Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-03-21
LEousLATlvR C0RREsPONn
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[Spseiai Corrssposdencs y the Dsnosrss.
Dss MeixEs, March goth, 1855

LE0lSLATlvR CORRESPOND.
ENCE.
Especial Corrssposlencs ~ the Democrat
Dss Neixss, March goth, 1885.
Enrroa DsxocRAS The most unquiss
titles bsvs ever known ere these 70 the
Dss Msinss river lands. About sixsy yards,
lissas measure. Of legislation has bssn in-
dulesa In Assisg pssvions ssssiess, end the
Hsuss hes just added ysrd o. tso Under
the familiar tile u "A bill for IN act y
amend an cot amsndatsry to an amended
ast amending an Get, entitled an ses y quiet
ths title 70 certain Dss Msinss river lands."
Certaialy they oaeht TO b quiet under such
. load.
Yesterday the Senate tsok up The Capitol
bill and devoted II 70 the entire day. ssvs
the time employed 10 joint committee. The
discussion was nest bitter, and developed
more bad blood and personal i'll feeling than
.uv other matter during the session. Sens
tor woolson, Of Henry, one OF those men
who, BY the inscrutabls decree Of an avsng-
ing providence, or occasionally placed whore
thev can do 90 much to make bread the con-
trsst between them and gentlemen sf sense,
discretion and courtesy, was especially ~
len.lsss in his opposition to the bill, and
boorish in his disceurtesy. In the imms-
dists xhborhood Of the lunatic asylum.
Il NAV bs considered mannsrly for Sena-
Tor. in reply to courteous question from
fellow Senator, TO say "its nsS Of " busi-
nsss." and that. too, on the foor Of The
"Ssnats House." with citizens Of every
,s,t Of the State locking on from the lobby
and gallery. woslson parted company with
: larse patch Of his cuticle during this de-
| bate a The hands Of Senator Richards, Of
Dubuoue. Who, in Q speech thse for high
toned sentiment, courteous, but cutting in
vsctive and matchlsss satire. was never ex-
celled in Pasliamsnt or Congrees, BY Burks
OF Clay. calt back upon the shams-bowsd
head Of the Senator from Henry, some
msauly partisan i,nputatiens hs had made
against certain Of the Capitol commits
sioners.
The debate on this bill wss, by Odds, the
most interesting that the Senate has here
tofors INDUCED 10. When the blood flows
evenly aud the pulse 10 slow. lsgislators are
but dull men bss when passion is up and
eyes flash. leok cut
The Two houses went into joint conven-
tisu ysssercey, at 8 P. n, and elected L.
". koes. G. ". Hobart and John P. Irish,
Trustees Of the State Univsssi'y. and Peter
Mslsndy. j. D. Wright. O. E. Le@ngwsll,
r. A. Riehardsen. o. II. p. Buchanan, OH
ves Mills and Jamss woodward, regents Of
the Agricultural Oellsgs.
A bill 10 before the Senate providing that
any real estate. acquired and held - en-
downent BY any institution Of learning in
the State, shall b exempt from tax. The
Senate, on test vote rspudiated the plan
Of founding Normal School.
The HOUSE eonsidersd and paced the
bill on insurance which the cooaitees re-
ported % . substitute for the various
bills proposed and referred to it. The
special order for this afternoon is the
Cemmon Pleas Court Bill. upon which there
will bs . lively and perhaps bitter discus
sion. IL is characterized By some - .'law-
yers' bill." and the moral prejudice against
the profession 10 being brought to bear
agsinst IT, The most obnoxious feature in
it 10 the section which transfers oil probate
business from the present County Judge
to the new court. There il, hewsvsr. .
bill pending before the Senate which will
pass il the court bill does, which continues
tbs present County Judges in of8es, making
Of them County Auditors, with control OF
the tax list and its publication, giving them
charge Of the road business and also making
them clerks Of the Board Of Supervisors.
This arrangement will make the ofiss
more lucrstive than nov, will relieve the in
eunbsnt Of frequently passing judgmset
upon grave questions Of law that are in
volvsd in the settlement Of estates and
upon which he 10 often unqualified to decide.
This will also relieve the County Clerks Of .
labori0us duty, In codnection with the Su.
psrvisors, which does net properly belong
to them.
The School Committees have before them
. proposition 70, BY law authorize indepsnd-
snt school districts, to aggregate the taxes Of
. term Of years, to be used in building
school houses, BY Issuing bonds to run ten
or twenty years. The idea Of removing any
check, new in the law, to that very promi
lent desire Of corporations to get into debt,
10, l am aware, repugnant to many, but
when it 10 known that many districts 10 the
State, yielding to ~ impartial necessity for
better school buildings, have already Dor.
rowed money upon bonds unauthorized BY
law, it 10 apparent that there exists pres
sure in that direction which the legislature
should relieve. And certainly if the salu.
tary obstacles to the constructing Of debt
may b safely removed in any direction, or
for any purpose, it must be for the purpose
Of increasing our educational facilities.
The inmates Of the Blind Asylum were
here this week. and gave two very 6ns con-
certs under the direction Of Prof 8. H.
Price. (6lind), the music teacher in the in
stitution. About all I an able to say to the
credit Of the Dss Moinss public this winter
10 that they gave there concerts large and
sppreciativs audiences. The pro6cisncy
Of shis unfoStunase class in music il revllv
ssmaSkubls
whippls, Emerson, Milburn, and other
eminent lecturers have been here this win
ter and delivered their choicest efforts to
aodieaces et fre0 festy 70 sixty people |!
Anna Dickinson and "the Fat Contributor''
had large houses. Ingsssoll had the best
house OF The season TO real lecture.
There 70 strong probability Of the pas
sage Of the oct Of Fstifying the lssation Of
the Deaf and Dumb Asylum at Osuscil
I Bluff. .sad apprspsiatins el7s 600 - srse-
sion Of building. Council BluiFs b very
a6ly rspsesenssd here b Sssator Cssody
and Col. Babbits, whose slorts in behslf q
their local iotssssts and inssllieent ioilu.
sncs in legislstiea and matt .rs q eenersl
istsesst and Importance ass crsdieabIe mn
70 than and their eenstitssney, 0ol. Beb.
bits 10 sas sf tks oldest soldiers + the ler-
islaaurs aad psshaps the eldeel = he q
90 Of The bset journalist 10 The State.
The psolsogsd aud bittse discussion m
- the capital bill, which resulted "a poct
poaemsnt Of 6sal aesiea ucsil nase W1d.
nesdsy. has resulted IN much nix of the
renewal sf the ssat Of 0evsrnuest to some
psint on the Nesthwssessa resd. Thie dis
position 70 cssstasuy change ID one ftaueht
With great danger v the STATE, and il bsru
81 the uneasy. nigratsry and useettled bsb-
its Of our western psople. Thsy ON never
endure auality. Their own homee ere
changed With great frequency and eass. .uu-
Ill there % no LEGALITY that hes any claiu
upon the aasstSsns. They pull uc stakes