The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-03-16

etc., the OIL was Order6Q 10 q InlrQ rcaOlpg,
but quorum not voting, the Senate, at one
o'clock A. NJ, was declared adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The general appropriation bill was taken
A Senate amendment proposing to pay the
usual price for newspapers ordered for men,
bers, and striking out the picayune and Mig
gardly provision of the Committee on Ways
and Means, of the House, was adopted
ayes A, nays 6.
SCHOOL LAWS.
A Joint resolution directing the Superin>
tendent of Common Schools to have printed
an edition of the School Laws of the State,
was passed.
Amendments made in the Senate to House
bills, were then taken up.
THE RAILROAD RESOLUTIONS.
Mr.. SECOMBE moved that the Clerk
be instructed to recall from the Senate, the
concurrent resolutions passed on Thursday
evening.
Messrs. SWEET and MITCHELL op-
posed the the motion; and after debate, it
was decided in the negative-ayes rs, nays
38. Recess.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
BILLS PASSED.
An act relative to contracting for fuel for
the capitol.
An act to regulate garnishee proceedings.
An amendment to the general road bill.
A bill proposing an amendment to the
Constitution, so that all future amendments
to that instrument shall, prior to their SUBJ
mission to the people, receive either two
thirds of the votes of both branches of the
Legislature, or majority of the members
to two successive Legislatures.
An act tor the removal of the State Bank
at Austin to Rochester.
A bill for the payment of printing claim
of Hotchkiss and Emerson.
THANKS TO THE SPEAKER.
Mr.. ROBERTSON offered the following
resolution
RESOLVED, That the members of this House,
irrespective of party, tender to Hon. Amos
Coggswell their thanks and congratulations
for the ability, impartiality, and courtesy which
have uniformly distinguished his conduct as
presiding officer of the House.
The resolution was unanimously adopted.
sLUR UPON THE SPEAKER.
After the transaction of some unilnportant
business, Mr.. SECOMBE introduced res
olution returning the thanks of the House to
one of the messenger boys, for the fidelity
and zeal with which be had attended to the
duties OF his position.
Mr.. ROBERTSON denounced the reso-
luton, as an attempt to cast slur upon
the House, for its unanimous adoption of a
vote of Acknowledgement to the Speaker.
Mr.. SECOMBE said apologetically, that
every member had observed that the lad in
question had performed his duties with com.
mendable fidelity. He was very young, and
the adoption of the resolution would be q
matter of qualification to the lad and bis
friends
Mr.. ROBERTSON said he approved Of
the fidelity with which the lad had perform
ed his duties. The boy deserved something
more than resolution of thanks and he
hoped that he would receive from the men,
bers of the House little purse of $780,
That acknowledgment would be substan-
tial. He referred to the motives of the
gentleman from Africa" (Secombe) in
Offering the resolution, as dishonorable to
the House and himself, and said that his
statement that the resolution had not been
intended to reflect upon the Speaker, was
known by him, (Secombe) and by the
House, to be false.
Mr.. STEVENS denounced the resolut
ton, and moved that it be laid on the table
and Secombe with it.
Mr.. SECOMBE said the resolution was
offered in good faith and no one who was
not drunk or natural born fool would assert
otherwise.
Mr.. ROBERTSON said if the doctrine of
TRANSPORTATION of souls was true, after the
death OF the "gentleman from Africa"
(Secombe,) his soul would be found inhabit
ing the body of that most loathsome of all
animals-a skunk Laughter He moved,
as substitute for the resolution offered by
Mr.. Secombe, that all after the word
" resolved" be stricken out, and an appro-
priation for the lad of 1875 inserted. The
amendneDt was lost.