[225] Session Laws, 1870, Extra Session, No. 12.
[226] “Although I would have the greatest confidence in whatever he reported.” Senate Deb., 1870, 118.
“I do not say the present governor would abuse these powers,” says even a Democrat, 744.
[227] Ibid., 120.
[228] Two minority reports came in, in one of which Packard urged that a new apportionment must precede any election law. Ibid., 143.
[229] Ibid., 147.
[230] Senate Deb., 1870, 155-56.
[231] “I believe the object of the bill, as it stands, is to perpetuate the power of a certain political party—the Republican party.” Ibid., 149.
[232] Ibid., 1870, 168.
[233] Ibid., 164-65.