Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-02-06

EVCE.
fx,.c,al Correspondence to the Davenpor,
Democrat.
Houss o. RsPRsssxSAsivEs,
DIS Nouns, Feb. 8. 1868.
r. DsxocsAT The dsy Il bitterly cold
and ne unfortunate members Of the Hoas'
=. n III. midst Of On sflsrnesn ssssion
~her.to Il, have coas thrsush Snow and
wind to b. present, dissoss and waste tins
.nes : LOT Of bunsombe sssolatieasa and
amendments.
The 6rss Of the said resolutions ~,
conched in terms Of bitter rsproach .
President Johnson, and Of unbridisd lauds
ton Of Gen. Grant, all provoked by the lst'
ordsrs TO the General TO disobey or
ders of Of the War Department. and his let
ter thereon. Mexican, Of Jones, introduced
the resolution. II WAS amended By kasseu
az A not to msntioa the President. but u
l.ud the General. endorsing his rsdieahem
and nominating him for the radical eendi'
date for President. Upon the introdustiou
of this amendment, AcNutt shisd bic cas-
tor into the ring, and inauguratsd Dossy'
brook fair around Kasson's ears 10 way
that sent the blood from the fair chssh oi
,h., polished cuss, and drew from him re.
tort which but illustrated his ability "a
conceal his purpose. "Msc" wanted to 70.
nudists the President utterly and ash bin
to resien. 10 knock him down and kick hin
theresitsr. and throw mud in biz eyea-
parker thought the resolution and substitute
wanted polishing and putting in better Es-
| .,;.b. VAS sure Grant would be bsttsi
nl..sed to bs praised in polishsd syntax,
! rh;Ie : grammatical damning would de-
ssend more fe,rfully on the Presidential
head. :,
| various minor amendmsnts were offered.
Ona az these. intended to cover the quss.
sion OF gentility now pending between
Grant and the President, was . follows:
"Resolsed, That in the opinion Of this
House Gen. Grant 10 . gentleman, and
good Judge Of horsedesh."
This was voted down, which en- sure
will vex Grant more than be will be soothsd
lby the polished preamble and resolution
which il vas finally determined 70 make
the special order for Friday.
The debate on the bill to se(and swamp
land funds stolen by Stone, Orwig 4 Co..
lthjs morning., ''pannsd" est richly. II
viii be remembered that the RAIDS on the
second day Of the session, passed resolu
tion white washing stone and sodersing el
hia official acts. When it Was moved 4
amend the title 10 the bill In qusstioe, q
a. to read IAN act to refund moneys -.
bezzled by Gov. Stones secretary, X. g
Oreig," the psns up hate ef Stsns's oae'
Of pets burst forth.
The member from Lucas said that wher
the Repsblieans elected Stoes, they did no.
know be was . scoundrsl. He had proven
that since. And yet the member from Lucsi
voted to white wash this ''seouudrel
whom he now denounced. The member
consistency was visible, entirely, even e
the low browed gypsum bust OF the "late
lamented" that scowls from the south wal
of the Representatives Chamber. A aanl
move was made on the minority, By sssert
ing that there was property enough In thu
hands Of the State to cover the deficit, al
but 81, 900. The inquiry as to whose prop
srsy this had been, developed the fact that
il was Orwig's. And yet the majority Oh
lected to placing the responsibility upon
Orwig by rejecting the amended title, and
many declared him innocent, while they
werc willing the State should make good
its losses from his property. The bill q
passed, takes from the treasury S34, 900
lad nobody to blame.
Two more liquor law resolutions, coming
from the majority and deprecatins a license
wero referred TO the Incorporate Com
mittse.
The State Medical Society 10 10 session
here. l notice Dn. vogt aud SHREDDER. o.
Iowa City, Peck aud Saunders, Of Davsn
port, Hughes and Carpenter, Of Keokuk
and many others in attendance.
Tomorrow morning will be considered
the sxpediency Of abolishing the Supervi
sor system.
The weather is very cold and stormy.