The Big blue union. [volume] (Marysville, Kan.) 1862-1866, 1864-01-02
Our Lesislaf0rs-The Meeting
Tuesday Evening.

Our LesisIators-The Meeting
Tuesday Evening.
Last Tuesday evening Senator Baker,
Judge Brumbaugh and Jacob Wiesbach
ESQ.,, addressed the citizens of Marysville
and gave cursory review of their past ac.
tions and their proposed action in the Leg.
islature. The meeting was suggested and
gotten up on the spur of the moment, other.
wise, had there been time, notice would
have been sent out over the county SO that
all of their constituents could have there.
The meeting was called to order, X. S.
Newell, as Chairman and J. S. Magill,
as Secretary. Wewill not attempt to give
report of che speeches, but, Mr.. Baker
being called addressed the meeting in his
pleasant and forc,ble style, and said,
among other things, that he was Senator
representing very large district, that ex.
tended from the Nebraska line on the
North to the Kansas river on the South,
and Westward far into the buffalo regions;
and embracing section Of country that
included population whose Interests were
varied and conflicting; the people of par
ticular localities who had local issues re-
quiring his attention. should remember
his embarrassing position and not ask 100
much at his hands. He said, that in sew
eral propositions that had come before the
Legislature last win'er the interests of the
northern portion of bis District conHicted
with Interests of the southern portion. and
r1ce versa; and the interests of the center,
along about Irving aod the buffalo range
were antagonistic to both. He said that
he opposed the" Bridge Bill' from prin-
ciple, as he could not conscientiously as.
sist the Legislature to appropriate five hun.
dred thousand acres of School land to the
building of few bridges. Nothing could
be done for the Henderson Anne ndment,
as all the members from southern Kansas
has been elected pledged to defeat that
measure if brought before the Legislature
last winter, their constituents having been
prejudiced agains. it by the Missouri Dem.
ocrat, which has an extensive circulation
in tha. portion of Kansas, and as the
Leavenworth, Alchison and Kaw VALLEY
delegation were also opposed to that mea-
sure. He had pledged his constituents in
Riley county toexert himself to secure to
Manhattan the location of the Aericultu.
raj College, and that object wss attained.
Mr.. Baker spoke upon all the impor,an,
measures that came before the last session.
and gave very satisfactory account of his
stewardship. The audience we're we'll
pleased with the speech and were satisfied
that Mr.. Baker had daue everything that
could be done to advance the intcres. of
this section of his District.
Judge Brumbaugh, the Representative
q
short and pi.hy remarks. He said tha, be
had no promises to make, but that he should
60 to the Legislature to represent as best
he could. the interests of all his const;tp.
ents. That he should labor to secure for
Marshall county all that was justly her
due. He said it was probable that a reso.
luton would be presented to the Legisla.
ture, providing for submitting the Consti.
tu'ion to the people for amendment, so
that the Kansas volunteers might be allow
ed to vote in the field srd elsewhere, and
that he should do oil 10 his power to secure
that amendment. That is was preposter.
BUS to suppose that our brave volunteers,
Who had thrown themselves between our
,ome and armed traitors who were irving
o destroy the best governmentthe sun ev- (,
hoxn upon, we're not capable, and should 4