TERRITORY OF IOWA.
Territorial Organization-Members
of First Legislative Assembly-Its
Presiding Officers Important Acts-The
Great Seal of the Territory-Provision
for Locating Seat of Government-Some
Prominent Members-The Boundary Dispute-Its
Settlement-Delegate to Congress-Territorial
Governors-Death of Wm. B. Conway-Various
Incorporations.
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CONGRESS
considered the prayer of the memorial
favorably, and "An Act to divide
the Territory of Wisconsin, and to
establish the Territorial government
of Iowa," was approved June 12,
1838, to take effect and be in force
on and after July 3, 1838. The new
Territory embraced all that part of
the present Territory of Wisconsin
which lies west of the Mississippi
River, and west of a line drawn due
north from the head water or sources
of the Mississippi to the territorial
line." The organic act provided
for a Governor whose term of office
should be three years, and for a Secretary,
Chief Justice, two Associate Justices,
and Attorney and Marshal, who should
serve four years, to be appointed
by the President, by and with the
advice and consent of the Senate.
The act also provided for the election,
by the white male inhabitants, citizens
of the United States, over twenty-one
years of age, of a House of Representatives,
consisting of twenty-six members,
and. a Council, to consist of thirteen
members. It also appropriated $5,000
for a public library, and $20,000
for the erection of public buildings.
President Van Buren appointed Ex-Governor
Robert Lucas, of Ohio, to be the first
Governor of the
new Territory, William B. Conway,
of Pittsburg, was appointed Secretary
of the Territory; Charles Mason, of
Burlington, Chief Justice; and Thomas
S. Wilson, of Dubuque, and Joseph
Williams, of Pennsylvania, Associate
Judges of the Supreme and District
Courts; Mr. Van Allen, of New York,
Attorney; Francis Gehon, of Dubuque,
Marshal;
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Augustus C. Dodge, Register
of the Land Office at Burlington,
and Thomas McKnight, Receiver of the
Land Office at Dubuque. Mr. Van Allen,
the District Attorney, died at Rockingham,
soon after his appointment, find Col.
Charles Weston was appointed to fill
his vacancy. Mr. Conway, the Secretary,
also died at Burlington, during the
second session of the Legislature,
and James Clarke, editor of the Gazette,
was appointed to succeed him. Immediately
after his arrival, Governor Lucas
issued a proclamation for the election
of members of the first Territorial
Legislature, to be held on the 10th
of September, dividing the Territory
into election districts for that purpose,
and appointing the 12th day of November
for .the meeting of the Legislature
to be elected, at Burlington.
The following were the names, county
of residence, nativity, age, and occupation,
of the members of that first Territorial
Legislature:
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Jesse
B. Browne, of Lee county, was elected
president of the council. He had been
an officer in the regular army, was
a gentleman of dignified appearance
and commanding stature, being six
feet and seven inches in height. William
H. Wallace, of Henry county, was elected
speaker of' the House. Some years
after he held the position of receiver
at the United States land office located
at Fairfield. He subsequently removed
to Washington Territory, and at one
time served as a delegate in Congress
from that Territory.
Among the acts
passed were those for organizing the
counties of Linn, Jefferson and Jones;
for changing the name of Slaughter
county to Washington; providing for
the election in each county of a board
of commissioners, to consist of three
persons, to attend to all county business,
and acts providing for the location
of the capital and the penitentiary.
The Territory was divided into three
judicial districts, in each county
of which court was to be held twice
a year. The counties of Lee, Van Buren,
Henry and Des Moines constituted the
first district, to which Charles Mason,
of Burlington, was assigned as judge.
The counties of Louisa, Washington,
Johnson, Cedar and Muscatine constituted
the second district, with Joseph Williams,
of Muscatine, as judge The counties
of Jackson, Dubuque, Scott and Clayton
constituted the third district, with
Thomas S. Wilson, of Dubuque, as judge.
Among the proceedings
was the passage of a resolution by
the council, instructing Wm. R Conway
the secretary of the Territory, to
procure a seal. In compliance with
this instruction, on the 23d of November,
Mr. Conway submitted to the inspection
of the council what became the "great
seal of the Territory of Iowa."
The design was that of an eagle bearing
in its beak an Indian arrow, and clutching
in its talons an unstrung bow. The
seal was one inch and five-eighths
in diameter, and was engraved by William
Wagner, of York, Pennsylvania. The
council passed a resolution adopting
the seal submitted by the secretary,
but it does not appear that it was
adopted by the other branch of the
legislature. In his communication
to the council presenting the seal,
Mr. Conway calls it the "great
seal of the Territory of Iowa,"
but the word "great" did
not appear upon it. This old territorial
seal appears to have been lost in
the removal from Iowa City to Des
Moines.
