Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1866-02-16
of the Cedar Falls Gazette.

Morgan Ed,rdrds the ReViUaiist ni
Des MOi,.es.
Correspondence of the Cedar Falls Gazette.
DEs MONIES, Feb 5, 1885,
Messrs. Editors: Since my last letter
was written the Legislature has fairly
got under way, and a legion OF
bills have been introduced some
important and some very uuin,poytan,
some pass and some are sent to A" King.
dom come" The Judiciary Com.
mittee squirm little when they repor,
bill back to the House and recon-,
mend that it "do pass" to see some
one who does not belong to the legal
fraternity rise and move it's indefinite
postponenent, thus casting an imputa,
ton upon the mature judgment OF that
learned body of the wisdom of Iowa
but such is the disposition OF more than
one-and you will see the imperative
necessity of some one coming to grief,
when l tell you that about l3O have
been introduced into the House, and
about 50 into the Senate. am almost
of the opinion that the man who man.
ages to kill the most bills is the greatest
benefactor of the State. The fact is we
need few new laws and some changes
in the old, and but q fer.
There are two bills regulating Rail-
road charges before the House now, and
one, stringent in its character, ,oiN pass
both branches of the Legislature, the
opinion of the Attorney General, that
the Legislature cannot regulate them
by law, to the contrary notwithstand-
ing.
a bill will be introduced this week
providing for a levy of one-half mill on
the dollar for the support Of the Iowa
Soldiers Orphans Home. Mr.. ingalls,,
the agent, and Mrs. Wittenmeyer, are
here with delegation of Orphans from
Davenport giving concerts. Last Fri
day evening they sung in the Repre-
sentative Hall, and yesterday at three
O'Clock p. NJ, public meeting was
held at the same place. The Orphans
sung and several gentleman made adj
dresses. 1t was Il very spirited and in
teresting affair. "A large appropriation
will be made for the benefit of the Or
phaus. That is right. The State should
provide for these destitute children of
Iowa's brave dead.
Another bill has made its appearance
for building and running Normal
School, which sVWnot pass this session.
There is some talk of accepting an in
vitation to visit Chicago to meet the
Wisconsin Legislature. Said invita-
ton is said to be extended by the Board
of Trade. If by going and conferring
with the Legislature of Wisconsin and
the commercial men of Chicago we
could secure reduction of freiglits on
railroads centering in Chicago, it would
pay to go but if We are going just to
see the sights of the western Gotham,
my opinion is it won't pay and for
fear that we shall not succeed in the
laudahle undertaking. expect to vote
against going.
L. $. Marshal Melendy is here look
ing after the safety of some of his coun-
terfeiting friends who tried to vacate
their quarters few nights since, and
would if the roosters hadn't crowed
quite so soon. They had managed to
break their chains, and We're going up
through the ceiling to see what the out
side world was doing.
see by your ClarksviIle letter of last
week that the Butler County Arg,,s is
" ni"s-caum-a-rous." Well, so goes the
world. Senator Powers and myself had
just subscribed for our individual selves
land had paid the regular "spoadulix")
for the term of one year. Add to this
the fact that had ordered forty copies
during the session of the Legislature.
(I thought would help the home or
gan and add still to this that | had
the cash to the editor to pre-
pay the postage on said forty copies for
three months. and to all this the fact
That had sent numerous pub. docs"
and papers. and last, though not least,
(?l several long letters for publication,
&c, &c, ct. cetera, and you can have a
faint idea how felt when | walked up
to the fact that the best. the nbiest. the
LARGEST. and the most INFLUEN-
TIAL paper in Butler County had gone
to to- to- las the stump orator once
said when he ran ashore for language)
" achere shall say? ?" hope the rat
tling corpse of that defunct sheet will
follow the editors until they-get tired
Of it. That's all.
The Dubuque Times admits the truth
Of my statement in regard to iail mat
ters i'm that city. and declares that
" laundering don't do anv good.
The increase Of the District and SUI
preme Judges salaries has had a pretty
full hearing in the House and the prob
ability is now that compromise will
be effected. giving the District Judges
81 500 and the Supreme Judges S2,25o,
or possibly $500.
The Rev. Morgan Edwards. the Ban
tist Evangelist. who left your city so
abruptly few weeks since. is now in
this city holding a series of MEETINGS,
with fair prospects of success. The
Baptist Church is too small to hold the
crowds that flock to hear him.
and so the Presbyterian Minister has in
vited him to occupy his church. He is
an eccentric. earnest man, and that
class of preachers are as necessary to
the different denominations as the COM
cts are TO the solar system.
But have already spun this letter
out too long. and will close.
Yours Truly, CLEANER
SOME OMITTED STATISTICS OF THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY.