Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1860-02-28
MADISON, Feb. % 1850.

conseoueptly. from the throng OF passing events
l shall ouly attempt to single out the more pro-
nainent forms and features which form the NOV
inc Danorama. And among the most IMP '''i'
-inportant net intrnsically. nor on account
n any vas, good or evil TO arise from IT, out
s,l.Iv because 1t is n recent event and The cilei
,,,.,a- of conversation in political clrcles-'he
CONVENTION OF THE HARMONIOUS DEMOCRACY
49,. no noticed This body met In the Assem-
tt,Il an Wednes.la aud was called to order oy
-, President. f W. HoRS, who by the way Is
,,otel office. and decides all questions prom..,
I'D in accordance with his own wishes, and
ori,h little regard 10 the opinions OF majority
Of the members. A long time was oecupleu IA
af,;,,ipr substitutes; Gen. ELLIS, one OF the
oldest and most consistent Democrats IN the
state was refused a seat because he was not Il
Douglas man. while others were admitted with
no better credentials because they were. The
General complains Of this in letter to the Pat
riot last evening. The Douglas men had 1t all
their own way and rode rough shod over tie
small but spartan band of their opponents
Resolutions instructing the Delegates to be cleo
ted to 90 in 4 body for Douglas were adopted by
a large majority, and at the same time another
i)lcISlU5 tue DGIliOC4aCy ol " iSSOAolE " sup
port the nominee Of the Charleston Convention,
whovever be be; and it is respectfully suggest
ed that SMITH OF n. c., be The nominee, some
other South American, since, if lac is good enough
for Speaker, he is good enough Tor President OF
the Democratic party. But not word was
said Of principles. it not being generally known
suppose, whether Popular Sovereignty could We
any more safe in the hands of its champion
than was the Missouri Compromise.
LAnpABEE, HoDARr. CHARLIE ROBINSON. SAN
DERs, HApLEY. and others Of the would be lead
ers were present. each bent on "scooping out"
the other in which they were all successful
Barstow. through his friends. having secured the
control OF the whole delegation to Charleston, Of
which he was the first one elected Poor Lar
rabce only got Ten, votes the price of his irE-
meusc efforts at representing Wisconsin IN the
4 Halls Of Congress. The encounter between him
aud Hobart at the Capitol House. is said to have
been rich, and the interest could only have
| been il creased by blows. whi2h neither had the
courage to use. Both have run their political
race and will soon be turned out without blan-
ket groom.
The nomination of Douglas, who is the rep
resenta;iye Of Popular Sovereignty in the north
and of judicial Interference in favor of slavery
every where, is the only hope Of the Wisconsin
Democracy. lie is the only man who has the
least show Of carrying the State and thus of re-
warding the men who put him in nomination
| Or lac was endorsed, as General Ellis says, in
order to give p. II. SMrfH opportunity To
claim an appointment in his cabinet. 1t Is
strange how credulous these Democrats are get
ting to be howo days; they are confident Of
Douglas nomination aud subsequent election
! ss they were of e'..cting Hobart last fall
IN amusing incident occurred upon resolu-
non calling Tor the reading OF IL letter from an
official 10 OF the members of the Convention.
This was from Mr. Sieeyer +. VI. Of Milwau-
kee telling him how to clean out Douglas. The
proceedings thus reported by TIE journal:
Mr Sat. Clark Mr.. President-the letter al
lUdcd 70 Is IL nay possession / Obtained It &C
cidculally. Il was directed to another delegate.
picked IL up, and saw a name At the bottom
tia, interested me / gan 10 read it. When
began, l couldn't stop. (Laughler.) have
that letter nov, Out do. feel a. liberty 10
read 1t here.
Mr. Dcyauuey.-Th letter is in Mr. Clark 3
possession bus protest against lis being read
here. II wa- written 10 me IN confidence
though ii WASH; marked confidential | either
accidentally dropt it. or Sat accidentally pick
ed il our OF my pocket, (great laugh,er) That ;
the way he got it, 1t private letter and
protest against it beng read here.
VI. Sat Clark explained. | went up TO my room
last night and found two pairs Of boots my
bed: found that there were legs In the boots
and the owners Of the legs and the boots were
not IN condition to travel Well after some
time and effort. got nd of them. After they
we've gone | found this letter on the bed =
A. thc gentleman 10 whom it directed. OBJ
ects to us reading, shall not read It. renew
81 luUghter.)
Not word was said with regard to Chief US
tice, and it remains with the Republican Con-
eution 10 adopt such policy as shall seem adj
Tisnble II the case.
LEGISLATIVE MATTERS.
Legislation moves slowly the important bus
mess Tor some unknown re son not having been
, introduced The session WIlI last undoubtedly
a month longer. The discussions generally are
! ct lIttle interest, the results being deemed OF
r much more importance. j Report has been
made IN favor II commencing the Capitol Ex-
tension with small annual appropriation,
which to those hiylug the best means OF iudg-
{ my. seems measure of sound policy, the
present accommodations are entirely too limited
and insecure.
! BiI has passed the Assembly repeating the
Library Law ii last winter, thus illustrating the
Hcklcuess OF " iscunsIu Legislation. This law
was passed by recommendation of Chancellor
BARNAUR HoRACE Mann, and nearly all the
friends of Education consulted, and would soon
result III vast good to the people OF the state
HE Senate VIII hardly consent TO lis repeal
The obJectIons 70 1t are c;tireiy imaginary, with
the exception that IL provides for unnecessary
State printing. and Consequently the conc M
ten: stealing. THIS. can, however be amended
The Committee of Town and County organ
iza:Ion reported yesterday the Iowa aud La
Favette County B.lIs without any recommen-
caiIon. after having promised all parties Ia
variable report. The decision Of the questions
Idereuds entirely upon the action of the Legs
Iatire- luinfue.ced by any facts which II was
the duty OF the Com:nittee 10 inquire into and
4, effort is again about being made 10 obtain
an aprropriation from tie State, for the purpose
l,f renrtratIug through the sand rock to the
IoDsr rnaunesIa limestone. It Is doubtful II
such a bill pass, although It has many
StranL. supporters. Why Is not an effort made
to recover from the General Government the
the dues collected from the Miners and Smelt-
ers before tie public lands were sOld-amouat-
ing 10 some $500 0J0 ? This IS justly our due,
and we shall soon have an Administration will
hing to render justice to The northwest have
not time 10 enlarge on this, but throw 1t out as
q suggestion for future action.
PRINTING AGAIN.
The Supreme Court has rendered decision
against one Of the claims OF the State Printer.
and appeals IaIly made to the Legislature
10 Interfere, and prevent him from suffering on