The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-01-30
CAPITOL consEsponDENcE.
Drs MONIES, Jan. 26, 1862.


plished as yet. The House, on Friday,
passed bill instructing County Treas
urers to accept U. s. Treasury notes and
the issue of the State Bank of Iowa in
payment of taxes, and another one. as
Stunning the payment and collection OF the
Federal tax by the State. The clause
nstructins County Treasurers to accept
the issue Of the State Bank of Iowa, was
met by a very strong opposition, and would
very likely have been defeated if not re-
stricted to two years only. There are al.
ways great many trifing "wheroases
and resolves" introduced and inquiries
into this and that insignificant subject
made, which takes away large portion
of the most valuable time from the mem
bers, and necessarily the money from the
people. The business of the different
committees is daily increasing, apd as
long as no reports are made by them,
the expedition of business naturally gets
tardy.
A decidedly rich scene took place in
the House on Thursday last. MIR. Nc
Lenan Democrat from Dubuque county
| introduced resolution to the effect that,
| Mt least one-fourth Of the time of the
General Assembly be devoted to the leg
islation for white man, and that the ssrri-
| ccs Of an intelligent contraband be eni-
ployed to carry resolutions, de-, affecting
the status of his brethren, from both
branches Of this Legislature to the court
of His Majesty, the Kng IF Dahoney.
The resolution was partly intended as
hit upon the Republicans OF the House.
but the tables we're Immediately turned
upon the mover Of the resolution, and
/ upon motion of MIR. Lane Of Scott, refer
red to the delegation Of bubuque. Some
Of the Dubuque delegation thought the re
ference was only moved to the delegate O
Dubuque, which, however, was negatived
a nd the mover of the resolution made or
Intellectual effort to withdraw it, t.
which objections were made and the reso
luton 90 referred On the next morning
after the reading Of the Journal, correc
tons being in order, some member object
ed to that part thereof relative to the King
Of Dohomey, having mistakenly under
stood 1t to mean Mahony.
The subject Of the Prohibitory Liquo
Law assumes great deal of interest Of
both sides Of the question. Petitions TO
more stringent prohit tive law and thos
for license law are very numerous ant
of the latter class, one was introduce,
yesterday from the northern part of tn
State, measuring some forty feet. will
about $500 signers. If petitions do an,
good, this one is certainly Columbia
of the heaviest calibre and ought to pro
duce breach wherever it lights. GET
tainly think some reform very necessar
on this subject So far, the law has re
NAMED dead letter on the statute book
and instead of producing good results
: has effected the contrary. A law place
on the statute book and not obeyed, SCI
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decidedly bad precedent and is demo
: alizins to the country living under it,
The disobedidence to one law is an argr
). ment in favor Of disobeying another, an
the evil effect of the looseness in this r,
} spect is very evident in the present sta
of our distracted country. The queslic
, then will naturally suggest itself to evel
$ mind, can more stringent law on Il
l. subject be enforced, or would it be We
y to have it forever wiped out Of the statu
book? The prohibitory law has mo
significantly failed in every State whe
the experiment was made, and think Il
: further attempts in our State in its beha
would prove utter folly. We are Nh agr
cultural State, and the inquiries Of mi
as to the moral of the thing. when mo
: is to be made out of one thing than Il
!. other, does not go great lengths. v
" can realize more profits by manufacture
our corn into alcohol than feeding it
hogs to make pork. The farmer 9;
Ia hardly sell his corn because he cannot J
Sc alize anything for it. and he cannot man
G. facture it into alcohol because that is pr
3 hibited by law. There is no sale for por
70 no sale for corn, and consequently the ia
= mer keeps it either for seed or let's it RI
80 and for all the alcohol that we use in Il
4, l. Il II.