The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1858-02-06
Correspondence from the Carita,.
DEs MONIES, Jan. 26, SO


DEs MONIES, Jan. 26, '56
The senatorial contest has just closed,
resulting in the election of James W.
Grimes to the L. S. Senate, for six years
from the fourth of March, 1859. The
result was not unexpected here, from the
turn affairs have taken during the past
week.
When the legislature first assembled.
it was apparent that a majority of the
Republican members were favorable to
the election of Gov. Grimes; but the fact
that all the principal officers in the State
were filled by men from the south east
corncr--that the vacancy to be Gled
! would be in the north that the south
east already had one Senator (Mr. Har-
Ian that justice to all parties demanded
that the Senator should be taken from the
/ Second Congressional District. These
facts, warmly urged by many members
/ from the north, were beginning 20 pro-
duce a reaction which was likely to result
! in the election Of the Hon. James Thor
/ ington, as the leader Of the Republican
! party in this district He was known to
The people as the first Republican mem
Der Of Congress from Iowa-as the able.
fearless and unfinching advocate of their
principles in the thirty-fourth Congress,
and as the man who did more than any
other in the State to secure the adoption
of the New Constitution. When the
friends of other northern candidates dis
covered that Thorington must be sue
cessful if a northern man was to be elcc-
ted, they at once ceased their efforts in
that direction, aud Instead Of uniting on
the only man from the second district
that could be elected, wasted their efforts
in vain attempts to secure tie election Of
their tavorlte candidates. While the
Northern members were thus divided,
the friends Of Gov Grimes urged him
as the only man on whom the Repub!i.
cans could unite
The caucus met on Monday night, and
the first ballot resulted as follows: Grimes
2S; Thorington, -; Judge SmytLe, 0
scattering, l3.
Second ballot: Grimes, 3S; Thoring
ton, 10; Smythe, 8; scattering, g.
Whole number of votes, G2-necccssar,
to choice, 81 Gov. Grimes was de
clrred nominated.
To-day. at , . clock P. NJ, the Gen
eral Assembly met in joint Convention
and voted as follows: James w. Grimes
6i; Ben Samuels, Al John Teesdal
was elected State Printer, and f. NJ
Mills, State Binder, G..
Repot of the Superintendent Of Public IT.
struction.
We were about making an abstract c
the report o. Mr. Fisher, the Supcrinttn
dent of Public Instruction in this State
when we found the following abstract il
the Dubuque Times:
= 1t opens with a reference to the EN-
barassiug circumstances existing at tn
:. commencement Of his term, from tn
controversy between Nessrs. lads an
Stone, aa to who was the Superintendent
: of. Public Instruction. The estimate
amount of the 10th section, school land
, is l,Gll,+5i acres, Of which 437 ,4O3 3
acres have been sold. In addition to thi
Congress granted 800, 600 acres, of wllic
. 45l.l1l - have been sold The who'll
, number Of acres of school lands remain
! ing unsold is 5l9, 9,930.75. The presen
amt. OF schoolfund is 2,03D. .5l3 50 fro1
which is to be deducted SALT 81 fo
defaulcationS. The average price of til
per acre. If the 5lo,oJ975 acres c
school lands unsoid sell at the same prize
they will bring s., lS2, ,997.67, whic
) added to the existing fund, amounts 81
s 2l3 ,54l 20. In addition to this, it
5 probable that Congress will authorise tn
y allowance Of five per cent, on the land
entered by land warrants in this State, 8
it did to Mississippi and Alabama, whic
C will increase our fund at least 81 800 90
4; aud give lis permanent school fund {
s., 5UO Boo
In the administration Of the scLo;
{ fund, under the new Constitution al er
tire change becomes necessary, and aHorC
It an opportunity for making ample prov
r sions for a rigid supervision OF its mal
agemcnt, a few general principles f,
which are laid down aud reconncnde,
{ by Mr. Fisher. Out Of the eirhty~tou
It organized counties i'll the State, repor
r have only been received from the Scho
Fund Commissioners ot twcnty-six-
+ FROM the returns it appears that three
iilths Of the children Of the State, OF tt
proper age, did not enter the school-roo
IS during the past year. More than or
/ halt OF our youth are gro wing up in j!
- norance, notwithstanding the provision
made for schools. In Ohio, tour-itti
i OF the youth attend schools, aud the II
e sccnce Of the other fifth is considered
V serious evil, demanding a remedy. o.
- of 500 organized school districts in Il
State, only Z,1OS schools were maintaiI
, ed. 1t Is evident from the Superinte
Ii dents report, that our common schools u
in very unsatisfactory state, notwit
u standing the gratifying fact that ST
u 7S4.5S Is raised in the school distric
/ by voluntary subscription.
The deplorablc state Of our schools
mainly attributable to the want OF an ei
o- cent school law. This has been lol