Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-02-16

DIES MONIES, Feb. 8, 1872.

laid before the people, and mas
much as there is anoeher side, and
you are in favor of having all sides,
| would like to use a little of your
space to briefly consider that other
side.
The House of Representatives
voted to take no papers at the cx-
pensc of the State. This action has
been condemned = harshly con-
demhed by most of the press, and !
have not seen single paper which
came to the rescue of the unfortu.
nate members of the House. And
it is a.little singular that Of all the
facts, figures and arguments against
the plan Of taking papers, which
were drawn out during the three
days contest in the House, nothing
has come to the eye of the public
Now, if this be a fact, is not this
enough to decide all candid minds
against buying papers for the sake
Of getting knowledge Of the do
ings and sayings of the Legislature
when those papers print only 50
much of their sayings as they take .
fancy to? Do the people (who have
to foot the bills) hunger and thirst
for one-sided and ,garhled report
of the labor of their servants at the
capital? If that is what they want
they could be accomplished: with
the papers which keep, reporters in
this hall, but if they want a full and
true account they cannot be accom-.
modatcd by any paper now pub,
lished. y
There is no reporter in this House
who could give a report of what
transpircs, if he was ever so anxious
to do so. Our Speaker suffers no
time to run to waste, and when the
House is at work, business is dis
patched at rail road speed. There
is no talk, for hereabouts members
spring to their feet, brim full of
their subject, and pour forth their
nervous utteranccs with such rapid
ity that it is almost impossible to
keep up with them. I have as
good authority. as there is in the
State for saying that not more than
one in ten Of the professed short
hand reporters in this State is COM
petent to report the proceedings of
the House. ~
Now if the papers that would be
sent out do not give a faithful ac-
count of the proceedings Of the
Legislature, do the people want to
pay out their money for them? l
should think not. And if papers
enough are taken to give one to ev-
cry taxpayer in the State, it would
cost the State nearly two hundred
thousand dollars-a sum which no
man wishes to see devoted to that
purposc-and if q paper is sent only
to part at the expense of the
whole, those who are neglected
have just cause to complain of the
Partially and injustice. Aud they
do complain, and make themselves
heard, and there is hardly a MEM
Der of this Legislature but who has
been importuned by those who have
been thus neglected, either to send
them papers or send to nobody
The Legislature has no right to dis
criminate or to force members to
discriminate between the taxpayers
of the State, and the time will very
speedily arrive when it will come
to an end. .s. ...s...
AS the case now stands, there is
no paper published which gives. a
true report ofprocecdings in the leg
lslature, and of their imperfect re-
ports. only one in seven would get
one although all would have to pay
for them, if the House had voted to
take the largest number proposed.
For these among many other rea-
sons, the measure was voted down.
The visiting committees are be-
ginning to return and some of them
are going to report in favor of ap-
preparations in addition to those
recommended by the Governor
The University at Iowa City has
succeeded in convincing the com
mittee that it should have hand.
some figure. It wants cighty-fve
thousand. the committee will rec
ommcnd some less. But from pres
ent appearances, there will be fully
twice as much asked for as the
available income of the State will
amount to, unless the rate of taxa
ton is increased. JONES,
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A Great Man Gone,