Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-03-14

vidcd to bring about reconciiera.
ton. The rt.les OF the two Houses
and parliamentary law do not per-
NIT committees Of conference on sub
iec,s considered in committees ofthe
whole. This dilemma may, and most
probably must be escaped from by
Introducing each chapter embracing
a single subject rs an ordinary bill
and treating it as such. Then when
a disagreement happens the way to
All amicable settlement OF it may be
attained speedily and satisfactorily.
The wranglcs and conflicting plans
OF different parties for performing
this important work OF the session
are chargable with the delay 10 &C.
complish any part thereof. More
than half of the session is gone and
yet not one solitary section of the
revised statutes has been passed up
on. Ii were the sheercst folly to at
tempt to disguise or cover up the
true intent and purpose of this total
ly unnecessary procastinatlon. 1t is
nothing else than to force and ad-
| journea session for the consideration
OF that, which should have been pro.
cecdod with Immediately on the as
sembling OF the Legislature.
On the 2Sth the Senate waived
several special orders in order to do
something effective against that ycx
ations and hydra headed monster in
temperance, whose ravages in Iowa
are daily becoming more alarming
and whose devices to evade the con
sequences Of every statute enacted
seem 20 battle the ingenuity of the
most honest and astute legislators
Peutitions signed numerously from
Tama, Benton, Linn and MANY other
of tho interior counties have been
presented by Senator Claussen, Of
Scott county, because he is the fore
most champion OF the opponents of q
more stringent liquor law. The peti
tons almost invariably pray for the
enactment. OF we'll guarded license
law. After earnest delibera:ion ant
free exchange Of views the friends o
a strong prohibitory law made VI
their minds to stand by the old Law
with several amendments: The Com
mittcc for the suppression OF intem
perance recommended that the wine
and beer clause be restored, whlcl
was stricken thcretrom to retain thu
German vote for the Republican
party. The man fight was on tnis
very proposition The report wa
sustained in every particular. 1t re
qulres three instead of one thousand
dollars as security for observance o.
the law-and limits the number q
druggists in cities and towns to one
for every two thousand Inhabitants
and interdicts by heavy penalty the
giving away of any spurious liquors
wine and beer included. It's friends
secured its engrossment only by the
vote OF the Lieutenant Governor,
there beng % ayes and % nays
The engrossed bill came up in its
order on Friday last and went down
by vote "A tor ana % against, Sen
ator Campbell having changed his
.nU.e i reconsideration. The
published result stand with above
figures reversed. The motion to re
consider was made the special order
of the 7th of March. Much interest
is felt here and throughout the en-.
lire State about the ultimate action
| OF the Senate.
Yesterday morning Senator Fairall
offered a resolution to adjourn on
the 9th Ct this month to meet again
on the I'd of February, 1873, thus
proving my conjecture true, stated
in the first part of this letter written
two days before. Although 1t was
warmly advocated by the mover,
assisted by Senator Richards, who
volunteered to shoulder all tho re-
sponsibillty and pledge the Demo-
cratic party to silent acquiessence,
it was tabled by the Republicans
Yet it is by no meals certain that it
may not, in some other form, prevail
The alternative of that or long SEES
sion cannot now be lodged.
Clv1s.