Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-02-06

Notes From the Capital.


occupied in the final work Of organ
ization, beginning with the inaug
uration Of the Governor and Lieut..
Governor, which took place OF
Tuesday, Jan. 9th. Tho hall O
the House OF Representatives wal
fitted for the occasion by enlargine
the Speakers platform to accommo
date the various State officers
Judges of the different counts, ant
other invited witnesses. Adjutant
General Baker ordered out q com
pany of military, and the committee
from the two Houses employed thu
Capital City Brass Band. The
Governor was escorted by three
companies from his residence to the
Capitol building; they then occu
plying the gallery to participate il
the exercises.
A few moments before the hour
appointed the House sent a message
to the Senate, informing that body
of their readiness to proceed. The
Senate was then announced, and
marched in, headed by Lieut.. Gov.
ernor Bulls and the Clerk, the mem
bers of the House rising to receive
them. The Lieut Governor then
said. "Gentlcmcn, we have met in
joint convention to inaugurate the
Governor and Lieut.-Govcrnor."
All were then seated, the Senators
occupying the seats adjoining the
main aisle.
A committee was then appointed
to wait on the Governor and Lieut.
Governor elect, and another COM
nittee to invite State officers, judges,
and others, to seat on the stage.
Shortly these were announced and
were ushered in, the Band mean.
while playing "Hail to the Chief"
Prayer was offered, and Judge Cole,
in an impressive manner, admins
tered the oath of office. Another
piece of music followed, after which
the Governor delivered his Inaug-
ural Address, which vas an able
and instructive State paper, aud lis
tened to with most marked attcn-
ton by the large audience present.
The joint convention then dissolved,
and the audience dispersed to the
music of the Band.
In the evening Gov. c. gave the
first reception of the season on a
public invitation to all, which was
responded to by most of the mem
bers Of the Houses and many others.
The entertainment was very agree
able in al respects; the Governor
and his worthy lady doing the hon
ors of reception and parting most
gracefully and cordially, and the
refreshments-strictly on temper.
ance principles-were most excel.
lent in quality and protnse in quan'
tity.
MORE JOINT WORK. g
While on the joint work l will
notice the caucuses for nominating
Warden for the Penitentiary and
postmasters and mail carriers fol
the General Assembly. The Re
publicans nominated DR.. S. Craig,
the present incumbent, against
whom no dissenting voice was
heard, and yet it was necessary fol-
the "ro party men (the Innomin'
ats) to maintain their consistency
(?) by making another nomination.
although large number Of their
men desired to vote for DR.. Craig
This shows the wisdom of the long
party drill in the "reign Of the two
fifties."
Mrs. E. NJ. Elliott and Miss Anna
d. Smith were nominated as post
master and assistant, and E. H.
Stedman as mail carrier, subject to
the contingency of discontinuance
of the offices. s
ABOUT THOSE OFFICES.
There was much time spent over
those offices. The Senate, early in
the session, resolved to abolish
them. Most of the Senators were
old members and boarded at the
leading hotels on the east side,
where they could be served readily
with their mail three times day,
and their names were familiar to
the employees of the postoffice.
The House, had it been organized
at the time, would doubtless have
acquiesced, but the applicants be-
ing held over by the "dead lock-
with assurance of the place, had in
Cured much expense, and the
House felt under obligations to give
them the job. 1t was also true that
the members, many of them, board
cd some two miles from the Office,
and it was practically impossible
for them to 60 to the Office, and the
reliance on the free delivery from
the office was very uncertain and
unsatisfactory. So tho cool judg-
ment of all constrained them to con-
.tinne the Office.
Should any orc attempt to bring i
up hereafter witt, u desire to make
capital on the SC re of economy, it
will be remembered that the Re.
publican Senate abolished it and