Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-02-20
DIES MONIES, Feb. 16, 1873.


q goodly amount Of business although
not SO much as was pushed through
the two days preceding. Many petit
tons were presented asking that the
McGregor land grant be conferred
upon the Chicago, Milwaukee & st.
Paul railroad. The burden of the
great majority of the petitions aside
from those on this question related
to the liquor laws; three bills were
introduced on this question this
morning, one by Senator Graham, to
extend the provision of the laws es.
tablishing police regulations to the
State Agricultural Society; another
by Senator Dashiel, to prescribe the
punishment on the violation of the
liquor laws. Senator Merrill intro
duced bill to legalize the use of the
dictionary index and its improve.
ments for county and other public
records, although what dictionary
index is, was not explained by the
bill.
The Senate refused to pass reso.
luton providing for two meetings q
day after next Tuesday, and will con.
tinue its present method Of doing bus.
mess until. further notice, which will
probably be the entire session.
Senator Haines called up his reso.
luton again to-day, providing thai
clerks shall not be paid for Sunday
and moved its reference to the Re
trenchment committee. The commit
tee on Compensation Of Public Off
GERS, reported the resolution bach
with the recommendation that 1t be
indefinitely postponed. When Sena.
tor Haines' motion to re-refer and
was lost, he called the ayes and nays
on the report of the committee and
the Senate refused 10 endorse the re
port. The resolution will pass il
some shape.
The Senate then adjourned unit
Monday afternoon, at 2 o'clock.
HOUSE.
The House went at its order of bus
mess this morning with q will. Thu
gallery was crowded at an early hour
and all the available room in the Hal
was occupied by visitors--most o
whom were ladies. This is not Al
unusual occurrence. Every day Their
are many visitors present, and larg'
proportion are ladies. This demon
strates the interest felt in public mat
tiers by the women, and is compii
mentary to their taste in . high de
gree.
Under the head Of unfinished bust
ness, II. +. l35 was taken up, said bill
asking for the repeal of the usur,
law. After some discussion, the bill
WAS defeated in novel manner. MI
Deweese, of Jasper, arose during tn
heat OF the discussion and moved tina
| in order to get at the matter in lit
tie more definite shape, the enactin,
clause of the bill under discussion b
stricken out. Many of the member
being new ones, and others havinI
their attention directed elsewhere
the real meaning Of the motion wa
not understood. The speaker put tn
motion, and it prevailed without
dissenting vote-even those who wer
advocating the bill voting in favor O
striking out the enactiDg clauet
which, of course, defeats the BILL
Bills were introduced: By Bradley
to legalize the use Of dictionary indie
for county and other public records
by Carson, to protect hotel and board
ing house keepers; by Williams,
amend Code in relation 10 count
printing; by Rickel, to change tim
for closing polls on election days; b
Kaufman, to change time for NEE,
ing Of trustees of Hospital for Insane
by McAllister, for the propagation I
fish by Rickel, relating to the dutit
of attorneys and councillors.
Bills passed: H. #. II, to COME
exclusive jurisdiction on justices (
the peace in certain cases, &C, W,
|; passed, ayes rs, nays II.
. 8. F. 40, relating to elections
cities and incorporated towns vi
taken up, pending discussion Of whic
House adjourned until $50 A. y
Monday morning.
!. Dies MONIES, Feb Is, 1878.