Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-04-01
LEGISLATIVE

pervisors in counties Of 5000 population to
appropriate $4,000 for brid &c purposes,
and $4,000 additional for each additional
10000 population. The bill for establish
ing new Penitentiary was laid over one
week.
In the House almost the entire day was
spent in the discussion of the railroad tar.
if bill without coming to vote. The COM
mitee to investigate charges of attempted
corruption with reference to the Capitol ap'
preparation bill, have organized and EN-.
ployed a reporter.
MARCH 24th.-The following bills passed
the Senate: A bill: authorizing counties to
fluid their Indebtedness the House bill p,
propriating $50. ooNo the State Universe
ty; the bill abolishing the general term Of
Districts and Circuit Courts. The bill fol
the resumption of 100000 acres of land
granted to the Des Moines Valley r. r. Co.
was warmly discussed, and lost on the mo.
ton to engross by ayes 20, nays u.
II the House the debate on the railroad
tariff bill was resumed but no vote arrived
at, at the hour Of adjournment. The Sen
ate bill for the abolition of the general term
Of courts, was passed with amendments.
MARCH 25th.-In the Senate a message
from the Governor relative to the Fox and
Wisconsin river ship canal project, was read.
The bill to enable townships to vote aid to
railroads was made the special order for
Thursday. The Senate took up the bill
fixing railroad tariffs, Senator Mulkern lead
ing off in strong speech in favor of the
bill, and Senator Patterson on the other side.
At ) o'clock the motion to engross failed by
vote of yeas 20, nays 81. The vote upon
engrossmeut was thea reconsidered and the
further consideration of the bill postponed
until Tuesday. Intense excitement was
manifested in both Houses.
The railroad tariff question was also up
in the House, causing much excitement and
confusion. The previous question was NOV
ed at half past four, and the bill was passed
by the following vote
Ayes-Messrs. Apologize, Bail, Bentley,
Bell, Bonewitz. Brown of Fayette, Brown of
Van Buren,, Bundy, Butterfield, Carve !,
Crawford, Dickerson, Dumont, Dunno, Ell
bert, Evans, Gibbons, Green, Harper. Ha, ..
enbower, Hirscher, Hood, Hopkins, Hop
kirk, Hunter, Irish, Jones, Kasson, ketcl-
UNI, Lee, Lommen, Mahen, Mile of Wash
ington, Miles of Wayne, Willard, Mills, Nor
rison, Murdoch, Newbold, Noe, Norris,
O'Dunnell, Parsons, Pratt, Rholfs, R4sser,
Russell, Sanborn, Satter Slatterwait, Snow
Stewart, Stutsman, Tat, Teale, Tolliver,
Traer, Tufts, Wilson, Wood, Wright of AL
Nays-Beresheim, Butler, Carpenter,
Cults, Day, DeGroat. Dudley,
Durham, Favllle, Harshorn, Hobson, Huff,
Keables, Lowery, Martin, McCann, McGov-
ern, Miller, Miracle, Rogers, Rowell, Stone,
StauchGeld. Sedan, Warner, Wright OF Sac,
and Mr.. Speaker-2S.
MARCH 18th. 1.-The Senate wa not in'ses-
sion. In the House bills were passed as
follows: providing that vacancies in State
offices shall he filed by the Governor, coun-
ty Offices b. the Board of Supervisors, town,
ship officers by the trustees, and wher there
are no trustees, by the Co. Auditor; J, all
amendment to chapter us Of the Revision,
requiring that persons in jail for misde-
'ueanor shall be credited one dollar per day
on their fines; to compel able bodied per-
sons TO work; requiring that notes given for
patent rights shall have the fact written up
on the face. The Senate amendments 10
bill allowing counties to fund their indebt-
edneSs were concurred in, ssc1'
MARCH 18th In the Senate bills were
passed legaizing election at Iowa Falls
for relief of the widow and children OF the
late Col. j. B. Dorr, and authorizing the
counties of Hamilton, Franklin and Wright
to take causes to argument term OF Supreme
Court at Dubuque. A majority report was
made from the committee in favor Of allow
ing counties to prohibit the sale of wine,
ale and beer. A minority report was also
submitted and both ordered printed.
In the House the special order, the bill
to appropriate $4,000 to Insane Hospital
AT Independence, was taken up and debated
until noon, and postponed until Wednesday
afternoon. During the discussion of the
bill to reorganize the Board of Trustees of
the State University, great sensation was
created by the reading, by Mr.. Stewart of
johnson county, of memorandum copied
from the records in the Adjutant Generals
office, showing that one of the trustees OF the
Mr.. Hobart, is deser.er from
the army, and that another, Mr.. Irish, was
a bitter Copperhead during the war, in his
paper denouncing ali Union soldiers as Lin
coin hirelings. A most bitter and acrimo-
NOUS debate followed by Messrs. Irish, Stew
art, Dudley, Pratt, Wright and Day.
MARCH 2oih.-Iue much vexed subject
Of railroad tariffs was disposed of for two
years '.y successful motion IN the Senate
to lay the whole subject on the table. The
following is the vote
Ayes-Messrs. Allen, Atkins, Bulls, Cas-
sidy, Claussen, Couch, Dixon, Durham,
Fellows, Griffith, Hamilton, Havens,; Ire
land, Keller, Larrabee, Lowery, Moore,
Newell, Patterson, Pierce, Rice, Smy the,
Traverse, Tut,le, Vermiiliou and Wright
&c.
Nsys-Messrs. Beards!ey, Bennett, Bill,
Campbell, Cathcart, Chaplin, Donnan, by.
sart, Failall, Grimes, Hurley, Knoll, Long,
Mexican, McNutt, Vale and West--l7.
Absent or not voting-Messrs. Mnlkern,
Wolf, McCulloch, Hawley, Mitchell md
Murray.
A resolution was adopted to hold two SEES.
sions daily after the 3O,h. The balance of
the session was spent in discussion of bills
from she commission of legal inquiry
The motion to abolish capital punishment
was lost. The amendment permitting de-
fendcnls in Grimm al Cases to testify was af.