Under the act
passed for the location of the capital,
Chauncey Swan, of Dubuque county,
John Ronalds, of Louisa county, and
Robert Ralston, of Des Moines county,
were appointed commissioners, and
were required to meet at the town,
of Napoleon, in Johnson county, on
the first Monday of May, 1839, and
proceed to locate the seat of government
at the most suitable point in that
county. They proceeded at that time
to discharge the duties of' their
trust, and procured the title to six
hundred and forty acres. They had
it surveyed into lots, and agreed
upon a plan for a capitol, selecting
one of their number, Chauncey Swan,
to superintend the work of erecting
the building. The site selected was
about two miles northwest of what
was then the town of Napoleon, a place
which now is not known as a town.
The new town was named Iowa City,
and the first sale of lots took place
August 16, 1839. In November, 1839,
the second Territorial Legislature
assembled in Burlington, and passed
an act requiring the commissioners
to adopt a plan for a building, not
to exceed in cost $51,000. On the
4th day of July, 1840, the corner
stone was laid with appropriate ceremonies,
Samuel
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C. Trowbridge acting
as marshal of the day, and Governor
Robert Lucas as orator.
This first legislative body which
enacted laws for the government of
the new Territory of Iowa held its
sessions in the then unfinished Methodist
church in Burlington, the lower story
or basement being built of stone,
and the upper story of brick. It was
known in later years as "Old
Zion." Of the members of that
legislature several afterward held
prominent official positions in the
State. Two of them, Stephen Hempstead,
of Dubuque, and James W. Grimes, of
Burlington, held the office of Governor.
The latter also became prominent in
the United States Senate, and in the
National Cabinet.
William G. Coop
continued to be returned as a member
of one or the other branch of almost
every General Assembly, up to the
change of parties in the election
of James W. Grimes, as Governor. His
later legislative career was as a
member of the State Senate from Jefferson
county. He was the Democratic candidate
in that county against James F. Wilson
in 1856, for member of the constitutional
convention, but was defeated by the
latter. He was a man of strong party
attachments; being a Democrat in the
strictest sense, but was faithful
to his constituents, and honest in
his discharge of duty. We recognize
other names that were familiar in
the subsequent history of the Territory
or State, and among them, the following:
Asbury B. Porter, who became the first
colonel of the Fourth Iowa Cavalry
during the Rebellion; Hawkins Taylor,
of Lee county, who, during later years,
has resided most of' the time in Washington
City; Warner Lewis, of Dubuque, who
afterward held the position of Surveyor
General for Iowa and Wisconsin; William
L. Toole, of Louisa county, after
whom the town of Toolesboro in that
county was named; Laurel Summers,
of Scott county, and others. In the
organization of this first Territorial
legislature party ties do not seem
to have been very strictly drawn,
for General Browne, who was chosen
president of the council without opposition,
and Colonel Wallace, who was elected
speaker of the house, with but little
opposition, were both Whigs, while
both branches of the legislature were
largely Democratic. Party lines were
not tightly drawn until the campaign
of 1840, when the young Territory
caught the enthusiasm which characterized
that contest throughout the country.
THE BOUNDARY DISPUTE.
One of the exciting
questions with which the Territory
of Iowa had to deal was that in relation
to the southern boundary. The constitution
of Missouri in defining the boundaries
of that State had defined her northern
boundary to be the parallel of latitude
which passes through the rapids of
the Des Moines river. In the Mississippi
river, a little above the mouth of
the Des Moines river, are the rapids,
which had been known as the Des Moines
Rapids, or the Rapids of the Des Moines
river. Just below the town of Keosauqua,
in Van Buren county; there are rapids
(though very slight and inconsiderable)
also in the Des Moines river. The
Missouri authorities claimed that
the latter rapids were referred to
in the definition of her boundary,
and insisted on exercising jurisdiction
over a strip of territory some eight
miles .in width which Iowa claimed
as being a part of her territory.
At the first court held in Farmington,
Van Buren county, in April, 1837,
by David Irwin, Judge of the Second
Judicial District of Wisconsin, an
indictment was found against one David
Doose for exercising the office of
constable in Van Buren county
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under authority .of
the State of Missouri. This, and .other
similar acts by Missouri officials,
were the origin of the despute [dispute]
which resulted in demonstrations of
hostilities, and very nearly precipitated
a border war. Governor Bogg, of Missouri,
called out the militia of that State
to enforce its claims, and Governor
Lucas, of Iowa, called out the militia
of the Territory to maintain its rights.
About l00 men were enlisted and armed.
