The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1872-01-25

this session of the Legislature, grantin.
additional powers to the Dels Inyestiga
ton Committees On the ground that all o
the rembers of the Committee who were
members of the Assembly at the last ses
! sion of the Legislature are now private
citizens, and these constitute majority
OF the Committee. The Governor hold,
that this bill names the members ofa Leg.
Islative Committee, the majority of them
are irresponsible private citizens, and to
grant that any citizen could be SO appoin-
ted would imply that Committee could
be appointed in like manner, com
posed exclusively of private citizens.
Secondly, as testimony given before a
Legislative Investigating Committee can
not be used against witness in any court
to his disadvantages, and as Nd witness
can plead In bar to answering a question
when propounded by such Cons mittes
that the answer would criminate himself.
An Irresponsible committee could neith-
er enforce this rule or protect witness
For these reasons, which are eminently
sound, the bill was returned disapproved
by the Governor.
The year closes financially in most en-
couraging and satisfactory manner. The
national treasury has abundant means to
meet accruing obligations, and, if desira-
BILE, to retire an additional amount of the
pub!ic'debt. Wall street operators have
succeeded in locking up some millions OF
currency and thereby induced Temporal
ry strlngency in the money market, but
the effect will be scarcely felt outside the
city. Large payments from the treasury,
On account of interest, and other dues,
will speedily relieve. if they do not bur-
den, the money market-so that the new
year will open with large available busi-
ness margins at its great moneyed centre.
Public credit and finance stand upon a
sound and reliable basis, and lead to the
belief that the coming season will be one
of safe but not speculative prosperity.
A lively com motion exists in political
circles in Kansas, caused by an expose
published In the Lawrence STANDARD.
giving the names of 19 members of the
last State Legislature who were bribed to
vote for Caldwell for United States SEN
ator last winter, giving the sums paid to
each member. The Standard declares
itself prepared to sustain its charges with
abundant proof.
Politics look rather pacific to-day.
New Mexico has dropped her revolution
airy programme very quietly. The ex-
PEELED members were restored to their
seats, and both houses are again in har-
mony. Nebraska is now in the second
chapter of her Jfasco, aud rump house
will elect rival Chief Magistrate, of
which Governor James will take no no.
notice. BY the judicious action of the
President the New Orleans conflict is
ayerted for some time at least.
The Colorado railroad company that
has been selling 500, 900 acres of land in
Kansas, although it owns the smaller fig-
ure of 400 acres, finds a parallel in the
Peekskill Gravel Company of New York,
which has been doing an immense bust
ness without any money or any gravel
Tweed was the latter concern, of course :;
and as he is now on his way west, he may
turn up to be the 100000 Clorado acr es
in Kansas, too. There's no limit to his
abilities.