The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1858-12-16

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Buchanan. r. .05- ...---.-.0 90
Marshall --..-.. -.O4. 90
Benton - 90. .O6
Blackhawk, -..--- .06 -. 90 A.
Dubuque, --..--- &c. -.--.. 90
Total for striking out, los. Agains
striking out, 42-motion carried.
Mr.. Byington, of Johnson, offered tht
following proviso to the first resolution
of the majority report: aH
Provided. That in no event shall the
State be required to loan its credit either
directly OF. indirectly to any Railroad
company.
/ Mr.. Reed, of Lee county, read to The
Convention the Tennessee system of in.
ternal improvements, referred to in the
majority report, and also read an extract
from Hunts Magazine, being part of an
address delivered before State Conyen
tion in Tennessee, showing the workings
of the Tennessee system upon the in
crease of population, and value of prop
erty in that State. He spoke for nearly
an hour, defining and illustrating the
Tennessee system, and urging the adop.
tion of the majority report
5. j. Klrkwood, of johnson, offered
the following amendment to the majority
report.
Resoluea, That should it become the
policy of the State, that in the future,
the credit of the State shall be used to
aid in the constructors of Railroads, JUS
! tce will require that the debts already
contracted by cities and counties for the
construction of Railroads shall be assu
med by the State
He argued the amendment ably and
at considerable length. Gen. Reed op-
posed the amendment.
Jacob Butler, of Muscatine, made re-
marks upon the amendment and also up
on the general report.
Mr.. Butler spoke for over half an hour
He urged his views with great energy
and ability, showing that the majority
report contemplated either loan of the
credit of the State, or else gift of the
eight millions by the State, and opposing
the entire majority report by a great va
riety of facts and arguments, and that
the Tennessee system was entirely un-
adapted to the Constitution and condition
of Iowa.
VIM. w. Jerome, of Clinton, spoke
with much earnestness and at consider
bic length, favoring the majority report.
Mr.. Scott, of Clinton, spoke against
the majority report, urging it was un
constitutional and unjust to require mon
ey to be raised and expended for any
special or favored roads-that if there be
any law it should be general.
Mr.. Smeed, of Bremen, addressed the
Convention in favor of the majority re-
port, citing facts to show the need of
State aid to open up the central and wes-
tern portions of the State
A. O. Patterson, Of Muscatine, ad-
dressed the convention ably and at some
length, opposing the majority report,
showing that corporations ordinarily are
soulless and insensible, and that money
eonfded to them will, er necesSitate, be
squandered.
The Convention hereupon adjourned
to 2 o'clock p M. 90
AFTERNOON sEssIoN-sECoYp DAY.
Convention met at 2 o'clock, pursuant
10 adjournment
Ex Gov. Baker moved that all speak !
,rs be limited to ten minutes Motion car
led unanimously
LeGrand Byington of Johnson, with
irew his resolution which he offered to |
,he consideration of the convention in the |
orenoon, and stated that he desired the |
whole question to go before the conyen.
ion and the people of the State, upon the
;onstitutionality of the proposed aid and |
lpon the expediency of the thing: sta
ed that the action of the convention was
! foregone conclusion; that the majority
eport would pass, rs its friends acted by
concert and in harmony--whlst its op-
,onents were not SO acting--said in his
Judgment il is manifestly unconstituIion-
i, if constitutional, said he believed it !
.lso inexpedient.
Upon concluding his remarks. he
moved the following resolutions, as an
to the majority report, stri-
ing out all after the word Resolved and /
hat each resolution be voted upon sepa-
ately, and by counties.
Resolued, That loan of the credit of
he State, after the Tennessee law refer
ed to in This convention, or in any other
manner or form. to any railroad company,
would be a violation of Article 2, of the
Constitution of the State.
RESOLVED, That the Constitution Of
owa does not require, and that il would
e palpable abuse of the executive dis.
retion, for the Governor to convene
he General Assembly Of this State in
Extraordinary session for the purpose of
xtending State aid to the Railroad com
lanias OF the Statn