The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1860-03-15
From the Capital.
Dies MONIES, March 5. Is6,

begin to despair of being able to get
any news to you from here, within any
time which will be of any service. i
wrote You quite a long letter in time to
have appeared, as | thought, in your pa
per of the Esd ult., but it appeared to
have failed. l will try again, however,
and if 10 days is enough to get a letter
to you, this will reach, extraordinary
casualties excepted. l am as yet unable
to inform you of the the passage through
both houses Of more than one or two i'm.
portant measures. The bill postponlng
the meeting of the Board of Education
until 1865, needs only the signature of
the Governor TO become law. 1t is
contended by many that this bill indirect
ly violates the Constitutional provision
which prevents the Legislature from
abolishing the Board until the year 1868.
Some say the Gov. will not sign it on
that account.
There are very few important bills that
have as yet passed either house. The
supervisor bill has been up for consider
alton in the House. and the fact has been
demonstrated that it agiH pass that body.
Nevertheless it is yet slumbering on the
files. Two or three days of last week, in
the House, were devoted TO the Liquor
question. CLAGGETT's license bill was
postponed Ill the 4th of July by deci-
sive vote, and bill introduced by WITH
ROW, of Henry, repeating the lager beer
amendment, and perfecting the old law
in many of its details, was ordered to its
third reading by 10 of a majority.
The Democratic members have been
endeavoring to make political capital out
of Gov. KIRKwooD's refusal to deliver up
CoppIc to the authorities Of Virginia.
About two thirds of the time, they sue
coed in devoting to this sort of bum
combe. When the Republicans demand
the previous question, as they are com
PEELED to do on some occasions, they find
fault because they are g gagged down"
and not permitted to waste the time
Yesterday, in the House, Bennett, of
Marion, democrat introduced a reso,
luton calling upon the Governor for in
formation why he refused, and how Cor
PIC was informed OF the fact of requi-
sition in time to escape DC, which was
passed, of course. Well, to-day, the
Gov. sent in communication in reply,
in which the Democrats got more than
they bargained for, and they voted in
sold column against a motion to print
5000 copies of it. l assure you the
document will be eminently satisfactory
to every lover of freedom and Justice
I will send you copy when printed.
A Bill has passed the Senate, and will
probably become law, providing t hat
Jury fee shall be taxed to the losing par
ty, in proportion to the time spent in the
trial of the cause, and reducing the pay
ofJurors to 81, so per day.
There is probability of a bill passing,
to give Co. Courts limited civil or
criminal jurisdiction. Also one to di-
vide the offices of Treasurer and Recor
der, and one TO pay the officers by fees.
The Office of Com. of Des Moines Riv-
er Improvement has been abolished.
Senator WILSON, of Jefferson county,
has introduced bill to give defendants
in mortgage cases months to answer
This is intended W avoid the dif1lculty OF
passing law TO give redemption upon
mortgages already executed, which by
many is deemed unconstitutional. 1t
gives the relief before judgment and de-
cree, instead of after. 5a
The Democratic Convention met here
on the 22d ult. You have doubtless
been advised of its proceedings by the
papers. A portion of the doings, was
not suffered to see the light through the
Democratic organ here. Of all the bois-
ferrous and rebellious assemblages of men,
this capped the climax. Italmost equal
ed the conventions of the Bowery boys
in old Tammany. There was quite a
sprinkling of Buchanan men in The con-
venton, and they were very uneasy and
troublesome, though not able to carry
any point. One OF them, apparently for
the purpose of showing up the inconsst-
ency of "Squatter Sovereignty . intro
duced resolution declaring that the
people Of the Territories Of right ought
to elect their own Governor and Judges.
This was signal for terrible squall.
and for while there was confusion
worse confounding." CONSERVATION was
depicted upon every Douglas face
What to do, was the question. Here
was an" elephant " difficult to be dis
posed of. Finally, after " Our Ben "
had declared himself in favor of it, d. o.
FINCH, one of the Delegates, and an orig
inal Douglas man, jumped up, and in an
excited manner denounced the resolu-
ton, and warned his Douglas friends
that if they undertook to stretch the
principle of squatter soyerei gnty too far,
they might stretch themselves. Quite a
row was also kicked up in consequence
of a resolution offered by one WALKER, a
delegate from this county, pledging the
Democracy of Iowa to swallow uncondi-
tionally and cheerfully all that might be
done at Charleston. Objections were
made to it from all parts Of the hall, and
a dozen delegates gathered around WAL
KER and endeavored to prevail on him to