The Portland daily press., 1865-01-14

$50. 2 So 49,
In sns7st to tnS eommunicsAono Of Dig
tor" in yesterday Press, we 1--we oaly to ~
-Thatour igtorance is .shockingly idek-
enable when sck bad ontN to cab at t9s
Banks, and they would have discounted wis.,
dom to US as freely as they discount bills. All
the deficiencies 3euF- eeaatsy- store educQtion
might have been supplied on easy terms, and
our vsfdanti outh madey better appearance
when we ventured to appear M print fASAS
2.-"Director" seems to belong to that class
of miiHdsS who are. capable Of a personal,
scarcely Ola logical handling Sf a qs1estion.
Instead of answering to the subject, his dispo-
sidon Is toansWer I'd theJnig $50 hesepnjec-
lures that we are person inimical to Banks,
.whs bhaye beb AFRAID ID take lGoyernmept
loans. He cannot Conceive that person might
write upon public matter and Recommend
measures without thinking how they affected
his private interest, or ttat even operated
| against bis private interest. III dpassesS the
range Of bis views Of human character to be-
lieve that such an articleas excited his amin
Aversion might beswiittenIby man who had
subscribed 70, GoFernmept loans " and was an
average stockhoidef IN a Bank!!MA Ia
S.-Medd otsee,wilh 2has prepslety onr
views can be called "yacobinical," or as sex
citing one class ofsihe rcoaIn9nl tY oaga iast
another" when we have simply asked that
the na2fnS If cotimoiiif A66est5 add PPddasce
shall be observed, and the plain provisions Of
law compiled whhG snds ;Shen3f Director
hi himself is compelled TO approve the substant
btial parts of our suggestioas.qssz Of brsiai sy
setter ias@sI sdt II lx nss I
p JGEt1eH BIZ astnG1auu N1nW aLolzp0 1uO !
Glimpses Of the OapitoLsauo ooin
,stsoo1syO4 sEYegg 1T { HaPRsl p, 1866.
The meeting of the members OF both BRAN
eAes3oa Wedlsesass evening, ssas weilattehd-
ed, and ayidsntl sxsitsd 4 9goed deal of I'M
,terest.. They are beginning to feel that, at the
present rates Of living t pr
days attehdaaee hers, vent pay, and they had
better work harder and bring theisessinndnto
that reasonable compass, as 70 make the pay
a @eEs III fltaAlS eoPpensstiSq 3 quits aA'ha-
jority, who are not SO blessed with this worlds
goods, as to make their income Of but little
leoasesdsaceO & INAXEN ALO
Hon Geo. ". W.oedmap spEesided, n and the
ball was opened BY Mr.. Gdshee 6f Appleton
moving. that the .sessiohbBllimited to fifty-one
days. suSensdon Ghasa, Of Oxford thought it
was easy enough for the members to vote q
Hshertseeiiuqs bat ejvi Tps # t4Ets asdqe It
was not By votes but by q Committee, that
the road u tbs eould pointed out.
Senator Ludwig IF Knox concqrred in these e
y vaeWsS1q e1n-slai1eism 10 shaia rs nj oouzyba
Dr. Heath of Detroit, thought forty days
wasqaits enough 10 do the business iR After
thai period the members became enery sait
by good living, &c, and the legislation par
took of that chafactef.i ifhey fell asleep from
7 lack oog ,au4 til @ sessions
only induced a kind Of legislation which tile
next session Had foi Sgertafns G After the sea
4 OF tospidity commented, they became an
IT. to investigate. !. Tie stomach sintsffsred
with the brains, and the result was, the legis-
lation was indigestible, and had to be remasti-
Gated Subsequently 70 suit the people. Elk
penses too, were enormous We could spend
I-ourt moneys better some other way Mr.
Heatb's remarks were received with great
good huimnloor, and had The et5ct to drive away
1Hahy sorpidity whichhmight bsacreeptngT over
the members.
II Mr. sWebbo, oi Portland. thought that forty
days was too brief. If but tenldays were ief'
j pfor the members, to. produce dreamy legisla-
ton, as depicted by the gentleman from De
troit, the next Legislature would have but
little to undo. The proposition for fifty-one
days, was about right, The late Speaker had
stated, IN social conference on this subject
That hAlf session passed 0t without nth 1t.g real
earnest b. attention 70 70 business, People who
a bad business did net bring II forward, early
4 nenoughs they we've infectedwith this poti5n
that The zeal Isbors of the sess: Sd not COM
mence till the middle OF it. Adhere strictly
to. an early day fixed, after which no new bust
ness saaa y alewed torcms5nS Then; en-
bers will have to remain, who live on railroad
lhesser % the kieiVjtysThe Bad ~ sasy to gq
home the last Of every week, and return on
Tuesday folloYing, during which, courtesy IN
4 terdi6tedJ that moi Public business SHOULD be
done. Then those who, lived at a distance,
4 would hot fesf til1at they must IKE a week Of
ten days to go lIone.- a former meeting had
decidedlthat public bpsinessOshoald not be
H.u AstasseA 0s.arq''S " Sff
of this time was equal to onesthird of the 4es-
sion, The business codld thus BE- faithfully
done in the time prOpossds II. TIE " 1wpfk
taEmer session. would l hen u BE- overaled
Senator Woodhiano spokes TO the question,
and Maidstone valuable suggestions. Adhere
dIto the 30 bueilees shah be9 received
after the early day named. =
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