Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1859-03-16

OUu OPINION, ALSO esterday
morning our contemporary. the Gazette, ga
its opinion that the Davenport Iypograph-
ical Union, under its present rnansgemert,
is decided hunbug, aud is 1. tigma upon
Unions in general, and such is our opin-
ion precisely Only some half dozen
printers out of forty in our city belong to
the Union. and only too out of that number
work in ne paper Offices, and only one out
of that number is able to put up six lines OF
type in a workmanlike manner and it is
these precious set Of boys who set up that
they must and will rule the publishers Of
this city, and establish the scale of prices by
which they are to be governed. We have
no objections whatever to pay fair prices
for composition. and the price which the
S0R satabiabsd. if that price is fair one;
hax dossUUsion men decide
1n raise the prices to thirty
cents N these times, it is about time that
pMJl, hers took hold Of the matter them
selves and exercise their rights in the prem
ises When the Union was represented by
men Of sense, the prices were reduced to
correspond with the times, but when they,
the actual printers Of the city, withdrew
from the Union because that body was be-
coming too disreputable to retain them as
members, then the SIC. only two Of which
have anything to do with ne wspaper offices,
raised the scale of prices to figure altogeth-
er too high to correspond with the present
state of the times. 1t is of this that we com.
plain and here is the point at which publish
must take thier remedy. II those individuals
who compose the present Union see fit thus
to carry out a feeling of spite and malice
which they hold against the Democrat and
Gazette offices, then We deem it pertinent
that said offices should take steps to have the
matter set at rights. There is no other class
Of mechanics in the city who do not fix their
prices to suit the times, and the majority of
coInpositors are willing so to do, but it ap-
pears that there are sir or seven who have
no regard for the rights or necessities of
prices where they were in the flush times
Of former years.
Some action on the part of publishers.
we say, is necessary and let US have it
the sooner the better. 1t is not that we
wish to make any qnarrel with the system
of Typographical Unions, but because the
rights of publishers are being imfringed up
on by half dozen boys who choose rather
to oppress publishers than to aid them in
this time of general business depression.
GONE BY DEFAuLT.-Bet ween the
Republican Legislature, Republican Super
intendent, Republican Board of Trustees,
and Republican officers in general, the Iowa
School law is becoming one of the most bur-
lesque affairs we have ever noticed
The annual election of Township Trustees
which was to have taken place on Monday,
was permitted by the carelessness of Re
publican officers to go by default Not a
notice Of election was posted by the Secre-
tary ss prescribed by law; not a move of
any kind was made towards holding an
election, and the result is that the term for
which the Trustees of $50 were elected
has now expired and there has been no elec
tion of another Board. This is a pretty state
of affairs, but such as might be expected by
Republican officers.
Why was it that this important election
was thus allowed to go by default2 Has
the Secretary Of the Board whose duty it
was to call an election, any excuse or does
he pretend to have any? The presumption
is that the reason why there was no elec
ton held was because there was no possible
chance to make something out of it; no
chance to get their fingers into the public
pocket; it was not lucrative election: it
would not afford any spoils therefore the
election was Of no consequence in the eyes
Of the Republican spoil hunters.
Verify, verify, the workings of the new
Republican School administration are ex.
ceedingly wonderful to behold.
P.S Since writing the above, we have
been informed that the fault is with the
City Council for not calling city election
Of oficers-as that beautiful set of officers
which composed the State Board forgot at
their Annual Session at Des Moices to enact
any law regarding cities
Our idea of that would be that il the
blockheads which composed the State Board
forgot to legislate for the cities, that the
law applying to townships would cover the
entire ground.
But We have neither city or township
trustees, and we think the blame is to be
placed on other shoulders than those of the
Councilmen. They have sins enough to bear
up under without saddling upon them the
blunders of others.