The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-03-11
The Closing Day
Of the Seventeenth Legislature.
Senate, Friday, March 9TH.

tor Pillsbury take the chair rs President
pro tenn, which motion prevailed.
Rev. Mr.. Phelps, the Chaplain, pre-
faced the usual religious exercises by re-
turning thanks to the Senator'S for their
courtesies towards himself.
IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
The Senate having gone into executive
session, when the doors were thrown open,
it was made known that the following ap-
pointments had been confirmed:
For Chief Justice-Hon. James Chill
Ian of St. Paul.
Commissioners to distribute aid to
frontier settlers Gen. R. W. johnson,
David Day and William Lindeke, all Of st.
Paul.
Director of Deaf and Dumb and Blind
Instruction. I. B. Clement OF Far'
bault, in place Of Horace Thompson, Esq.
Surveyor General of Logs and Lumber
for the Duluth District--A. c. Perkins OF
Duluth.
Trustees of the Soldiers Orphans Home
Henry G.. Hicks, Ara Barton, %. B.
Gould and j. E. West.
Inspector of State Prison--Davld Day.
Regents of State University--A. A.
Harwood and w. r. Marshall.
State Librarian-J q. Shaw.
PRESIDENT PRO TEN.
Hon. John S. Pillbury Of Hennepin, on
a ballot being had, was unanimously
elected President pro tenn. of the Senate,
thus placing him in the line Of succession
to the Governorship in case of vacancy,
next to the Lieutenant Governor.
President Pillsbury being called to the
chair, briefly returned thanks for the
honor.
PREPARING FOR ADJOURNMENT.
At HAS Senator White moved con-
current resolution for committee
to wait upon the Governor and
inform him that the Legislature
was now ready to adjourn, and to inquire
if he had any further communication to
make, which being adopted the President
appointed on the part of the Senate
Messrs. White, Drake and Berry.
LOUISIANA.
Senator Drake offered the following
resolutions:
WHEREAS, Under the Constitution of
the United States each State is the equal
of and entitled to all the rights and pow.
CTS belonging to each and every other
State,
AND WHEREAS, Each State is supreme
in all matters of government, except
where otherwise provided by the Const-
tuition of the United States;
AND, WHEREAS, The use Of military
force in controlling the organization of a
State Legislature is subversive of every
principe of free representative govern
ment.
AND, WHEREAS, 1t is asserted that the
constitutional rights of the Legislature
and people of the State of Louisiana have
been invaded and disregarded lby officers
and soldiers Of the army of the United
States.
Therefore, be ii resoiped by the Senate
and House Of Representatives, lof the
State Of Minnesota, That the great prin-
ciples of constitutional government would
be plainly violated by the intrusion of
soldiers of the army of the United
States upon the Legislature of a State, by
the order of military commander, who
should presume to Judge Of the qualitica'
tions of its members or of those claiming
to be members, and any attempt to en-
force such Judgment would be a usurpa-
ton of power and be n precedent against
which all the other States should solemn.
ly protest.
Resotred, That a copy of these resolu'
tionS be forwarded to our Senators and
Representatives in Congress.
Senator Drake spoke briefly to the
question and was followed by S majors
Cox. Coggswell and Macdonald.
Mr.. Macdonald IN owed to amend bv in
sorting after the words 1.-The Legislator.
of State, the words las appears to have
been done by an officer and soldiers oil
the United States in Louisiana.
Mr.. Buckham favored the amendment
speaking briefly, however, in depreciation
of the predictions of danger made by 9th
err speakers. and was replied to by Mr.
Wilkinson, arguing that the indifference
he saw in Mr.. Buckham's remarks was o
itself an evidence Of the danger. Mr.
Bucaham explained himself as regardin!
the danger as light because Of his faith i,
the American people.
A second amendment by Mr.. MacDon
aid, that a copy Of the resolutions be for
warded to the President, was accepted b,
Mr.. Drake.
MessrS. Doughty, Donnelly and Drak
followed. and the resolutions were thel
read as amended. Mr.. Drake having &C
cepted both amendments offered by Mr.
MacDonald.)
Mr.. Meighen sought to introduce Al
amendment making the resolution turl
upon the words, IF we admit the fact t
be that the so-called legislature was tn
lawfully organized legislative body of
sovereign State, and the yeas and nay
being taken on his amendment, Messrs
Butler. Child, Meighen. Pillsbury an
Rice voted in the affirmative. and all tn
Others voting were in the nesative-yea
5, nays IS. So the amendment was re
jected.
The vote being then taken on the res,
luton. Mr.. Butler was not prepared t
apologize, and voted no: and Mr.. Chil
didn t know what to do. but made a res
hot speech in favor of putting down tn
rebellion and against censuring the ger
erals. The resolutions were adopted