Show If Model fodel legislators and politicians A A correspondent of the N IT statesman draws the following follow in not uie ule of the rulers of the young state of minnesota in a recent letter f from st paul pa uit there ia is a vey very p prevalent 1 r talent valent opinion through tle tie state tb that a it st S t paul is is the focus of so much political knavery that decent legislation berc here is an impossibility the the whisky bisky ii venders benders ven vend ders erb ere tile fur friders tr iders and the miserable clan of political quartered upon the people here have all combined combined heart and arid hand for tile the cit cites ys degradation the register of deeds for 1857 has been indicted tor for embezzlement ile he fails to account for and the account books for 1856 and 1857 are missing ile he is a frenchman the arle present s e nt register has been indicted for vile peculations speculations upon the county as well as upon individuals ithe tae superintendent in the erection erect ign of the count county jail jall nearly comple compla completed fed eed in this city i lil ducted as a defaulter in some hashed has fied fled to canada his bis native country to escape escape belog being the first occupant ac co D of the establishment goman r wassef ea e the grand eirv the thi other day dmd and swore tha tat the time tb the e railroads wele were their cb charters arters through i the legislature eis els last ye year sear D f twinona a leading spirit in the transi 1 I tina fina troad read told i him gorman gorman german that their charter cost them Z 5 cash cashmere mare than I 1 it t would jf if from I 1 I 1 had mad not got drunk murray a lawyer and ji democratic member of fhe the he same legislature informs that he be is ready read tp swear that one of the railroad companies offered him cash c ab and abd ip stock for his bis vote and influence I 1 the he st paul delegation legation Oe was then plotting to get gerthi this thip thi very charter inta into their byrn on o n hands and so murray murrax refused the offer but the amazing feature of the thing is that while murray vv wab was as figuring tbt th other sta st paul member s were bought up u and adhe he w was a 9 left gut put of pocket bocket dut ont out at the el and out all round one oni of ott oft those bose members re recently c antly deceased in this city and in the se schedule hed bed 1 e property is is in the stock ot or that railroad ichill be understood readily that murray are both bochat at the tail tall tat tai taliena lena iena lend end of the railto railroad a d heap but they arc rc doing good service 9 orvice 1 in exposing exposi fg the vile crew with whom the they were deemed too mean to participate the ithe legislature was in in 9 session e when I 1 first visited the city this year I 1 frequently for several days dayl looked in upon the distinguished body they were a jolly looking crew the most prominent nt and striking kinc kinz manifestations in the countenances of the majority were ard whiskers one be b e doubled heels above hi hib his shead head blowing like a porpoise from ao an old pipe arother another with fl ith his hia arins anus set akimbo would be rolling a stupendous peru pert dous cud and his bis nas ainess ali ail all abro abi aaa th third ird with wilh an excited score about him would be brandishing brandi brandl shine shins his bis arms about some pro project jeci 4 ilke cille ille like lile our pur army in flanders in one direction you 11 would se see seb a halfbreed half breed member with his bis indian adi uit physiognomy oland iland and long straight black baingan hain hair hanging ginga I 1 around round bi sears in another would be a fellow snoring sno ring from the last nights revel nevel 16 vel vei ahre yon you you yon would see bee 8 ee a fellow marching marc hing bing up to some old pipe in fulL blast to greup fire up hla his hia bis ownard own and there you would see aenoi er with husry husky accent bantering hs ins neighbor to odd and event for tb the e whisky while uhlie ak b I 1 e ever and a anon non a a youngster young ster would odge dodge up his head bead above the sp ep abir 3 desk rap once oice orce with his gavel gave sing ait order r ll 11 and add then subside again andin and in the tb e of these great preat transactions ith the floor would always be occupied by bv member from dunkum bunkum city or some bome oiher other settlement drunk or otherwise making an oration farahe I 1 or the people this is no fancy picture jt it is copied from rotes laken taken on the spot apo T this faid legislature legisla tufe is universally vote voted d a nuisance after atter loafing and re velling together for more m ore than half haff a year vear they very consistently terminated their labors by voting 6 each ach each 75 in postage stamps 9 in the general denunciation visited upon u the body some exceptions are to be iloe understood apon der eer er stood there were a few very excellent members abo in virtue intelligence and anti ability would grace an any legislative body lody in the land |