The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-01-19
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" Al bill losiacorpsrate
religious societies has been nu1pr CONSIDER.
alton. Il provides thst the trustees may
soil the property Of ,he church upon an or
der OF the District Court and not otherwise.
Some considerable opposition wss made to
the measure--some opposed on the ground
that il was legislating Tor churches--others,
because il was not right TO have them in.
corporated, forgetting that We already
have law BY which ,hey can and do be-
come SO. But there are some provisions in
it that are wrong. For instance, ito proyi.
sion that no member after she first election
shall vote until 10 49, essn member in
good ssaaAing nix moashs and contributed
70 the support Of the church. Such by
law would b wrong, 'aAd in case the
churches want L should take the response
billy Of making i themselves, and not call
on the General Assembly to do il for them.
Il was referred to select committee.
| Mr.. Rodmans hill 70 prevent church
property froa bsiae Aeld " the bishop and
placing Il in the hands o. trustees. called
out some discussion. Il il Ia substance the
New York law. and would afford the opposi-
ton to the Republican party hobby were
it not for the fact that Mr.. Rodman was
| educated a Catholic, and stated that the
Catholic people in his county desired the
passage Of the biil-thst they had already
had trouble with the "powers that be-" and
| were anxious to 30 protected. do not
know what will be the fate Of this measure.
1t will not be made party question, sons
OF each party fsvoring and opposing it.
see several leading Democrats voting
with kodman, but probably that influence
which is unable to control the noble Ger
man from Clayton, will compel them to re-
verse their steps. They hare not half the
Independence. native born as they are, that
he possesses, and while he win lsgislats for
the good Of the people Of the chursh, they
will bow in servile submission at the feet Of
power. But there are some Democrats in
the Honse who cannot be driven, enough |
spprehend, to give the question nothing
like party appearance.
I shall be disappointed if such men a.
Barker and Sullivan do not support it and
Green +. CLARK oppose.
The former represent the Democr attic
talent in the House, while the latter rep
resents some other and entirely different
elsment-What, it IL now useless to say.
A long time this forenoon was spent in
discussing the report Of the committee to
make it penal to kill game At certain peri
DDS in the year. The members from the
West generally oppose il. They claim tina,
it is necessary to destroy the game in order
to preserve their grain, while members from
the eastern counties consider that something
Of the kind 10 demanded. The same restric-
ton exists in Illinois, and under it sports
men from there visit this State In such mum.
beIs that strict prohibition is eedsd Al.
ter considerable discussion i, p assed.
IT, hill increasing the salaries OF State
Eeers passed the hoa--" Inns 'ofenooh' II
O =. ,-uor $4,000, the Secretary
of State. Auditor and Trsssu'e't sA''o
with $500 clerk hire and expenses 70 Inc
Secretary and Auditor each, and $500 to Inc
Treasurer. Whether it will pass the Sen
ate or not is little doubtful; perhaps the
contingencies will Re reduced
AFTERNOON.
The Committee on Agriculture presented
bill for general law preventing sheep
and swine IRON running at large. This IN
case it becomes q law, will avoid the nee
| essi,y oil submitting to the people, and ap.
plies to ali the counties. II is impossible to
/, .,--..h it, fate, as there il large number
| OF farmers in the House who never say any
thing by way Of making speeches bu. vote
right. 1sa n*
Mr.. Barner reported bill iii relation to
RATS, giving the men who bring The lumber
10 market, lien thereon for their wages.
Mr.. Bsttorf present ed q bill regulating
the stay on executions, making il necsssa-
ry for the party desiring the stay to fill bis
bond when Judgments entered. The select
committee to whom have been referred oil
petitions in favor OF the repeal Of the Maine
Law, reported by bill. II provides that any
person other than hotel or saloon kesper
may be appointed to sell spirituous liquor
for mechanical, medicinal and sacramento
purposes The only material change that
has been made 10 in relation to the sgen-
cies. Mr.. Harde made q minority report
and recommended the passage of license
| law.
| A bill passed the Senate to-day appro.
priating one hundred thousand dollars for
the completion Of the Insane Asylum, and
another locating the Blind Asylum at oska-
loosa, and approPriating twenty thousand
dollars for its construction.
I am unable to say what the action Of the
House will be. Bot with oil the expendi-
lures necessary to be made, the Constitu-
t;ousl Convention to be provided for, and
the State already in debt to the utmost limit
OF the Cons titution, it would seem that pru.
deuce should govern in the matter and no
more appropriations be made than are ne.
cessary.
| The Republicans should look to this
they have the control and will bs made res
ponsible. A new Capitol must be erected
and all of ihs State institutions built st
once, go say the minority, and when the
time comes for taxation, the majority must
shoulder the responsibility
We last evening received the news that
Harlan's case had been decided adversely to
him, and that he is now on bis way TO Iowa.
II 50, he will at once be returned, where
be will remain to answer all the speeches
that "the best dressed man in the Senate
can hire Clay Dean to write.
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