The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-03-09
Hon. IL. =. Hunt.

Hon. Il. T. Hunt.
Among the members Of the Senate we are
not sorry that our personal friend b. II. HUNT,
of Clayton, has already won his way to dstinc
ton. He has got the talent in him, and, to use
ahomeiy phrase, he requires to have it punched
out of him by little sarcastic contradiction
Naturally good tempered and unobtrusive, it i.
labor for him to arouse. bu. when some
friend (D excitcs him to action, you can be,
he II ego for" his opponent every time. He is
liberal politician hardly nervy enough tC
fight his own party when he knows it is wrong
and he knous that is more than half the time
Socially he is a trump, intellectually full
match for any of his Senatorial associates.
Our Des Mones correspondent last week
named two other personal (and in these
cases polticaD friends of ours, in way to
please us. R. B. RICHARDS, of Dubuque, is one
of the leading orators and rcasoners of Iowa
while CHARLEY PAuLk, of Allamakec, is as
faithful to his convictions Of right, as brave in
their defence, and as able to protect himself in
parliamentary debate rs ''the tattcst of them. =
About the three men we have named, you will
see no effort at claptrap. that curse of legisla
tive bodies They are naturally sensible and
they cant help it; neither party association nor
an election to the Legislature can swell their
heads so but they can always tell whether they
are "afoot or on horseback
Tlr Des Moines correspondent of the Dayen.
port Gazette, under date of Feb Is, speaking
of the bill to tax Railroad property, and thus
cripple efforts to benefit the country at large by
the enhanced value of real estate, thus speaks
of our Senator.
"ihe discussion on this question has been
the ab'est of the session. In discussion
marked with so much ability, it may be deemed
out of taste to make any distinction, but | have
heard it declared that Mr.. Hunt, of Clayton
county, made the best speech this afternoon
that has been delivered in the Senate chamber
this winter. He is new Senator and has com.
ported himself with model modesty and cour.
tesy in the proceedings and debates heretofore
and those qualities did not forsake him to-day
his speech certainly placed him among the lead
crs OF the Senate "
In the legislative reports we quote the fol.
lowing condensed paragraph us giving the az,
imus of Mr.. Hunts arsument-truth, cy&y
ynfd of it: '
"Mr. HUNT was opposed to the bill on
grounds of policy. 1t was simply question OF
interest to the State, and not IA question of ab
stract right. 1t was question whether 1e
should vastly enhance the aggregate value OF
The taxable property of the State by encourag
inS railroad enterprises, or whether we should
cripple them. His constituents were deeply in
tcrested in this question. They had Il railroad
struggling in its infancy, and they desired i,
should be allowed to struggle on. He did not
advocate Il liberal policy toward these corpora
tions because he had any tenderness for the
gentlemen who had their money invested il,
them, but simply because it was 10 the intercs,
OF his constituents and to the people of the
whole State that the railroads should be built
Nor did he suppose the railroad companies were
missionaries going about doing good. They in
vested their capital for the purpose of making
money. But this did not change the fact tha,
! the result was to enhance the value Of every
acre OF land in the State, and the plice of every
product OF agriculture, which was the great in
terest OF the State, and without the prosperity
OF which there was no prosperity for the State.
| Politically, Hunt is not tavorite with Us
nor should we vote for him again, on the track
with "Uncle Dave" his late opponent, but VIZ
like NAN, no matter how widely he differs
from us, and feel as though we did but dut,
in commenting him. Sorry "B. T." was chair
man of the late Rep. State Convention, but a
it was only "temporary" we wave scolding til
We meet him in person.