The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-03-05
Printing the Laws.

Some time before the recess OF the
Legislature, Senator Doud, Of Van
Buren,, and Cattsll, Of Polk, managed
to get the Ways and Means commit
tee Of the Senate, to report a bill re-
pealing the law, authorizing the pub
LEGATION Of the laws Of the General
Assembly in the country Press. A
minority Of the committee reported
adversely, however, and the whole
matter was postponed to the 9th
inst. Upon it's being called up last
Friday, Cattell made an elaborate
speech in favor Of the repeal of the
law, and in defense of himself from
the annimadversions of sundry news
papers Of the State. Doud, Parvinand
Richards, (the eopperhead spread
eagle Senator from Dubuque speaks
iag to the same effect, while Senators
Donnan and Farwell, opposed the re-
peal. showing thatthe cost was but q
tride to each individual.-not to ex-
coed three eents--and that..she press is
the legitimate, best, cheapest and
quickest way Of giving the laws to
the people.
In the course OF the debate it leaked
out, that this cheap, and popular
method oflaying all the laws before
the people, and indirectly fostering
and building up the struggling State
press, only costs the trihing sum of
$4,000 per annum, an insignificant
amount, in comparison to the impor-
lance ofhaving the laws disseminated
in every household and familiar to
the people.
Richards, Of Dubuque, Of course,
opposed publishing them, from mo.
tives ofbuncombe, and he was thus
handsomely curried down Ex-senator
Farwe,i, OF Jones
Senator Farwell: had not in
tended to discuss this question. being
satisfied with the expression OF nv
views in the minority report, but viii
call attention to the fact that while
the Senators from Muscatine and
Dubuque deplore exorbite ut taxation.
they agree that it is not the State tax
that Expresses the people. OurState
tax at the present time is but !. mills
on tho dollar. Tread in this morn.
ing's paper the following:
Taken from Richards toploftical
speech of the day before, on assuming
the chair as temporary presiding Off
Ger ofthe Copperhead Convention at
Des Moines.-ED. COURIER. I'll
Mr.. Richards on taking the Chair
addressed the Convention az follows.
If this land can besaved--ifthis Con
stitution and Government can be
sayed-if these thieves can be punish-
edit we can bring the power Of the
people up and get them to see the
danger to their liberties, and get them
to hurl these Williams. from power
Won are the men TODD Il" &
An j came through Dubuque the
other day some Of her citizens CON-
planned az the burdens of taxation. /
asked them il 1t was the State tax
that oppressed them. They said, 20
no, it is the thieves and williams here
IN Dubuque county thst Cypress u.s.
Now ] say to tho Senator from Du-
buqae, 60 home and attend to the
thieves and williams in the Democrat.
ie party in Dubuque county and you
will have little reason to complain Of
thieves and Williams here.
The amount Of this patronage
when equally distributed all over the
State to the press 10 Of but little AZ
sistance to them singly, but if by
Withdrawing it from them, and add. |
ing it to the Capitol press already |
surfeited with patronage, it would ]
make quite a handsome sugar plum. |