Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-03-24

Dxs MoISEs, March 10.

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manner. The Hall Of the House was clear
ed, and about ten o'clock the whirling OF
crinoline and the tapping OF coat tails com.
menced, which was kept up until about
In the morning. The floor was filled with
dancers and In the execution Of the schot-
tische. especially. the building quivered, as
they event bobbing round There were
from three to four hundred present.
SESATE.-The Judiciary committee by res
olution have been instructed to report back
Immediately the bill providing for the re
demption Of property sold under mortgage.
The bill fixes the time Of redemption at
eighteen months after sale.
The House bill establishing an agricutur-
al college was taken up and passed. Dis
position was then made Of sun1ry local bills,
which were generally indefinitely postpon-
ed. They are of no interest to your read
ers. The senate then refused TO concur in
the House amendments to the bill dividing
the state into eleven judicial districts and a
committee Of conference was appointed
The senate then went into executive session
after which adjourned.
! Hou-y-The Des Moines River agree
1 ment was before the house about an hour.
and after further adding to the committee,
the special order for the hour was taken up,
it being IAN act to preserve the purity OF
elections framed by Jas. F. Wilson, IRE
publican ex Know Nothing) Of jefferson
county
This bill under the prctext Of preserving
the purity Of elections seeks TO deprive
very large number o. foreign born citizens
| who now have the right to vote of the
| right ofsuffrage. The Republican majority
by the application Of the gag ordered it en-
crossed. The bill requires four oaths to he
taken by the foreigner, and if he has any
| intention OF removing from tie county in
| which he has a present right to vote, lie is
| deprived of his vote, as effectually as if he
| had removed before the election With the
exception Of Miliiser and Pierson. the Dem
ocrats opposed it to a man. With the ex
ception of Trumbull the Republicans voted
for it to a man. Trumbull is an English
| man.
Trumbull said he disagreed with gentle
men with whom he acted officially As a
naturalized citizen he thought the bill would
| prove an instrument OF il ustice toward the
contract between the foreigner and the
United States was that upon the renunc,a
ton of allegiance to his native land by the
foreigner, and taking upon himself the oath
| OF legiance to the government of the [ nj
ted States, he was entitled, a. of right to an
equal position with the citizen native born.
! lie demanded that the government now
fnlfill its part Of the contract. He thought
the measure proposed did not DO Justice to
| the foreign born citizen and must oppose
| 1t.
Wilson (Republican) said the bill was a
measure required by the people to preserve
| their rights from the undue influence of
foreign voters, who were not entitled to
the privilege. 1t was n well-known fact
that no election took place in which the H.
legal votes o. foreigners did not form a large
proportion of those cast. lie firmly be-
lieved that if such q law had been in force
throughout the north, tlat Fremont would
have been elected by a large maior v
| That the foreigners may know who are
their friends,and especially the Germans
append the vote upon the engrossment,
Democrats in Italics, Republicans in Ro-
man:
eas-Anthony, Carpenter, Cassidy of
Mahaska; Cody. Collins. Dana, DAVIS
De~y ,Drummond, Edwards, Foster, Grimes
Cue, Harmon. Lambert, Lundy, McCrary,
McGrew, Willard, JEliiser, Mitchell, Moor
man, Morgan. SPierson, Prentiss. Rankin
Reitzel, Richardson, Scott, Sewers, Sterns,
Stewart, streeter, Walu, Watts, Wilson
Woodward and Mr.. Speaker-as.
Nays-Bander, Belkoaps, Bennett, brad
leg, Campbell, Casey Cossady. Of !. b. Gus
sady Of w., CLARK Of Des Mones, Clnk of
Dubuque, CLARK Of Johnson, CLINE, curtis,
Dems, gray, GmJerson, Jchnson, Lo,,cy,
-hofroney, U'llsap, Shofp, Sprog,se Trunl-
bull-23.
If the Republican Germans wish to know
| who their friends are, and what party they
belong, here is an index To think ola bill
requiring four oaths, and t4king from lie
gal voter his rights Lccause he may at some
future time remove from the district is a
| proposition, The Justice of which none but
| Republicans can appreciate.
The bill districting the State into repre-.
sentative districts was taken up and passed
| by a strict party vote.
bennett offer ed a resolution. instructinr
the committee appointed to investigate the
| bills OF Grimes agenst to examine the &C
| counts of the county school fund commits
sloners was lost. II will not bare examina
| ton. These agents having followed close
in the wake of Dishonesty Grimes, and
charged from S25 to $50 a day for actual
service, with the exception of John Ed.
wards, who had the accounts of two coun-
ties to examine and charged SIS.
The Des Moines Agreement was then
| taken up, and after discussion postponed.
DFMOCRITUS.
From the Richmond Enquirer March H.
The Disunion Cry.
For the past twelve months, it has been
the constant occupation of the extremist
i To- h.. Il