Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1848-08-16
United States Senators 4 Judges.
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the House and on joint ballot, sthe Senate
will be tie," says: eve may therefore
anticipate compromise in regard TO the
choice of U. S. Senator's" After inform.
ing our friend Of The Register that there
cannot be such thing as "a tie,'' when
full, in either house Of the Legislature.
we will assure him emphatically, and
once for all, in behalf of the Democracy
Of Iowa, that neither he nor his party need
ever anticipate compromise in regard
to the choice of U. S. Senator's" or Judges
of the Supreme Court, while the demo-
Gratis are SO largely in the majority as at
present. So if the wings should have
succeeded in securing the four Senators
necessary to give them a majority in that
body, (hardly probable contingency, we
think,) they may as well come down at
once, as to forfeit their political existence
in this State upon another refusal to 60
into joint ballot for the election of Sena-
tors and Judges. So far as heard from
the members elected to the next General
Assembly bear the proportion of three
democrats to one whig, and we doubt not
the proportion in our favor will be in
creased in the outcome. Among the for
mer there are no mongrels; they were all
elected purely upon political issues, and
whiggery will find either in the event of
its trying their patience or very proba-
Bile effort to tempt their cupidity that
they are all firm and unhinching champi-
ons of popular rights; that they will prove
true to the constituency which elected
them, and that none will be found among
them SO regardless Of their principles as
to make negative the voice of Iowa in the
U. 5. Senate, by ofisetting when so great
disparity Of constituency and representa-
ton exists.
1t is well known that at the meeting of
our first Gen. Assembly, the democratic
took the responsibility of refu-
sing to go into the election of Senators and
Judges, in view OF the notorious fact that
several members elected as democrats
from county having three or four hum
dred democratic majority, had sold them
selves body and soul to the wing official
as pirants for the stations to be filled. and
also OF the fact that several avowed wings
who had been returned from strong demo-
counties under pledges to obey
subsequent instructions as 20 the election
Of Senators and Judges, absolutely relu-
sed to obey those instructions after their
1t is also known that before the adjourn
ment of this our first Gen. Assembly. the
wing members proposed to the democrats
that all should resign their seats, in order
that the people might decide upon their
acts by another election: that they were
taken up upon this PROPOSE
lion, and that the democratic members hid
all hand in resignation to the Governor.
conditioned only as to the resignation also
of the wing members, who, however, re.
fused to come up Ike men and fulfil the
proposition which they had themselves
made that during the interim between the
regular session of the Legislature and the
extra session of last winter, five vacancies
.'~o democrats and three whigs-were
filled by election with four democrats and
but one whg-thus triumphantly sustain
ing the action of the democracy and giving
them majority on joint ballot. 1t is also
well known, that Immediately after the
extra session commenced, the wing maio-
rity in the House, without law, precedent,
or justice, ruthlessly expelled democra-
tic member and disfranchised his constitu-
ents, from fear that his vote might turn
the scale in favor Of going into an election
Of Senators and Judges and that they sue
ceeded in defeating the object of the ses-
sion, by refusing at all times to 90 into
such election.
The above are the main historical facts
N relation to the much vexed subject of
he failure Of two successive Legislatures
o elect United. States Senators and
Judges; and they bring the history down
o the seventh Of the present month. On
hat memorable day the people of Iowa, by
IN overwhelming majority, re-affirmed
throughout the State that decision which
he portion Of them only had heretofore
lad an opportunity of doing who particle
'ated in the special election alluded to inI
he preceding paragraph. And how have