The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-01-13
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
FRIDAY AFTERNOON, Jan. 6.

80 fs FRIDAY AFTERNOON, Jan. 8. a
The Senate Bill No. %, making an ap.
preparation for the per diem and mileage OF
members of the Legislature, having been
reconsidered after its final passage, was
taken up.
Mr.. SECOMBE offered the following
amendment to Senate Bill No. ~:
Imove to amend the first section by inserting
between the word appropriated and the
word "for," in said section, the following
words, viz: tout of the first money in the Trea.
sury after special appropriation OF December
IA, 1852" .
Which amendment was agreed to, and
being read second and third times, the bill
as amended was put upon its passage.
The first section, as amended by Mr.. Sc
coMBE, reads as follows:
SECTION l. That the sum of $4,000, or SO
much thereof as may be necessary, be and the
same is hereby appropriated out OF the first
money in the Treasury after the special appro-
priation of December IA, 1859, for the payment
of per diem, mileage and stationery of the
Mr.. SECOMBE spoke in favor of the
amendment, and argued that the members Of
the House owed it to themselves to adopt
it.
A call of the House was ordered, and a
motion to suspend the call being lost, Mr..
Secombe moved to reconsider the vote,
which was agreed to, and then the motion
to suspend proceeding under the call was
carried.
Mr.. MORRISON moved to reconsider
the vote by which the amendment of Mr..
Secombe was adopted; which motion was
lost.
Mr.. ROBERTSON opposed the bill.
He said he was not present when Mr.. Sec
ombe's amendment was adopted, and had
not then an opportunity to vote against it.
He considered any such legislation as
that proposed would be disgraceful to the
Legislature, and expose its members to the
merited contempt of the people, and all hon.
est right minded men. That it was in the
extreme dishonorable and mean for the
members of the Legislature to take advan-
tage of their power to seize upon all the
money that might come into the treasury,
excluding, until they themselves were paid,
all other creditors of the State. But from
what be had already witnessed in the &C.
ton of the Republican majority Of the
House, be would not be surprised at any
thing they might do, to accomplish partizan
or selfish purposes. But as he desired to
preserve tie Legislature, Notwithstanding
the Republicans were in so large majority,
from dishonor and to save the credit of the
State from depreciation, he hoped that the
bill, unless its Objectionable features were
stricken out, would be defeated. He pro.
ceeded to show the one effect of the bill
would probably be to prevent the pa yment
of the July interest on the $250,000 State
debt, wh,ch IL regarded as sacred obi
CATION, to which every other claim should
yied the pr ect dence.
Mr.. SECOMBE thought that there was
no reason why the interest on the State
debt was entitled To such consideration as
had been claimed Tor II, and defended the
bill 10 its present shape
After some further debate the question
was taken on the final passage o: the bill! as
amended, and the vote was yeas "a, nays
p, a constitutional m ,jority not voting for
the bill it was lost. The vote was as fol-
lows:
YEAs.--Messrs. Aaker, Abraham, Anderson,
Armstrong. Arnold. Baldwin, Beatty. BiXer,
Burnham, Butler. Caskie, Chadderdon. Clearly,
Cleaveland. Greene OF Olmstead, Greene of
Steele, Hayes. j Johnson. Lang worthy, Letfprd,
Mann. Mantor. McDonough, Odds, REM. Roy,
Sawyer, Secombe, Shultis, Stevens, Stock
Temanson, Van Worries, and Wilkins. "a.
Nays Messrs. Brooks. Coe. Donohue, Gar
rard, Hulett. Kinkead Knox, Meighan, Mitchell
Morrison, Netteton, Robertson, SanbOrn, Sheaf
er, Sherwood Stearns, Stephenson, Stewart,
Taylor, Tollman, Trow, II. Walker, Orange
Walker, White, Wiley, and Mr.. Speaker.-27.
The House then adjourned.