The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1860-03-10
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.


EDlT0klAL CORRESPONDENCE,
DIS Mous,. March 5th. 1850.
Another week has The q a.eambled via.
dom y Of LOVE saesred 70 Glide svsy int.
thu dreamv mast. vithont materiallv leaeen.
ing the amount Of business before il. Il
fact. bu,iuss, i, accommodating rather thar
Diminishing. 10 that. from present appear.
ances, there would seem to be little doubt,
that when this Legislaturs adjourns, IL will
leave undone many things which should hav.
been done, ~ we'll % hare done many things
il were better had been left undons. But,
such il the history Of legislative bodies,
the States over. sad therefore l shall no,
travel beyond tho record to rail against 4
peculiarity which has 90 generally obtained.
The deliehtful weather Ne are now favored
with-warm, dry aud hasy ~ May tims--is
fast creating . detsrmiuation among the
members to diligently and untiringly work,
that On early adjournment may be secured.
The Senate, near ten days ago, passed =
copcurreat resolution, fixing the time of
adjournment on the 18th Of March. The
passage Of this resolution was generally
considered nero Official recognition Of that
god Of modern times-"Buncombe." The
men who passed this resolution, did not
expect the Legislators to adjourn on the
day fixed. The House passed the resolution,
but changed the date to the eth, seemingly
for the questionable purpose Of defeating
(indirectly) the ostensible object Of the
resolve. The resolution now quietly reposes
on the Secsetary's table in tho Senate, and
will, doubtlsss, continue to repose there in
undisturbed tranquility Tor 10 these many
years. 1t isnot expected, BY any considsra-
Bile number OF members, that the Legislature
will adjourn before the first OF April, If it
does then. "Long may It wavsP' say the
Capitolians, but not 90 say !, for l have no.
the same degree OF interest in the premises,
as have the former. Legislative life 10 dull
and monotomous enough. IN the House, it
is Clagget, Claggett. Claggett day after
day-in the Senate, semi digni6ed running
debate, in which 10 enlisted every member
Of the Senate the leastwise troubled with o
flow Of CAB. 1t matters not what the subject
how trivial or how greas-it cannot escape
running tho gauntlet Of can animated
debate" But, like all other mundane things,
this legislature will come to IN 's'eend''-
sometime, hope.
The Senate has been mainly occupied,
during the past week, with the oonsidera-
ton Of the New Code, and the amend.
msnts suggested thereto by the judiciary
Committees Of the two Houses. No
material amendments have been made to it,
because it is the general wish Of the lawyers
of both Houses that it shall pass substan.
tiallv-nav. almost litterallv-as reported
BY the Commissioners. So far a. the SEN
ate 10 concerned, that wish has ended, for the
Code passed that body this P. NJ. by vote
OF % to l2-PusxY and 10 other Demo crats
and one Republican voting against its pas.
sage, for reasons best known to themselves.
A greater partisan than mysslf, perhaps,
might from this record, find much to war
rant him 10 saying that party consid era.ions
were not wholly lost sight Of BY those who
voted in opposition to its adoption. | make
not the charge, but something moro than a
suspicion has more than once fitted across
nv mind. that other than ripb. motive.
influenced some members on the q ,or of the
Senate. to east their votes in onnos;t;on "a
what tho j" still small voice - within them
whispered was right, and just, and demand.
ed alike by the people and the necessities of
this growing young State. My vision is
sadly obfuscated, If the sequel does not prove
that my suspicious were far from ground
less. .s.
Between owlish dispu:ations on the Liquor
Law, and discursive wraDgliDg over the
resolution of inquiry respecting the Govern
or's action upon the requisitiou of the Gov.
Of Virginia for BARCLAY CoPPlc, the House
ba' been, noisey and turbulent, during the
past few days. To gather anything like an
idea Of the Iowa House Of Representatives,
when engaged upon measure of the nature
Of those hsroin mentioned, ono must look
in upon that body 10 propria personns. If
CLAGGETr is on the floor, you may have to
stay day or two in order that you may be
able to observe that there are other members
in the House besides the Speaker and the
an from Lee" In the course of a
week if ULAGGErr is snywise unwell,
Is usual, he may not be on his feet more
ie A. 49,. .nJ tho yest If thu time