The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1870-04-07
TO Des Moines.

morning Of the Both, and returned
yesterday morning the 31st.
The reunion committee m etat
the Savery, on tho evening of the
3Oth, andreportcdp 1t seems
that tho soldiers OF the State, from
ono end to the other, are enthusias-
tic over the prospect of meeting
together, and that tho proposed
reunion will be a success beyond the
most sanguine expectations. General
Sherman has signified his intention
to be present, and Secretary Belk-
nap has been invited TO deliver the
principal oration, while many more
of the famous soldiers of the war will
bo present.
The Executive Committee are
celebrating programme which will
be promulgated in few days and
published in all the papers.
A committee was appointed to
confer with the Governor, and with
him unite in memoralizing the Leg
islature to make an appropriation to
furnish the rations and meet the
other contingent expenses of the
affair, and it is confidently expected
that in as much as Iowa has spent no
money on her soldiers, in the way of
badges, or other Jim cracks, that a
liberal appropriation to cover neces-
sary expenses for food &C., &C., will
be made to enable the gallant men,
irrespective of rank, who saved the
State, to meet to-e ether at this mill.
tary review and reunion:
The Capitol Bill remains in statu
quo. Bigger iand Brown, both Re-
publicans, were candidates for the
Legislature in Washington County,
to fill a vacancy occasioned by the
death Of Hon. Abijah Conner. The
election occurred on the 29th ultimo,
and it is now reported that Bigger,
the Capitol man, beat Brown anti, by
l3 majority.
This report had elated the Capitol
men at Des Moines, especially since
it was rumored that the other men,
Der of the house, to-wit, DIR. Miles,
who voted against engrossment, will
regard this issue as virtual instruc-
ton to him and will "flap;jack."
Per Contra the State House men
claim that even if Miles should 90
over 60 to the opposition with Big
ger, that the bill cannot receive the
constitutional majority of 81 votes
required to pass it, as att least three
persons who voted for engrossment,
have had their ears to the ground
and heard the popular thunder, and
will flap;jack the other way.
Both houses have agreed to submit
the proposition to strike out the word
male the vote in the Senate occurring
while we were in, without eliciting
any discussion, and carrying by fully
three-fourths ofthe members.
The vote is no evidence of the real
strength Of tho measure, but rather
another illustration of the cowardice
which shifts the responsibility Of an
important measure upon the should.
ers of the dear people.
The Capitol Investigating Commit
tee is at work, and it is rumored that
their report will show that the Cap
itol Ring sent for Q Council Bluff
rough who was the medium through
whom the corrupt propositions were
made. Of course, they all at Des
Moines now deny any connection
with this hummer Henry, and tho
swearing in the case is not only loud,
but directly conflicting.
The legislature is grinding along
business rapidly, and will probably
adjourn in about two weeks.
1t was q qualification to find our
delegation with astatuS and influence
second to no other in the legislature.