The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-02-10

to the various hnes of railroad and lands by
the foreclosure of her mortgages and deeds Of
trust, the Governor shall advertise in st. Paul,
Winona, New York, and Europe, the terms and
bonus in bonds, lands, &C., which Minnesota
will give to capitalists who will construct her
roads. ~ vi l4-J b .1tl'f .rAe't
Second, The bonus offered is the lands, the
work already done on the lines of road, and
new per cent. bonds to the amount of $685.
600 for each land grant line of road. That
each section of ten miles is completed and cars
running; fifty miles are to be built on each line
of road within one year from and after the 4th
July next, and twenty five miles in the next
year, 80 that at the end Of two years 800
miles of road would be built. For every new
bond issued an old one is to be surrendered.
The parties building the roads are to make
their own bargains for the bonds now out.
Thare is no scaling of the bonds in the pro-
posed bill. s.. r.At f.a a.
Third. The new companies are to pay the
debts due by present companies for work done
on the road. supplies furnished, and materials.
Payment to be made in the notes of the new
companies at one, two, and three years, with
7per cent interest, guaranteed by the State.
The amount however, to be paid by the COM
panies for this purpose is to be fixed now in
order to prevent exorbtant demands againat
the company. t.t. -l
Fourth. A bonus of 1925 1000 is to be offered
at the same time by the Governor, by adver-
tisement, for road to Superior, by the best
and most direct route from the head of steam
boat navigation. ~
Fifth. There are no points or localities
named in this plan. The companies are to
build first where it will pay best. They are
roads and continuous lines.
.Sicth.-The debt of the State for rail pur.
poses would be, when all the roads were com.
pleted, So, l25, 900. A plan of meeting the in
terest is proposed which would bear lightly
on the people, and the author argues that the
per cent. of gross earnings of the roads to be
paid to the State, would, when the system of
roads was finished, and after the State had
acquired the population she would have in ten
years, not only pay the interest in full on the
debt, but furnish fund which, when the sink.
ing fund had paid the railroad debt, would be
sufficient to give free education to the youth
of the State forever.
PAYING FOR THE PowDER.-The Ser
geant-at.Arms of the House, made himself
useful yesterday afternoon, in raising SUBJ
scription among the members, for the ex-
pense of the powder on Saturday night, in
firing 12O guns for PENNINGToN's election.
The expense of this little shooting affair was
slxty-hve dollars.
The ELECTION LAw.-The act introduced
by Mr.. SANBoRN, regulating elections has
passed the House by yeas AS, nays Is. 1t
provides for general registration of voters
in the State. f.
MOST WISE JUDGEs.-In considering the
school law in the House yesterday, that
body undertook to decide upon the quantity
and quality of liquor which school masters
should be permitted to drink. Mr.. SEcoMBE
thought they should not be allowed to i'm
bibe either spirituous or malt liquors! Mr..
SWEET believed in letting the Knights of
the Birch indulge in lager! And the
House so decided. Rejoice, therefore, all
ye pedagogues, and make merry: the Legis-
lature of the sovereign State of Minnesota,
in solemn session assembled, has decided
that you can drink lager. A teacher sug.
gests to us, in view of this decision, that
there would be singular propriety in our
Republican legislators returning to the
lacteal fluid with which their MANTLE hun.
ger was appeased.
AN INvEsr1GAr1oN.-The Republican
members of the Legislature, throughout the
State, were elected pledged to inquire into
the alleged bribery Of members of the Legis-
lature, in disposing of the land grant, and
in passing the $5,0OO,OOO loan bill. Hav-
ing pledged themselves to make the inquiry,
the Blacks very naturally have refused to
do any thing of the kind. But on Satur-
day, on motion of Col. STEVENS, of Glencoe,
Democrat, a committee to investigate
these charges, was appointed, consisting of
Senators STEVENS, KENNEDY, HoLLEY,
HODGES, and TAYLOR. The Minnesotian
thinks " it would have been better, at this
time, not to have agitated the subject. P"
All, indeed, brother BANNING. Is it there,
ye are?
WITH MENTAL REsERvAT1oN.-It ap-
pears that number of members of the
present Legislature assumed the oath " to
support the constitution of the State of
Minnesota" with mental reservation. In
the House, on Wednesday, in order. to obtain
an expression of sentiment on proposition
intimately connected with all legislation on
the Railroad question, Mr.. Speaker CoaGs.
WE'LL offered resolution declaring that the
olive Million Loan Amendment is part and
portion Of the Constitution of the State, and
binding upon us 1.-THE House, and the people
of the State, as much as any other portion
of the Constitution" The resolution was
aimed at that section of the Republican
majority who follow the lead of Mr.. SEcoMBE,
who on the previous day declared that the
Lean Amendment was invalid, and the bonds
bogus, although be naively confessed, at the
same time, that certain moral response
bility rested on the people of the State, in
relation to the bonds. But Mr.. SEcoMBE