The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1862-02-04
Correspondence of the Guardian.

House OF REP. Dies MONIES, IowA)
JAN. %, 1862. {
FRIEND R1cH There has as vet very
little of interest TRANSFERRED in this Gener
al Assembly. We have had some excl
ting resolutions on the war question and
the Governors Inaugural, all OF which
have been submitted to the Committee
on Federal Relations. From present in
dications that committee will not report
very soon, but yet they may burst forth
upon us some day like volcano. When
they do, you can expect, if you watch
the proceedings OF tie House, to see an
account of some tall blus,er. There are
a few Democrats in the House that have
little surplus gas that they must be al.
loved to get off before they can rest easy
The Republican members mostly seem in
clined to proceed with the ordinary bus
mess of the session. and meet the De.
mocracy as fast as an opportunity of.
fers.
The Game Law that was reported by
the Representative from your county,
from the Judiciary Committee, was re-
TERED TO The Committee on Agriculture
and the Chairman Of that committee has
reported against any change in the law,
protecting game. So there will proba
bly, be nc alteration in that law this win.
ter. The House is now just fairly or
gained, IS they this morning swore in
their Postmaster.
The business of the Session seems to
me TO be just fairly begun. The House,
in Committee of the Whole, TO day re.
ferred the Governors Message TO the ap
propriate Sanding Committees.
One of the delegates from Dubuque,
introduced resolution to-day, that it
ives the duty of the General Assembly to
legislate, at least, one fourth of the time
for the white man, and that an in;elli-
gent contraoand be employed by the
House to convey news of the peculiar
status of his brethren to the King of Da-
honey. He moved its reference TO the
Committee on Federal Relations. The
motion TO refer was amended bv the
House, and the resolution was almost
unanimously referred to the delegation
from Dubuque. This seemed to be a
settler on the Representatives from that
district.
There will be a strenuous move made
TO overthrow the Supervisor system, but
| do uot think it will prevail. The op.
position are divided, and cannot make a
united stand on that question. Some
want it changed TO the County Judge
system, others to the Commissioner. But
the friends Of the system are united, and
| think will yet get through bill provi-
ding for Township Collectors.
Mr.. Lake, from the Judiciary Commit.
tee, to whom was referred resolution or
that subject, made lengthy report this
morning in favor of the complete town
ship organization, allowing each town to
collect its own tax and pay the same into
the County Treasurer.
Mr.. Young, from the same committee,
only day before yesterday, made a
lengthy report in favor of dividing the
Office Of Treasurer and Recorder, and
making the Recorder ex-officio Clerk Of
the Board of Supervisors, and allowing
the Treasurer percentage on the mon
ey passing through his hands
These two reports are in accordance
with the Governors Message, and meet
with general favor. Mr.. Bowdoin, OF
Floyd County, who is one of the eleven
members who were returned from the
last Generally Assembly, also favors this
system, and as Chairman Of the Commit.
tee of Ways and Means, will carry a
great deal Of influence. Mr.. Shipman
Of Muscatine County, who is Chairman
of the Committee on County and Town
ship Organization, informed one of the
members in my presence, the other day,
that be should report in favor of retain
ing the Supervisor system.
JAN. 24th.-To-day, there was sprung
upon the House, and under suspension
OF the rule passed, bill authorizing the
various County Treasurers, and the State
Treasurer, to receive and pay, in all cas-
es, as money, the notes of the Branches
of the State Banks of Iowa and the Uni
ted States demand Treasury notes. 1t
will, undoubtedly. pass the Senate and
become a law.
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