Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-02-05
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hS"S RNCE.
CAPITOL BuitOix0
rshruary 3D.. 1868.

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". have looked the city over, invested In
. sv, cen. ride. seen all the sights the 90
called Orphans Home, the princsly place Of
Allen, the banker, the splendid printing and
publishing establishment OF the Stats Print
or. and spent tie forenoon among the law
makers s. some there are Who feel the awful
ness Of their respon neutrality-suspicious. o.
Tho public monsys--tney take the MOOT -
oil times 70 protect II. They would navs
their constituents know thsy unaersl.nu
retire nchment in al its forms. Otners Hse
toa point Of Law Or ofcer-posseihy mos.
lgensmbes ohem,--ifa bill has teeWs support
s,sir sansss muss figure conspGneo1y.-
Thcss n training Tor the political courss
.hr. ~dly watch their chances, and ere, in
tvrs. O. shrswdly watched By the useass
and anti. License factions. Some do the talk
ljoS-some the work, snd this comes princI-
Dali, With the committees. IN session I'll
sss-pss With the piles Of books, papers and
ssalionsry on the desks bslsss them. The
clerks tables are crowded, and, in the
House, - yet, no blk hare reached third
reading in regular order. The Senate has done
better and are in advance of the House In
their business. We were busy taking notes
for good item when grave Senator hand
"a as printed bill, ws read--smiled family
ard remembered previous engagement
TIE Grst section vas eneuxh-ouf labors at
, the capital we're ended. Here 10 the bill!
House File, No. s.essjI. tnr GArLosD.
A BILL ron A cusAuva ACT 30 REGULATE ZEE
REGULATIONS AND TO psrrSg rug pusfgs ANp IRE
aoaArfvKs or RDIsoRs. raiSTEss Aso WI
. LIsmERs.
WurasAs. Indiscrest = jitess Of newspapsfs
being instig aasd BY tho devil aud his a. x"sIy
their papera we're created, and rushing lsw'ess'y
out OF iheir prescribed orbit come % contscs
!. with other planets Of greater mexannas; Ana
wssssAs, by such contact the editorial iT%aI
aries fbeip % @, inferior nome utum) III nos nur
J. ed from the constellation are 80 greatly shst
I. s.r.a ~ the conclusion that train OF AArknesi
. siiows in the wake Of their departed glory =
T. | Therefore
" Of The State Of Iosa, That NO pvrson shall here
d. sfter edit print or publish . Newspaper in thn
4, State Who IS utterly incapable ofminding his EVIL
W business.
in this State whose only greatness consists in thu
y dimensions OF his body.
SIC 5. No person shall publish . newspspcr !.
q, any county 10 this state where the party to ~hcl
10 eiss~s 10 belong 10 largely in the ascsndency
III unless the number Of his patrons are equiv sien
n 10 the number Of his supesiors whom he ma
" soueht 10 villify and abuse.
Il Sac. T. Ind be u JGrther ssscfsd, That % per
son shall publish pspse IN this State, wnoo!
initials cannot be written ON an envelope o. ordi
Il nary size unless his mother can clearly ehos
that they ere ali thore il OF him. or thss he bs.nl
X destitute Of natural endo wmeuts received hi
ae great name for the sole purpose Of making hin
average with the balance OF mankind.
4; SIC & No person shall hereafter edit Or pub
ic l,sh paper who has not the friendship OF .
least enc other editor in the State; bat nsithe
70 the big head nor . rspulsivs eountenanc
AZ shall initiate against him unlese he action
plsin,y show whss his face clearly indicate.
Sxc 8. No person shall hereafter edit pape
iu this State who 10 h the meen ha1it Of borrow
,. ing large proportion Of his editorials from thoe
whose Language sounds better 70 Aimstf and hi
/. patrons than his own does.
