The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1872-01-18


sissippi river to the lakes BY water.
In, 1870 Congrsss appropriated thu
sum Of $lOo,0 for this work. The
act max Ing this appropriation provided
for the app0intmsnt Of . board Of arbi
traitors 70 estimate the value Of the
| Interest Of ths Green Bay and Mississ-
ippi Cansl company In the Improve
-nent. Hon. VIM. Larrabse, 0f Iowa.
on. the part Of the United States, and
Hon. James r. Doolittle. of Wiecon-
siu, on the part Of the company, were
selected such arbitrAtors. They chose
Hon. Paai Dillingham. a Vermont.
% the third member Of the board.
Upon the 18TH Of November, this
Board decided upon the award. which
is undeutood ta be a fDllows: For
vaiae Of locks, dams, franchises. wate'
power, personal property, etc., the
sum VI 81 .047 .O70 !; fros. which b TO BE-
deducted the sum OF 172s. .070 for value
~ lAeds solA Laying halsacs ol
S3e6 60; or. II only the Inn .roSsmsnt
proper be tsken. OF $l45,O0O. The
company having previously agrsed to
aocept the amount, the improvement
has become the preperty of the gov
srnment, and ws may nov look for
the continued progress of the work.
D CENTENIAL CELEBRATION. Con
gress at = recent session passed IN oct
locking te national centeniai celebrs-
tion in 1870. In the shape Of worlds
faiS, for which the city of Philsdei
phis was very properly chosea - the
place. Tho act provides for selection
Of Q board Of commissioners, cousisi-
ing OF one from each State, to be
named by his executive. / accordingly
desixnated Hon. Robert Lowry, OF
ie0tt county, - such com missioner,
and Hon. Coker F. Clarkson, Of
Grundy county. ss commissioner al
tesnate. The Beard, II II Understood,
Ia called to meet early In ths coming
spring to enter upon ito important
labors.
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION AND
ENTs.-Pursuant To the re-
quire,nents Of the constitution and the
provi.tons Of chapter las Of the sets Of
last session, the question. /" shali there
be convention to reviss the constitu-
tion and amend the same" was sub
inittsd to this people at the general
elect Ion of 1870, there were cast for .
convention" ETC.. twenty -four thou-
sand eight hundred and forty SIX
VOTES and "sgainst . convention,
ETC., eighty-two thousand and sixty
nine votes. So the people decided not
to hold convention.
There will come before you for
advancement another stage, IL you 30
order, three amenneuts tn the funda-
men tai law. One Of these proposes tore
move the provision restricting the right
ofsufSfnge to "male" citisens. Tho e.
feet Of the other two, " adopted, will
be to remove al disqualiaoations Cor
holding ssaas in the General Assembly
on account Of either sex o. color.
CoDiFICATGoN or TINE Laws. THE
call for : convention having been de-
cided In the negative, the com mission
ers appoiutsd by chapter rs, ofthe acts
Of the last session, Immediately enter
ed upon the work OF revising the iaws.
shortly afterwards, Mr.. John & Policy,
OF Clinton county. one of the members
Of the commission, having removed
from the atsts, rendered his reaigna-
ton. appointed Mr.. William g.
Hammond. Of the University Law
School, hts successor. The report ol
the commission has been printed aud
transmitted to the members elect o'
the Fourteenth Geuersl Assemb Y
| You have therefore been enabled ta
exaMlne the reeonl mendations Of the
Commissioners, with their reasons
therefor. To the changes they propose,
your experience will doubtiers enable
you to add others. I indorse IN the
main the recommendations Of the
report, and sincerely hope that the
code recommended, with such amend
msnis ~ the General Assembly may
ses iit 10 make, will soon becoule the
law Of ths State.
rlay remark this the changes pro-
! s,,f ho al In
judgment, well calculated to render
, punishment for crime, if in some cases
| less severe, in eli more certain and
effective. The Suggestion made Ly
the Commissioners in favor Of the y b.
clifton Of the grand jury. il il can Be
done constitutionally, most heartily
| tndorsej and sM prepared 70 e
further, and to recon mend, AZ | now
do, that steps be taken by you toward,
an amendment Of the constitution
whereby the control OF this subject
may be brought within the scope Of the
powers of the grand jury is costly and
useless relic Of bygoae days. and thai
its abolition will work no detrimenl
whatever to the cause Of Justice.
My attention has been forcibly called
during my term Of Office to nambeI
of Instances where sub contractors up
on railroads, after receiving pay upon
their contracts, have abeconded, de
frauding the !ab"ring men In thei
employ, who are III able 70 afford tn.
loss, som times osusing absolute suf
fering, and even leading TO mob VIC
lence. 1t is species Of downright
fraud, aud lift can he reached by
4 penal statute, IL would seem that i
ought TO be.
| VACANCIES IN QPEIoE --Twie'
since the isst session re-igsations hav,
been made to me by pahlic officers. I,
take effect at some future period,
general election intervening. A quss
tion was raised ~ to the legality Of n
election TO fill the vacancies 1t sucl
general election. / should, withou
hesitation, have included the office
thus to be vacated In the usual e.ectio
proclamation, believing the spirit d
the law would justify Il, but the OIL
GERS rendering their rssignstions. ii
order to avoid any question. withdre,
them. and immediately renewed then
70 take effect before the election.
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