The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-02-24
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
BILLS PASSED.
An act to establish the fees of Con-
stables.
An act to amend section one, chapter
one, of an act to provide for the creation
and regulations Interpretations, passed Aug.
IL, 1858.
An act to establish the town of Crystal
Lake, Hennepin county.
An act to establish the town of Eogan,
Dakota County.
A memorial to the President of the
United States, in reference to lawless In
dams, abandoning their reservation.
An act to change the county line of
SherburDe county.
An act for the relocation of a State road
from Rochester via Chatfield to Eliota.
A bill to amend an act incorporating the
City of st. Anthony.
DAKOTA COUNTY ELECTION.
Mr.. ROBERTSON introduced the fol.
lowing resolution.
RESOLVED, That the Committee on Elections
be instructed to report to this House, what &C.
ton they have taken on the petition of Messrs
Barton, Waldier, Newell and Flanagan, con-
testants of the seats of Messrs. Hays, Bixler,
Morrison and Caskie, the sitting members
representing the County of Dakota.
Mr.. ROBERTSON said the Committee
refused the contestants hearing.
Mr.. ORANGE WALKER stated that
he had once considered the case, and did not
desire to do so again.
Mr.. ROBERTSON wanted to know if
the House would sustain the Committee, in
the position assumed by them. in disregard
of the instructions of the House?
Mr.. BUTLER, Chairman of the Com
mittee on Elections stated the members of
the Committee declined to further investi-
gate the subject, and that he had prepared
minority report, which be proposed to offer
but objection was made.
Mr.. ROBERTSON said the Republi-
cans of the House manifested willingness
to shirk an investigation of this case. They
dared not face the music. The rule
laid down by the House in expellng the
Democratic members from Dakota, would,
ifapplied to the case of Messrs. Flanagan,
Barton, and their associates, compel the
House to declare the seats of four Republi.
cans vacant. This was the reason the Com
mittee refused to act, and the Republicans of
the House manifested disposition to avo id
direct vote. They would be compelled, if
the facts of this case were ELECTED, to retrace
their steps, and declare the Democratic
members from Dakota were unjustly ousted
from their seats, or declare the places of
four Republican members vacant. The
House and the Committee, it was evident,
intended to apply one rule to Democrats,
and another to Republicans.
Mr.. WILKINS, as a member of the
committee on election, would willingly
investigate the petitions and the facts pre-
sented Herewith.
Messrs. STEVENS and CLEVELAND
opposed any further investigation of the
subject.
Mr.. DoNOHUE urged that the contes.
tants should be justly dealt by, and an in.
vestigation ordered.
The resolution, under the lash of the eau
Gus, was laid on the table, nearly every Re-
publican in the House voting to repress the
investigation. The following was the vote:
YEAs.-Messrs. Aaker, Abbott, Acker, An.
derson, Arnold, Austin, Baldwin, Bixler,
Brooks. Burnham, Caskie, Cleveland, Coe, Fox.
Garrard, Greene of Olmsted, Greene of Steele.
| Hayes, Hunt, johnson, Langworthv. Leayaus.
Letford, Mann, Mantor, McDonouch. Meighan'
| Mitchell, Odds, Sanborn, Sawyer, Secombe,