Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1864-03-31
DAVENPORT IOWA THURSDAY EVENING. MARCH 81 ssa
4 hu proposed AassAnsass ~ Ne Ctsy
ChasloG.

En-. LswecsAf :-WtsA your pssosseaUu
viss 70 mskss tsw brief s00Wstts and re-
-srgs On pU,pts dise.sssd ~ ID L. c"s
his letter oi Tuesdsy evening Fret. then be
hAs hss edcb,t,el sbSugh 70 ruin hs argue
mers. and ,h. favored sshe0s Cf The hond
,useabstoss. vho sse bshtud the sssae. he
sdmits, that s7s000 Q. The bss1s vses issced
" In 6sersns vocation Of the charter" He
,h.r,ioss .. shows sstsssetisIly shas Be 10 II fs-
vor Of shs city sssesiny sod payiGs at lssss
A7odOO wos.6 u bon ., wAish fs isssdsleat.
.si ssd =. ID. And oil Tbs V - BE- dsss. ws
believe II the train eoaid Be, koowD. .fos tns Tee
.ft Of . few Who have bosoht up thsss
v.rthlsss bonds at . po0inai vslas. Whssh-
er there ere any tor her portion Of these bonds
fraudulent the does nos tsll:us directly. .Iss ws
ars ,aslissd u. .shtnk that fell and ssir AS
v~r 70 all the qessliens fths Other estSsIe %
g., would develop some startling Sss's wniss
~ may spesk Of hereafter.
ID. L. $ al Q says, that eubstqosss leg
islsture, rstif~d thsss fraudulent bonds and
that ''ths oni, qaes,ions no. y. wheehss ans
Legislature had power TO give validity TO
bonds. ,seusd withouslegal susheri,y" Nov
or. this ought 10 bs no qsssu0n whstesse-
An, man Who 10 compstsnt TO talk sbout the
courts Of this State and the UnWsd 6tstAs;
ought TO know, that no Legislature cen msts
thse, bond valid whish were iraud.lsstly is-
susd.
secondly, ID. L. s." shows. that there are
Only 4Ay 900 Of said bonds issusd 10 1866 and
tiU7 .OvO issued 10 1867 4 1865. bat what
shsss may be . defence 10. Where then ais
the other &lsOOO0 or 0ors
Thirdly, I'D. LIS" ssys, 'scne question
hes bees made whsther tbs sinking fund may
not BE- div vertsd 10 The psy ymsot VI bonds that
ere not renewed" Nov. what d.ss ibis
mean, The proposed smsndmsats read -
.. the city eouseii shall have authority 10 re-
any bouds heretofore issusd by ,bs city Ct
Dsvspporl" Does not this include al Does
IL not il cluje $3.50 O00 to which hs ADMITS
there may be . defence Will not these
bouds to which there may be defense, be
The fr-t ones which the helders will hssteu
TO ave rsuewsdf Aud shs city council or
- L 81 would have NO power. Ut they
we're die, Deed 10 prevent such renewal
Four,hiy, d L. 8. Gays that COMMITTEE Of
the Council obtained the z. quisits num- er Ct
signs.urss" Nov. ws have no intention Of
blaming the committee or Counol. who Ne
suppose acted 10 good tai,h. but ws are credit.
ably infos ned asd believe that eaid signatures
we're not fairly obtained from the signers With
Q kno ledge Of the pa;urs Of the proposed
smend dmsbts. Not one hsif Of tLoss Who
.igued ssid petition will ever vote Tor said
smeLdmerts. 50 t
F.f.bly. d L. 8. ssys that the wy this
question hes been br.ught before the people
.',s come > hat unus0-l. lot IL 10 not unfs ard
should , OF sagsest eosp,sisu TO any one Who
Il DOT haoky BY nsssrs." Nos, sD will
ing to su bisit j. 70 the people of tLis city Who
. the Aanty. the wsn % s,shss his srn. nd.
m.ns ,c go throu III ''stii, or" and e. sugar.
opst che fraud aud pscalat ons of . t,w s:".k
j .hbsrs. te the y jaey of 'he whole peopls. "r
shoss ~ho sish 70 haze tut stsssmsnt u
be matter laid tesoss the tscpte AID w,tn
= mere reference 10 one mafs point, the
defer further comment III sems Ot the inio-m-
s,ion dssis ID shall b We been gwen.
In ce. c,u Ion sish TO OH att n'ioe TO the
la. ,srag.sph a. d L :. He d.hsnt'y t-'Ie
~ tha. ",bo.e v ;" have DO frortr'y tC b.
,sx. d" csnno, be sff.c ID ~ this al en- men,
. .r ci,is.us ~i!l ses whe her THAI Intended
Is sn appeal to noo-psoperty hoidsrs u sot"
that property no der. shs. be stiil iur her .r-
dsn.d to pay there sorst'e.s bonds. ).