The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1870-03-10
ESPECIAL CoRREspONDENCE.1
FROM DES MONIES.
DEs MONIES, Iowa,
March 2nd, 70.
HALL or THE House..

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DEAR COURIER
Theentire day wa
spent yesterday in the consideration
of the State University Bill. You
readers Of course, are aware this
Institution is located at Iowa City
in the old Capitol buildings, and tha
some additions have been made
from timeto time. 1t has an endow
ment that y ields are venue of $23, ,OOl
yearly at present, and will likely
increase somewhat in the future.
| Mr.. Irish, one of the Trustees, in
troduced bill giving the Institution
q sum equal TO one tenth OF a million
the assessable property of tho State
annually. This at the present valu.
alton would give them nearly thirty
thousand dollars, and Of course would
be largely increased from year to
year. Irish supported his bill in
one of the best considered speeches
he has yet delivered on tho floor Of
the House; eulogising the State
University and putting it at the
head of our common school system.
He was followed BY Dudley in a
very able effort, who opposed the
method ofproviding in this way for
any Of our Public Institutions, and in
view of the present and prospective
strin sency in the money market,
and the large appropriations asked
for other State Institutions, favored
coniining them to the smallest
amount recommended by the Visit
ing Committee, twenty- thousand
dollars.
After Il full discussion, the House
refused to pass lrish's bill, but amen
dcd it and gave them $50, 900 for the
next two years as II compromises
The rule was then suspended and the
bill passed the House with but little
opposition.
The champion Of the "Capitol BlII''
then came up to the scratch, aud
asked that he be relieved from "com-
ing to time" on the ID, (the time Sc
by themselves for the consideration
of this bill) in consequence of a very
convenient boil on his neck, aud the
chairman ofthe committee on pub.
lie buildings being in the peniten-
tiary, and the bill with him, they
asked that the consideration OF the
bill be postponed TILL next Tuesday.
Just credit the opponents OF the bill
with the first knock down" In the
meantime they have broke loose in a |
fresh place, and have summoned their
friends from every corner of the
State, wherever it promises to have
effect on wavery or weak kneed
members, and are still ready to !
promise railroad to every mans,
floor for vote in favor of their bill,
and will soon show convenient and
fresh telegraph dispatch trem era
cy," J. l. Blair or any other railroad
King confirming it, Judging from
the number of kilograms these wor-
thies are busy just now in com muni-
eating with the friends Of the Capitol
Bill.
This morning was consumed in the
Introduction OF bills, resolutions. etc.
The afternoon in consideration Of
u Bill to increase the allowance to
for dieting prisoners. The
present law allows them 30 cents per
day. The bill proposed sl.0o. The
Committee recommended 75 cents,
and after some gas on the subject, the
House cut it down To so cts per day,
and increased the allowance to Sher-
ifs, under the discretion OF the Board
ofSupervisorsfor duties, which the law
makes no provision ior, from $40 to $50
the lowest. and Sl20 to $500 the
highest, The rule was suspend
ed. and the Bill passed the House, SO
you see we are now fairly at work
and grinding out about ono law per
day through the House, and killing
five on six more. Yours, 81
JOHNNY CADDOO."
The City Printing