The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1860-03-31
|fDffORIlE coRREsF ON EIlsCE.
DEs Norsxs, March Goth 1850.

DIS NoIsxs, March 10Th 1850.
The Lesislaturs has now entered upon
the last week Of ito session, with an snor-
| nous amount Of business yes un6nishsd.-
Nearly all the appropriation bills are yss
xndispossd Of, ss well a. many other matters
Of general Importance. Prom this date
forward, business will doubtless be pushed
with inconsiderate haste, much to the detri-
mont, l fear, Of the interests Of the people.
| But, such 10 the history Of legislative bodies.
All the important business 10 crowded
through during the closing days Of the
session. a change in this regard, is "eon-
snnatien dsvoutly to be wished"
Many important measures have been
acted upon during The past tea days. One
bill was passed both houses, which may
concern the people Of Western Iowa, some.
what. 1t prohibits counties and cities from
taking stock 10 Railroad companies, or
other corporations, and declares that all
bonds or other evidences Of debt issued
hereafter BY any city or county, for any
such purpose, shall be held and considered
null and void. A good bill, take it, and
one that win help the people Of Council
Bluffs and Pottawattamie County out Of
their present "snap."
Tho grant Of land made by Congress to
aid in the construction Of Railroad along
the 42d parallel, and which, after fierce
and protrsctcd struggle was taken from tae
old exploded Ait Limo Railroad Company,
has at length been disposed Of, and the
"lobby'' thus set at rest. The Senate, on
Saturday last, turned the said grant over to
the Cedar Rapids and Missouri River Rail
road Company; not, however, without first
having placed around the grant the most
stringen: safeguards. On Saturday evening
the Lobby" gave great "blow,ous at
the Des Moines House. Champagne flowed
freely-ditto whiskey-and fun and joviality
were then and there present. am told.
Some days since, a bill was brought up in
tho House, which proposed nothing more
nor less than that the State should take a
fee title to the building occupied US State
House, and assume the Indebtedness of the
School Fund Of those men who built this
building. Or, in other words that the State
should pay to the School Fund the SIS 900,
or more, now owing to that fund by the
Capitol Building Association, in considera.
ton of said Associations deciding to the
State the Capitol building. Not only that,
but as condition precedent to this trade,
tho State was required to release entirely
tho property already pledged as security for
this fund. BAKER, HALL and CLAGGETr,
among the Dem ocra.s, led of in favor of
this proposition, but GooDRELL, Of Polk,
was and is the real champion Of the measure.
CLAY CALDWELL, roughly handled this mon
trous proposition. IIc exposed, and most
completely, too, all the sophistry and spe.
cial pleading Of the advocates of this meas
urc. lie dealt staggering and stalwart
blows right and left, little rocking upon
whom they fell. 1t was a characteristic
speech-able, logical and to the purpose
and it fell with crushing weight upon those
who had calculated upon IN easy victory.
LIZ LAcnsrn, the Dem ocratic Jupiter Taurus
Of the House; PEET, the gurgliug member
from Clayton, and PArLK, the Democratic
scold from Alamakee, took up arms against
this exchange of securities. The bill was
finally laid on the table, from which its
friends will never try to lift it up, they
feeling satisfied that nothing but overwhclm-
ing defeat awaits it, should it ever be put
upon its passage. 1t sleeps the sleep that
knows no walking. May such be the fate of
all iusidious swind!es of like character.
I.sANE ASYLUM.
The Report Of tie committee appointed
to Investigate the affairs of tho Lunatic
Asylum, has been before the Legislature
for some days. 10 show that this commit
tee fail to discover any evidences Of fraud
Of corruption, propose to make few cx-
tracts from their report. This report was
drawn up and is signed BY Judge J. c.
HALL, Democrat, and among other things,
says:
ave cannot too highly commend the con-
duct Of Mr.. Winslow IN his management and |
superintendcncs Of the erection OF this build |
ing. Everythin: appears to have progressed
with the most perfect systsm. Every part
Of the work appears to have been dune in
the most substantial manner, and in the
opinion Of your Committee there can be pro-
duced no other instance where the public
interest has been so carefully and success
fully followed and advanced, or where the
public haye received SO full a consider alton
for he amount expended.
"rhc Asylum is constructed upon q prin-
ciple that makes it an entirety. The whole
depends upon the completeness Of all the
parts. Tho expense Of completing the center
building and east wing will cost compare.
lively little less than the whole; the DIFF |
ference will not much exceed twenty Eve
thousand dollars.
"Consilern. the aacaoccd state towards
completion OF the institution, the large sum
Of money acsa1l!y expended, the great aud |
increasing public necessity for such an in
stituticn, your Committee can see hut one
course to be pursued.
$40 refuse to 60 forward we lose the in-
crest of all that has been expended, which
in two years will amount to sum that would |
20 far toward completing the building, and
by delay, the most unfortunate class Of hui.
man beings, will suffer two years longer.
"On the other hand, to make an adequate
appropriation in the present condition of
the Treasury, and the financial embarrass.
:nents Of the country stands out strongly
against the policy. A small appropriation
will do good sum less than ninety thou.
sand dollars cannot be relied upon as sufi-
cient to complete the center building and
east wing, with the necessary out buildings;
gas works, Sc, necessary to operate. the
institution, and properly accommodate pa
ticnss. With this sum your Committee be-
lievo accommodations for from oBe hundred
and fifty to two hundred patients can be
provided, and that every consideration Of
duty towards this unfortunate class Of peo-
pie requires that such APPROPRIATION be made
by the present Legislature. With this sum
your Committee believe that the institution
will be in readiness BY the drst Of January,
loGl, at the latest"