Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1866-04-05
Iowa Legislature.

In the House on FRIDAY, March 23d,
Brigadier General NJ. NJ. Trumbull, of
the 9th Iowa Cavalry, whe has just re-
turned from the south, made an eloquent
speech upon the condition of the South,
and his experience among the people.
lie said that since the veto message of
the President, the people openly boast
that they will get control of the Gov
eminent that they will have the rebel
debts placed on par with the nation
al debts ; that damages to the South
shall be paid for that rebel soldiers
shall be paid pensions. In some parts
of the South, Union men are prosecuted,
and even murdered as boldly as at any
i! time during the rebellion. He exhor-
ted the Legislature to stand by Con-
] gress, if they wished for peace, justice
and liberty, and perpetuated nation
= atty. He was listened to with mark
|. ed attention, except by a few cops,
who Kissed, as usual one of whom,
Wilson, Of Dubuque, solemnly protest
Il cd against permitting the dissertation of
the privileges of the House 10y such a
political harangue but the General
! went right on, as if he had been march
ing through regiment of such fellows
south of Dixie's line. The Committee
on the Suppression of Intemperan e,
| through their Chairman, Mr.. Tracy,
submitted a lengthy and able report
The Committee oppose the repeal of the
present law and the enactment Of a liz
/ oense law. There is no evidence that
a majority of the people desire such a
change ; and on some of the petitions
for this measure there are clear evil
dences offorgery and fraud Petitions
quite as numerously signed are before
the Committee asking that the law be
made more stringent by prohibiting
the manufacture and sale of wine and
beer. He showed how the liquor deal
ers have combined and levied heavy
contributions upon their members to
resist the law, and to secure such leg
islation as will favor their cause. To
grant the request of such an organiza-
tion would be degrading. To the plea
that a judicious license law would be
more effective in supprcssing this UNI
holy traffic, the Committee respond
that every liquor dealer, and every
man who is in favor of the free sale
and use of liquor, favors license law,
while, with equal unanimity, the friends
of temperance adhere to the prohibito-
ry law as the best calculated to abate
the evil. The report was laid on the
table and ordered printed.
The Senate spent considerable time
in the consideration of the bill author
izing counties to expend five thousand
dollars in the construction of bridge,
and passed the same. The bill amend
ing the law for the incorporation of
cities and towns was passed also the
biilexempting 81, 200 to printing Offices
from execution. The bill providing for
taxing national banks was passed.
The swamp land investigation commit
tee submitted a report. A bill in ref
ference to the Eads securities was pass
ed, also a bill relating to the purchase
of school land. A protest in reference
to the Orphans Home bill was received.
The State University report bill was
passed, also the Senatorial District
bill. A bill providing for publishing
and distributing the laws was passed
also the bill authorizing the publica-
ton of the laws of the General Assem-
bly, and proceedings of the Boards Of
Supervisors in county papers.
In the House, the bill passed appro-
priating sol 900 for the completion of
the Agricultural College building !;
The Investigating Committee submit
ted majority and minority report, to-
gether with the evidence taken by the
committee, forming a volume Of pa
pages. The House, on the Both, pass
ed bill locating the Deaf and Dumb
Asylum at Council Bluffs. Where
were the lobbyists of Des Moines 7
The constitutional amendment Oh suf-
frage was passed.