Hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1843-1845, 1844-02-08

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We pu. up for most OF the 'l"e az
Swans Hotel. This house is kept IN
frs, rate order, and Notwithstanding the
crowd of boarders, amounting at the
time we were there to shout one hun.
dred, the wants of every individual
were promptly attended to.
We were obliged to 60 and return
by the way Of Bloomington, making
the route about twenty miles farther
each way, than it would be if direct
mail route was established between
Burlington and Iowa City. The neg
lect of the Post Office Department to
establish a direct mail between these
!. two important places, especially dur
ing the session Of the Legislature. ope-
rates very detrimentally on all parties.
The government itselfis loser by The
present arrangement, and we hope an
other season will not pass without a
change change that will carry pas
sengers and letters directly from city
to city in one day;-this could easily
be done, as the distance is only about
seventy miles.
Almost all the corps editorial Of the
Territory were a. the Capital during
our stay. These were ALBRIGHT of
the Lee County Democrat, CLARKE Of
the Burlington Gazette, MITCHELL of
the Keosauqua Democrat. RUSSELL Of
the Bloomington Herald, WILSON ofthe
Miners Express, the resident editors
of the Standard and Reporter, and our
self. The only absentees were the
Editors of the Du Buque Transcript
and the Davenport Gazette. The per.
sonal intercourse between these gentle.
men which necessarily grew out Of
such simultaneous meeting, will, we
trust, have very beneficial effect.
Although Of different political sen.i-
ments the utmost cordially and good
feeling characterized our frequent in
tercourse with each other, and we can
not but believe that the intimate &C.
auaintance thus formed will do much
in softening the asperities of party
strife and do away, to a great extent,
with those personal alterations which
have hitherto been too frequent among
the editors of this Territory.
The Legislature is acknowledged to
be one possessing more talent than any
that has preceded it. The members of
the Council are the same as last year;
but with the experience they have ac-
CURED by their long service, they gen.
erally exhibit tact and talent in legis-
lation, which it would take a novice
some time to learn. The majority is
professedly wing, but they sometimes
have 10 call in the aid of one or two
good natured democrats to carry a
Wing measure. This is often done where
no very important principle is involved.
Both parties are very accommodating
under such circumstances, and on the
whole the members get along very har.
moniously.
The House is composed Of seven
Wings and nineteen loco focos. At
the commencement of the session, the
locos held a caucus for the distribution
Of the Offices. but on counting the votes
for Speaker it was found that "Napo.
leon" had with his wing compeers Mt
terly broken portion Of the loco ma.
chinery and applied it to propel anoth.
or boat in the shape of an an,i-caucus
Speaker. So when ''Our Tom" had
sprung the Bank question, and expect
cd his Bill to repeal it would pass with
out an effort, ne was almost paralized
to hear one Of his loco foco brethren
make motion to lay his bill on the ia.
bic. But what was his establishment
when the Speaker announced that the
molten to lay on the table was sue
cessful. That was the time when he
considered he had been outgeneraled-
the time when he first thought tina. he
could see the ''li,ls finger of Napo-
leon" operating upon the minds Of The
members.
Never were wings more true 10 each
other or to the cause than are those OF
the present House Of Representatives.
These are Grimes, Hebard, Mitchell.
Robb, Steele, Walwor.h and Wilson.
They all deserve the confidence Of
thsir party. What they lack in mum.