The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-01-29
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The Democrats made |
'soshW attsaQt this morn ~ 10 secure po-
''isal saPitalSy Offering rssolssion '',has
n The opinion Of this House il 10 iaexpedi-
nj to slrike out the word oAifs in the con. |
'asasioa Of the State Of Iowa, The author |
81 the resolution claims that there were
many ciusens in the State who desire the
constitution to be 30 amended y TO extend
The right Of elective franchise and citizen.
ship to the blacks. This was done for q
casoAsr on the Republicans. bu, the poor
fellow wss utterly cAopJaaen after the vote
when il appeared that but six members in
the whole House we're found voting in the
negative. This is veri6cation Of what
The party has always claimed, that II il in
no manner allied to aboIitionism, and that
It's missaon 10 not to benefit the back race
alone, but manksad. This lie the third effort
that has been made this session to redeem
the rotten Democracy, IN al Of which they
have signally failed
lengthy discussion took place upon .
bill to allow the citizens OF Clayton county
to vote upon the question of taking stock
ia the NcGregor's and 81. Peters Railroad,
and also in the Turkey River Read. 1t pro-
vided that the vote should be taken upon
both at the same time The bill was sup.
ported BY BiSeio~. Of Clayton. and oppos
ed BY Rodman, Of the same county. who
claimed that it was wrong to ''hitch the po.
a, on the big horse to be dragged out OF
the mud" He became very excited, the
Cause OF " hich his colleague, Mr.. Bigelow
declared was the fact that his residence
athe ciassic town Of Guttemburs," was not
included in the bill. Rodman disclaimed
ell unworthy motives, but it was Of nc
avail; "the classic town of Guttemburg'
was doomed, and the bill passed. The Of
feet will Be, that stock will be taken in
both roads. while had it not been for this
the McGregor Road could have brought
sufficient influence to carry theirs and de
feat the others. This billis intended to
cover an illegally that would exist without
lat. Lee county submitted the question Of
taking stock in four roads at the same time
and the Supreme Court has Just decided
the bonds Invalid on the ground that the
| question should have been voted upon sep.
| arately. A bill was introduced this mern'
| ing to legalize the Lee county bonds, but
whether the General Assembly has the
power to effect this or not, lawyer is bet
ter qualified to decide than legislative cor
respondent
The Senate resolution declaring the sale
Of the University, lands ngl and poii, psssee
the House this morning. This applies ts
so much Of the land as the Trustees SOLD
to themselves. The 1--WE Trustees invols,
ed in this fraudulent transaction are ] h
Cover, Nj. J. Morsmsn, E. Connolly, Fl
w Lsihrop and Arson Hart, Morsmar
appraised the lands; Hart was the crier
and Cover the bidder. The booty wa
equally divided, and all OF them borrower
the money from Lathrop, Treasurer of tn,
Board, to pay the first instalment. This il
regarded by every member OF the examn
ing committee as one OF the most eorrup
transactions that ever disgraced our State
Eads' Affairs are bad enough, but the State
can rely on his bond, while in this ease
there 10 no bond again repeat that the
assrvivers OF the immortal i've" mus. be
removed from responsible positions on the
Board. The people demand it, and if the
balance do their duty they will comply, and
that at once. 1t is the only safet, for tn;
University. The people know that these
men are involved In the land ssindIe, ans
with one Of them as Treasurer OF the Board
ali confidence in the institution will be de-
suoyed. We have magnificent fund. but
it needs other protection than the present
Il
pride Of oar State is gone. By declaring
this sale void, the University saves lsrg
amount of money.
A bill passed the House TO locate tn,
Deaf and Dumb Asylum st Winierset, il
Madison county, but judging from The man
ner in which busin ess 10 done here, con.
| Guide that il will be defeated in the Senate
A Sen ate bill locating the Institution fol-
1 the Blind at Oskaloosa, after two ho urs O
nsnouvering was indefinitely postponed. I
came from the Senate with as bitter oppo.
| sition az the bill for location Of the Dea
aud Dumb Asylum goes there The bill Il
l change the name Of George Granger, 0
Scott county, and make him the heir-st
aw of one Of our citizens, after amend
| msnt BY striking GU. the clause providing
for heirship. passed. The house then TOOK
up The divorce bill" which had been once
voted down and re-eonsidered. This re-
pesls the law Of 1855 and restores the
code. Ii passed without discussion, and
being q Senate bill, will Of course become
the law. The Senate has had under dis.
eussion the spPortionmen, bill, dividing the
State into Representative districts.
II 10 fair sppor tionment and nothing
ike ssrrymaHdsrm9 exists. II Is dificut
notwithstanding its fairness, for the Demo
Gratis to figure out more than about one
third OF the members Of the next House OF
Representatives.. REPUBLICAN.
Our Candidates.
The Iowa City Republican thus sllGdes
to the candidates nominated Isst week by
the Republican State Conys ntion: