St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-02-23
From the Capital.

E. G.. Bowdoin. Member of the Gen.
eral Assembly from this District, for a
copy of bill, by Mr.. BERGMAN, rela-
ting to State Printing and the Duties
of State Printer; also a bill for " an
Act authorizing School Districts and
Sub-Districts to levy taxes for school
purposes" This latter bill was agreed
upon by joint committee of the two
Houses on Schools, and was first Of
fered in the Senate. 1t is the desire
of the Committee to continue the pres
ent school system, but there are many
members of the Assembly who think
they know much more than the Board
of Education and of course feel them.
selves able to furnish much better
school laws. We are sure that the
Board of Education will make no quar-
rel with these men. They will have
to settle the matter with their con-
stituents. They seem to think the
Board of Education needless legis-
lative body but it will be found that
theirs is by far the least expensive
Legislation which the people have to
pay for. The Bill above alluded to,
we understand, was prepared mainly
by Judge Hall, who is known to be
the father Of our present school sys-
TEN, and is a good Democrat 1t vir
tually makes the sub-districts the prin-
cipal, and the townships the incident
For our part, we must say that we
should like to see the present school
system have a fair trial. Too frequent
changes are ruinous.
The bill providing for the resump-
ton by the State of the Air Line Rail
road Land Grant, passed the House
on the 18th inst, by vote Of 81 to
26.
The yeas were Messrs Baker, Beal, Bow
doin, Barnes Bennett, Blackboard Bemis,
bltNlntI, NaiuWcll, Ndilipbcii, VAIN vi oohl-
son, Clark of Jefferson, Conner COttell, Cow
ing, Daggctt, Darling, Davis of Jasper, Davis
of johnson, Dennison, Ellis Gillett, Glasgow,
Goodrich, Hale, Haskall, Harris, Hoag, Jones,
Kellogg Lambert. Macombcr Mccullough of
Lee, Mdlunn, Mitchell, Merrill, Morehcad,
, MOzer, Parker, Price of Lee, Price OF Musca-
tine, Riddle, Rosecrans, Robb, Ruddick, Sabin
4 Shipman, stanton, Tompkins, Whitaker, Will
hanson OF Louisa, Withrow, Wittcr and Mr.
Speakcr-J4.
The NAYS were Messrs. BERGMAN, Braccwcll
, Clark OF Dcs Mones, Claggett, Crawford, Cur
tbs, Davis of johnson, Dunavey, Edwards
: Gniff Ike. Gurley, Hotchkiss, Jennings, Lc La
chcur, Mangold, Mccullough of jackson, Mil
lard, Noble, Paulk, Poet, Quinn, Reed, Rees,
+ Robinson, Stevens, Strectcr, Taylor, Williams
, WIight-26. Absent or not voting, MeSsrs
Cue, Hedges, Hunt, Lynch, Eccs and William
g son of Warren.
The Cedar Rapids folks feel pretty
well over this result, but we beg tc
: assure them that the tug of war il
: yet to come. A large number votct
to resume, who will not vote to give
them the Land grant. This grant, Of
: its equivalent, rightfulIy belongs t.
: the McGrcgor road, and if there Ii
any justice in the Legislature and il
J. Congress, it will yet be so conferred.
u We notice tina: our Representative
Il Mr.. Bowdoin, has already presented
y several petitions from the people o
} this part of the State, asking that th
Air Line grant be returned to tin
" General Government on condition tina
i Congress gives its equivalent to tn,
: McGregor road. 1t is notorious tina
the McGregor road lost its grant b,
. fraud, and that the Air Line, a total,
: bogus and one of the most corrup
concerns ever heard Of became tn
y recipient Of what rightfuly bclonge,
to the former Now is the time f.
: this great wrong to be rightcd. lie
a righteous rctribution be mctcd on
! to the corruptionists.
On the 10th inst, the Senate wa
s engaged all day in the discussion of
e bill for an appropriation to the Insan
&c Asylum. The Asylum has been il
81 process of erection some four years
'e 1t is in design the finest institution q
Il the kind in all the west, if not in til
Il whole Union. Already have abon
d $25S,000 been expended on it am
C. another 800, 600 is asked at the hand
of the Legislature. The opposition t
H. this appropriation arises from the fac
l. that two years ago it was reprcscn
- ed to the Legislature that the 500
u 600 then appropriated would complet
the building. And even last fall, DIT
- ring the campaign, the architect {
" the building reported that abou
Is SIS, 900 would complete it /; and thi
v was said in reply to the charge mad
: by the Democrats, that it would COS
u. 100000 more to finish the Asylum
a which was said in proof of Republ
f. can extravaganza. Now, the fact
Il this Mr.. Winslow is Democrat, an
r. the Superintendent of the work is
I Democrat, and some of the Colnmis
N sioners of the Asylum are Democrats
ID So the attempt for the past year t
As make this party question must fai
9 But there is no excuse for the misrc,
m reservations made to the Republca
as party as to the amount it would cos
it. to complete it.
I'd From the tenor of the debate nc
a. more than $4,000 will be appropri;
ne ted for it. Indeed, two years ago til
#. Chairman of the Committee on Way
TO and Means was induced to report tn
of appropriation Of 100000 only upo
in the belief that that amount woul
ty complete the institution. The bi