been but little general legislation,
and but little tinkering with the statutes. With
the exception of the law 10 maintain the purity
of elections, we think of no law materially mod
flying or changing any statutes of general inter-
est. Doubtless the adoption of the CODE" and
the fact that the book of statutes is to be imme-
diately revised, prevented any extensive med.
ding.
The acts which were peculiarly Of party ma
ture, and owe their success to the Republican as
cendancy, were. the choice of republican T. S
Senator, the personal liberty bill, the suffrage
extension bill, and resolutions of instruction to
our representatives at Washington on matters
connected with republican principles. An effort
rtss made to appropriate 100000 to be used a
the discretion of the Governor to protect our citi-
zens, emigrating to Kansas, in their rights, in
case such protection should become necessary,
but it was lost i'll the Senate by vote of 10 TO g.;
three republican senators, Barber, Bull land Han
chett, voting with the democrats to lay it On the
table. The objection claimed to be to the
clause which directed the Governor TO appoint
three commissioners to go 10 Washington, and
with similar commissions of other states, Lobby
with the administration to get justice for Kan
sas, 1000 dollars being appropriated for thar pur-
pose. The late hour it came to the Senate, being
the last day of the session. and W hen but 10 Sem
stors were lett OF the body, prevented it's being
discussed or amended and occasioned It's defeat
1t was lost, we are sure, from no want of sympa
thy with the cause of freedom in Kansas, and no
want Of disposition to help that cause, but from
the mistake of bringing it forward teo late in the
session.
Speaking of these as the peculiar measures of
repubiicanism, we trust il may be found that the
healthy influence Of the true republican principle
has dffused itself through and will be felt in all
the legislation of the session.
Provision was made for cnlarging the capitol.
The institutions for the education of the deaf and
dumb and blind have been literally endowed and
provision made for enlarging their capacity. The
building of hospital for the insane, at an e1-
psnse not TO exceed 100000 dollars Us, 0G0 only
appropriated this year, has been provided for. A
house of refuge for Juvenile offenders and "a
grants, to be builtwhere the people will give the
greatest bonus towards its erection, has been
provided for. Six thousand dollars per year foy
three years, has been appropriated to continue
the geological survey of the state. These are all
the important items OF appropriation we reeol-
lect, and we think they will ali be recognized as
judicious.
A bin was passed increasing the salary Of cir
cult judges from 1896 10 $500 per year. to apply
to those hereafter elected. A bill increasing to
some extent the fees of Clerks Of Circuit Courts