Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1862-12-20
DAKOTA RHsPONDENCE OF !
THE REGISTEA,

..lKegislatire Proceedings-No Compromise
THE Disbanded Houses--AN Hope
p Faded-TM Delegate Quarrel-Ths
Gambling House--No Legislature, &c
- YASKrok, Dec. 18th, 1862.
Dear Register = Chaos and disorder
still reigns in the Halls of the Territorial
Capitol. One-third of the session is
already wasted in long speeches, hot
words, and frui,less endeavors at compro'
mise. The las. glimmer Of hope is faded
and darkaess hangs heavily over the
future of the Territory. The jayne, ot
official branch of the Legislature, daily
-convenes its fraudulent quorum Of sece'
ders at the old Surveyor Generals Office
on the levee; while the Todd branch-the
Peoples House, continues to meet at the
Capitol building on the hill, under its old
organization, and too act in concert with
the Council and Secretary, being unre-
cognized by the Governor.
The Council and House, that is the
House at the Capitol, met in JOINT conven.
ton in the Representative Hall on We'd
"esday last to receive the Message Of the
Governor. A committee, consisting of
Shober aud Armstrong was dispatched to
his Exceiency. and received the very
plump reply, that he had no communica
ton to make to the bodies, and that he
did not recognize the House TO which Mr..
Armstrong belonged. The convention
courteously received the reply and dis.
solved, each branch adjourning to its res
peclive Hall. ....
]. The next day the Governor Message
was transmitted to the Council, whereupon
that body resolved itself into Executive
session, listened to the reading of the
document, and then returned it TO his
Excelency accompanied by resolution
informing the Executive that the Cover
hor's Message was a paF er which must be
delivered to both Houses when in joint
convention. Then that high official rayed,
stamped and swore cursed the Territory
and damned the people spit a. the Coun
Gil and kicked at the House and like a
wild, unframed steed, broke loose from
the moorrg machinery of the Territorial
Government, and went plunging and tear.
ing away with the fragmehtary wheels Of
broken Legislature. And wha, was all
this for? l will tell you: Simply because
the House refused to ADM, jus, such men
as the Governor desired, and preferred to
act as Judge Of the qualifications Of its
own members Who ever heard OF
Governor of Territory making i, a con.
ditiom that such and such member should
be admitted to seats in q Legislature, be.
fore he would deliver his message or sign
the bills passed by the two branches.
The Governors plan was for the com,
mittee on elections to disregard testimony
and make an even swap, by admitting an
equal number of Todd and Jayne men,
thereby endorsing the frauds in each dis.
trict and giving him the beuc!i, Of that
endorsement in contesllng his seat in
Congress. On the other band, he Todd
party pressed heavily for fair inveStiga-
ton of all contested cases. feeling conf.
dent that the evidence would prove their
men fairly and legally elected. The action
OF the members was in grea: measure
controlled by outside infueLce, cxerted
BY the Attorneys and engineers Of Todd
and Jayne, who seemed to consider the
Representative Hall q gambling house,
aud the members thereof as a pack OF
cards with which they could trump or fcl.
low auit at their pleasure.
Some members Of that body, sooner
than vote contrary to instructions would
stick their heads in o burning chaldrou
aud beg for pardon. Marshal Pinney-
we will give a history of this Individual
while citizen of Sun Prairie, Dane Co.,
Wisconsin, when we have lezure.-PuB.
REGISTER on one side aud Attorney
Gleason on the other, two hot headed.
abolition, jealous aspirants, have done
more to disturb and disrupt the Leeisls
ture than any other two men in the Ter
rtory. The oEe is repaying the Governor
for his appointment, Of MnrshaIship-t the
other is looking to the Office Of future
! Delegate. The marshal is a wild, crazy
erratic--the attorney is hasty and i'm,
prudent peddler Of his liberal and vclun.
! tary opinions as the law I'D user of the
Territory - $685.. .*f
There is a regular family fight among
the the officials. each one wishing 20 be
on the side Of the people, aud each one
desiring to be future Governor or future
Delegate.
Both parties are led by injudicious lead
ers, each being reckless and hend,:rong
Armstrong is luosing caste with his party
for his conservative and compromising
course, while Donaldson is stern and un.
yielding Harlan and Puett are stiff and
non committed. However. it may be well
fnr ,,,o. n hand I, lit,la mia, ~ Er, IS