Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-02-16

at least for the present, though it is
likely that the Senate will increase it
to % mills.
The House also passed the bill in
creasing the number Of Supreme
Judges to five. This has now passed
both Houses and it is not likely to re-
ceive the veto of the Governor. VAR
ious are the conjecturcs as to whowill |
be the fortunate men who will take
Coles seat and warm the new place
on the bench. Sewers is mentioned by !
nearly all as one of the lucky men,
while Rothrock, JOY, Rodgers and
Reed are prominently mentioned for
the other. IfJoy should be chosen it
would give Judge in each corner of
State while Sewers would be near
the centre of the State east and west.
Forty three counties, however, have
announced themselves in favor of
Rothrock. This matter will however
be settled in a few days.
! There is weeping and wailing
and crashing of teeth among the
female woman suffragists, for the ma
jority of the Senate Committee on
Constitutional amendments have re-
ported adversely. The minority,
however, made a report in favor Of
the adoption Of the resolution SUBJ
hitting il to the people, it was signed
by Senators Dashiell, Jessup and
Gallup, so this leaves Senators Kline.
Young, Hartshorn and Merrill, Ct
Clinton, as the ungallant gentlemen
who will have to receive the anath-
cmas of the suffragists. This looks as
though it will not be plain sailing for
them in the Senate and IL may not be
in the House.
i Mr.. Dixon, of your city, to-day,
/ proposed an amendment to q bill pro-
viding for an increase of county tax
, lcvles from four to five mills. He
/ presented communication from citi-
zcns ofyour county asking this change
but 1t was of no avail, the amendment
was not adopted aud tho levy remains
rs now provided for in the Code.
The question Of the pay of jurics
came up again in both houses to-day.
The Senate passed bill abolishing
, the present law and providing that
! $40 shall be taxed as part of the costs
in every case tried before Jury i'm 6
: court Of record, to be known as
jury fee. The House passed a bill
!, repeating the present law and re-en
!, acting the old one, providing for tn
u taxation of 30 as part of the costs. l
was known by some Senators that tn,
: House had passed this bill before III,
+ Senate considered theirs, but the,
u kept mum in order to pass the Senat
: bill. This puts the two houses at va
;, rance with the prospect that tn
n House bill will be finally adopted.
n The Senate failed to pass the bill
:, for the support of the State Agricul
J, tnral Society. The bill received 2
u votes but as il requires two-third
&c vote to pass an appropriation bill O
% this character it failed. 1t was, how
i ever, rcconsidercd and made spc
:, cial order for Tuesday of next weel
II 1t will pass then, probably, with a
u amendment granting 5000 instead 9
$, $1,000 rs desired.
!, The Senate made the bill in relatio
II to the organization of reformator
Z, prison at Anam0sa a special orde
~ for the first of the week. The hi
,l provides that those criminals betwec
T" the ages of sixteen and twenty-tiv
=, who have been incarceratcd in tn
u penitentiary shall he placed in tn
l, Anamosa Penitentiary, where tn
~ management and treatment shall b
W reformatOry in its character. TIL
~ bill docs away with the Anamos
II penitentiary as regular penitentis
III ry and gives to TT. Madison Peniten
:! tertiary all the most hardened erin
=. nails. This makes three grades of II
VI situations for Incarceration of Grim
u nails: the Reform School, the RI
:" formatory and the regular penitentis
e; ry.
~ Senator Stoneman introduced bi
~ to-day providing for taxation .
ie insurance companies, and further pro
u viding that no insurance compan
~ shall be allowed to do business in tn
= State until this is paid.
= Senator Murphy introduced bi
i. for the establishment of free Iibrarit
~ in cities, towns and townships, PR
" viding that a tax of not more tina
- one mill shall be levied for their G.
Us Enlistment and maintenance.
:! The streets in this city are fearful
~ like the Missouri river-not aui,
=. = thick enough to walk upon, and to
~ thick to swim In. The mud is kne
u deep. depending somewhat upon III
y length OF the pedal extremity frol
y. the sole of the foot to the knec-cal
y Many are the suppressed and mul
: tered curses of the wise Salons in rs
= gard to these hnrrid streets. CAL.
lc The Democrat trots out the follow
!" ing candidates for city officers:
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