Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-04-14

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waite Secretary:
ExEcUrIvE DEPARTMENT, March 30 1880.
Gcntlemen Of the Senate and House of
Representatives.
The main object for which an extra ses-
sion was convened having failed as / am
uncAicially informed, and being unoficially
informed tba, he two Houses have adj
iourned sine die, of which fact ] nave "a. had
no official information, cannot regard the
Legislature as adjourned; but as it has been
SO declared by both Houses, Hereby, BY
the authority in me vested to convene the
General Assembly upon extraordinary oc-
casions, issue my proclamation converting it
again forthwith. The object of my taking
this step is that | may have time to coun-
sci with the coordinate branch of the gov
eminent with view Of disposing Of some
Objectionable features i'll the bill relating to
the general completion Of the grand trunk
roads Of tbs State in order that the. at
this time, paramount interests of the State
may not suffer any hasty legislation.
r. III. STEWART,
Governor of Missouri.
It is probable that number Of members
win be present on Monday afternoon, in
accordance with the proclamation.
McC.
Upon the condition Of fittings Swallowed
forth in the above, the Missouri Democrat
makes the following vigorous remarks:
ANARCHY IN THE ASCENDANT.
We publish another proclamation from
the Governor, calling on the General As
seinbly to meet once more. The members
of both Houses, we understand, treated it
with undiSguised contempt, on the assurnp-
ton that its author is insane. This hy-
pothesis would explain bis conduct in We
tong the railroad bill and the other bills,
for the passing of which he called the ex-
traordinary session. Our own opinion is,
tba+ O. Sart is more rogue than lunatic, al
though it is legitimate inference that bis
continuous dissipation for period Of sew
eral months has crazed him. Indeed, the
proclamation itself bears internal evidence
of a disordered and distempered intellect
1t viii be remembered that he specified in
his former proclamation the subjects Of leg
islatiye action for the extraordinary session.
The General Assembly acted on all these,
and that action has, in every case, been de-
feated by the interpoaition Of the veto pow
en-.
Certainly, the presumption that his Excel
lency should be transferred to the lunatic
asylum, is strong one. Missouri is to-
day without a government. National De
mocracy isworking out its legal results with
wondrous rapidity, and these results are
anarchy. The State is not only injured,
but disgraced. It presents to-day a spec
tacle more Illuminating than Mexico
What Missourian does not feel his cheek
burn, when he IS compelled to acknowledge
that the Governor Of his State has either
sold himself for money, or DESTROYED his
reason by excessive indulgence. Unfortu-
nately, no third theory can be advanced
Well, we have only to say that If Stewart
be Of unsound mind, steps should be taken
at once by the proper authorities, to apply
the remedy which the Constitution pro-
vides in such contingencies.
The sum Of all is, that Missouri has got
a drunken Governor, who is owned by a
Railroad Company IN Boston. Whatever
the merit Of his veto, between the prompt
ings Of his interest in money way, and
the violence Of his passions engendered by
drink, he makes sad work in his Office
Let him take warning