Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-03-05
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True to its interests the Democracy Of the
IllinoiH legislature, failing in their attempt to
foist upon the Republicans of the State of
Illinois still more unjust zApporionment,
than the one under and by which they were
lately defeated in their candidate for Senator;
true to their interests we say, the Democratic
leaders, having become desperate. are now
resorting to their usual course, when thus
defeated, viz: filbustering, revolutions &c
The correspcndentof of the 1Gfioago Press and
Tribune, ,imderd rdste of Feby2b thusdescribes
mafters:a 20 :nppaIs cd! Of ,syEs Tad -
The Democracy t6f 1.-THE! House sisAxlized
their intention to permit 40, legislation until
their Apportionment infamy becomes law,
in manner SO marked and emphatic to-day
that there wasano Inistaking it. The session
opened at the usual hour :; but instead of pro-
ceeding to business and passing the bills be-
fore the House-the Appropriation bill among
the most important-the whole time until the
hour of adjournment, was purposely and wick
edly frittered away in useless defamation, by
which allbusiness'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 poll
cy was continued and though entreated again
and again to go to work at the business of
legislation 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 clock, when our friends,
in leaving the hall, left no quorum behind
A call of the House was ordered, the doors
were locked and absentees sent for but the
| call amounted to nothing; and at length about
6 o'clock an adjournment was moved and car
| ried This is the last of the session. The
| train that carries you this will carry also
| enough Republican members to make quo
| rum tomorrow impossible. Were the De-
| HlOcracy content to stay in their seats until
Thursday evening next, and do their duty,
every proper bill before the Legislature might
| be passed, signed and reported. But with
that disregard of the rights and will Of the
people for which they have become distin-
guished, and which has been displayed all this
session, they chose practical revolution, and
the consequences are upon them. The Ap-
preparation bill has been thrust at them in the
Senate, and has been repeatedly urged them
| in the House. Their opportunities to pass it
| have occurred every day since the session be-
gan. They might, if they would, have pro-
vided for the courts, for the contingent fund,
! for the creditors of the State, and for all the
machinery of the government not fixed in the
| Constitution. But preferring partizanship to
their ,duty-the chance of cheating the people
and uprooting popular sovereignty in Illinois
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minority would be placed in possession of the
power which belongs to the majority--they
| have constantly put Instructions in the way
| OF business, have refused their assent to the
passage of necessary and wholesome laws;
until now at the close Of session without
| example for duration since the Constitution
was adopted, the patience Of The Republicans
is SO exhausted, and their sense of Justice so
outraged that no quorum is left; and upon
the Democracy the whose responsibility rests.
Let that party, which has not onlv betrayed
its professions but wronged and betrayed the
people, account for the public loss and incon-
| venience which will follow their action as they
may The record of the Republicans is
clean. s...--...I
When the House opens its session tomor-
row, three or four Republican members only,
viii be found inside of the bar-enough to
move call of the House and to guard against
| the making of an incorrect journal but no
more. Who these trusty friends viii. be- the
caucus tonight will decide ;f2sroO sd5 Il
In the Senate but little has been done
The morning was consumer in talk; and
thougha few bills were passed this AFTERNOON,
the businesso of the day may be thus summed
up--unimportant. Tomorrow will probably
set that branch afoat, and then all legislation
for nearly two years may be considered at an
end. 49,
Latest from Springfield d-Afportionment Bill
Ketoed-Great Excitement is the House
General Dispersion To-Day. .....,
By special dispatch to the Evening Jour-
nal, we learn that the Governor returned the
Apportionment Bill to the House yesterday
morning, with his objections, when the Doug.
lasites forcibly elected the Governors Secre-
tary who brought it in. The bill was taken
from the hands of the Page by Green Doug
lasite,) who threw it upon the floor. Church
(Republican) picked it up and placed it on
the Speakers desk, and the Speaker knocked
it off, Green then put it in bis pocket.
During these proceedings the greatest ex-
citement existed in the House. -.
Late last evening we received the following
dispatch:
SPRINGFIELD, Feb. %.
Editors Press and Tribune No quorum
in House. Apportionment vetoed. Senate
in SeSsinn Canoro1 d;cnoro;on 20 x,,o,.o.~,