The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-01-16
SMOKE.

dulgence IN 0urnt tobacco IN the hall or
Lobhies of the House. @
This important proceeding brings to
mind similar order passed in neighbor-
ing State in 1855. The Lobbies in that
case were indignant at the prohibition and
being called together by their Speaker,
"JIop." G. w. Mclaughlin, noted wag
Of La Fayette, the following Bill was pre-
sented by an honorary member, and it i,
unnecessary to say it passed the third
House by reclamation. It.was afterwards
passed the Senate while in informal sess-
ion and copy was sent to Gov. Wright.
His Excellency did not sign it as required
by the Constitution, but we happen to
know that he cordially approved it p
Having preserved the manuscript copy of
the Bill, We publish it in defence Of the
smokers about the Iowa State Capital. 1t
was generally circulated by the press Of
Indiana, and did good at the time, ir an
popularizing the disgusting habit of rub
bling Infamous unguents on the hair, per-
son, and apparel: ...
:''7e leu Lobby Bill No. !. =
A Blu Il. prov;de ..tor The circulation Of
pure a;r IN tie Hall and LoJJ;e. of the
House Of Representatives ofMe State Of
WHEREAS, The Hon. House OF Repre-
sentatives have passed an order instructing
their Doorkeeper to prohibit in the lobbies
thereof, under pain of summary ejectment,
the smoking Of any cigar, pipe, or other
instrument used for the combustion of
Tobacco; to the end that the servants of
the people, and the fair visitors who are
daily attracted to said House by the intel
lectual scintillations of that august assem-
blage, shall have their olfac,ories supplied
with pure, wholesome, atmospheric me-
dia,
AND WHEREAS, o. her and more often
sive compounds d, various kinds and char
acter are carried into said lobbies, to the
great annoyance of the nasal peace and
quiet Of said Representatives and their fair
admirers, as we'll as to the evident dis
gust of all business members of the Third
House,
AND WHEREAS, Unless this abuse of the
smelling perceptions Of large and infu-
entail portion Of The Peoples assistant
Reps is speedily remedied by the aboli-
ton of certain abominable perfumes rival
ing those that have given immortality to
the Buck basket" of Falstaf, we can no
longer guarantee the quiet acquiescence
of the Lobbics in the arbitrary and partial
edicts of the House in refusing them the
| right to neutralize a poisoned atmosphere
of cosmetics, with the grateful aroma Of
a Principe or Havana therefore,
Sec. l. Be 1t enacted By tile As.istan,
Representatives. ct'the People in Lobby as.
senaed, That from and after the publica-
ton Of this Act, it shall not be lawful 70,
any person or persons to enter the Lobby
OF the House Of Representatives during
the session thereof. who shall emit, exude
exhale. or give out, any villainous com.
pound of smells.
SEC. 2. If any person or persons, shall
be found impairihg the purity of that ele.
ment which God has given to his children
for inhalation, by producing, or causing tc
be produced, any strange, unaccountable,
unwholesome or foreign exhalations,
whether arising from the essences of Gin.
namon, winter green. bergamot. or tur.
pentine or from the extracts of wild cat,
wolf, civet, monkey, musk-rat, ram-cat,
skunk or pole-cat; or any other volatile
substance, vegetable or animal, exotic,
quirot;c or domestic. whether rubbed OF
sprinkled in, upon, or about the head
mustache, goatee, or upon any part of the
body; or upon the hat. gloves, handker-
chief, vest, pants, cost or any portion Of
the apparel such person or persons shall
forthwith be conducted by the Doorkeep-
er or his Assistants to the Stationary
Room of said House, and duly examined
touching his designs upon the peace, dig.
nifty and health Of the Peoples Represen.
tatives.
| SEC. 8. If upon examination by the
Doofkecpers, Or a majority Of them. he
person SO araigned shall be found to have
taken example Of the lower animals, by
I,indulging in the offensive habito apply.
ing unctuous substances to his hair, skin
or clothes, or by chewing pungent aroma
tics derived from weeds, gums, minerals
or animals. he shall be adjudged guilty o.
a violation of self-respeci and breach Of
the peace, and shall thereafter be exclud'
ed from the society Of those who have