Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1860-04-06

erument the expense Of It's existence are invited to
ional District and Four Delegates large to the Con-
vention. (Signed by the Committee.) e ISL
- E. D. MORGAN. Chairman.
$ Legislature Adjourned. 4, ggiJ
Last Monday, April End, the Assembled
Wisdom Of Iowa." having been convened at
Des MONIES for twelve weeks and one day,
adjourned. Some Of the acts passed during
the session are Of the greatest importance,
while others, which were only local in their
nature, are of interest to those parts to which
they were applicable .qa.ger
Ii The Supervisor Bill, which we publish in
another place in this paper in full, is, to the
people Of this State the most important meas
pre Of the session. It does away with the
one man power" and places the control Of
County matters in the hands OF County
Board, one member Of which is elected from
each organized township in the County. The
Clerk of the District Court acts rs the Clerk
of the Board This feature Of the bill we
think might have been made more perfect, if
the Board had been left to choose their own
officers from among themselves, thus making
the County Legislature a separate body, en-
tirely distinct from any officer Of the County.
Another reason why the Clerk should not be
connected with the Board Of Supervisors is,
that in many of the older and more thickly
populated counties, the duties now imposed
upon the Clerk, as an officer of the Court, are
quite oncrous. He must necessarily keep a
deputy to whom he must pay large salary,
or neglect a part of his official business. The
present salary allowed to the Clerk does not
warrant him to pay to a deputy such sum
as win secure persons of the necessary quail
fications and experience to fill the office as it
ought to be. e saaea
The passing of the New Code is another
measure which we hope will prove to be one Of
great benefit to the legal fraternity, as well as
our Courts. The beauty Of any law is its
simplicity, plainness' and brevity. To pass
an act long as the |" Moral Law" for the pur-
pose Of effecting any object, shows either that
the law makers are not well satisfied for
what purpose they are passing the act, or
that they are trying to see how obscure laws
may be made. The latter is the case with
many acts now in force We have enough
Of them We want no more mystifcations-
no antiquities; but plain, explicit language,
without circmlocution, provisos or repetition.
Many other acts of general nature, yet Of
minor Importance, have been passed, such as
" Redemption on mortgage sales Of real es-
tate," the resumption of the land grant of
Iowa Central and comforting the same on the
Cedar Rapids and Missouri River Railroad
.i5 gr,,a Election Returns. rs5ssa
4 Complete returns from Connecticut show
that Buckingham, (Rep) for Governor, is
elected by about 57l majority The House
stands 142 Rep. to 80 Dem. Senate IA Rep.
to 7 Dem. One district deabtful. In this
election the Republicans secure U. S. Sen
ator in the place Of Lafayette4S Foster, whose
term expires on the 4th Of March, 1861. a
In Schenectady, n Y. the Republicans
elected their Mayor by 400 majority.
In Milwaukee tho Republicans lost the
Mayor, Comptroller and City Attorney, but
elected their City Treasurer by majority of
200 to 400. sis y a'.a 9 st'a1 saa
In Toledo, Ohio, the Republicans elected
all their municipal officers except one asses
sor and one constable, by an average majority
OHIO, and II ont of 12 councilmen. Toledo
heretofore has given 200 to 300 Dem. maj
The returns from the township elections in
Indiana show great Rep. gains 35 fs
The Democrats in Cincinnati have elected
their Mayor and out of II Councilmen.-
The usual Dem. majority has been 1000,
which has been decreased this spring to 700.
So much for Douglasism in the Queen City.
The chances of the Little Giant, even if SO
fortunate as to receive the nomination at
Charleston, are growing small by degrees,
and beautifully less" as the election returns
come in. From present appearances he will
be beaten worse than any other man the
sham Democracy can place at the head Of
their ticket
LINCOLN AND DoUGLAs.-Follct, Foster &
Co, Of Columbus, O., have published the oral
discussion between Messrs. Lincoln and Doug.
las while rival candidates for the United States
Senate two years ago, as reported at the
time in the journals Of ether party, adding
two speeches made in Ohio by Mr.. Lincoln
during the canvass Of 1869. The power,
and duties Of Congress with respect to slave
ry in Territories, and general points Of diff
ferancc between the Republicans and tn,
Popular Sovereignty Democrats, were
never more full canvassed than in the cours,
Of this discussion. The whole forms larg'
octave Of $50 pages, is to be issued mex
Monday and win be sold for so cents pc
single copy, s35 per hundred, and $3.50 pc