New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-07
MINNESOTA POL!NJs.
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4, Cales Crs.ins sid u TIE S.sss,i1'et''
Isy;s,,t1re lss. Winter, waen Coz. B.1sss nss-
,ays -as received ,so5ci3s .ts r-ml7.l oi
J.5s. LoriDg, TIE 1eeiis doDe." We A'e sof'y
ss c.oaoc atd. IN rgyd 20 VIA. an 70 nea.iol,
9. .bs Cspe Cod m@mter did, YES, aDd well
dons Too"
The Den ,crs.s ia our L-gislsAre, sre scNrei,
snd dare uo: et tie people decide upon their Iners
AID dem. rte before a chli,e is made OF United
States SeIstJr q succeed Gen. She'd. on 'he
i,h of &sr,h. They were 80 negligent OF Their
duties les. Winter the r plbllcans had - nj
some very important Offices, such ss surveyors OF
lumber. which greatly annoyed the Democratic
majority. To pre'ent sny such mischief IN iu'ure'
the majority, in March last, made It rule tnat
two third vote should be required 20 suspend call
of TIE Senate. So a call Of the Senate could be
made At any time, and the Senate held under call,
and no business could be transacted. That rule
worked very well for the majority until II Wsa
recently arran ged that Gen. Shlelds's successor
should b. chosen at this session. Then II was
found that the t~o-thirds rule would give the Rspub-
Ecap minority of the Senate power % prevent any
such election by hOlDg the Senate under call, II
y
IL was determined 10 meet the requirements OF The
law providing that the Senator should be chosen az
the last meeting Ofhe Legislature, subsequent 10 the
commencement Of his rerm by eleeting Legsla-
ture next Fall which shall not meet unless called
together by the Governor, and providing TOR The
election of another Legislature in the Fall OF lc59
and SD every year thereafter, which shall meet az
the Capjtol IN december. In that way annual ses
sors are provided for. Bat the Republican and
ti-Leconpton Legislature, which Is sure 10 be
the next chosen must not be permitted to NIL the
vacant Ssnatorship. This arrangement having
been made, the two-thirds rule was IN the
way How TO get md OF that mas
been the study. At one time It was thought.
that. by 40 adjournment, the rule would be dropped
and not revived at the adjourned session. There
was rome doubt about that. Then 1t was deter
mined TO take he buI by the horns, and, on the
principle that me hit mskes right, at once rescild
the rules. Consequently, last Tuesday, Democrat,
moved a re reconsideration of the vote requiring a
iwothirls vote to suspend calof the Senate ana on
that motion moved the previous question. Al,h,ugn
a call Of the Senate moved by several Republi-
can Senator'S in stentorian voices, before the Dem
ocrat had made his motion, and as soon as tno drt
of i was discovered, yet the Of the presiding
offcer Lieut.. Gov. Hocombe, were. too thick to
hear any but Democratic voices, and, by series
of Il unparJlamentary rulings and resist ince 10
appeals from bis decisions, succeeded in giving the
majority their own way.
Now the coast is all clear, and +. S., that is,
Frank Steele or Fort Smelling, Fort Smelling or
Frank Steele, just as You choose to have it-ior
they ale now synonymous terms--will, before the
rsing Of the Legislature be chosen United States
senator to fuccc,d Gen. Shields, whO l am told,
thinks he was cheated out of the long term at the
drawing between himself and II. VI. Rice, by some
"iuggery" on the part of the latter.
Ii is said that the arrangement for electing Frank
Steele at this time will cost somebody 500 900. That
cannot be true. 10000 in these tight times-the
sum is enormous And then, il is not possible that
either the votes the virtue of the majority have in
creased in value 30 rapidly since last Winter, when
enough offered themselves for sale to elect a Repub-
licsn, in the place of Gen. Shields for $500.
Virtue and votes never rise in value on a tight
money market.