The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1873-05-09

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earnestly ~ Senator Net'lase, moved
thai The lenp liberal t~getm senator he
waitei alen BY a committee to address
the house on the iAsaes II reform
TIE mssion sss passed amid sells Il
'lerlsise applause, and the committee
appeared hefnfa The senate anil stated
their mission. Senator Mcclure prompt.
" started, followed by the whole sen.
ate aud the crowd nf lniscrcrs about
the elnsins session, aud was greeted II
tho house With applause, yells, groans,
and 4 storm nf PAPER missiles. liz wa.
conducted u tho speaker chair anl
10 the house BY Speaker III.
lirntt. when the tumuli ceased and he
turned the tables upon tho ring house
in Tue following pungent speech Dad
y as tho ring men were caught. they
made NJ demonstration of disrcspors.
but stood tho incrcilcss iirc they had
provskcd with philosophy. The soma
tor said:
Mn, SrEAEaR Axp CoMMoNgRs az
rng SrArG or PRSSsYL,ASlA:--I
thank you for the distinction you have
conferred upon me by your invitation
to address You on tho subject Of re-
form. know Of no other body Of
men, either Of the present or past, that
needs instruction on the necessity of
both public and private morality No
much ~ the House of Representatives
'f this State now before nc [langhterl
or that has - broadly and deeply cSrcr-
IN ,he line III individual md
'liicinl profligacy. Laughter aud ap.
plause am not surprised, however,
that II il 10 when consider that of
the members serving In this House from
my immediate locality, many were not
even nominated, mud few if any. were
ever elected. Ishonts VI laughter. ]
| sent you reform bills. which cost me
many days Of anxious thought and Ia
hcr 70 perfect, but you danced not
when pipel 70 yon. neither did yon
weep responsive 10 my mourning over
the degeneracy of the body polite. |
must admit, however. that you were
prompt exccutioncra, for every bill that
looked toward reform was negati.ed
with yell NJ fast as rules would allow.
Hut IN politics. rs often in moral und
religious cycles. tho darkest hour il
just before the dawn cf day, aud h II
gratifying TINT, after you have consnm-
mated all the harm yoa can possibly
inilirt upon the State, you have BY \
unanimous resolution, called for con-
fexor. Laughter ] II was we'll 70
pause thus, for tho sake of novelty or
reference 70 TINT when the tempest
brcaks you can point % this becoming
net Of coniriiion for tho wrong ,lone to
Your constituents and 10 tho con&,on-
wealth Applause aud sarcastic
shouts. Most of you, who have Tor
three months been serving in the places
TO which other persons were elected hy
tho people. have discounted tho rctri-
hutise wasc 4 popular rcrrobation i,
crcating offices by legislative cnar,mcnlr
to whirl, ,nn hope u retire: nnl those
nnrro,islci for hope 10 hc placed On
tho, indefinite pay-rull a tho raster.
and folders af the house, III accordance
with the prevalent custom here. topen.
sion deeaycl statesmen. (Shonts ol
laughter. That ,ou seek liberal
connscls to have good seed sewn in I'll.
chaes IT virtue tlat surrounds you il i
hopeful sign Il tho times. and II ynn 1,
not cheat ia moro than 30. 900 III Phil.
alelrhia next fall, tho places TINT know
you nov. will know most ~ you II,
moro forever. Langhscr. lsut
turn 10 the faint silver lining On III.
deep eleul IL yonr record. Onc net d
this house claidcncd the hearts of III.
whole people of tho state, and rcnspir'
cd hele throughout the length ant
breadth of the commonwealth. | rcfei
IL yaur vete in the midst of disorder
tia, 1T a Philadelphia fro would b,
called a riot. on Monday evening last
liking m early day for Your finn
adjournment. l.anghtcr.l ! M
hapr, u point u the oasis III the with
cred desert that yon have ma,lc ahou
you. and 10 accord yon credit ftr II
Hoping, gentlemen. II | may 10 rar
loncd the use of the term I.anghtcr1
that thu length Il yonr official live
may correspond with tho measure o
your virtues. aud that you will liz suc