Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1847-01-16
IOWA LEGISLATURE-U. S. SEN
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

was very close. The locos have a MAORI
ty Of one in the Senate, and in the House
there is an equal number of wings and
democrats, the balance of power being in
the hands of three "possums," or independ.
ent democrats. Matters standing thus.
there was no little excitement on the SUBJ
ject Of electng United States Senators.
About the beginning of the session, Mr..
KING, member of the House, stated in
his place on the floor, that Mr.. Marshall
had offered him $500, suit of clothes,
and ID fat Office" if he would vote for
such loco for Senator as he should desig-
nate. Marshall was arrested and placed
under custody of the sergeant.at-arms, but
was taken befor locofoco Judge, on a
habeas corpus, and discharged. 1t now
seems there were other cases of bribery
attempted, as will be seen by the following
certificate from Mr.. Chapman, who was
examined in his room, sick. He is a dem.
ocrat, and acted as fireman, and is the only
democrat of all the officers of the House:
81 do hereby certify, that on Tuesday, Dec. Cd,
1885, was authorized by Col. WIN. Patterson,
Of Lee county, Iowa, to offer TO Josiah Clifton
and Reuben Conlee, each, the use OF one hun.
dred dollars for ninety nine years, without interest,"
if they would give their vote in an election then
about to come on for United States Senators in
The General Assembly for such man as the said
Col. VIM. Patterson would name for the office
OF U. S. Senator. Also. was authorized by
Col. Patterson and S. Haight TO offer Jos. Cliff.
ton individually on their own part and the part OF
their associates 10 enter into bond of $4,000,
if necessary, 10 secure him an appointment in
the Land Office as Register or Receiver. provided
he would vote for the men for the u S. Senate
whom they would name. The above named
Conlee and Clifton are members of the House OF
OF Iowa.
Witness my hand and SEAL Dec. Sd, 1916.
JOHNSON CHAPMAN.
We have already noticed the failure to
elect United States Senators, and the ad.
ournment TO the fifth inst. for that purpose.
We learn from the Hawk Eye that it was
with great difficulty the locofocos of the
Senate could be brought to agree to an
election at all; and when they did come
together, the result of the first battle ad.
them that they were to be beaten,
and they therefore determined to avoid an
election altogether, and resor,ed to the
most ungentlemanly and mobocratic acts
to effect an adjournment Of the Joint session.
That paper says:
"7aey openly refusedto go into second ballo,
md haze since last Friday declared that then will
not go into Contention again during The session
u The Legislature for ne purpose of eleciing
lble. The people must see it, and will hold the
.ocolocos responsible for frustrating the election
If Senators. II another ballot had been per. |
nitted the people Of Iowa might have been repre- |
snted in the Senate OF the United States. but as |
is few men in the Legislature have dared to
ircumvent the wishes OF the people, because
hey could not elect their own lavorite men,
The Locofocos may boast, as loud as they choose.
hat the Senate will no: give its consent, to go
gain into oint Convention. They may even
AIRY out their threat. But the day of reckoning
'ill come, and the result will be similar 10 what
has been in those States where the same kind
( rebellion on the part of portion OF the peo
iC : Sc'Eu'io HnS ooCH cADlOltCu' lHe IOCOFO.
o MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE ARE CHARGES
BILE WITH HAVING FRUSTRATED TIE WILL OF
HE PEOPLE AND OF MAJORITY OF THE Mem.
ERs OF THE LEGISLATURE"
The same paper, of later date, says:
Since the temporary adjournment OF the Leg
lature, one OF the Democratic so called "Pos
ms" Mr.. Coulee, has died. The other Two
ave been visited by some of our Burlington 10
2loco demagoues, for the purpose of influencing
eir future conduct. What the result has been
e have not learned; but we think both Messrs
unor and Clifton will be slow 10 believe that
ese locos know more about the movements OF !
e wings than the wings themselves. Major
unor has wilhsood their soft soaping thus far,
lbbed in as il has almost been with gold dust,
I'd he will hardly be won over at this late day, |
ON his integrity to his constituents q
The death of Mr.. Conee leaves the
ate Of parties thus on joint ballot: wings
!, locos %, "possum democrats" 2. TWEEN v
mine is majority of the whole number, y
I'D will elect Senator. Twenty mine
embers is also quorum in joint session. v
I'd if the locofocos proper should refuse d
60 into an election, the wings and "pos. lt
ms" may do SO and elect the Senator's h