The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-12-17
REBELLION AGAINST RAILROADS.
IN IOWA, i
RsrauaI 10 Pay TEX ON County ROul
.ui-f Loaned 20 the Roads. s'"
Demand that che Roads be Taxed
Courts and Lawyers Den0anoad.

Demand that che Roads be Taxed
Courts and Lawyers Den0anoad.
q ly.pmr eli. CHICAGO, Dec, 10. I
A "RAllroad Bond ConvsntIon,n
compoBed OF delegates from the coun-
ties In Iowa, having bonded indebted
ness, assembled &c Muscatlne, lows,
yesterday, Some Bixty or seventy dell
egales were present, representing che
counties Of Washington, johnson,
LOund, Iewa, DeBmolneR, Lee, Cedar,
and PoWshefk. Hon. ). Is, Grinneii
WAS made President. Hethought II an
honor TO be called upon TO preside over
the 10 called rebels Of Iowa. He was
not ropudiator but \ peraon who
wants bis rights. ..u., 4Ip o'ur...
The Committee on resolutions
through Governor Klrkwook reported
O series OF resolution, the leading feat
ures OF which are as follows:
WHEREAs, The, recent decisions In
the federal courts slnvolvlng corporation
railroad bonds In this State seem To
uH subyerstve OF The Ruthorlty and
dignity over the State courts, and dan
gerous to the rights and privileges Of
citizens In the State, II not positive and
unWafranted enCroAchmenis upon the
j1rIsdiollon OF tho State courts, thsre-
fore, n
Resolved, That we respectfully and
earnestly protest against the exercise OF
such authority by Federal Courts, and
hereby pledge onr sympathy and sup
port TO the State Courts In the mainte.
nance OF their rlehtful authority; that
the Convention earnestly call upon the
General Assembly OF Iowa to take mo-
tlce to the late decision OF the Federal
Supreme Court, and apply 10 Congress-
and the other States 10 protect our citl-
Zens against similar encroaohments OF
their rights; that this Convention re.
commends 10 the citizens oil the several
counties and cities Interested In this
railroad bond question 10 pay all their
taxes except their bond tax, and refuse
topay : until all legal and practicable
remedies are exhausteda HI " La
The debate on these resolutions was
long and animated. Governor Kirk
wood insisted that the people OF the
State had the right, through the Legls.
lature, 20 enact such law as they
please, provided they do not trench On
the Constitution OF the United Staten,
and had q right 10 say that their courts
should interpret how It read. He ad-
vlsed delay in the payment OF the tax.
Delay would work no harm. 1875
Mr.. Cloud said: Let US pay all other
taxes but this, and for Il turn over our
property, and then when offered at
auction let no man buy p
Senator Bennett, MIR. McNuIt and
others said the resolutions were not
strong enough. =
'Mr. Lusk, from Lee county, wished
to inform the Convention that so far 10
had been fonllug It's time away. The
only resort for us Is TO use force. Men
OF this day cannot be ooaxed. We
must force or buy them. We
must give up lawyers and do our
own dirty work. We must not depend
on judges, for there is not one Of them,
on Federal and State benches, who
cannot be bought. We must force our
Legislature 10 tax railroads, and give
uB money. No more lawyers or
Judges. We have already paid lawyers
as much as the debt amounts 10, We
could have compromised 1t thirty cents
on th Q dollar but for them. Now every
dollar has come to he t0n.'
The resolutions were finally unani-
mously adopted. Eadt1ti||T7
Mr.. Lusk afterwards said II he had
spoken falsely against the Judges Of the
supreme Court, he took II all back.
The Convention then adjourned sine
die. H..
The total amount Of bonds involved
In all the countieS is about ten million
dollars; Lee county owing the largest,
say one and half millions.