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

bered that Mr.. s. refused to vote
for Mr.. Gear after the arrangement
was agreed on. No notice has been
taken Of these sights by the Speak
er in any instance.
Senator Bemis is Chairman of the
Committee on State University, and
occupies a prominent position or
that of Insane Asylums on the part
of the Senate. That he will give
efficiency to those committees is
clear to all who know his ability
and experience.
While speaking Of the delega
ton from Buchanan, it is q pleasure
to state the fact thatlSenator Bemis
in common with other leading Re
publicans, has been foremost IN pre-
senting practical measures. He il
the author of the resolution con
demning the salary bill of Con
gress, and approving its repeal
Also a measure that lays the axe al
the root of the tree, by asking Con
gress to propose an amendment to
the Constitution, preventing an In
crease of salaries Of Congressman
during the term for which they
were elected. He also favored the
abolishing of the post-ofiice in the
Capital, but the House over-rulcd
the action of the Senate in the mat
ter, on the ground that it was a ne
cessity to retain the Office.
Representative opangIcr has al
uphill business to harmonic with
the homogeneous elements of the In.
nominate. Thus far his capital
stock has consisted in party build
ing during the deadlock, and pen
ny economy in the House, voting to
dispense with the clergy in opening
the sessions OF the House, aud the
payment Of the temporary Speaker
for his duties as presiding officer,
and in efforts to prevent the pay.
ment of the band and military com.
pany invited by the joint committee
on Inauguration of the Governor.
But this false economy finds no re-
Spouse, and Mr.. S has taken hold OF
a measure of more importance and
has introduced q resolution provid-
ing for the submission Of an amend
ment to the Constitution to strike
out the word "male." This is a
principle, and for party without
principles it is a good move. Is it
not time that this party should have
some base Of action other than
promises to pay" and denuncia,
tons of those who have spent years
in perfccting the various statutes
and institutions Of our State. Now,
if Mr.. S will only get his party, to
which he seems SO indissolubly tied
by some strange fascination, to
adopt the female suffrage question,
should we not know one plank in
their platform? Then even the
friends of suffrage from the Repub.
lican party would have an object in
going with him. Let us SEQ if he
can bring his party in accord on
that point.
PER CONTRA.
A Mr.. Boiler has offered rcso'
luton to remove duties from salt,
iron, cotton and wooden goods. Mr.
Bolter is a free trade Democrat
Now, can he succeed in bringing
over to his creed, all the Greeley
protectionists and friends of home
manufacturers? If so, then there
would be two planks-to-wit: Mr.
Spangler's, on woman suffrage, and
Mr.. Boilers on free trade and for.
eign manufactures. Can they be
harmonized? Or, if not, will either
one be adoptedp Or will an indie
pendent course have to be adopted
to start with, one of the principles
say Mr.. Spangler's on woman suf'
frage, and let all the friends Of that
measure gravitate around it. This
would at least be consistent, and a
safe, sound way to build up party
on merits. When the time shall
come for it, take the other doctrine
and treat that in the same way. Is
not that sound policy?
BILLS, &C.
There has been large number Of
bills introduced in both Houses
Over 100 in the House and about
the same in the Senate. Only one
law has been passed which was the
one fixing mileage and compensa.
ton of officers and members. On
the mileage question there was
much squirming. 1t has been Gus
tomary for each member to allow
the committee to take the miles
from some previous year, perhaps
before railroad communication was
as direct as now, and thus shrink
any responsibility. The Speaker,
however, allowed each member to
correct his own mileage, TINS plac-
ing the responsibility on each men,
Der. Several important corrections
were made, amounting to several
hundred dollars, before the bill came
into tho House, and a number more
after that, Mr.. Kelly, (Rcpublican)
for instance, of Mitchell, reported
$40 miles less than had been GUS
tomary for representatives from that
county, while Mr.. Hoggatt "a chief
among the Innominats), who lives
80 miles from Des Moines, gets pay
for 10 miles. a4l f
Mr.. Bonham OF Clarke county,
one of the most substantial members
Of the opposition, tried to get the
House to act on his mileage, which
was refused. When placed with all
others on his individual response.
bility, he reduced his mileage some
@25, for which he has due credit.
The question of temporary Speak
er caused considerable excitement,
rs some thought the House had no
law to allow him any pay as Speak
er. This is question tor the peo-
'ple. No instance has over been
known by any Legislative body, in
which the Speaker did not receive
extra pay for such service. If the
people would object to such just
appropriation, let them say so. The
amount due to Mr.. Newbold was 500
and the talk cost perhaps $500 10
the State. Still that would be moth.
ing If there was point of princi.