Nebraska advertiser., 1867-06-06

The Legislature
Has now been 10 session three weeks.
sufficient length Of time, j. seems .
Us, 10 dispose Of the business Of an ezra
session, marked cut and strictly dsfned
by he Proclamation. and, yet, the work
seems hardly under fair Roadway. The
two ..big hings-apFOrtionmepl and
location Of public buildings-havs jusi
been sprung. upon both Of which an ex.
citing contest IS expected.
This body. as now constituted was Ger
sainly elected to attend 10 matters Of
general nature, and the location Of the
public buildings is not specified ID she
Governor call. We have believed thai
0 vague section The call might be
stretched 10 cover renoval Of the Capitol.
80 expressed ourelf privately yer. now.
much doubt The policy Of the removal Of
he Capitol or The location Of The public
buildings. 70 do which there seems now
IS 81 e fevsrish haste on The part Of
come Of the members.
The first reason that suggests 10 Us
shs improperly Of this step is the fact
lhst bon Of The State lands have yet
been selected, and set The presentscheme
is 70 Locale al Of the public buildings
upon State lands. The propositions may
Sc consistent. yet at this distance il ap.
ear that q definite location arg posses
sion Of these lands should naturally pre-
Csde the location Of any Of The public
buildings to make such location profitable
20 the Slate or permanent.
This seems TO- have been the intention
Al one time. to locate our lands FIRST, as
indicated By the passage Of a Joint Res
olulion requesting the Secretary Of the
Inferior 10 wishdrawf from Scrip or arrans
entry he public lands Of Nebraska until
the State lands could be selected. To.
which The Secretary has replied that "the
Department has no authority to Withdraw
The public lNds il Nebraska from
Market Under these circumstances
the immediate selection Of The State land
is certainly the most important object TO
attend to, and any action to Indicate the
location Of the capitol and other public
buildings, will induce spectators 70 take
Up v e foot Of vacant land for miles
around. If the location is to be made
FOR the benefit Of he people Of Nebraska
the object viii be defeated By such haste,
and The people VIII hold to a strict ac-
count any who BY design or inatvertance
thns play into The hands Of spectators.
Another design Of the Legislature
may he to locate the Salt Lands and up
on these locate the Ccpiisl, etc. Yet
yhe object ia donating the lands adjacent
20 SaH S-riags was certainly to develop
.As= 1na establish 5liss works. We do not
see by what process Of reasoning this
can legilimalely be applied 10 other poT.
poses than Iha, for which ], is donated.
We believe that The location Of the
public buildings at this time is premature
and will result disastrously to the party
doing il. The lands should be located
first Besides this, The people have no
hearing al all in tie matter, and certain
Il should hare in a matter Of 50 gres.
Importance.
The action Of Omaha al the last ses.
sion, no matter how much she disgraced
herself and outraged the feelings Of
Nebraskians generally, will never 60
down Is a palliasion Cor reckless Legis-
aation urged By feelings Of revenge
The occasion Cor tins session seemed
from The proclamation to grow cu. Of
The necessity for alterations in The Stat
utes 4. make them conform 10 Ike wants
Of our new condition asa State and 10
make lhe necessary apprcpriationsto run
the State. THESE necessities were self
evident to ali. Yet with regard to tie
locadon Of public buildingsthe case IS 50
difereni that. 10 any location new made.
the immediate neighborhoo5. and that
alone, viii be satisfied.
-Sihce placing he above ia type
tasquestiOn there discussed has pnbliely
assumed a definite shape. Upon lie
mnnner Of iocation 50 SLEEVE Quolefron
he bi1. now ia The Legislature. publish.
Cd ia lhs Omaha Republican Of the 5ta:
nSecton t--Bs Il enacted. ETC.. That
The Governor. The Secretary Of State
aud he Aodiier Be and they are bersHy
appointed Commissioners fox ihe purpeea
81 loeating ihe Seat Of Governments and
the Public Buildings Of Nebraska.
Sec. 8. On or before The 10Th day of
July, 4. d. 1857, ihe Commissioners. Or
p majority Of them, shall upon ncleal