The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-03-07

coming up from my 'Iu0rQsh cry1nj
grub, grub, grub. / arose and re
pairod TO the Jones House a. rapid,
rs possible.
The bill was recomm,tted.
From the Daily Of March lst.
Oss MoINRs, Feb. 20.
| EDIToRs CoURIER: The business
transacted in the House this morn
ing was. pot of 80 interesting char
acter as that of yesterday. sl,hougl
II was not what may be termed dull
The reading of the Journal over
several petitions wero offered ane
referred to appropriate committees
Mr.. Pratt presented q concurrent
resolution asking that the State prin
ter be required to furnish fifty pages
daily, of the new code to each mem
Der, and If not able to do 90 to tel
why. Adopted.
| A bill, H. +. No. 274,. was intro
duced, being an act to prohibit The
sale, manufacture or keeping Of any
spiritioue liquors. E
The oill provides that any person
can give Information against anoth.
or, for SO selling, manufacturing, OF
keeping, and that said informant
shall be required to deposit the sum
OF $500, with q proper officer, to pay
costs in case the liquor found on bic
Information shall not exceed one gal.
Ion. 1t also makes provision for dis.
posing of any liquor so found, BY
spilling out, breaking the vessels,
&c.
Mr.. Caldwell introduced II. F. No.
276-
A bill for m act to repeal certain
laws IN relation to the taxation of
railroad property and providing that
such should be taxed the same as
other property.
Were going to comment on this
bill, should say, from what little l
know about the management of rail-
roads that such was impossible.
Mr.. Caldwell explained the bill
briefly and then moved that it be
considered eDgrOssed.
Teale opposed tho bill and Irish
supported it.
The hour having arrived for the
special order, Ii. F. SO was taken up
- such in relation to the repeal Of
ktbe Registry Law.
RtesArsuWento on this question as
samed = p0lilical c6araotsr and was
participated 10 BY Messl& ffiSS,
Hall. O'Donneli, Ainswortk, Stowe,
Inttle, Kasson, Reed and Bore
Mr.. Leaby offered On amendment
providing that the law Of repeal shall
not extend to cities having 1000 in
habitante aud over.
Mr.. Kasson's argument in the
opinion OF your correspondent was
the most forcible presented on the
subject, and cited the Law to prove
that It workings wore in NO manner
very beneficial.
Mr.. Boreshiem citcd the case Of
Council Bluffs aud said the Registry
Law was necessity there for the
protection Of the ballot box, as OK.
perience had taught the people there
that they we're p0werless without
such q law to protect themselves
against the reebootcrs and scalawags
OF Nebraska who would rosh in By
tho hundreds o day or two before
tho election and the next day would
DO of 10 some other locality.
At noon tho House adjourned till
2 o'clock.
On meeting In the afternoon the
consideration of the Registry ques.
zion was resumed, when the debate
became warmer than ever.
Mr.. Rolphs, of Davenport, spoke
at some length in favor of repeal o.
also did Duncombe, Danforth, Blake
and Campbell.
Mr.. Pratt opposed the bill.
In the course Of the discussion sew
eral amendments we're offered but
all lost.
Mr.. Stowe moved to amend By
striking out 1000 and inserting
10, 900.
Mr.. Caldwell by inserting 5000. .
The original amendment offered
Mr.. Leahy was lost
On the question to engr0ss and
and read third time the vote stood:
OF Jasper /; Bsrgh, Blake, Blakeiv, Booth,
Calnpbsll. Evans. flsnnik-n. Freeman,
Hall. Haberling. Hilton, Hopkirk. John
| ston, Maxwell. M'AIli.ier, McCoy. Mer.
riIl, Miller, ODonnell, Paul, Dect, Reed,
Rice. Rolphs, Rule. Sandry, Scheveers,
Skitlen. Stewart, stowe, Struthens.
T-ale, rGttle. Wood. Of Clay Wood, Of
Story, snd Wright, OF Van Buren-lA
NAYS-Beatty. OF Cedar; Bereshlem,
Blarkmap, Bliss. Bonewitz, Butler, Cad.
well. Caldwell, Cardeli, Carver, Clark, OF
Benton; Clark, OF Iowa; Close, Craw-
ford, Davis, DAWSON, Draper. Durham,
Ellsworth, Ericsson. Gear, 0oodspeed,
Green. Hanson. Hewitt, Hovey, Irish.
| KassoD. K cables. Leshy. Lee. Litsenberg.
Stedman. Tasker. TUFTS. Van Dsventer.
Van Meter, Van Saun. Whitten, Will
liams, Wilson, of Keokuk; Wilson. o,
| Washington; Wright, OF Mile. and Mr..
Spa,ker.-49.
Tho time Of the Senate to-day was
devoted to making temperance
speeches, but how much this honora.
BILE body requires such lectures
cannot say.
From the Daily OF Masrh aud.
DEs MONIES, Feb. 90,
EDITORS COURIER The first bust
ness in tho House this morning attor
the Journal being read was tho intro
duction Of resolution that .hl
House, in future meet at $50 A. NJ.
Lost.
| Mr.. Caldwell's bill in relation te
the taxation OF railroad property
came up next.
Mr.. Duncombe moved that it BE-
referred to the Committee on Rail
roads.
II Mr.. Caldwell, in supporting the
J bill, said:-That some members were
! under The impression that his inteu.
tion in introducing this bill was
: ali for bpncombc, but he would 10,
, them know it was tor no such thing
Hc was il earnest in his in,roduc
7 ton of tho bill he was pledged "a
! such measure and he wanted
. members to como out boldly and
{ state just whore they stood on thit
o question.
/. lie Tor ono was in favor OF taxing
y railroad property Just as other peo
"a nie's prOOortv u,.S ,.vca Ha was