Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1849-05-31

the reading Of the items in the bill, andth
amendments made by the committee. This
created flare up, and running fire o.
pene,l from both sides Of the Senate; the
few Wing members who remained to wit
ness the closing scene; to wit:-Messrs
Wright, Spro,t, Springer, and Cook, al
though largely in the minority, determined
to insist upon an explanation Of many items
contained in the bill, while the Locofocos
were very indignant that any one dared
call in question the report OF their CON-
mitlee on claims. With reliable majori-
ty they braved the storm, took the re>pon-
sibility, and passed the appropriation bill
to which will now call your attention.
For pay and mileage Of members Of
House Representatives So 1864.
To Eastin Morris for 80 copies SUI
preme Court Reports SIS each, $l95.-
Instead Of taking these reports Of Gen.
Morris for the purpose Of depositing with
the clerks Of the County Courts for the
benefit of the Counties, the members Of
the House Of Representatives votedthem-
selves each copy to be paid for by the
State, at SIS, while many OF them after
wards disposed Of their book Tor 81 80
to $3.50, and pocketed the proceeds,
while others no doubt have ere this as
toni>hed the natives with their legal
knowledge obtained from the decisions of
the Supreme Court Of Iowa. at belongs
only to great men to possess great de-
iects."
To Palmer s. Paul for printing, &c.,
$685. for House Rep. also for printing,
and papers for Senate 1867, in all 81
62l 81, sweet little bill. No one knows
what it is for, except the high pressure
committee.
Speaker Bonham, extra per diem as
Speaker, 1856. .....
To J. F. Abrahams for Stationery,
1868 50, included in this amount are fifty
eight gold pens, being one for each mem
Der, at $3.50 piece, is $l45. Also
knives, patty pans, squirt guns, and hot
whisky punches.
To WIN. E. Lelfingwell for superin-
tending the printing, and indexing the Jour-
nal OF the House 100000.
Sdme DIS SHiel Sie'h dt OF fO' o"y
$l72. To Saunders Asst. Clerk at So
per day, 1929. To Folly, I'd Asst Clerk,
at 8 dolls. per day, 1919 dolls.
Thus the Chief Clerk must be voted
$500 Tor few days indexing these Jour
nails, that those most Interested in Will
never see, for moi one out of every five hun
dred Of the voters of this State will ever
get chance to see what their servants
have been doing by looking into one OF
their Journals. The Journals Of each
House will cost about $1,000, making $2,-
400.
This Threshing Machine required a
Chief Clerk at 81 per day, and two As
sistants at So each per day, while in Old
Territorial times when Uncle Sam paid
the bills, one Assistant was sufficient, and
tha, too during session when ,he laws
were revised, and five times more busi-
ness transacted than al the late session.
The same system Of extravaganza will
apply to the Senate. The Secretary gets
$500 for indexing and experimenting the
Journals, (,he price heretofore paid was
5000 and 250) 81 per day for services
as Secretary, and SD per day to two boats
stuck up in front Of the Presidents Chair
to intuse Spirit into the proceedings, ma
king $3.50 more, for this trio OF scribes
and cripples.
To Mr. Bell, Messenger Of House. 1856.
To Geo. Williams, Fireman, $86. Samp-
son, Sergeant-a,-arms, 1856. Kempler &
Williams, cutting wood, 1856. Billiard 4
Moria'ty, newspaper and printing, S2l8.
To Secretary Benny for experimenting
printing and distribution Of Laws $500.
To Wheeson for wood, 800. F. NJ.
Irish, for wood, 100 dollars. For pay
and mileage Of members Of Senate, ST. !,
966, 100. Fireman, Sergeant at Arms, and
Messenger of Senate, $258. To Sell
man, President of the Senate, extra, So
per day, 1856.
To John Taylor as Commissioner to lay
out Monroe City, 1904 40. 1t seems
that the Honorable Board Of C,mmiss ION
ers selected by the Legislature to locate
the new Seat OF Government selected a
place some where Oh the north fork OF
Big Sandy and called it Monroe City,
Thereupon they commenced laying it of
in lots disposing Of them and pocketng
the proceeds. Mr. Taylor complained,
that the other two Commissioners pocketed
more than he did. Acting upon the princi-
pie that there ought to have been an equal
distribution OF the spots, MIR Taylor's
friends find he is short the exact amount
OF $2O4, 40, and generously give it to him
out OF the State Treasury.
To Curtis Bates as Attorney in behalf
ofthe Locotoco party Of Iowa, for prose-
cutting wit OF quo ,uarranto Us. James
Harlan, Superintendent Of public instruc-
ton, 800. The people Of this State will
long remember and feel the confusion in
our common school system, occasioned by
this high handed, and successful attempt
TO defeat the people in the election
OF this officer. Not content with setting
aside Mr. Harlan's first election by quib-
Bile in the law, and cheating him out Of a
second election, and thus deirauding a
majority Of the people OF this State out OF
their rights. they have the consumna'e
impudenceto make the State pay their le-
gal fiddler for his dirty work. The State
had nothing to do with this prosecution
against Mr. Harlan, and was not respon-
slble for any Of the expenses attending it;
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