The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-03-23

J Since the marriage of /" THOMAS the beau
tiful +" with T1MorHY, familiarly denominated
by him his weak sister "a marriage for
money, not love and since the said money
has been refused by their trading masters,
and bestowed on one BRowN,"-a collapse
Of crinoline has been noticed, a curtailment
of sheets, and bobtailment of linen gener-
ally; while corresponding elongation Of
countenances, and most unharmonious dis
cord of the organ" has been equally appa-
rent. Some think it has too many editors
before and behind the throne-but the cause
lies deeper than this.
During the Legislature, it frequently lift
ed up its voice in warning tones, and, by all
the promises of the past, all the honors of
the present, and all the hopes of the future,
urged upon the Republican Legislature
never-never to think for moment of going
home without arranging our railroad com.
plications," for, as sure as they did so, the
wrath of a deceived constituency would
abide upon them. 1t had all the power in
its hands the people had given the party
all they asked, and now expected in return
a fulflment of its promises of RAMSEY and
good times" 1t did adjourn, however; and
the organ thus sounds the hewgag":
We regret to state that the conflict of opinion
between the Senate and House, last evening,
finally resulted in the failure by the present
Legislature to adopt any railroad system what
ever. We are sorry to make this announce.
ment. But many men have many minds: and
to this well-known fact in philosophy to LOCAL
JEALOUsIES TO OLD PREJUDICES TO INDIVIDUAL
R1vALRIEs; TO PECUN1ARY GREED; and, to some
fortunate result may be attributed.
In this most striking photograph of the
Republican Legislature, we see the cause of
the failure acknowledged by the /" organ"
Stick pin just there, 20 people Of st.
Paulw 1t then goes on to state that "by
next winter, the decks will all be cleared for
vigorous action, and then we trust to be
able to say, Hey! for the whistle of the
locomotivev" "Much will depend, how
ever, even then, upon the kind of men sent
here to legislate." CONDENSED though they
will be in numbers, .oe hope in God they ,0iu
be more expanded in heart and head, than
some s0ho have occupied seats in the body Just
departed this life, to be seen (some of them,
we trusD no more forever" And all the
people shall say Amen.
Here is an honest confession, assigning
the true cause of the omission of the Legis-
lature to solve the knotty problem Of our
Railroad complications. 1t was the "imbe-
cility Of the Republican majority" their
"local jealousies; their old prejudices their
individual rivalries; their pecuniary greed -
"a most beautiful necklace of virtues, to
be thrown around these town-site statesmen
by the central organ of the party, to be
borne home to their constituents as laurels,
and worn in all time as characteristics of
the " Reform Party!
"By their fruits ye shall know them /"
One hundred thousand dollars of our money
spent, and then confession that the failure
so much deplored resulted from "local
jealousiss and pecuniary greed"
Sunk one hundred Thousand dollars deeper
in debt, and then confession that this was
done and all the interests Of $50 Gee people c!e
postponed to the interests of /" Owatonna; !"
i" Hard-scrabble," and other cross.road
townsites of cross-road Republican states
men. One hundred thousand dollars squan
dered in lyecum discussions on capital pun
ishment, black bird bills, lager beer bills,
the irrepressible conflict" and matters
of mere local importance, and the rail>
road question postponed till the very
last week of the session, and then this con-
fession that all their boosted power for good,
all their professions of superior virtue and
fidelity to our interests all their promises
of RAMSEY and good times" were mere
bosh-good enough before the election
but not to be regarded or thought of when
in conflict with local fsalosssies, old preju-
dices, individual riualries, and pecuniaru
greed"
But hold, this will never do to go forth as
the tune of the organ" We will wind
her up again, and set her to new tune, or
we are used up +" whang doodle" So
quoth TIMOTHY and TAoMAs, the bride and
groom Of the short skirts. So on the 18th
they whack the Dumbuzzy,"" smite the
Tolnjon, and "let the Hagannon ring +" in
the following meliAuous strains, strongly in
contrast and discord with the tune first so
sweetly sung"
Had Mr.. Mackubin been in his seat we should
have been rejoicing in the prospect of a through
railroad in two years, instead of this city being
as it is now, deader than q dog poisoned by the
sausage of the police, and all Minnesota ditto.
It was not the /" pecuniary greed and
local jealousies of the Republican ma.
jority who had all power, then-it was Mr..
observation-disclosures N. MAcKuB1N all in a