Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-01-20
REPRESENTATIVE HALL,
Thursday January 10 1890


FRIEND JOURNAL The proceedings in ell
ther house have been somewhat spicy, and
fear that in the extreme carnestness of mem
bers to economize, the thing economy will be
run into the ground There is an economy
which is no more nor less than parsimonous-
ness. There are many, economists who are
mere skinfints, and scrimp actual necess
ties, to avoid luxuries. 70 my mind it looks
exceedingly small in the Legislature of a
great and populous State, starving men upon
ST. who really earn $3. The Democratic
members have experienced a sudden attack
of economy" They strain at gnats and
swallow camels. They vote to dock the wa
ges of hard working officials, who work early
and late. For instance, Clerks whom former
Legislatures thought should receive ten or
twelve dollars per day, for their almost un-
ceasng labors, these Solonic economists, now
propose to feed and furnish clothing at four
dollars per day. Two years ago, the Senate
found it absolutely necessary to employ two
tiremen, and gave them four dollars and fifty
cents per day, each. Now they compel one
formed by two, and are willing to pay him
only two dollars and fifty cents. But Tom
Clagset can arise from his seat on the floor
of the House, and in an insolent and ungen-
tlemanly attack upon the views expressed in
the Governors Inaugural, of over one hour
in length, put the State to an expense of
eishty-five dollars. This is one mode of
Democratic economizing. A poor fireman
must work from o'clock, A. NJ, until l or
IL at night, to satisfy the buncombe proclvi-
ties of rotten, false hearted and corrupt
Democracy. But this is the chief spoken the
Democratic wheel (cfprogress, as one Loco
just observed, who gets his three dollars and
stands up for an hour and half and blows
about VSss".'~, Harpcr's Ferry and John
Brown, a.carcefc State foots the per diem and
eighty -fis dollars, as incidental expenses.)
This is sae economy they propose to inaugu
rate ~
AsHsner illustration. The Legislature cuts
dSSHn the wages of Its employees; democratic
81 ors arise and tell their constituents that
+" cxtravagant to pay man who works
un casingly fifteen hours day, over four
dollars or two dollars per day. But they
grow very eloquent in behalf of these constit-
uents, anu very indignant at those who pro-
pose to limit the number of newspapers,
thereby reducing the expenses of the State
nearly four thousand dollars per annum.
Could the voters of this State, who last fall
listened to the hypocrtical appeals Of these
men on the stump, have been present in the
Senate this morning and heard Duncombe, of
Webster, Neal Of Marion, and johnson, of
Wapello, urge this extravagant system, they
would have raised a united voice of contempt
for these pretended friends of retrenchment
and reform The speeches made by them the
first days of the session. were all for effect,
but to-days acts have given the direct lie to
their pretensons
The Supreme Judges held session last
evening. Judge Lowe having drawn the
short term, is, by virtue thereof, Chief Jus
tice of Iowa. Judge Baldwin drew the four
years term, and Judge Stockton the long
term.
The premium offered by the State Agricul
tural Society, for the best five acres of wheat
last year (being one of Mannys Reaping Ma
chnes) was awarded yesterday to David S.
Hunt residing near Vinton, Benton county.
Quantity of wheat raised to the acre 42 bus.
and 81 pounds 1t would give me much plea
sure to enclose description of the Agrcu't
ural College building, the plans and specifi-
cations of which were drawn by Mr.. Burt, of
Muscatine, and are now on exhibition in the
Capitol. l will do so in future communi-
cation. ZENl.