Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1858-12-23
favored roads; and If thsss Be any hw i
should be general.

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should be general.
Mr.. Smesd, of Brsmer county, address
cd the Convention in favor Of tho majority
report, citing facts 70 show the need d
State aid to open up the esatsal and west.
ern portions Of the State.
A. o. Patterson, Of Muscatiss, addressed
the coavention ably and q some length,
opposing the majority nport, showing
that corporations ere soulless and issensi.
bic, and that money confined 70 then will
be squandered.
The convention hereupon adjourned to
2 o'oclock. p. N.
AFTERNOON sEssI0H-sEcoND DAY.
Convention met at : o'clock psssuaat to
adjournment.
Ex.Gov. Baker moved that all speakers
be limited to ten minutes. Motion carried
unanimously. ID" ..........
lie Grand Byington, Of johnson, With
drew his resolution which he offered 70 the
consideration Of the convention IN the
forenoon, and stated that he desired the
whole question 70 60 before the eonvsation
and the people Of the State, upon the con-
stitutionality Of the proposed aid, and up
on the expediency Of the thing: stated
that the action Of the convention was .
foregone conclusion that the majority
report would pass - ito friends acted BY
concert and in harmouy-whilsl its oppo-
nents we're not SO acting-said in his
judgment it is manites.ly unconstitutional;
said he believed it also inexpedisnt.
Upon concluding his remarks, he moved
the following resolutions Is N amsndment
to the majority report, striking out oil after
the word Resolved, and that each resolu
ton be voted upon separately, and BY
counties.
Resolved, That loan Of the csedit of
the State after the manner of the Tennes-
see law, referred to in this convention, or
in any other manner or form to any rail.
road company, would be . violation Of
Article of the Constitution Of shs State.
Resolved, That the Constitution Of Iowa
does not require, and that it would be .
palpable abuse Of the executive discretion,
for the Governor to convene the General
Assembly Of this State in extraordinary
session for the purpose Of extending State
aid to the Railr Dad companies Of the State.
Resolved, That upon the general prin
cipes OF public and governmental policy,
there 10 need Of q revision Of our State
Constitution and that in the opinion of
this convention the General Assembly at
its next regular session should adopt the
necessary measures to inaugarate such re-
vision.
Mr.. Hornish, Of keotuk, spoke to the
report Of the majority, and the resolutions
introduced by Mr.. Byington. Stated sha.
if the Constitution was bar 70 State aid,
ho would have it at once amended. He
Was . Democrat, and believed in the
sovereignty Of the people. and If the con.
sti,ution Was not right it should BE- revised
at once. Iowa could not recover from the
nightmare that was upon her except BY
the rendering Of State aid. Said county
and city bonds we're at great discount,
whilst state bonds we're sought and would
in any market command . premium. The
spirit Of this convention will start the
spirito reform all over the State.
Mr.. Byington replied to the speech Of
the gentleman from keokuk last up. lie
still further urged that the whole thing
wa, unconstitutional-that II prosecuted d
at all it must be under the form aud sane
ton Of the constitution and the law. He
spoke against the haste manifested BY the
friends Of State aid. Read the article in
he constitution prohibiting the loan Of
the credit oi ,he state to any person, asso.
citation or corporation, and commented up.
on it at length.
Mr. ID. Reding ;on. Of Keokuk, followed.
commenting upon the constitutionality oi
the proposed aid. He spoke Of the in
telligenee and fair minded character ol
the convention. All are in favor Of ex-
tending railroads over the State. Said the
heart Of the democracy Was 10 unison with
the measure Of State aid, and il the Re-
publican party opposed it, il would be q
blight upon the party.
Ex-Governor Bacon, Of Clinton, next
followed. He desied the nssitutionality
Of rendering aid-said the friends Of the
majority report were in favor Of general
system Of railroad improvement. Argue d
that if there WAS no constitutional barrier
the expediency Of the proposed plan ~.
at least doubtful. If railroads could 10,
be built by the aid Of the magnificent land
grants, how could they BY tho State giving
aid only to the amount Of Ave thousaad "a
eight thousand dollars per mile. Afte'
discussing the Tennessee plan he conc,u.
ded.
J. B. Edmonds, Of johnson, followed
requesting information from the friends O.
the measure. where or upon what par,icu
lar class OF road. they purpossd TO Civ.
the aid, to be furnished by the State
wished to know why the central and west.
ern portions Of the State, IL they desires
help, were not here represented ia .hil
convention.
J. W. Churchill, Of Scott couaty, nsx