The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-01-23

DEs MONIES, Jan. 10. 1869.

DEs MONIES, Jan. 10. 1869. y
Ed. GATE CRY The Legislative As.
sembly here is now in fine working Or
der. Mr.. Rush Clark makes fine Speak
er, and appears to hare the esteem Of all
the members. Lieut.. Governor Needham
is now presiding over the Senate, and may
make a good officer. Lieut.. Gov. Ruscb,
the predecessor Of Mr.. Needham, left
here for home to- day, and takes with him
the esteem and good will Of all those with
whom he was connected in his official ca
pacity.
A great number of bills have been In.
troduced, and there is every appearances
that this will be protracted session.
The County Supervisor system may per-
haps be revised, and in my opinion, we
would not be the worse off for it. 1t has
worked very badly SO far, and unless some
very radical changes are effected, the
County Commissioner system would be
far preferable. It is also proposed to in
vest County Judges with civil jurisdic-
ton in appeal eases from Justices Of the
Peace and where the amount doss not
exceed say three or FIVE hundred dollars.
This might work very we'll provided the
County Judges received salaries enough
to induce competent judges Of law to nc
cept the position, otherwise that Court
could not claim any superiority over some
of our Justices Courts
The cases of Senator'S Pollard of Davis,
and Dana Of Story, came up yesterday.
and il was decided by nineteen against
eighteen votes that those gentlemen were
not entitled to their seats. There was a
majority and minority report. The ma
jority report argues that the Senators,
Bussey and Scott. by accepting Office in
the Z. S. Army, vacated their sests in the
Senate; that, however, the claimants were
not entitled to their seats, for the reason
that the Governor did not issue his proc
lan,atien The minority report holds to
the contrary, that there Was no vacancy.
Upon what principle those claimants
were excluded if there is vacancy, l
cannot understand. Equity and justice
to those districts now unrepresented,
would require the admission of their SEN
ators, if the election was fair. even with
out the Governors proclamation. The
Senators are the judges Of law and fact
in such cases, and it would seem TO me,
rather dangerous precedent, to make
such elections always dependent upon the
Governors proclamation.
1t has been very cold here ever since
my arrival and the snow is several inches
deep. The State House stands on hill,
and the roads being made slippery on nc.
count of the snow, it is very difficult to
ascend. The descent, though. i mater.
ally facilitated I usually put myself in
sliding motion and keep on sliding until
I fnd myself placed in an inverse posi-
ton, and the feet are where the othel
extreme Of the body should he. Then NJ
and at j. again, and if one does not breal
his neck before reaching the foot Of tn
hill. he will arrive there great deal soon
er than ordinarily. This town has mucl
resemblance to another capital of very an
Gent date There are hills oil around il
whether the exact number of seven / can
not say. and it does not appear that gees
saved it. as | do not see any of that feath
cred tribe around here.
Yours