Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1862-02-08
FROM THE STATE CAPITOL.
DEs MONIES, Jan. 9th, 1852.

Our Legislative body seem to follow in
the wake of the National Congress, in
wasting time ia quafrelling over the sep.
crate interest Of partizanSIavorites for
place and profit. There haslbeen eonsid
cradle strife over the selection Of Posi-
Master for that body and his compeusa
tion-scms members uroing the payment
o! large per diem, thereby removing the
necessity of.steallngs, seeming to argue
that this is one Of the Accomplishments of
men getting into position of trust in
that Hon. body. Such may be the case
with the aspiring Of the party i" power
The claims Of the Frontier Rangers for
extra service on the Rock river and Cor
rectionvi|e expeditions, in all, ten days
service-as you see noted in the Legisla.
tive reports has passed through the Com
mittee on Claims, and reported back to the
House. recommending its passage On
motion, the rules were suspended and the
Bill put upon its final passage. But
"wide awake" thought he saw niger
in the fence" lie had been informed by
o gentleman that travelled through :hat
section Of country at the time of the al
lodged troubles with the Indians, and there
was no necessity Of military service, and
the whole movement. in the matter was
made in Sioux City, for the purpose Of
getting military company stationed there
for the purpose Of making times brisk
This accusation needs no reply. The
II alter was finally re.commit,ed to Com on
, military affairs, and will be reported on. |
thin, 10 morrow, the 2Sth inst. The
greatest objection, CT TIE one seeming to
have the mos. right, is that Of recedcnt,
not bu: that the clam is just, but if allow
ed will open the way Cor large amour. IF
claims from ether portions Of the State Of
similar nature, j. e. in repellins seces-
sion invaders from Missouri; or ia other
words, if the State pays this claim she
will have to pay other jus: ones against
her, aud the financial position is such. to
do so, she will become bankrupt. Bu. the
Governor has selected persons on each
committee to stand guard over the Trea.
sury, to see that none but par,izan favor
ties get nip" Bully for the Governor
l have just read an article in the Gin
| cinnati Press, Of the 30th ult, t.ken from
an Indiana paper Of late date, pitching
into the new county organizations of Clay,
Sioux, o Brien, Plymouth, etc, protesting
| to z i've an outline OF the swiniiing opera.
tons of the officers Of them, intended evi
IDENTIFY as Eo,ics to non resden, tax pay
ers Of their having to pay enormous tax,
which the author claims goes into the
pockets OF rascally officials, and tax pay.
ing agents in Sioux City. think from
! some assertions in the article, and state
msn,s Of judicial facts, and other reasons,
can surmlse as to the author, and am
sorry to be compelled to think, that he,
! having received the support OF the people
he now so knowingly ISLANDERS by such i'm
putations, would s,oop to this, ana that
his political star has sunk SO low 4! nome
oy reason of speculation and political
tr.ckery, that he must go into neishbor
ing State and resort to such n course to
make capital Tor future adsancement.-
The reason that | have particularly for
| believing tina. the article came from his
pen, that it speaks OF a Judicial fact, and
himself personally connected Herewith,
that the knowle lge thereof is not general
The falsity Of the article consists in the
assertion that taxes are levied for bailding
school houses, court houses and bridges,
aid they are only castles built Of air -
Now, is this the tac,2 Clay county has
bull, court house and several good, sub
stantal bridges. So has Plymouth county.
Dickinson county has also bailt school
house, and has now in course of erection
a brick court house. O'Bren has built,
or in the course Of erection, bridges over
her streams, as also has Sioux county, and
| think instead as is urged by The article
in question OF retardng the settlement,
these improvements bold out inducements
to actual settlers, and are beneficial to
Iandholders instead OF detrimental.
OCCASIONAL.