The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-01-13

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being suspended the bill was read second
time, and referred to the Committee of the
Whole, and by that committee amended, and
recommended for passage.
The House then took recess.
afternoon Session.
ANOTHER BILL TO PROVIDE FOR THE PAY OF
MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE.
The bill presented by Mr.. Stearns (Rep.)
was before the Committee. Various amend
ments were considered, and a considerable
time spent thereon.
Mr.. ROBERTSON said he rose to op-
pose all this sort of legislation. He was
ashamed of it-sick of it, and hoped that
the committee would rise and recommend
the indefinite postponeInent of the whole
subject. Here (said Mr.. r. is a majority
representing party claiming special re-
gard for the public interests, and an irwin
chile resolution to guard the State treasury,
and now, during this whole session, their
great purpose seems to have been to devise
and pass bill that would enable them to
grab the first money coming into the trea-
sury, to the exclusion of all others. After
all they have said, this was the great mea.
sure of the session.
They come here with professions of re-
trenchment and reform, which they Illus
trate by advocating the reduction of the
salaries of other officers, while they not only
refuse to reduce their own pay, but demand
some advantage in the kind of pay they
shall receive over all other creditors of the
State. In this design they have been re-
peatedly thwarted by the watchfulness and
vigilance of the minority, to revenge which
the most Jealous in the scheme have at
tempted to pass rule to prevent the minor
ity calling for the yeas and nays.
You have spend days over various bills,
all designed to secure to members of the
Legislature some special and unfair advan-
tages over other creditors of the State-to
take care, as you avow, of yourselves, and so
far as other officers of the State are con-
cerned, to L" let the devil take the hindmost."
This is the way you Republicans reform
and economist, and because members of the
minority have opposed and exposed you in
this your great measure of the session, you
accuse them of preventing business, and
wasting time, and large majority of your
party in this House, wish therefore to make
rules to gag them down.
You have already cost the State thous-
ands of dollars. You first tried to pass
bill giving to members of the Legislature
only interest on certificates, and have intro.
duced several bills having the same object,
and then yesterday the leader of your party
in the House (Mr. Secombe) brought for
ward an amendment to enable you alone to
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ry. Defeated in this, for want of two third
majority, as required by the Constitution,
the same gentleman (Mr. SECONDLY brings
in this morning, another bill to make war
rants payable for taxes until the first of
June next and not thereafter; which would
raise the value of warrants paid you, and
after June LIST, depreciate the value of all
warrants paid other officers and creditors of
the State. He hoped that all such bills
would be defeated, and that bill putting
all the creditors of the State on the same
footing, and that an ordinary appropriation
bill, to provide for the pay of members
would be passed, ard thus relieve the House
from the further consideration of the subject.
Mr.. STEARNS (Repub.) advocated the
bill, and thought that it was a Christian
duty for the members to secure their own
pay, which they needed
Mr.. MITCHELL proposed a substitute
being the same as the act for the relief of
the creditors of the State, passed January
20, 1858, providing for the issue of State
Scrip, similar to the Autographed scrip of
that year, and to bear an interest of seven
per cent.
The substitute was agreed to, after being
amended so as to make the certificate al
ready issued valid fortaxes.
The committee reported the bill for pas
sage.
The House concurred in the report.
MIR. SAWYER moved that the bill
before the House be taken as the engrossed
bill.
The bill was then put upon its final
passage, the rules having been suspended in
The morning to allow it to be read the three
times IN one day.
The bill was then passed by yeas 62, noes
4-Messrs. Langworthy, Donohue, Ste.
phenson and Wiley voting no.
THE APPROPRIATION BILL.
The House then took up S. F. No. 80.
and on motion of MIR. SANBORN, Mr..
Secombe's amendment, giving the preference
of payment to Legislative certificates over
all other State Indebtedness was struck out.
and the bill passed, after striking out Sec
tion two, by a vote OF yeas 81, nays g.
THROUGH IN TWELVE MINUTES.
A bill to provide for the compensation of
members and officers of the Legislature, was
introduced by Mr.. Stearns on leave of the
House, and was read first time
Mr.. SANBORN moved to suspend the
rules, so that the bill should be read Sec
ond and third time which was agreed to.
al the bill read second time.
Mr.. STEARNS moved that the bill be
read third time and put upon its final
passage, which was agreed to and the bill
passed by yeas 4S, nays 9, as follows:
YEAs--Messrs Anderson, Armstrong, Arnold
Austin, Brooks, Butler, Caskie, Chadderdon.
Clearley, Cleaveland, Coe, Garrard. Greene of
Steele, Hayes, Hulett, Hunt, johnson, Knox,
Langworthy, Letford, Mantor, McDonough,
Meighan, Mitchell, Mtsch, Morrison, Nettleton,
Pfander. Purdie, REM, Sanborn, Sawyer,
Shrewsbury. Shultis, Skillman, Stearns, Stew.
art, Stock, Taylor, Temanson, Thayer, Trow,
Van Voorhees, H. Walker, Orange Walker, Web.
ster, White and Mr.. Speaker.--48