The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-03-01


Mr.. MCROBERTS offered substitute for the
resolution, in effect authorizing our Senators
and Representatives in Congress to act as the
Peace commissioners, without hampering them
with instructions.
The resolution and the substitute were laid
on the table. and the Senate adjourned until
Saturday. ..7.tl
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
ny MIR. MORRISON: Proceedings and reso-
lutions passed by a meeting of citizens in
Dakota county, urging on the Legislature the
necessity OF railroads to secure farmers a
market particularly the Superior Railroad.
Also, by Mr.. STEWART, resolutions passed by
the State Agricultural Society, urging on the
Legislature the Importance of the proposed
Superior railroad, to give the farmers Of the
State market.
MIR. KENNEDY, from the Committee on
Towns and Counties, reported back the bill for
the removal OF the capital to the Kandiyohi
Grant: and recommending its passage. MIR.
THOMAS, OF Saltwater. ,dissenting.)
i TOWN COLLECTORS, AGAIN.
Mr.. WARNER offered resolution instruct.
ing the Committee on Towns and Counties, to
bring IN bill changing the present mode of
tax collection, SO as to have Town Treasurer's
collect all taxes, instead of County Treasurer's.
Passed without debate.
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE,
MIR. ACKER in the Chair. and resumed the
consideration of the School Bill.
MIR. LIE BLOND offered an amendment pro.
vlding that the State Superintendent of Public
Instruction be elected by the people every two
years, at the same election of other State off.
GERS. Adopted; but afterwards reconsidered,
and withdrawn.
At lO5 O'Clock the committee laid aside the
bill for further consideration, and took up the
Transit Railroad bill.
Mr.. BANNING attacked Ethe bill. He said
it was unconstitutional, granting special COR
porate privileges. He moved to strike out
that section ~. Lost.
Mr.. B. continued, making an argument in fa-
vor OF demanding security; of requiring some
amount of road to be actually equipped and
put in running order before having any grants
or properties handed over to the proposed
company. He said the present bill was de.
sign to put the company in possession of the
lands and franchises once more, and they would
ultimately have to be bought out again on
their cwn price. He moved to amend SO as to
keep the title in the hands of the State until
ten miles were completed. lad. -.- .
Mr.. SARGEANT ridiculed Mr.. Banning's
present and past course. He would mention
no names, be said, but stated what he said
were facts. In connection with the pet scheme
of g this individual" if it did not carry. he
the party referred to-had said the Estate
might 60 to he'll" ...=s --.-
Mr.. BANNING sprang up, and demanded if
the gentleman meant him?
Mr.. SARGEANT refused to give way. He
had only stated facts. If the coat fitted any
one he could put it on. The loan. he continued,
proposed by this honest and disinterested in.
dividual was q millions. Why? because that
much could have been used by the person and
coadjutors for their contemplated wildcat
banking purposes. But the other d million
was too much for their plan. Hence the bit
ter war waged on the loan measure, and the
INSCRIPTIONS measures taken to defeat it.
The same object, he said, was still in view.
The present plan was to get rid of the present
worthless bonds, get better ones, and make
them banking basis. Then, stand from I'M
der! The people are now worried into be-
lieving that the only way to get roads is to
lanthropc" gentleman referred to-. Mr.. Sar-
geant held the floor until halfspast one o'clock.
At that hour the Committee arose. reported
and asked leave to sit again. The House then
took a recess until o'clock.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The House at once went into Committee OF
the Whole.
Mr.. BANNING took the floor. and replied 10
the insinuatiOns made against his motives by
Mr.. Sergeant this morning, that he was actu-
ated by selfish and unworthy motives in advo.
eating mis- plan for completing the roads. He
was very sorry that one so generally gentle.
man should allow prejudices and feelings to
sway bin in the manner he exhibited this
morning. He deprecated personalities of any
nature. Persons coming into the lobby might
actually think that. his (Mr, B. 3 character and
motives were the topics of debate, not the
Railroad bill.
T., ro,o,a - +ho Hill bo ,,,o, =, fo,,. &c .ox,,
polling the roads to give security before having
again an unconstitutional title to the property,
road-beds and land grants. The State ought,
he thought, retain the title until at least ten
miles had been completed. If this or some
other similar provision were not made, we
again would be the dupe of the companies.
The plan which he had advocated this ses-
sion. of making the present Indebtedness SUBJ
servent to building the roads, was the one
adopted as the policy of the party at the last
State Republican Convention. He denounced
the spirit that had been manifested here of re-
pudiating and ignoring that plank. No party
could stand the shock of such self-stultifca-
ton, ti-
Mr.. CORNELL replied, and entered into a
legal argument on the constitutional questions
involved, which had been raised by Mr.. BAN
ming s amendment He was willing, he said,
to put as many safeguards and securities in
the bill as any gentleman, and make the terms
unequivOcal. But he was not willing to see an
amendment adopted that would virtually
amount to the striking out of the repeating
clause.
Mr.. MORRISON followed. sustaining the po-
sitions taken by Mr.. Cornell.
After some further debate, the Committee
rose, and the House adjourned.
SENATE.
SATURDAY, Feb. %.
BILLS IN1RODUCED.
By Mr.. LYND, a bill for an act to authorize