Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-01-27
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Y JsuIsry 10th. 1860.


Jsnaary 10th, 1850.
DHAl JouHHAL The enthusiastic Con-
ention Of The great National Republican
'erty having closed ID sessions. last evening,
nd most Of the delegates having returned to
heir homes, the assembled wisdom of the
capital has again set itself at work. Both
ranches Of the Legislature, after . three
lours' session, this morning, adjourned, to
i've the various committees an opportunity to
commence their labors. Every one seems
determined to expedite business. At as rapid
ate as circumstances will admit. An immense
mount Of work is before them. The hard
imss call for = rigid retrenchment in State
md county expenditures, and reform in every
'raneh Of tho government will be carefully
tut speedily effected. The numerous frauds
,racticed Upon the ballot box, the corrupt
Ittempts to strengthen the outposts by
voters, the crowding to the polls Of
minors. travellers, and foreigners without their
irst papers, demand and will secure from the
present Legislature the passage of some
stringent and practical law, protecting the
purity Of elections. The failure Of the crops
n our agricultural districts, disappointing the
hopes and blighting the fairest prospects Of
he honest and hardy sons Of the soil, who, in
more prosperous times, had erected the
dwelling. the barn, the crib, enclosed their
fields, provided themselves with mechanical
lime and labor savers, and by these worthy
and commendable efforts involved themselves
and their homes in debt, demand and will
secure some relief BY statute. A law subject
ing the property of railroad corporations to
taxation, compelling them to fence their
tracks, and give the hard working creditor in
their employ an opportunity to secure the
reward of his toll, over the head of bonds and
mortgages, will undoubtedly pass. The cur.
tailment Of the unlimited powers of our
County Judge system, regulation of COM
pensation of county officers. and many, very
many, other necessary reforms, will be under
The people may hope for
much good from the present Legislature. 1t
is composed Of practical men. In the House,
there is Goodrell, Baker, Caldwell, Bowdoin,
BERGMAN, and others of less public notoriety,
but none the less able and practical. In the
Senate, Wilson, Of Jefferson, Wilson, Of Du.
buque, Rankin, Bowen, Scott, Powers, Bussey
and Trumbull are leaders that cannot be easily
led into the adoption of false or impolitic
measures.
And here will digress and refer to the
proceedings in the Senate, yesterday. l do
so because it illustrates the beautiful (in) con.
sistency Of that misnomer, sometimes recog-
nized under the assumed name of Democracy.
The event to which refer established beyond
all controversy that the Democratic party, as
now organized, is fearfu.ly corrupt and wick.
edly deceitful. They profess to have pure
and untarnished escutcheon, and, assuming
all the purity, all the virtue there is in society,
they take every opportunity to blacken and
ruin the fair fame and name Of everything
that does not worship at its black shrine.
Duncombe, of Webster, introduced q bill,
abolishing the Office Of state Printer and
Binder. The course of the Republicans
upon this measure b ID been de- ermined I'D.
ON in caucus, anticipating its introduction.
The Democracy m we'd to refer to selec,
Committee the Republicans to the Com.
mittee on Judiciary. Democracy offered
several amendments Davis, OF Clinton, at
last moved to amend, by instructing the
Committee to report history Of the Pub
lie Printing and Binding from tile State
organization down to the present. "Lor' a
Aassy," as the negroes say, what autter-
ing was produced among the Buek.Africana
Jairus, of Marion, and Granny Bailey, Of
Van Duran, thought the judgment day was
at hand.
After they had vented their spleen, they
were very handsomely dressed down by
plethoric phleg'natic Davis, Of Polk, and
Wilson, of Jefferson. Wilson referred to
the charges of corruption and extravaganza
in . manner that caused the Republicans
present to fael thrill of enthusiasm and
delight over his eloquent vindicati,n of their
party-while the Buck. 4 frieans hung their
heads, looked abashed, quaked aud tre.n bled
and held their silence. Bailey, Of Van Buren,.
to make lame reply, in which he
said that the Republican party bad soithered
under the charges-their days were nu,n.
bered--when Rankin, Of Lee, quietly arose
and asked show it was in Van Bursn--,0ho
had withersd therei'' Bailey undertook to
explain how old Democratic Van Barren
had sent Republican Representative and
gave Republican majority. But his ex.
PLANTATION only created universal laugh.
Would time and space admit would like
TO offer a..few comments upon the career of
Lieut.. Gov. Rusch-the manner in which he
brings down short.boy Johnston, who
boasted that he would make the President
The laughing stock of the Senate tables,
however, being turned. Zsx1.
@t DEsxoINEs, Jan. 81, 1860.
EDITOR JOURNAL Our new Lieutenant
Governor is not only proving himself good
presiding officer, but now and then displays
Very happy streak of native wit. This morn.
ng, in the course of some remarks, in the
Senate, by DR.. Bowen, of johnson county, in
which several truthful and forcible hits at the
10 called Democratic party were made, Senator
Johnson, Of Wapello county, called the DR.. to
rider, stating that he believed it to be out of
rider for any gentleman to demolish the
Democratic party. The President Immediately
lecided that the DR.. could proceed with his
emarks, at the same time giving it as the
pinion of the chair that ut Is never cut OIL
rdsr to densolish the Democratic party"
his opinion, (Which, by the way, is certainly
orrect.) Of course, caused much laughter,