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