Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-04-02

can members in Senate and House to 60 on
rapidly and theoretically with the public bu-
siness. In vain did they give constant At
tendance in their seats. frequently, from
want of quorum through the absence OF the
Democratic Senators, that body had to ad- |
journ without holding business session. The
Democrats of the House also carried out the
caucus policy, by awaiting themselves Of every
pretext for adjourning over without doing bu-
siness. and in this way they wasted many
days of time. But the Republicans still strue-
gled to speedily perform the work Of leeasia-
ton for which their constituents had sent
them, and 60 home. They introduced nu'
merous important public bills, only to witness
their being tabled by the majority, or referred
to Democratic standing committees whose
chairmen smothered them in their breeches
pockets.
The majority were evidently determined
not to work, and the minority could not COM
pei them. Little, trifing, local bills were al
lowed to pass but not single measure OF
general Importance did the Democracy, for
more than a hundred days Of the session, per-
NIT to become lawl
This is the truth, and the records will bear
us out in the assertion, that ouer One Hun
dred thousand Dollars Of tho Peoples money
were deliberately wasted to accomplish meta
rious partizan scheme!
As the summer waned, the scheme became
the more apparent Who does not remember
how the caucusses around the legislature for
the Democratic Senatorial nomination, be-
came a prominent feature of the session
How struggles ensued in both houses to change
tho standing rules of order, intoA shape which
would allow the majority the more easily to
tyrannize over the minority, and override the
opposition anticipated from the Republicans
to the final success of the usurpation by one
legislature of the rights properly belonging to
another, and to the people! How, by the
sheer force of brute numbers, aided by the
qualification and dishonorable conduct o.
Lieut.. Gov. HoLcoMBE, the rules of the Senate
were eventually trampled down; and how al
was thus finally prepared to strike the grand
blow of democratic Policy" to render
which effective the whole session and ten!
upon tens of thousands of the Peoples money
had been unscrupulously sacrificed. But al
decent men of every party will remember will
rejoicing how the whole nefarious scheme fiz
, zled at last through the united action of tn
, Republicans and of few independent Demo
Gratis - the Legislature adjourning with
out supplying Gen. Sh1ELD's expected vacan
? cy; though the majority as they departed
homewards sought to ease off their defeat, b.
J boasting loudly that if the neat legislator
should be Democratic on joint ballot, S1BLr
) would call it together, and Democratic Sen
} ator be still elected; but that if it shout
turn out Republican, he wouldn't let it NEE
, at all yes, they had the Republicans 81
: curely fixed, anyhow!
: 1t is almost with shame for the fair charae
ter of Minnesota that we recall these disgract
full facts of Democratic Policy inauguratin
9 our primative history as State, by recl
: less disregard of the money and interests {
+ the People to subserve partizan ends merely
+ but the attempt of the Pioneer, above quotet
e to claim credit for the Democracy on the SEQ,
J, of economy 81 in saving tone hundred tho'
= sand dollaas to the taxpayers" by not holt
# ing session of the session of the legislatu,
e last winter, was little too impudent to l.
It pass without exhibiting the exact state Of Il
!, case-particularly as, but for the "Dem
It cratic Policy" in designedly wasting the tin
Is of the legislature in the summer. there woul
It have been one hundred thousand dollars MOI
n money in the State Treasury last fall; an
J. consequently, without extra expense to Il
l. people session of the legislature could ha'
n been held at the ordinary and regular perie
n in the winter, to perform the functions whit
, it was elected to perform; instead of placir
J. the People of Minnesota in the attitude
g going through the farce of choosing represe
Of tatives who are not allowed by Mr.. SIBLEY
y meet to represent them, for fear the Repub
le can majority might elect Republican Unit
le States Senator-an Office which his Moccas
sc Highness reserves for himself or his brothe
in-law FRANK STEELEl
re o dear! what nice, honest, decent, al
o. respectable thing Moccasin Democracy is