The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1866-03-01
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DIES MONIES, Iowa, Feb. 18th, 1905.
Correspondence Of the Advertiser.
It willnotIequife much space tdrelate
all that has been done by the Legislature
dufing This week: But It certainly
would be quite atAskto ieEearse all that
has Been aid byneinb i'll 6oth hodses..
This has been y great week for speee,
Is. twas supposed, land IA A, fact lic hoaeddd
by some,) that the members, who vent
to Dubuque, had expended an their 4as,
in.their patriotic efforts to- remove ta6'
snags from the Mississippi rapids. rea
gret, however, to state, that the excurS
sion TO Dubuque and the exercises Il the.
convention seem to have had quite .
contrary erect upon those honorable
gentlemen. They have, therefore, de-
voted much Of the time to an effort to
ennghten the more quiet and undenon,;
stratIte members, in regard to the DIFF
farent policies of reconstruction, the
Preaidesfs veto. message,O IN the Freed.
men's Bureau bill, and " regard t. va
rioh other subjects upon which said
gehtt9msn presumed that they pasee1
sed superior knowledge.
might state here, that there was not
q quorum present In either House on
Monday there being only sixteen men,
beos present in the Senate, and twenty
eight in the House. - The Legislature
has thus lost ten days which should have
been devoted, to transactions of sslegiti-
mate business. The object Of the con-
venton A. Dubuque was certainly very
worthy md desirable, but the State Ing
islature could have performed itf duty in
regard to the matter, quite as well here
as at Dubuque. 1t is to be hoped, how
ever, that the State viii really be bcne-
fitted by reason Of some Of the legislators
having attended that convention.
1t will now be proper to mention some
of the more important subjects which
have been considered by the Legislature
during the week.. aoAaoif = . % syh'' -, .
Petitions on the following SUBJECTS
have beempreseneed and referred to APP
propH1aH Committees: In favor Of negro
suffrage; For extending the jurisdiction
Of county courts For as'more efficient
I pfobibitory liquor law; In favor Of regu-
lating the charges Of railroad companies;
For increase Of county syrvsyoS's fees
( For repeal Of the prohibitory 1i4dbr law
In favor Of tho resumption OF lends
! granted to railroad companiss; For in
crease of recorders and shenff's fees;
In favor Of disfranchisingf disloya per
Esons, who emigrate from Missouri into
Ethis State; In favor of Nw giving cities
Lthe right=to regulate Che manufacture
and sale of malt, vinous and spurious
Eliquors withhl their avn Jurisdiction,
and re,nopstrancea sdiast the passage
of law restraining stock from running
at large III :. <.ese
+ The following bills have been intro
duced: "To provide for the collection
land settlement of the Ead's school fund
notes and mortgages" "To fix compen-
sation Of county judges, and for other
purposes u; 'To authorize the admission
of idiots into the hospital for the insanc;;'
ta'To fax the salaries Of the District and
! supreme Judges )" "To fix the salaries
of certain State officers ~ "Te Ieilvest
county courts with the power to estab-
fish roads, "To empower county courts
| to make partition of the real estate of in
tcstates;" ''To provide for the further
suppression of intemperancc." and "To
regulate the fees of attorneys" Several
other bills of minor importance have
lalso been introduced. s'7e
r Only very few bills have been put
hnpon their passage this week, and those
which have, are not of general interest.
A bill for an "Act to provide for the
printing. and distribution OF the Adjt.
Generals Report, Of 1885," passed the
House YESTERDAY. @yi@I75& az $40