The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-02-26

The House of Representatives OF th
Legislature Of Illinois Was elected under III
apportionment law so shAmefully unjust tina
the Democrats carried majority Of scvera
members, although the Republicans had 1
majority of several thousand on the popular
vote of the State. The Legislators thus
elected are so well pleased with the opera.
ton Of law by which minority of the peo
pie elect majority of the Legislature, that
they directed all their talent to framing a
still more unjust apportionment law for the
present session. The bill passed both
branches Of the Legislature and went to the
| Governor. In the meantime the Democratic
majority in the House threatened to revolu-
tionize the government il the Governor re-
fused his assent to the bill. They boldly de-
! clared that no bill should pass that body and
no business should be transacted and no APP
| preparations should be made for defraying
the expenses Of the State government until
the Governor returned that bill with his sig
nature.
A letter writer gives the following account
of their mode of proceeding in the accom-
plishment Of their object:
The session opened at the usual hour but
instead of proceeding to business and pass
ing the bills before the House--the Appro-
pration bill among the most important-th
whole time until the hour of adjournment,
was purposely and wickedy frittered away
in useless defamation, By which oil business
was prevented. Hour after hour was spent
by these patriots in affecting the ears OF the
House and the lobby with their vain babble
In the afternoon, the same policy was con-
tinued; and though entreated again and
again to go to work ut the business of legis-
lation for which they were sent here, the
time was consumed as in the morning-pur-
posely to delay the passage of bills in which
the Republicans were supposed to be inter
ested, until the Apportionment bill should be
returned. This was kept up amid great dis
order until about O'Clock, when our friends,
in leaving the hall, left no quorum behind
call of the House was ordered, the doors
were locked and absentees sent for; but the
call amounted TO nothing and at length
about six O'Clock an adjournment was
moved and carried. Were the Dem
ocracy content to stay in their seats until
Thursday evening next, and do their duty,
every proper bill before the Legislature
might DO passed, signed and reported. But
with that disregard of the rights and will of
the people for which they have become dis
tlnguished, and which has been displayed all
this session, they chose practical revolution,
and the consequences are upon them.
On the next morning, we learn from a
dispatch in the Chicago papers, the Gov
ernor returned the bill to the House with his
objections. The Governors Secretary was
forcibly elected from the Hall by the en-
ragged Locofocos, aud the veto message was
thrown down on the floor by a Dougasite,
aud on being picked up and laid on the
Speakers desk was again brushed on to the
floor, and finally pocketed by Locofoco.
The Legislature doubtless adjourned with
out passing the general appropriation bill.
And thus ends the second not in this new
Illinois drama, by which the rule Of the mi
norty over the majority was to have been
rendered permanent. We shall see whether
the majority of the people of Illinois will
tamely submit while the Douglas dema-
gogues bind them hand and foot and deliver
them over to the tender mercies Of this ras-
cally clique of politicians.
Since the above was in type we find the
following dispatch in the St. Louis Repub.
iican:
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Feb. %.
The House has passed joint resolution
to adjourn sine die tomorrow at 10 O'Clock.
The Senate has concurred.