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

Collars, by neglecting or refusing to exercise
he proper functions of free government, is q
pod thing, per &c, irrespective Of other cir
then it might be argued that it
s . pity the ambitious men Of the Democratic
PARTY of Minnesota had not thought Of this
policy" a LITTLE sooner!-Had not thought of
t in time to have saved the taxpayers of
from the unnecessary burdens
they bear from our premature change from q |
Territorial government whose bills were foot
ed by Uncle Sam, into &ats government |
whose expenses, reaching to over $2o0, 900
year, must be paid by taxation: while at the
same time the only compensation for 30 ex-
pensive IN alteration Of our political condition
"A voice in the distribution of the favors and
in the exercise of the sovereignty of the ma.
tional government-is denied us through an
other phase of that said democratic Policy"
1t is pity, also, that the Reneer's economic
fit of Democratic policy had not been thought
of by Mr.. S1BLEY before the State Executive
was awarded 10000 year for contingent
expenses besides salary before the other
State officers, in addition to good salaries,
were given by . Democratic legislature two
and three thousand dollar contingent funds"
apiece been thought of, in word, before
under Democratic Executive officers and
Democratic legislature, the whole $250,00O of
the per cent State Loan was exhausted in
single year to support the Democratic extrav-
agance of the State Administration! 1t is q
pity, we repeat, the economic "Democratic
Policy had not earlier commenced and borne
fruits meet for repentance for we assure Mr.
SIBLEYs organ that people will be prone to
suspect-after the Bogus Economy of the
pattern of $3.50, 900 year which has hereto
fore characterized the Democratic State Policy
that Mr.. SIBLEY's NOTICE for abolishing the
Peoples legislature, and preventing an election
of Mr.. SHIELDS successor, was any other than
the economical one of saving "a hundred
thousand dollars to the taxpayers of Mime.
| sota!"
Of truth, instead of saving that amount,
we charge that Democratic Policy has delibe.
rately -squandered-thrown away
that amount of money in its past administers
ton of State affairs-squandered and thrown
it away to subserve merely party purposes to
the injury of the public interests besides the
robbery of the Peoples treasury of that en-
tire sum
None know better than our contemporary
that this chargeis true to the very letter; and
it dare not deny the facts which sustain its
truth. An impartial history of the first leg
islature of the State will present fully the
evidence in proof Of the business of the
charge.
That legislature was Democratic in bott
branches it held two sessions and it is no
torious that both of them were prolonged un
necessarily and wastefully, through Demo
cratic Policy" and for party purposes!
The Republican minority in that Legislature
are guiltless of any responsibility in the pre-
misses. They maintained that the first SEES
sion, beyond merely meeting and then adjourn
ing, should never have been held; and W
doubt not their opinion will yet be sustained
by the highest tribunals in the country pre-
nouncing the illegality and constitutionality G
all the acts of that session passed prior to tn
admission of the State into the Union. Tha
there might be no mistake about their position
the Republican members determined to pu
themselves on the record and the Journal
will show that they protested in the mos
formal manner against continuing in sessio
or acting as State legislature with only {
S. Territorial appointments for State Execr
tive officers. They protested, however, j
vain. The Democratic majority persisted
going on, because democratic Policy" r,
quired the immediate election of two Demo
cratic U. s. Senators: which purposes bein
effected, it is well known that the balance I
the session was practically wasted away b
the majority; and that the passage of tn
pernicious 100000 Loan swindle is alor
presented as result to relieve the otherwis
utter idleness of their four months session!
The next session of the same legislator
commenced in June last; and even the Pi
neer will bear us out in the assertion, that
, do nothing in the first three or four month
of the session was early and deliberatel
adopted as the democratic Policy"-adop
ed in legislative caucus, for the party purpos
of electing, at that session, Mr.. STEELE or N
SHELLEY, or some other Moccasin Democrat,
succeed Gen. SHIELDS in the U. S. Senat
, after the Sd of March, 1859; though the la
= and the Constitution plainly intended, tn
& Senatorial vacancies by expiration of ofici
. terms should be filled by the legislature CHI
= sen in October Immediately previous to IL
, end of term--or, in the words of the Law
+ at 1.-The session next preceding" the occu
renee of the vacancy!
But to trust the people of the State at al
other election did not suit the Democrat
leaders. They knew that they had obtaine
8 their existing majority by frauds and forgeri'
9 that hardly could be successfully repeated
: And for this reason the conspiracy was form
ed, to which HENRY H. SHELLEY was a part
l. to choose United States Senator during tn
session. They chad the power" said SIBL1
n -"why shouldn't we use it while we ha,
e it?"
fl But the law the lao! was the in way
the success of the project. This law, howeve
l the Democratic caucus resolpsd to evade, b
s passing (as they did, another law postponir
e entirely the regular winter session of the
gislature (last winter's) or rather placing
! at SIBLEY's discretion, which amounted to Il
! same thing. Then the argument would clea
ly arise, that the existing session was 1T
5 session next preceding" the expiration of Ge
SHIELDS term; and therefore, an election f