The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-09-09
State es..RespOnsibility Placed
Where 1t BelOngs.-Republican False
hoods Exposed.

speeches in Southern Minnesota, devotes
his extraordinary oratorical powers to the
recital of one speech, collated for him before
be left this city, by the Minmesotian editor
and Ignis Fatuus, from the statements put
forth in the Republican address, In this
speech, while the financial evils under which
our people suffer, are depicted with graph
ic power peculiar to interested and political
croakers, no remedy is evolved from the
gigantic and statesmanlike brain of RAMSEY
but-a change--a change of rulers!
RAMSEY, in his speeches, precisely as
Ignis Fatuus in his address, charges the
Democratic party with squandering all of
the $25O,OoO loan, for State purposes, during
the first six months of its possession of the
State Administration. He contends furth-
er that, warrants on the Treasury are
abroad--obligations to pay State expenses
beyond this $25O00O," and that this is
attributable to the reckless extravaganza Of
the State Administration. The ex-Gover-
nor deliberately attempts to deceive the
people, in this statement, for he we'll knows
that under the Constitution (Sec. IL, Art. A
no money can be drawn from the State
Treasury, unless it shall have been appro-
priated by law, for specific purpose. Now,
to get correct idea of the manner the State
funds have been appropriated, and by whom,
we propose to show, from the records, how
much of the public money has been ex-
pended, and for what purposes -who voted
to make such expenses--and whether Re-
publicans and Democrats in the Legislature
did not jointly unite in appropriating every
cent of money that has been expended dur
ing the administration of Gov. S1BLEY. We
claim and will demonstrate
Ftrst--That the responsibility for the
passage of the various acts appropriating
public money, belongs to the individual
members of the Legislature, and can no
more be laid to the door of one party than
to that of another, because the vote on the
passage of every appropriation bill in each
House, was nearly unanimous;
Second-That nearly ONE HUNDRED THOU
SAND DOLLARS of the several appropriations
went to pay Indebtedness incurred or au-
thorized, before the organization of the
State and
Nird-That SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS of
the several appropriations remain unex-
pended.
In the first place, we will examine the
record of the passage of each and every ap-
preparation bill by the Legislature, and will
show by whose vote it passed:
General La,cs 1858, page So" An Act to
make certain appropriations for the current
expenses of the State" Approved February
IL, 1858.
This bill passed the Senate yeas Is, nays
l, as follows-(See Senate Journal, p. 2O6 y
YEAs-Messrs. Adams, Banfil, Bates, Carl
ton, Cave, Chase, Cowan, Cook, Day, Dunwell.
Folsom, Hall, Hudson, Hull, Jones, Lindsey,
Mixer, Phelps, Ridpath, Richardson, Streeter,
InOmaS, van EIten, WatSou, anu MI TTeSi
dent.
Mr.. Norton voted in the negative.
OF the yeas, there were Democrats Is,
Republicans 10. Nay%Republicans, l.
The same bill passed the House (see House
Journal, p. 3l5) yeas 81, nays l, as follows:
YEAs-Messrs. Balcombe, Bearce, Bray,
Buffers, Campbell, Chase, Chowen. Crosby,
~. E4 N4r<ou lo1o ,,1
Gibson, Hawkins, Hanson, Heyd, S. r. John
son, Smith johnson, Keith, Kibler, Kingdom,
Kingsley, LIE Blond, Lbbey, Locke, Lyle, Mas
tiers, Mackintire, Murphy, Otis, Parker, Peck
ham, Petite, Pierce, Powers, Randall, Rutan,
Scofeld, Simpson, Sheetz Starkey. Stevens,
Tattersall, NJ. Thompson, 7. A. Thompson,
futile, Vertress, Wilson, Young, and Mr..
Speaker.
Mr.. Tefft voted in the negative.
OF the yeas, there were Democrats 80,
Republicans 81. Nays-Republicans, 1.
This act appropriated the following sums
for Territorial indebtedness, to wit /:
Payment of members, &C., of Con-
stitutional Convention. ..........$ 55, 600 90
Payment of interest on Territorial
Payment for Territorial Printing 4,22l 10
Payment for Territorial Binding. 974 so
Payment for publishing supreme
Court Reports, ordered to be print
ed by Legislature of 1856. ....... $500 90
Appropriation to conclude publica-
tion of Constitutional Convention
Debates. ...................... $500 90
Total. ST., l95 GO
And the following sums for State purposes,
to wit:
Payment of members and officers of
the Legislature. ....... ......... .$4O,0 90
Incidental Printing and Binding of
Legislature of 1885,. $4,000 90
Appropriation to Board of Canvass
ers. .................... 47s 90
turc. 5000 90
Total. .$58, 479 90
RECAPITULATION
For Territorial purposes. .$77, 1856 60
For State purposes. ................ 5S,479 90
General La,cs, 1885," An Act to appropriate
money for certain purposes therein named"
approved March 20, 1858.
This bill passed the Senate, yeas 26, nays
none, (see Senate journal, p. $780, as follows ::
YEAs-Messrs. Adams, Ranfil. Bates, Carlton,
Cave, Chase, Cowan, Cook. Dunwell. Folsom,
Hall, Hodges, Hudson, Hull, Jones, Mixer,
Moreland, Northrup, Reiner, Ridpath, Richard
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