Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1859-12-10
The Legisla,urs @ thsrinx. 20

Ihe members OF the Senate and House or.
rived on Saturday. evening and Sunday, ia
in such numbers as to warrant the belief, that
on Wednesday We shall witness full attend.
ance in both branches Weare glad to find,
they all come imbued with the idea of having
short, vigorous, working session, and no
nonsense or faltering about it. Their ardent
desire is to meet the expectations of the peo.
pie, by introducing saving where there has
been waste; economy where there has been
undue liberality; by aboljshing all offices that
can possibly be dispensed with; by reducing
salaries whe.eve the pairing knife of reform
can take off shaving; by cutting down with
an unsparing hand the enormous printing bills
of the last two years; by reducing the num-
ber of the members of future Legislatures to
one half or less; and by adjusting, on fair,
'squitable, reasonable and practical plan, the
the present financial Railroad complications
Of the State,-ln such plan, having reference
to the present poverty of the people, to their
inability to bear more taxation, il as much,
as at present, and to what is demanded by
The duty of State to hquidate as soon as
possible all its honest indebtedness "'' 10
1t is with such ideas as these, the Republi-
can members, comprising three -fourths of the
body, come fully imbued; and we congratu-
late, therefore, the people Of the State in ad-
vance on the glimmer Of daylight, which such
disposition evinced by their legislators, af-
fords them in the distance, as a beacon of
hope for future prosperity ,' a-..
1t is most unfortunate that the "systematic
blundering Of the Democratic party, whom
the people have just cast out of power, as the
unfaithful servants in the scriptures were
unto outer darkness, will prevent the new
State officers from entering upon their duties
until January-thus leaving the new Legisla-
ture or government, practically without a
head for whole month ofits session, during
which it ought to be celebrating and carrying
into effect reforms IN the administration of
public affairs, under the guidance and advice
Of the men whom the people have chosen
for that purpose. Still, much may be done
during December, in preparing the way for
making January marvel in the work Of leg
islation, both in its quantity and quality.
Ifpossible the length of the session should
be restricted to sixty days.
There is one complication in the State Sen.
ate, arising from Lieut.. Governor Holcombe
holding over, which the Republican majority
Of that body have it in their power to cure. 1t
will not do for a legislative body Of one politi
cal bias, to permit the Standing Committees to
DC framed by a presiding officer of opposite
politics, even when he has established char
acter for fairness. and impartiality, which is
not the case with Mr.. Holcounbe. The Re-
publican majority in the Senate, therefore.
will be obliged to take the appointment of the
Standing Committee into their own hands, BY
electing t .eIn, as has been done in similar
complication, by the U. 8. Senate, when Il
Vice President Of opposite politics to the ma
,prity filled the chair
In this way, the Committees of the body,
which are its breath and vitality, the lungs
through which its business respires and in
spires, will accord in feeling with the major
ity who have control that business, and are re-
sponsible. This seems to be a proper course
Of which no one has any right to complain.