Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-02-05

the House. The latter body also agreed to
apppint a similar COMMITTEES, which was packed
with friends of the bill Gall except DR.. Keith
by Speaker Bradley, Of Belle PLANE, who was
throughout the entire session, on all occasions,
super-serviceable instrument of the Rail-
road companies This committee reported in
favor of the House receding from its amend
ment; which the House at first refused to do
by vote of SO to IS. But on subsequent
day, the proper appliances being no doubt
used in the meantime, the following proceed
ings were had, August Ii, 1868.
"The question then recurring upon the previous
question made by Mr.. Thompson to reconsider the
vote by which the House refused to recede from
the amendment proposed to the Bank bill, 8. F.
OF the vote was, yeas SO, nays 49, So the motion
was adopted. -. f.l So a.,- ...t '--..l. III q
Mr.. Rutan moved that the House now recede
from the amendment made to s. F. 267, and adopt
the report of the conference committee.
Mr.. Pierce rose to q point of order. It was
that the House can only reconsider the vote by a
two-thirds vote. The chair decided the point of
order not well taken. a- ,. g .-eafc b.
Mr.. Rutan then insisted upon his motion being
put.
Mr.. Robinson called for the yeas and nays which
were ordered.
The result Of the cote sUas yeas SO, mays "a. aae
The chair decided the motion to reconsider to
be carried. 49,. z ..a ..
''From this decision Mr.. Keith took an appeal
from the chair and took the ground that 1t reQuir
ed a tsoo-third cote to reconsider. .t ~
The question recurring shall the decision of
the chair be sustained, -,.....4 r.....,.,.. ..
were ordered, and the result of the vote was yeas
3s, nays 49, So the decision of the chair was sus-
tanned. 80 boz. Ell Is r.. .'s5a..s ......
"Mr. Wakefield moved reconsideration of the
vote by which the House concurred in the report
OF the committee; upon which motion
Mr.. Keith called for the yeas and nays which
were ordered, and the result of the vote was yeas
%, nays 81. So the motion was lost" TO-
The Banking Bill in question was thus plain
ly passed by less than the tsoo-tAirds cote re-
quired by Article 9, Section Is of the State
Constitution. These facts as shown by the
Journals, were duly certified to Mr.. Sibley /;
and a formal protest was entered against his
approving of It as the Executive of the State,
on the ground that the bill was not only per-
nicious in itself destructive of sound and
safe currency-but was passed unconstitu-
tionally! Mr.. Sibley- being an officer of one
Of the Railroad Companies, and having an
eye, doubtless, to working off the Bonds
eventually upon the People in the shape Of
currency disregarded the Protest and the
facts and gave it his signature .....I
We are assured that but for this act being
thus put upon the Statute book, through the
Railroad peoples Vaccinations and Mr.. Sib.
ley's disregard of the State Constitution, 9
large amount of currency based upon sound
State stocks, would have long since been in
circulation, to the relief of the people and the
general revival of business. ........
1t is with satisfaction we hear, therefore
that an effort is about being made to test til.
censtitutionality Of this last Banking Bill
and to see if we cannot achieve the wish ex
pressed by the people of Minneapolis, fol
themselves and others, in their resolution o.
the 18th of August and that is, get rid of the
exclusive Railroad Bonds Banking Basis, an6
have one like that which gives credit and cur
rency to the issues of Banks in the neighbor
ing States of the Northwest. Heaven send
that the effort may be successful