Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-05-22

DEAR jRASSCElPT:--Ah nat your
numerous readers ulay have so,ue
information concerning matters Of State
Importance transpir:n; at tho Capital,
hasten TO give you few Facts aud thee.
ries. OF course the all absorbing cues
ton here, is the "Sceger Impeachment"
A quorum Of the Senate was found at
St. Paul last evening, aud rollcall to.
day Was answered by thirty.6ve.
The managers Of tho impeachment
on the part Of the House have been in
consultation du:;ng the last three or
four days, and, with the exception Of
one, arc unanimously in favor of dis
missal Of the case, but they dislike to
assume the responsibility Of a failure
to appear, Or of entering no|1e prose-
gu: Que Of tl:om says, "such action
would be damaging to the political
prospects Of brother manager, and he
thinks the Senate ought to come to bis
relief BY refusing to entertain tho pro-
csediug." On tho other hand, it is no
doubt tho intention Of the Scuate to
avoid the trial by some means, but it
much prefers 70 let tho managers u.s.
sumo the full measure Of their rcspou-
sibility.
From what know Of tho feeling at
home, I incline to the belief that the
people generally ars quite satisfied with
having rid themselves Of IN iucompe-
ten. and corrupt officer without the sac
rsfce Of any portion Of their treasure,
aud do net wish TO incur the expense in-
volved in an examination merely formal,
and, barren Of any beneficial results
TIE verdict oftbc Senate cannot extend
beyond mere disqualification Of the
detendent, bus nature has torcstalled
even that, for the old man is fully
seventy years Of age, anbitionless and
without character-an object Of eympa-
thy it is true, aud Of kindly regard to
some, but, nevertheless, beyond the
possible scope Of political fortune
There is = deep-sea'ed suspicion that
Mr.. Seeger is not more guilty, but only
less fortunate, than many others who
are imagined to have been his confed-
crates in the treasury depicting bust
ness, and many have supposed that his
trial would necessarily unearth very
much Of which nothing tangible has
been developed. l have no idea that
this old man has been the sole manager
Of the stupendous corruption for which
he has been arraigucd, but the case has
been made up against him alone, and
others, however guilty, cannot be put
upon trial with him. Hence nothing
new need be looked for should the trial
proceed. After careful survey Of the
whole field, the conclusion seems to me-
inevitable, that the pending political
contest has exercised much influence il
determining this case. Ever since the
adjournment of the Senate, the State
officials, the St. Paul lte..,: and pro-
tsssioual politicians almost without ex.
ception, have labored with great energy
to make the question take such shape
in the minds of the people that its dis
mission would DO inevitable, and NO
doubt exists Of its having been done to
subserve purposes, if rot wholly mer-
cehafy, 1t least purely personal.
Let the Senate dismiss the case, or
fail to entertain it-no matter how CO.
gent its reasons, or how honorable its
motiyes-the verdict Of the people will
DO that its decision sc0s c0erced BY the
<1ietatory tone Of the politicians and
their organs. This will be an inevita-
bic result Of the extrinsic influences of
politics, and deplorable as it may seem,
demonstrates the power with which nm
organized few overshadows the good
intentions and the honorable deeds Of
the many-a power always dangerous,
and at times terribly destructive Of
both the morals and the matcrial inter-
ests Of the commonwealth.
To-day's session has been wholly
occupied with proceedings eulogistic
Of the life and services of Hon. Jonas
Lindal', Senator from the 2sth Dis.
triet, recently deceased. Something
definite will transpire tomorrow, Of
which I will write in due time.