Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-03-26
DEs mOINEs CORRESPOND
A.VGE.

Hew Vbs work of the session can be closed
in time for . ijournmsnt on the 9Th PROF.,
is problem that will require solution.
The resolution to adjourn on the above
date has passed both branches, and in the
House has been rendered fnaity-put
pastrsscinding. Executive aid may be sum-
moned 10 get the Assembly out Of the d.
lcmna by calliog On extra session. to meet on
The 9th, and flush business. As to the
necessity for this, the Hsuse has passed
bu: one bill since last Thursday, week to-
morrow, and the Senate has been equally
dilatsry.
Perhaps l should not say "dilatory," for
both houses have been holding ten hour
sessions daily. The slow despatch Of busl-
ness is due to the prolonged discussions
upon the common pleas court bill and its
numerous Substitutes, and upon the rail-
road bills that have been reported BY the
com mmittses The ID. 4 S. q. bill, which
was taken up on Saturday A. NJ, has not
vet reached q vote. The representative Of
every town within reach Of its proposed
line, 10 frantic 70 30 amend the hill ~ to
make bis village - point" When his
amendment is lost, he proceeds TO fight
every body slse's amendments and prsten
sisns, BY motions, dsvlish and dilasory, and
speeches dull and distressing.
The member from Sac was anxious to
run the line right straight through bis
county and west to Sioux City, regardless
Of land grants and svsryth thing else. lie
claimed to lack only two years Of being the
frst white man in that part Of the coun-
try, to have braved death from Indians and
| starvation, and to have sacrificed convent
snce and comfsrt, that those who came af
| ter him might enjoy the uxorious umbrags
| Of civilization.
At this, the member from Cherokee, dug
up his hatehst. and the Sacs and Chsro
KEGS were on the war path, craving each
others scalps all day Tuesday.
Precisely this operation has to be gone
through upon every one Of these bills, and,
after the pipe Of peace is smoked by those
who want 70 make ''ponts,' Wilson, Of
Tams, gets the floor TO tack upon each bill
| tho celebrated "Doud's amendment" which
promises to become 80 noted in Iowa rail-
road legislation - WA the "Wilmot pro-
viso'' in nstionsl politics, = score Of years
ago. This amendment 10 10 the following
purport. that "the compony. in accepting the
ier.ss and conditions oftais act hereby agrees
| 10 hold ,tself amsnabie to tho terms and re-
quiremsnts of any general law upon tho sub
,sct Of tariffs hereafter passed BY tho Lssis
idturs."
All this is D-d (Doud) nonsense, for
The companies will have to submit to . gen
sral law, bon gre. mai gre. if the State has
authority to enact one. which claim il has,
and affords only cheap chance for few
ambitious smooth borss to talk in the ears
Of the dear people about their vested rights
and the villsiny Of "gs-i-gantic mopcpo-
lies"
Meanwhile, amid this fuss, feathers ani
furere, it 10 forgotten, apparently, that but
one State institution. the University, has
thus far been attended 10, and that six 9TH
srs, viz: Psnitsntiary. Insane Asylum,
Blind, Deaf and Dumb Asylums, and Agri-
cultural College have yet to be passed upon
with the 100000 aggregate appropriations
they are asking. The Orphans Home and
Reform School are also in absy snce, and by
the time they have been reached, unnscss-
sary appropriations been discussed and de-
MED, and the requisite number Of FIVE cent
pieces picked Out Of appropriations that
must be made, the session will be more
than spent.
In addition to the demands made upon
the short unexpirsd term of the session by
the above matters, much careful stud y
must be devoted to the perfscting Of the
Law to prevent railroads from discrimina-
ting in the matter Of tariffs II half Of the
buncombe wasted on Douds amendment
we're expended in good honest breath and
effort in this direction the grandest werk
for the people Of Iowa would soon De 40
complIshed. Strange it 10 that Mr.. Parker
OF Poweshek, who is the Doud-iest mem
Der Of the House, is the author Of resolu-
tion, which, while affirming the right of the
State to neglect tariffs, declares also that i,
10 not best TO exercise that right nor
Let il be exercised At once to the end that
alsrgs moisty Of the next two years crops
may not 20 into the Golfers Of railroad men
TO the impoverishmsnt Of producsrs-t to
the end that a jebbing trade NAV be foster
ed in our own river cities and all b not
swallowed BY the capacious throat of Chi
cago and the East.
, Tbs true policy Of the State would bs to
give its land grants to those companies
that make manifest their ability 20 con-
struot the reads, without oil this waste Of
time il barren discussion--thsn place the
road Dc where they cannot play the vampire.
POLITICAL.
Again must refer TO the fact that the
Grant resolutions have not been acted upon
By the Senate, which obtuse and recuseeni
body refuses to ''read in bis Aashing eve
the great Generals manifest destiny, which
aforetime, Grinnsll did therein discover.
The cruel Anna-grams Of the sptsful
, Dickinson are directly charged with this.
The Radical timidity has been. upon NOR,
than one occssion, made painfully and ri
dicu'ously manifest in the Legislature. Tn,
RAIDS are in fact ae,pholous, and it 10 anus
ing to see some member Of the hesdss,
band frantically putting his heel upon snJ
measure coming from Democrat. quite %
. sured that he 10 extinsuishing the FIRE end
Of fuse that leads to his political maya
Zines.
Their eo~ardice upon the liquor quss
sion, their two attsmpts 70 dodge It Alto
J gsthsr by unparliamsntary tricks, thsi,
earnest desire 70 escape the submission o.
the negro suffrage amendment, oil indicate
deep seated Generalization.
1imid and trembling % weak woman
in grave ard. they Crepe their way. Yer
lily, conscience hath made towards Of then
al.
Their lossss in New Hamshirs have bu
U added to their troubles.
PERSONAL.
Il Mr.. Walling, Of Bremen county, len 70
home few days since. in such p,or hsal.l
% leaves his friends With but little hone O
: his recovery.
Senator Nssdham 10 also afflicted will
D luag disease. The bad sir and lack Of ycn
4 tillation in the legislative halls have unde,
mined many stout Constitution, and mad
inroads upon . COED set Of lungs. Thee
balls are in fact but slight modification o
J. the "Black Hole" Of Calcutta.
. Tive Of the hitherto silent msmbsrs Z
I the House have been induced to forsak
Zsoo's philosophy and have held the foo
frequently during the railroad discussion
I johnson, Of Cherokee aud Orr, Of Boone
. These gentlemen acquitted themselves viz
e orcusly end we'll. Ar. johnson, sspeeiall !
/ e.