Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1868-02-14
A Sharn Take Off,

couhty, anu "A. ID. II. hiiuTetl, euiCDf
of the Charles City hatel,igcrter. have
a strong dislike for one asfother, and
Hiidreth has been rakfng Gaylord fore.
and-aft through his paper. Gaylord in
retaliation introduces the following bill
in the third house. which was adopted
we learn, by that body without ai
amendment. Those acquainted with
Mr.. Hildreth will NOT fail 10 appreciat,
the sharp points Of the bill, and a
once see the drive. The cause of tifi.
ink and paper war will perhaps be bet
ter understood when it is known tina
Mr.. Gaylord is rat,ting democrat. l
is house file No. 9,999l, aud reads 1t
follows: .t# H i
BILL for Curative act to regulate tn,
Regulators, and to define the duties and pre-
negatives of editors, printers aud publishers
WHEREAS, Indiscreet editors o
newspapers being instigated by
the devil and his auxiliary forces
oftimes forget the end TOR which they
and their papers were created, ant
rushing lawlessly out of their pre-
scribed orbit come i'm contact with
other planets of greater magnitude
And #. Ef,-ta.
WHEREAS, BY such contact the ed.
itorial luminaries lbeing of inferior
momentuml-if not hurried from the
constellation are so greatly shattered
by the conclusion that train of dark.
ness follows In the wake of their de-
parted glory. Therefore -t.r..s
ssc. |. Be IL enacted ty the General
assembly Of the State of I0Wa. That
no person shall hereafter edit, print or
publish newspaper i'm this state who
is utterly incapable of minding his
own business. ~..@e.e taas..-..- ..#
SEC. 2. That no one shall publish a
paper i'm this state whose only great.
Dess Is dimensions of his body. a-
SEC. 3. No person shall publish a
newspaper i'm any county in this state
where the party to which he claims to
belong is largely in the ascendency,
unless the number of his patrons are
equivalent to the number of his supe-
riors whom he has sought to Willy and
abuse. Gag ....ss #...a.s....s s.5. e.5..sr t. .-
SEC. 4. And be 10 further enacted,
That no person shall publish n paper
in this state, whose initials cannot be
written ON An envelope ofordinary size,
unless his mother can clearly show
that they are all there il of him, or that
he being destitute of adturut end0w.
ments received his great name for the
sole purpose of making him average
with the balance of mankind.
SEC. .. No person shall hereafter ed.
il or publish u paper who has not the
friendship of at least one other editor
in the state; but neither the "big
1a.sx
shall initiate against him unless his
actions plainly show what his face
clearly indicates.
SEC. q. No persons shall hereafter
edit paper i'm this state who is in the
mean habit of borrowing q large por.
portion of his editorials from those
whose language sounds better to him
self and his patrons than his own does.
SEC. Z No person shall hereafter
print or publish u paper who whines
ami growls and finds fault with every
pubic man aud measure, OF which he
il not the author, Especially the man.
SEC. 8. No editor shall hereafter be
eligible tn the Office OF representa-
tive, who whilst advocating temper
ance principles In his paper, shall keep
a bottle of 'old B0urlon" i'm his trunks
nor shall he be questioned in private
for drinking liquor in public, unless he
shall become so overwhelmed by tile
preSsures of circumstances aud the
sweetness Of Bourbon, a. la require his
friends To take him 10 that hourne
from whence no traveller returns be.
fore nine o'clock the next iDorning.f
SEC. 3. No person shall edit or pub
lish u pap r in this state, whose penu-
Robustness (had he the power would in
cline him to roo the Throne of Omni-
potence of its gildings and sell them
for "old IRON" neither shall he be
ttCice elected to the Office OF represen-
tative Ii he shall during his first term,
pocket his postage stamps aud sell the
papers rightfully belonging TO his con-
stituents To the rag man or the mer-
chant.
SEC. 10. And be IL q great deal fur
Tier eRncted. That editors, hereafter,
like other men, shall he called by their
right names; aud any editor vino
has violated or shall violate the pro-
VISIONS of this act, shall he called n
.jdckGss, but the term jackass shall
not be construed rs tn work corrup-
ton of blood IN the jackass nor in the
family of any editor who has no chill
dren to bear his aecursed tEtme.
SEC. IL. The provisions of this act
shall he er post facf0 in their opera
tions snd where they shall fail b cure
they shall kill.
SEC. u. The provisions of Tire act
shall also he uniform i'm their appliea-
ton and shall apply just rs we'll to
Floyd county as any other county in
the state. u.r
SEC. ID. This act being deemed of
immediate aud absolute Importance,
shall be enforced from ani after its
passage through the mails. .s.. Isl.
SEC II. Ga motion the bill was
read about one hundred and fifty times,
referred To the committee on "iteIribu-
tive Justice" and ordered to the press.
sSee Grout, House Re ports, hes Moines, oil
January, February, and March, 1850.
fSee West Union Digest, volume 1, every
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