Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-04-03

sTRewe fN con FEMpT-HEs MEEK aEsS(sJ-
RICH TIME IN THE "A ssEEBLY. 5sa . Il
SENATE CHAMBER, MADISON, Wis,
1911 March Esd, 1885,. E. 81
/ FkIESD CoyEg:-BY the papers which
lcame yesterday AMI the failure of my last
communication to. appear thersin, ! per
'Iceive that it is rather do btful whether
this letter will get to youth time for tt is
weeks paper, but must send it along $ %
i try and get up my correspondence so . to
be sure that even Uncle Sans slowFc bach
shall get tito youin time, for the earliest
publication. .s. .'9 IL T. e
| zIwro,eto you that the Senate had
fooled away a great part of Tuesday in
discussing, in disgraceful sott of away.
the pay Of clerks OF, committees. The
same subject took up cdnsid .rable ti,nelon
Wednesday, when it was finally settled. =
Some discussion on a re- olutien respect
ling Communications in the C0aseraator
and Free Democrat occupied the, valua-
! bic time of the sSenatess n hour or two
On the same day some resolutions were
adopted ard commit e appointed to in
yesligate some charges Of bribery and mis-:
| conddcts against Mr.. CHAPEL. Senator
| from the 18th district = At the evening
session tx gGev!! Bash lord senl'i q "repori
of his disposition Of he ''eentingent fund.-
3aud some other moneys in bis hands. The
report, of which sent you a copy, was
Iraferred to the Investigating Committee.
The recess question was discussed one. eve
ming and its consi leration Indefinitely post:
poned. The B ,pabliegns have, decided
when they aajo!rn to adjourn sine al, and
heyrnea nrttos 6niah uIprtheir work first
| In the ASS mbly the case Of Mr.: Webb
vas final u LED ~ the Adoption Of The
following reso sution: av1> se
Resolped, That the said William C.
Webb has, b, disregard Of duty and a
Iperpetraiiona # fraud, proved himself. Ut
worthy, of S TAT as member Of this AS.
sembly. e.se - ~ - . r...~
On the preamble setting forth the rea'
sons Of this course &C., MIR. Webb had six
or eight votes but au the resolution there
we're only two opposing votes. So the
Assembly, if lot as promsly as vas desiras
bic. has most otnphatically expressed. lis
opinion Of Mr Webb'sc,nlnct. ~
The Asses lilly besides passing with
some amendments, to which the Senate
has agfeesN the Minnesota resolutions,
has passed 40 ne resolutions eeding back to
the IT. s. al that part Of Wisconsin north
| of the third direction line in town 80, on
condition th.t Michigan shall also cede
back the upper peninsula of that State,
that out Of he territory thus coded back,
there maHF ga new VS. State created p9tad the DIFF
ieront parts Of which would have an iden-
tity of int rest. The 'Code" came in fol
some hard knocks one evening on bill
Irepaaiin., sec $50 thereof. sat : .ei
Onine subject Of the Geological Sur
Evey tie Committee to whom certain bills
and matters relating thereto we're referred
ina Ie two reports, one recommending the
Iti continuance Of the survey alltogethel
nd eensnring Prof. Daniels, the othel
,commendipg his conduct of the survey
and recommending the passage Of bill
continuing i in his hands, at an expense
mot to exceed $500 year.
The committee on printing made re-
port last week. The document was bung-
Elingly got up gives none of the figures
aud calculations on which it is based are
Il given. 1t is hard to be understood sanc
makes several mistakes, some ladlcrous
some otherwise. 1t hardly does the sub
Iieet Justice. 1t shows however that the
state printing has not cost anything Ike
1.-The sum which certain parties have chaig
ed it cost, at the same time it shows tina
there have been grcss abuses under the
printing. contract. AS far as / can judge
the bill of the Journal Office is correct ex
tept that paper was charged double unde'
miscopseption of the.contract.aI am in
formed by an employees of the committee
that he does not see howsthe bill was cut
iaosnSs as much as i. Nass,As % thssdsaus
Ebiu The conmitte conclude that that estab-
i lishnent has already. been oyerpaid seveal
Ilthousand dollars. But you have doubt
lless seen the reports and accompanying
tIslocuuneats and I will take up no more
Ispsee wiki the subject i 9. s s. .. .s~a.'
4 Moses NJ Strong created no small stil
lin the Assembly last Friday night and
'Esitli his friends kept that body in session