Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1847-02-10
The Reformed Transformed.

Two weeks ago TO day. we Informed the pub
| lie that the Iowa House of Representatives had
resolved itself into NIB In doing this, the
dominant party in that bdy merely DOTTED their
disguise and openly ASSUMED before the world
their true character. Tie democrats used every
effort to induce the majority to preserve the out
ward appearance Of detency and order, but il
was Cloves labor iost.H
Mr.. Montague or Mr. Hardy, on the 22d ult.,
offered resolution for going into election of a
Speaker pro TEN 10 preside during the Speak
er's illness; but the wings Indignantly laid it on
The table. On thes25ththe democrats made all
effort 80 take the resolution from the table, but
the Coons sritted Their teeth; snarled fierce
ly al the democracy, land voted down The
motion, On the morning OF the 27th the Repor-
! ter came out, containing an article headed IA
LEGISLATIVE MoB,'' in which we held the mirror
up &c vice in such manne as TO show them their
cwn hadeous deforn1ity and bring them TO their
senses. AS usual, they 6evoured with the Ut
most ayidiiy The contents Of The sheet for which
they entertained feellngsof mingled hatred and
feag; and on the aftarnoo, of that dav, on mo-
ton Of Mr.. Smyth Of Linn, they gladly consent
ed 10 &c INTO the eieciioi Of q Speaker pro TEN
Whereas, before It's dsorganzation, that
body combined al, the elements Of a inobocracy
with none Of the dignity fr other attributes of a
republican law making assembly, except such
as were hidden among the nj o;t,- sn since its
transformation II sui retains the same character,
fhourb fvt{E, fin rorr,c ~ Io,r-
It's, and has beer from the commencement OF the
session, IN It's organization and disorganzatior
the embodiment Of ruthless mobocracv t,anp
ing Upon all constitutional aw, popllar rights
& parliamentary usage, and exercising despofIsm
IN its most cdlous form, under the disguise Of re-
pubitcan'sn Still, we are glad to see that there
IS some little sense Of shame remaining
among The majority il that House We are
HAPPY 10 see this evidence Of returning sense
Of decency> though they were frightened into iii
By The voice of"Cld Crowler@
We know not whether he brazen Individual
"hc usuTped he province of Sneaker dnrmo
the week Or len days unchecked reign ofmoboc-
racy1 IS entitled 10 any sympathy from the pub |
N-~ ~N'at~'1Al t'fOAS
end ne received from the House It was The |
duty Of Mr. Sells after hal ing called the House 10
order, as requested, 10 have infoI med them that
they we're without Speaker; and had he ev,n-
ced little modest ana good sense, perhaps as
ne was IN the Char by courtesy Of The Gene
raF', nc might have been continued there by .
courtesy tire House But no he was not so
well assured that the House would recognize
Mr. Speaker Browns protegc. Sells thought
dat bird in The hand was worth two in the
BUSH, and continued 70 mold on until uncerenon-I
cGsiF thrust oui BY his own party Without
e"ea thanking hir FOR grataitously holding 4
dangerous posi-, "a Usual cou.tesy,) they elect
I'd Mir tebard Speaker pro tempove-thus
yiflng The cold shouldec to Sells and his beau.
flu tic o. packers, rennIrnore Of the drug
mop. Stout Of he Herald and old ':N'him
Than>, who2 hey treated with the most
marked tcntempt