The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-03-22
IOWA STATE ITEMS.

heir circulation
THE Mayor Of Lyons was elected by tn,
bare majority Of one
A FIRE ut Ida Grove destroyed milner,
store and contents valued ut $4,000
BuRIlSaToS's dying City Council placed Tho
saloon licenses ut slco They were So
JAMES WALKER, OF De witt, was killed b,
the caving In of well he was digging.
1DA county voted to issue bonds for new
Court House, and work will he begun n,
once.
FATHER BERNARD, who established tn,
Trappist Monastery In Dubuque county, die,
lately, aged 10.
GniswoLp voters declared In favor o; tas
| for the Toledo, Oskalnosa and Western rail
way; the vote stood oi0 to H.
DENrsoN has contracted with the North
western Water and Gas supply Company ol
Minneapolis. for water-works for that live
town
VAS buren, county man pays s3,old 81
taxes In the county and $4,000 outside. He
un,loubtedl, has his share of this worlds
goods, and Ii honest
/ The house OF H. = Palmer mt Spencer
was DESTROYED by fire None Of the contents
were saved except few of the smaller arti-
clcs Loss about 5000
! A RuMoR has been received mt Mt AYR IL
the effect that W. b Starke, OF that place
| and six other Iowa men We're recent,
frozen to death in Swcetwater valley, in
Wyoming Territory
SIMON B. PAIGE, Of Davenport, killed him
self while his family were ut church. Trou
bes growing out of the death of his frs,
| wife through fire in a hotel at Oshkosh
where they We're stopping, In 1881, are sup
posed to have prompted his actions Hewas
very wealthy
/ At the biennial session of the Grand Lodge
Legion Of Honor, the following officers were
elected. C. 4 Lake, Marengo. Grand Prcsi
dent: Fitzroy Sessions, Cedar Falls. Grand
Vice; T. X. Mills. Cedar Rapids, Grand Sec,
rotary. John Hillsingef. Sabnla, Grand
| Treasurer. the Rev. J. {. W. Cox. BROOKLYN,
Grand Chaplain. ], A, Nash. Audubon, Grand
Usher: e. b. Dean, Jefferson, Grand Senti-
About la5 lodges were represented
I A nEs MONIES dispatch s,ys that AT orney
General Mcpherson and associate counsel
James L, Wilson and Judge Nourse. held a
two days consultation upon the amendment
case. They will present their views ut the
Council Bluffs term Of the Supreme Court
on rchearing the Davenport case, which
Il u a y.
II the court decides against rehearing in
tina, case, they will argue the kossuth
county case the same points being involved,
with some important additional ones,
Col r.. NJ DrTTIfE has hean commissioned
i hv the Iowa DAIRY Association to visit OIL
cial'y the dairy fair IL be heldin Ireland next
/ June. and also 10 attend the Amsterdam Cat
] tie Fair. which occurs later. And thus is the
fame If Iowa to be carried across the Allan
j tic Col /. goes to Rochester, Mimi, where
] he attends the Joint meeting of the Minneso-
/ Ia Butter and Cheese Association and the
1 Minnesota Dairy Association He also
| delivers the address on The Value of Our
Dairy Interests" at meeting and banquet
arranged by the ladies of Rochester for the
benefit of the seminary there.
4 COMMITTEE appointed by the Temperance
i Convention of Feb. !, requested of Gov.
sherman the calling Of a special session OF
the Legislature His answer refuses the re-
quest in the following languages @Gcntle-
men, Your letter communicating the resolu-
tions adopted ut the Temperance Conven-
ton was promptly received, but answer
thereto delayed in consequence of painful
illness from which am Just recovering.
have given the subject the careful consider
alton which its great Importance and absorb
ing public interest demand and beg to sub
nit the following as governing my actions
In the premises This resolution requests
that the General Assembly be called In extra
session, first for aresubmission of a prohibit.
DRY amendment to the constitution of Iowa.
An examination Of the provisions of the con-
stitution relative to its own amendment, to-
gether with study Of the debates in the
convention which framed that instrument,
convinces me beyond reasonable doubt that
amendments cannot legally he proposed save
ut regular session of the Legislature All
the requirements for consideration and
record and publication are not only intended
To prevent precipitate action, but rather
to induce deliberate examination rs well
rs to secure thorough knowledge to the citi-
gens of the State before final Judgment be
had That all these could practically be de-
fcated il an extra session could be used for
the purpose Of procuring changes seems too
plain for arguments Ii cannot he doubted
.l,.. al luxs {xs
act of solemn responsibility, and time is re-
quired for its consideration in order that
the people may he protected from hasty.
and therefore unwise, action. Statutes may
he amended, or entirely repealed ut every
session of the law~making power, rs is fire.
auently done, and ii mistake he made il Il
rs easily corrected, but with the constitu-
ton Ii is different II has wisely prevented
sudden changes which might be influenced
by temporary popular excitement 1t is IN
act of much greater solemnity than a mere
statutory enactment and should only he
allowed after general discussion by the peo-
pie themselves and their deliberate iudg-
ment reached. In this holding am sus.
tanned by the history Of the state. In
we've at special sessions, but ut regular SEES
sions only. That such was the unanimous
opinion of the members of the Constitutional
/ Convention is clearly manifested by the 3.
cussions In that body and the same has OBJ
tanned during the twenty-five years which
have elapsed since the adoption of the consti-
tuition by the acluiescence Of NIL the people.
To my mind, ON careful study OF the whole
/ question, il il conclusive that the proposi-
/ tons TO amend the constitution cannot orig.
mate ut special sessions OF the General As.
sembly, and SO believing cannot consent u
convene that body for such a purpose. Blu,
for a second reason the resolutions say
For such other relief by statutory law a.
will relieve the people and homes of the
State from the curse Of the liquor traffic
From the fact that the constitution provides
that regular sessions Of the General Assem-
bly, shall he biennial only, it l. fair to pre-
sumo that the people believed that suci
sessions were sufficiently frequent for ths