Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1868-03-20
Of the Gazette.
From The Capitol.
DIES MONIES. MARCH 18th 1865

LIES plOlNEs5, nldECu AOtu loOos
\ MEssRs. EDITORS GAZETTE :--"Tc
be, or not to be, that's the question
There are now almost three hundred
bills running the gauntlet in the House
some of which ought ito pass" but
which for want of time or appreciated
merit.will perish by We way-side.
/ Then there are a great many bills
which ought not to pass and which
may have been introduced by those
who are DESTROYS of convincing their
constituents that they are preserving
the dignity of their district, as well as
to distinguish themselves by the pre-
,sentation of these indicators to which
their children may point in after years
and say, these are the laws which our
fathers made.
The campaign, this week, began by
another shower of bills, resolutions and
reports. g." r. e
"A bill to permit counties to vote and
levy tax to aid i'm the construction of
railroads, was taken up and roughly
handled. This bill as now amended,
provides that any or all the townships
of a county may on petition of one third
of its legal voters hold an election to de-
termine whether the township shall be
taxed to aid in the construction of rail-
roads. u ,:... Il. "a ,aa,. ii F
The bill originally provided that the
voters of counties might determine
whether the county should be taxed for
that purpose, but the word county"
was stricken out and the word "town-
ship inserted, and this your cores
pendent thinks is precisely as it should
be, as it brings the question more d.
reetly before the people and will in a
great measure prevent "Pro." from
taking the advantage of ''Con." III
BY this bill five per cent. and no more
may be levied in any one year, for that
purpose. Should this bill become q
law, it will infuse new railroad life
along the entire line, and one locality
will not be built upon the wreck or at
the expense of another, every township
will help little, and many will I've
more generously inclined. This will
give the Shellrockers chance to aid
in the construction of the iowa Cen
. tral' up their beautiful valley, and
there it must go, and woe be to him
who raises his hand or his voiceagainst
it. When that day comes the valuable
treasures of the hyperborean regions OF
the north, with the rich productions OF
the sunny south will meet and greet in
your own beautiful and growing city,
which at no distant day is destined to
become the most inviting, populous
and powerful in interior Iowa. There
has been a bill introduced into the
House which defines the pay and per-
quisites of the future Legislators of this
State. 49,.
1t fixes the per diem of members al
SIS instead of So, as now provided by
law. 1t also establishes the amount oil
mileage, stamps, stationary, &c, to
which each member would be EMIT
1 led. #1 - ..-aa .a...... a..... .~
Ofcourse those who are seeking for q
e-election will see the beautiful pro.
priety of such wise law, whilst those
whose sands of office are we'll nigh run
will not fail to lo0k on the dark side Of
the picture. -@..s
Those who heretofore have been here
i'm the capacity of Legislators, having
received s3,per diem for their time and
! services and having paid war-prices fol-
everything, do not now feel disposed tc
especially favor those whose prospec.
tive election may incline them to sus
tain the bill, at least that is the 'Opin
ion of the court."n ".s.. ...#.
Liquor or no liquor, is question
which has occupied much of our time
and was settled for this session, a
! least, on Thursday, in the Senate ant
J on Friday morning in the House, but
} 1t was All expensive settlement to tht
, taxpayers of this state, a settlement
, which cost Iowa not less than So. 900.
When the License Bill" came up
, Messrs. Buncombe and Blatherskit,
who had left the city only few days
before, returned, and, as usual, seizet
this opportunity to press their claims
} for Congressional honors by repeated
: exhibition of their smartness. Tbs
Hobbies andgalleries were filled with tn,
|; elite of the city, and ribbons and rings
, and laces, and fiounces and feather
and fringes and curls and tinsels, an,
jewels fiuttered in every breeze. The,
had come up to the capitol to see tn,
smart men of the nation, the embedi
. ment of the wisdom of Iowa.
. The eannonading began. Whisley
Wine, Cider and Beer, were arraignet
before the bar of public opinion as pris
oner and charges of the most damagin,
and damning character were maui
against them. me-. .ag4ss j. ..a~ ,l,.
They were charged with theft ant
arson and treason and burglary and i'm
sanity and murder in the world ant
with the woes of the damned in tn,
world To come. ..a5Q G8 -Ht4a
The defendants, i'm their answer, de
clared that tile most adroit criminal
|, were those with whom they had no as
sociations, that there are more inmates
in the asylum for the insane, who hat
been crazed by religious teachings ant
preachings than from any other cause
That to sustain the charges made by
the plaintiff would deprive many o
the large taxpayers of Iowa of that in
dependence guaranteed by the princi
piles of justice and by a republican form
of government. that If a reformation Ii