The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1876-01-13
AT DEs MONIES.

The Senate and n use Of the six
,sen,h General Assembly OF love
convened ~ too o'clock last Monday
ard effected temporary organ zstion,
adiounhing 10 rex, morning.
The Republican caucuses Of both
houses met in the evening and noni-
mated their officers, clerks, &c, which
relieved many anxious place seekers.
Go Tuesday both Senate ard House
were formally organized, the caucus
selections of officers being ratified,
but no business vas doae further than
swearing in" John Il. Gear, OF
Des Moines Co, is Speaker of the
House; J. W. Logan, Chief clerk;
Ben. Van Steinberg First Assistant
and J. J. Finn Second. Mss Lucy
Evans, Of Muscatine, is Engrossing
clerk, ami Misses johnson and Smith
are Postmaster and assistant. Capt.
Hull WAS chosen Secretary OF the
Senate; A. 7. McCorder First, aud
r D. Baird, of Ma.cstine, Second
Assistant.
The Governors message, which was
presented Tuesday, 10 very long
one, covering slmsst every object OF
State interest. /, shows the financial
Affairs Of the State to be in = crafty
ing condition-the balance in the
Treasury being S3,ll4e6, exclusive
of tl31,643.49 of State revenues in
the hands Of county Treasures no,
called in at the date Of the Auditors
report to the Governor. According
10 The estimate Of The Auditor, the
Iecei p's for he general fund Of the
next biennial period are expected TO
b: u ,962 900, and the ordinary ex-
pendisures, tl,553,927, against re-
cepts Of The last two years, l,947,-
4l2.23, and disbursements, &l,9.5,
5l224. The appropriations which
will be asked At the hands of the
present Assembly to carry on the
public Institutions, which include the
work on the Capitol and additional
building, for the Agricultural College
Hospital for the Insane, Reform
School and State Horticultural Socie
~, aggregate sl,025,. s1. so. Th'
Governor commends The Management
OF all tue State institutions, and rec
ommends the formation of committe
especially to have an oversight oil
them to he called the Board of Pub
lie Charities" o her recommends
tioIs are, for an inebriate asylum
for the conversion OF the Soldier
o phan's Homes now being rapid
depleted of occupants by reason
their age, into Homes for other ths
soldiers orphans; for proper repr
sentation Of the State Al the co mil
International Exposition; for I
enumeration Of the Inhabitants of ii
State in 1917; for the suppression
itinerate vagrancy, and the railros
gambling in this State. The messas
also recommends that the law be
changed as to allow persons sccus.
of crime to testify in their own b
nall, and regards the requirements
unanimity in jury in order to acqu
Is an antique absurdi,y which b.
too long fettered tho administra,ie
Of justice.
The great Senatorial agony was
have been concluded last eyenin
Krkwood was Individually ahes
but seemed to be pitted against Il
Geld. We have more and more come
sympathize with the old Governor
his Senatorial aspirations, and .
trough never feeling inimical to n
P,ice, since that gentleman al
Brother Harlan have seen fit in
measure to join teams, we are 81
csrely hoping that "old Sam" ms
scoop" them both. For we ca
ink of nothing that would, in o.
humble ~ inion, be greater disast'
=, the Republican party in Iowa tha
th. election by it, in this present ye'
o grace, of James Ha,lan to III
Usiied States Senate.
There are several minor points {
interest, which are also as yet op'
questions. The Wardenship Of tn
State Peniientisry, We learn by pri
vste sdvices, is quite likely not Il