Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-03-24
1UWH VUTEK.
A. r. spsrry, Editor.
Notes ON Various Matters.

and sent copies Of them to General
Butler, or the y. s. HoHse of Repre-
sentatives. and Senator Howell, ask
ing them to present the Resolutions
as a memorial. Gen. Butler consent
ed; but Senator Howell refused, and
under date Of the 6th inst, stated the
reasons for his refusal in a letter
wherein he characterized the Rpsolu-
tions as "botl rascally and disgrace
ful." Thereupon the C0pperleod
gets up a big bluster, and talks loud
~ about the sacred right of petit
tion." Now, we can't see what this
business has to do with the fright Of
petition" anyway. Asking Senator
Howell to present such Resolutions
was an insult not only to him but to
the nation. Gen. Butler pocketed it,
for some cause or other; but Senator
Howell did just right. Honor to
him for his honest principles and his
straight-up-and-down backbone in
standing up to them.
1t is reported that Pres't Grant
feels very anxious for the ratification
of the San Domingo annexation
treaty. Then there must be some
good reasons for it which are not
visible to the naked eye out this
way. The Senate Committee re-
ported adversely.
The Senate Funding bill is dis
cussed at length in the leading jour
nails. The New York Tribune calls
loudly and persistently forits passage
by the House, claiming that it will
make greebacks as good rs gold.
The Chicago Tribune, and other
Western papers, bitterly oppose it,
on the ground that it will contract
the currency and dry up most Of the
| Western National Banks. So opin-
ions vary; and meanwhile-small
boats must keep near shore.
The Quakers are on the war-path
against Gen. Sheridan, or rather,
against his management Of Indian
affairs. The General believes in
fighting things through, and endors-
Is Col. Baker for his Piegan affair.
The Quakers of course hold the OPP
posite views. AS to which is right,
or how far each is right, one needs
TO know very much more than can
possibly be known here in order to
form an opinion worth anything.
But at any rate, and always, all
peaceful means ought to be fully and
fairly tried before the sword is in
voked.
President Grant has sent troops to
| Tennessee, and probably will send
others to North Carolina, merely
because he has been requested to do
SO by the State authorities, to aid
them in suppressing Ku Klux out
RACES. What else could he properly
do? t
Mr.. j. w. Wallace, Reporter to the
u. S. Supreme Court, thinks that
the recent legal-tender decision OF
that Court will not be repealed; and
he states that there is no case now Oh
the docket involving that question,
and that it would take two or three
years to bring one up to decision.
Meanwhile, so far as We can see, the
decision referred to has had little or
no effect practically. TT
The Des MOines Bulletin does some
cyphering as to the practical result
of the 18th Amendment. According
to the last National Census there
were AIS, ,294 colored persons in the
United States in 1860. Allowing one
voter for every six will give 736, $50.
These new voters will number I, 600
in Indiana, 1900 in Delaware, 5,OtN
| in New, Jersey, 900 in Maryland,
and 4O, 900 in Kentucky, counting in
round numbers. The immediate
effect Of this new voting element in
these States may easily be seen.
h3SfHH lf III
Uncle Sam still owns good farm,
spite OF the lobbyists. ! The New
York ZsiLayae of the 18th inst. figures
up that SOC, ZOO, 600 acresIof Govern
ment land have been surveyed, and,
| in round numbers, about the same
area disposed OF by various grants,
| Ac., and that there still remains
about 1,3O5. .3G6,678 acres to which
our beloved Uncle still holds title.
I3ut already. during the present ses-
sion Of Congress, there have been 6a
| railroad appropriation bills intro