Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1858-06-12
Clerk of the Supreme Court.

In the House yesterday the subject of CIV
ing this functionary salary was under consid-
Grafton. The bill as it was originally pro-
posed by our Democratic friends, fixed the
nice and very snug sum of $500, as the
yearly compensation that j. j. NOAH, ESQ.,
sometimes by courtesy Major NoAH-was
willing to accept for his arduous clerical du-
ties In Committee however, this amount
was cut down to $1000-a sum that, with
the fees of the Office, would still enable Mr..
Moan to live in style befitting the dear and
near friend OF his Bogus Excellency, Mr..
SIBLEY of Mendoza.
But even this amount, that awful black
Republican, Mr.. SHEErz Of Steele County.
yesterday thought too great reward for the
services to be rendered. Mr.. S. intimated
that he had been informed, that previous in
cumbents of the said Office would gladly take
the same situation and perform all the in
tense labors Mr.. Noah was expected to sweat
and struggle under, for the low stipend OF
5000 annually and tie fees! Mr.. S. went
in at considerable length to doubt the expe-
diency of greasing with SO much treasury
tallow every lean ofGceholder elected under
the State organization, simply because he
was Democrat, and swore by the Indian
Trader whom forgery had for the nonce
placed in the Gubernatorial Chair.
The empty condition of the treasury and
the exhausted pockets of the tax payers both
demanded at least Republican, if not Demo
cratic, economy and the Legislature he con-
sidered might be engaged in better busi-
ness than in making an office with scant du-
ties fat cushion upon which Democratic
oflice-hol could roll in luxurious ease,
whilst the people were ground to powder with
taxes and executions. He moved therefore
to amend the bill by reducing the amount
down to $500 per annum, which he thought
was, under all the circumstances, an exceed
ingly liberal salary.
On this amendment ye were sorry to see
the Democratic members generally voting no,
and as glad to see the Republican members
as generally, voting yea.
Of course, the Democrats having majori-
ty in the House, the amendment was lost
Subsequently, in considering the same bill,
the question of the fees to be awarded to this
officer, was taken up and it was with much
satisfaction that we observed Mr.. ELI ROBIN
SON, the new member from Hastings, with a
noble independence of party feelings, take the
true position on this matter, that the Clerk
of the Supreme Court should have no salary
whatever. but only fees; which should be fair
and reasonable and thus that officer would
be paid in exact proportion to the work he
did.
We are happy in thus beholdirg one Dem
ocrat with the courage and honesty to ignore
rewarding partizan at the expense of dis
tressed people.
When this bill comes up for consideration
in the House, we trust the friends of ecoro-
my and reform will offer amendment after
amendment to reduce this salary to naught
OF as near it as possible and let also the
yeas and nays shov the people, who are their
friends of cheap and economical govern
ment and who the friends of nabob salaries,
and extravagant State expenditures.
The yeas and nays! Those are the words.
Put the Democracy upon the rec ,rd, for fu-
ture reference.