Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1862-04-05
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THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1862.
Dakota Territory--Con n ' ming Of the
Legislature--Gover Message
--Public Printing--Capitol Bill--
Tax Bill--E em ptiOn Laws, &C.
Of the Sioux CITY Ee,lster.

Correspondence Of the Sioux CITY Register.
YASKroS, March 25th, 1862.
The Legislative Assembly OF Dakota
met at Yankton, on the 18th inst, and
organized by the election of J. H. SHoBsR,
President of the Council, and GEORGE NJ.
PISNEy, Speaker Of the House.
Judge TurTs of the "live and enter
prising town of Tuftsville," is Chief Clerk
OF the Council, aud J. X. HANSON, of this
place, Chief Clerk of the House. CHILLY
GooDFELLow" Of your city, is Enrolling
Clerk of the Council. The Upper House
consists Of nine members, the Lower
House. thirteen.
This is the first Legislature in the Ter
ritory, and the two Houses constitute a
regular steer team each trying to turn
the yoke on the other. The House de-
clares the Council "out of order for
sending message when the House is in
session. The Council retorts by sending
copy Of the Joint rules to the House The
House then retracts and sends an apology
and vote of thanks to the Council. Dgni.
fed Councilmen chuckle and whisper I'VE
have EN- this time sure The mex, days
journal reads, ION motionof the Council"
&c, which motion is supposed to take
place every morning toward Robeart's
saloon.
Waldron of the House, "the man of
waterfalls appears Oh the journals as
moving that a committee OF three be ap.
pointed to wait upon the Hon. Secretary
and request him to furnish the members
with knives. A member quantity moved
to amend so as to read "pen knives AS
he feared that the Secretary might place
butcher knives on the desks Of members,
as the Lower House was considered the
sighting body However, the members
are all fast working into the harness and
will begin to pull true in few days
Both Houses are composed Of men Of fair
talent and good attainment, some of whom
have held much higher positions than
those they now occupy. Shober, Boyle,
Stutsman and Belts of the Council. and
Pinney, Armstrong, Waldron, Donaldson,
Puett and Tiernan of the House, are men
who would be credit to any Legislature.
The Governors message was delivered
on Wednesday last before joint conven.
tion of the two Houses, and portions Of it
referred to the appropriate committees
Three thousand copies were ordered prin-
ted in the English, French, German and
Norwegian languages. No copies will be
printed for some days, for want of help,
type and paper. The message opens with
truthful desert ption Of the resources Of
the entire Territory-dwells at length on
her bright future--recommends to the
Legislature the memoralizing of Congress
for an appropriation for Pacific railroad,
for geological survey, military highways
from the Big Sioux to Fort Randall. and
from Fort Randall to Fort Laramie, and
from Red River to the Missouri. He also
recommends the passage of Territorial
Homestead Law, and an act prohibiting
slavery in the Territory, and the organiz
ing Of q thorough and liberal school system.
The Red River delegation have arrived,
and they appear to be men Of ability aud
experience. They performed . part of
their northern journey in dog-.rains.
Your old partner ZlspAcn is here as
foreman of the public printing. The whole
duty is thrown on his shoulders, with no
paper, few type, a band press, man
and boy to do the Territorial printing
No daily journals are now published, and
the members are left to retain in their
memory the proceedings Of the whole
week. This is done that Kansas printer,
Trask, might be accommodated with the
job of the Territorial printing, in prefer.
ence to our home publishers Ct the Weekly
Ddkofian and Dakota Republican, who
have published the only two papers in the
Territory for the last year, and who are as
thoroughly versed in the art, and would
have done the work in style as neat and
cheap as can be done anywhere. Had
this been done, the press. type, material
and help would have been in readiness
weeks ago, and o Weekly paper would
now be in circulation among the people,
containing the Governors Message and
the Legislative proceedings. 1t does seem
that our officials are determined to distri.