Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1858-06-26
TIE WEEKLY MINNESOTIAN
Mt PAU l.:
saturday MORNING. JUNE 26. 1855.
More Offices Recommended BY Sibiey---
More Burdens for the TaA.pnyers---
More Democratic Economy --- Taxes
no Obi Get.

Nlore democratic ECONOMY -. Taxes
no object.
A prominent feature in Mister SIBLEYs
late s,ccial message. that seemingly demands
nm cspecial comment is emb 'ded in his nu-
merous recommendations in favor of saddling
upon our overburdened Treasury, sundry ex
ira off :ialS and extra expenditures which
public policy at any time should scout from
the halls Of legislation as inexrcdient per Sc,
and the more promptly reject now as q rpll-
ance with them these hard times would be al
most criminal. The first of his recommended
tions is, for The appointment of en- assistant
() Secreta.y OF STATE, at salary of thou
sand dollars per annum; and that besides
this extra aid for that office there should also
be money appropriated to pay Clerk hire
therein all Of which Mr. SIBLEY thinks is
indispensable -
now, with all due Difference to His Vanity
ship. we think in the present condition of the
public finances; in the existing emba'rass-
ments in monetary and business affairs in
the utter inability of the people to pay pre-
sent let alone additional taxes; this Assist
ant S,cretaryship is an Office which, being
entirely unnecessary, is one that ought most
certainly to be dispensed with
This view may not comport with Mr. SIB-
LEY's large notions of official display but
we think the republican ideas Of the people,
let alone their necessities, forbid the creation
Of additional offices, or Of appointing add
tional officers when those already in the office
whose force is proposed to nc increased, have
not now duties sufficient to occupy taem one
Jou,th Of Aeir time, as is most unquestionably
the case with our distinguished and brilliant
though youthful Secretary of State, FRANCIS
BAasEN, Esq!
The cd Secretaries of the Territory, who
were also .. S. Trcasurcrs and disbursing Of
fcers for the payment of Territorial expenses,
might perhaps during the session of the Le-
eisatule, require Clerk temporarily to aid
them bu: during the remaining portion OF
the year, the duties of the office it is well
known were susceptible of easy discharge by
even tie LATEST Office holder that ever pock
cited salary and stealings.
But Mr. BAAsEN has none of these duties
Of disbur>ing officer to perform; and as the
other duties of Secretary are next to nothing,
his position is at present decidedly more or
ramental than useful and 10 propose to be-
ofy,o
Of State, at a salary of q thousand dollars
Ter year, and then ask for an appropriation
for Clerk hire in addition, locks to US like
"recklrSs" disregard OF the peoi les interests
by Mr. SIELEY, and as evincins disposition
on his part to misrcpresent and nisstate the
exigcncirs Of the public service for the sake
OF recruiting us |, IS cohort Of partizan mer-
cenarles TO quarter in and around the capital
10 serve as his body guard and 10 eat up
taxes rung from an overburdencd people.
And it occurs to us that here is proper
pont for US to remark that Mister SIBLEY in
his Inaugural saw fit 10 char ,ctcrize the
MrNNEsorTAN as "recAless' merely because VIC
insisted that forgery was not the best nor the
most respectable mode of getting up returns
TO cl, ct the Governor ola State; but we sub
nit that this recommendation of his to create
Z useless office, to help devour the substance
of the people, is greater proof of his reck
lessncss t an any that he or his organs Lave
as yet adduced to prove ours!
= IL, ba o,I,, ~, bo -,
cd lie dele: tey informs the Legislature
That no law has been passed authorizing the
employment by the Governor, of PriUate
Sscretuy" and he slys:" ask an appropria-
tion Of $500 for the payment of such an Off
Ger, for the current year!"
Why not also request of the legislature an
appropriation for the employment of a Pri-
vAte Barber, to trim your beard ard cu,l your
moustaches into proper "dignificd' depolt-
ment ; TO brush your coat and black your
boots, so that you may look "every inch"
governor
In the largest eastern States,-in, for in
stance the great State of Pennsylvauia-such
oii OiAiSS 10 uuhuOWu IlCi uiC IuSiS uh1
public duties that Private Secretary could
rcrform which do not rightly belong and
pertain more properly to the Secretary Of
State TO transact.
Even when there are Messages from the
Governor to bc Transmitted to either branch
of the Legislature, the Secretary of State is,
in Pennsylvania, tie officer s-l.cted for that
purpose. Why should it be different here,
csl eclally as that functionary is in imminent
danger of collapsing for want of sufficient
cmployment-siiting about with his fingers
in his mouth waiting fer the appointment OF
tia. Assistant Secretary to lep him to do
nothing at al!
Instead of allowing this useless Private
Sccreiaryship, let the Legislature, by law,
direct Tie Secretary Of State to act as the
Governors Public Secretary, and prescribe
that his messages may be transmitted thr"Gc:
him to the l. gislaturc /: and then 10 shat
We vii. behold We will see our Luxcm
burg iiiend GAAsEN occasionally walking up
to T.....er House, and, first waiting few mo
mcnts at the door for the Sergeant at Ari-s to
announce in stcntoran voice "Ihe &c,eta-
ry Of STATE" lie will step a little inside of the
middle aisle, and first lowing slightly TO the
Presiding Officer who las suspended other
business and risen to receive him. will tier
grac fully state, in distinct voice 81 hare
tie hJror TO present a maessuge IN wrAing from
tie Goperno:" and then stepping up the aisle,
he will present it at tie Clerks desk and
tLen-wlll walk away!
This is official and formal, and this mode
ongEt also TO recommend itself to Mister