Personal Reminiscences, 1840-1890 - Including Some Not Hitherto Published Of Lincoln And The War (1893) (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER V. The Third House Journal?How We ReFormed Legislation In 1850. The first half of the nineteenth century touches its close. Legislation is in full blast. There are few general laws; railroads, banks, bridges, turnpikes, cemeteries, almost every corporation is created by a special charter. Much of the legislation is absurd, more of it dangerous. Existing corporations found it necessary to be represented by counsel at the State capital during the whole session. There were thus brought together many lawyers who had little to do but to watch the daily journal and the interests of their corporation clients. We had come to be known as the " Third House." We met daily in the State Library and lampooned everybody who deserved our attention, especially the members of the two lower houses. More effective work for our clients was accomplished by the satirical items which we made for the newspapers than by our legitimate work before the committees. At the beginning of the session of 1850, it was suggested that we ought to have a permanent organization, elect a speaker, and appoint our standing committees. The suggestion met with favor and was adopted. The proceedings of the first day's session were published in the first number of the Third House Journal. This proved to be a success, anddemand for it was so great that Gen. E. P. Walton assumed the expense of future numbers. Like all printed papers which have only a transitory interest, these copies amused for the moment, went into the waste-basket and were forgotten. Twenty years later I found a single number in a long-disused portfolio, and its perusal induced me to attempt to collect all the numbers. The most diligent search failed to disclose another number. It was not until 1874 that Henry Stevens, of London, submit...

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Imprint:	Kessinger Publishing Co
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2009
First published:	November 2009
Authors:	Lucius Eugene Chittenden
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	448
ISBN-13:	978-1-120-67278-0
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Collections & anthologies of various literary forms
LSN:	1-120-67278-3
Barcode:	9781120672780

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