Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1866-01-11

The llth General Assembly OF Iowa
will meet at the Capitol ON the 9Th
January. The political complexion of
both branches is intensely Republican,
and of course the legislation on all vi
tai questions of political ethics, State
and National, will ~bc in the right di-
rection.
The ratification of the amendment to
the Constitution of the United States
by which slavery shall be forever pro-
hibited will be a matter Of form, as a
sufficient number of States have already
adopted il to make it effective, and as
there is no tangible sentiment adverse
to it in the State. t-rs --.r7-.-
The proposition for submitting an
amendment to the State Constitution
by striking out the word "white in
the suffrage clause, was so overwhelm-
ingly endorsed at the October election,
that there can be no question but that
the matter will be 80 submitted.
These, and the election of United
States Senator are the more prominent
matters which will occupy the time of
the session. There will, however, be
a large amount Of Legislation, the ne
cessity for which we are not prepared
to argue.
An effort will be made, as we learn,
to abolish the Board of Supervisors
and substitute in its stead the Com
missioner system. AS matter strict
ly OF economy the Commissioner sys-
TEN has the advantage, but whether il
would be more democratic or give bet
ter satisfaction to the people, is ques-
tion susceptible of argument. The
School Law too, as we infer from init.
nations we have heard, will come in
for its biennial share Of patchwork.
M'GREGoR RAILROAD LAND GRANT.
Another matter, which, i'm our judg-
ment, should receive the attention OF
the General Assembly, and to which
we most respectfully invite the atten.
tion of the member from Chickasaw
and those Of other counties affected BY
it. What rs now known as the Nc.
Gregor Western Railroad Company,
obtained last winter through the ac-
tive efforts of Mr.. Allison in Congress,
large grant Of land in aid of the con
struction Of this road. This was look.
cd upon as an act of justice, thocgh
tardy, to Northern Iowa. BY the stip.
ulations Of that grant of land, the road
was to be located on, or as near as prao
ticahe to. the 43d parallel Of latitude
which would bring it through the cen
trail part Of Chickasaw county, cross.
ing the Cedar Falls and Minnesota
road at Charles City, in Floyd county
We have not the act Of Congress ma
king the land grant, at hand, bat oul
recollection Of it ia. that the road was
to connect the Mississippi and Nilsson
ri rivers, starting at McGregor on ths
Mississippi where it would form con
nections with Eastern roads, and run
ming on, or in close proximity to tbt
AID parallel of latitude directly through
Northern Iowa, tapping the Missouri
river at Sargeant's Bluff About forty
miles of road has been built from Nc
Gregor, diverging northwest entirel,
without the stipulations of the lant
grant, to the serious detrimcnt Of tn,
section OF country intended to be bene
fitted by it when the grant was bestow
, ed. 1t is a palpable fact that the rail
road company is aiming to run as fla
! from the route indicated by the Ian,
j grant as possible |; it's object being Il
head off the Cedar Falls and Minneso
Ia road. In furtherance of this pun
pose it is locating it's line from Counc
yer, in Winnesheik county, through
the northern part of Howard county, il
/ an air line TO Austin, Minnesota.
The great railroad interests Of low