Sac. I. No person shalt hereafter print Or psl
H. lish . paper who whines and growls an
! finds fault with every pahlic man and msa'
:" ure Of which he 10 not the sathos, Sespecssiy IN
IL man
sac g. No editor shalt hereafter be eligible
- the office OF Representative, who whilst advoca
On ing temperance principles in his paper shall kee
. bottle OF '.Old bourbon" in his trunk, : nor sha
70 he lie que STONED In private for drinking liquor
ee public, unless he shali be so overwhelmed by Il
=, pressure of the circumstances and sweetness
~ the Bourbon as TO require his friends to take hi
a, 20 that bourne "fran whence no traveller r
turas" before about nine O'Clock the Lext NOR
De- ing.f
Sac. No person shall edit. print or psblieh
'"' paper in this state. whose penuriousness lhad
e. The power would incline him to rob the Throl
!. OF Onnipotence Of its gildings and soil them
leu oldiro5. neither shall he be tries elected TO Il
Try office Of Representative IL NE shall during his NJ
term. pocket his postage stamps and sell the p
ou pers rightiuily belonging to his constituents
ava the rag man or the merchant.
Sac, 10 And be IL a great deal further enaefs
That editors, hereafter. likc other men, shall
called by their right names aud any editor NJ
tho has violated shall violate the provisions Of Il
act shall be called jackass. but the term jacks
NY shall not be conslrscd as 10 work corrupti'
ats of blood in the ackass nor In the family OF ii
editor who hes no children to bear his accurst
sn name,
lie Sac. IL. Tho peovtsioss Of this act sh~u be
N post faoto In their operations aud where tn
te- shall TAI. 70 cure shey shall kill.
- ssxc IL. The provisions Of this Get shall also
:. uuiforR in their appNeatien snd shall opply
We Floyd county % any other county 10 ths State.
Ter Sac. ~. This act being deemed Of immedis
. and absolute Importance, shall be in force frc
Iers and after its passage through the mails.
nj SEQ. -. On motion the bill was read about o
hundred and fifty times. referred 70 the mmitt
- on ''Kctributiso Justice and ordered 10 I
bay | ress.
~. sSse Grout House Reports. DesMsiuss. Of il
rus usry, February and March, 1854.
and 'Sce West Union Digest. vol. |, every pase.
ods The Comsmm psion or Sagar.
ose Tie English Produce Market Rsriew b
air. published very full review OF the sug
trade OF the void for the last year,
IN which there are some interesting facts
ed regard to the comparative amounts Of sug
,r. consumed BY different countries.
!. 1t appears that the United States ar
~ Great Britain arc much the largest consun
srs, using 1920, 900 tons Of sugar annual
ust This is about forty -one pounds for each il
dly hao'tAns Of these countries, which 10 ee
en-. tainly an extraordinary average. The =
9TH erage 10 each individual in France, ttal
nss Spain, Belgium and Switzerland beir
ti twelve pounds and fraction. and their I
ep- telannoal consumptioa 5O6, 900 tons. I'll
Be Teetons are third, eonsuming - average
on, little over seven pounds individually, a.
be . total annual consumption Of 26S, 900 tor
in Last comes the vast but comparatively b
log rem district ruled by Russia, together VII
US, the Turkish Empire and the 0resk kin
ust dom. Russia, Poland, Turkey end Gree
can consume lees than hxif what 10 ussd by Il
Nv smallest European consumers, the Teuton
ich and the deliveries in those countries on
N, amount to l25, 900 tons, or $50 pounds D,
sai bead.
The quantity Of sugar used dspsods,
course, upon its price, and for the last fe
y. ysass the low saeea have given IN unusu
tor stimulus to consumption in Europe.
sss The sources Of supply are at present. I
uld numerous. shs cultivation Of sueas can /
"a 90 largely extended, and the crop 10 20 :
ork muoelativs. that thsss 10 every prospect
An coueiAusd Increase IN this predust, . Il
ht wealth and civilization Of comouaitio Il
g crease. until the pssseat figures bssous =
i, terly Insignificant. In round numbers q
.er. British eonsumpsion for 1867 may - est
a. mated 70 b 625. 900 tom. On the scale
IA New South Wales il would amount TO |
=" 250. 900 tons per annum. The total col
hut sumption II The Sl2, e72 900 sssla. fro
a. whom returns can BE- obtained, u 2.O3t
~ 600 tons per anaau, or Is pounds bee
one On the British sssls Of consumption
10 would amount 20 6.l5O goo toss ; ON q
\ a New South Wales scale 70 1c, 900 900 ton
,er. The growers Of sugar, therefore, need ha,
,od no fear Of extending cultivation too far.
Would not Leave without Oh
Papers.
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