The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-03-03
BURLINGTON, sATf1 1URDAY, AlARGH.a 1850

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i Ret conprssnise, mcss fcsesnstely, sad nothinl
VS. thsn doae. Nov ths naani6sst jdatice, deaa
e,racy and econony q tie systea sre y plaiply
sesu whoa eonsrastod with he present, fhat op
| r ,sition y robbed Of it, power.
II = not the legitimate compensation Of -
cerA under any system Of county government
however high their salaries may =, that mAkei
government burdensomc and otious q the pec-
pie, but Il is the robbery pfacticed under colo!
* Law, os tlls contracts mads upon inadeqsate
Information or incompetsnt j~lgmenA that suck
| the treasury Of thousands nfs dollars IN single
Transaction, that produces that result
4 test yo:owas had on this bin on . motion
70 strike out snperyisof and insert three commits
Goners, and resulted largely in favor Of TIE bill
This subject haye advised you Vas also pnaer
consideration In the Senate. and the prospect =
favorable for its passage there. M
That body to-day passed joint resoiutlon Tor
adjournment on the 26th OF March. The House
wlil hardly act on Y At presenk Inc senate
have agreed to take up the new code next Mon
day, and work on il steadily till completed.
The committees have made quite large num-
bcr Of ameHdmccts 70 almost every chapter. The
Seuate may be able TO get thfo0gh ths yqEk y
two or three weeks but, with the opposition Of
that ever debating ex'Jadge Ct Aeoknk y VII
take the House an INDEFINITE period OF time TO
dispose oft. 9se
By-the-way, foreman and Claggct had another
coilslon yesterday. There was bill mp TO reg
uiase the administration Of oaths 1t provides
the witness shall be sworn in that 1nannef,- the
oifcef knows Or the witness shFlg state, is most
binding on his conscience. Clagget declared it
was the concealed object to force the Catholics
to swear on the cross. He declared the code
now provided the witness should be sworn a be
should declare was most binding on his own con-
science. ssa. 8 s. .s5
Caldwell and Bush Clark both denied that the
code had any such provision Y
Clagget said he knew it had, and be had been
Judge and ought to know.
Soon after lie returned with the lst vol. Of
Greenleaf ON evidence, and acknowledged he was
mistaken, and said it was the law of evidence and
proceeded to read from Greenleaf
BERGMAN asked IL he called Greenlcaf good
authority.
Clagget wanted to know where he (Bereman)
came from, to ask such question.
Bereman replied, from Henry county, where
Judge Clagget had held that Greenleaf was mot
good authority
Clagget replied, it was Starkie and not Grec,,-
leaf that he held not good authority.
Bereman replied that the Judge refused to
hear Greenleaf read in court, and said he (Clag-
get) knew as much of law Of evidence as Green.
leaf }7 gAf Hs
oiasget pronounced u all false
"hen bereman sends after the proof, as he
aid a lew days since, some democrat, for the
Judge, will object to its reading. @
That bill passed the House.
Inc SENATE yesterday and the day before, had
up the bill Tor TN appropriation to complete the
Blind Asylum ut Vinton. The whole subject Of
Republican extravaganza took another airing !
from Neal, Duncomb Go.
Drummond, in behalf OF the bill, did not pre- |
tend but the commissioners had exceeded the law |
IN the plan ofths building. The State had ap- |
propriated $40 600, which sum, with s. 5000 con-
tributed by Vinton. <upon consultation with the |