There was no difficulty in raising
volunteers, for the war spirit ran
high. At this stage, how ever, it
was considered best to send peace
commissioners to Missouri with a view
of adjusting the difficulties. Gen.
A. C. Dodge, of Burlington; Gen. Churchman,
of Dubuque, and Dr. Clark, of Fort
Madison, were appointed and proceeded
to discharge the duties of their mission.
When they arrived they found that
the county commissioners of Clarke
county, Missouri, had rescinded their
order for the collection of taxes
in Iowa, and the Governor of Missouri
had sent messenger to Governor Lucas
with a proposition to submit an agreed
case to the Supreme Court of the United
States. This proposition was declined,
but afterward both Iowa and. Missouri
petitioned Congress to authorize a
suit to settle the question. This
was done, and the decision was adverse
to the claims of Missouri. Under an
order of the Supreme Court of the
United States, William G. Miner, of
Missouri, and Henry B. Hendershott,
of Iowa, acted as commissioners to
survey and establish the boundary
line. They discharged the duties assigned
them, and peace was restored.
In September,
1838, the election was held for delegate
to Congress. There were four candidates
in the field, to-wit: William W. Chapman
and David Rorer, of Des Moines county;
B. F. Wallace, of Henry county, and
Peter H. Engle, of Dubuque county.
William W. Chapman was elected by
a majority of thirty-six votes over
P. H. Engle. During the time that
Iowa remained a separate Territory,
from 1838 to 1846, the office of Governor
was held successively by Robert Lucas,
John Chambers, and James Clarke. Robert
Lucas had been one of the early Governors
of Ohio, and was appointed the first
Governor of the Territory of Iowa
by President Van Buren. John Chambers
had been a Representative in Congress
from Kentucky, and a warm supporter
of Gen. Wm. H. Harrison for President
in 1840. After the change of the National
administration he was appointed to
succeed Governor Lucas. James Clarke
had been the editor of the Gazette
at Burlington, but at the death of
W m. B. Conway, Secretary of the Territory,
which occurred at Burlington, November
6, 1839, Mr. Clarke was appointed
his successor, and afterward succeeded
John Chambers as the last Territorial
Governor.
The death of Wm.
B. Conway, Secretary of the Territory,
was an event which cast a .gloom over
the Territory. Prior to his appointment
by President Van Buren he had been
a resident of Pittsburg, Penn. His
remains were taken to Davenport for
internment, and on the 9th of November
a public meeting of the citizens of
that place passed resolutions expressing
the highest esteem both for his character
as a citizen and as an officer of
the Territory. His remains were taken
to St. Anthony's Church where the
solemn services for the dead were
performed by Rev. Father Pelamorgues.
On the 11th a meeting' of the members
of the bar of the Territory was held
at Burlington, in which his associates
in the profession also passed resolutions
of respect for the deceased. Of this
meeting Charles Mason was chairman,
and David Rorer was appointed to present
the resolutions to the Supreme
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Court of the Territory,
for the purpose of having them entered
on the record of the court. The deceased
left a wife and one child.
The first Territorial
Legislature provided by law that "no
action commenced by a single woman,
who intermarries during the pending
thereof, shall abate on account of
such marriage; secured religious toleration
to all; vested the judiciary power
in a Supreme Court, District Court,
Probate Court, and Justices of the
Peace; made real estate divisible
by will, and intestate property to
be divided equitably among heirs;
made murder punishable by death, and
provided proportionate penalties for
other crimes; established a system
of free schools, open to all classes
of white children; provided for a
system of roads and highways; enacted
a law to prevent and punish gambling,
and in fact enacted a pretty complete
code of laws, many of which still
remain in force.
Among the various
institutions and associations incorporated
were the following: The Wapello Seminary,
in Louisa county; the Bloomington
and Cedar River Canal Company; the
Des Moines Mill Company, in Van Buren
county; the Burlington Steam Mill
Company; seminaries of learning in
Fort Madison, West Point, Burlington,
Augusta, Farmington, Bentonsport,
Rockingham, Keosauqua, Dubuque, and
Davenport; the Burlington and Iowa
River Turnpike Company; the Burlington
and Des Moines Transportation Company;
the Keosauqua Lyceum, and the Iowa
Mutual Fire Insurance Company at Burlington.
STATE ORGANIZATION.
First Constitution-Proposed Boundaries-Changed
by Congoress-Rejection of Constitution
by the People - Congress Repeals Its
former Provision as to Boundaries
and Fixes the Present Limits-The Second
Constitution-Its Adoption by the People-Election
of State Officers-First General Assembly-Seat
of Government-Monroe City-Fort Des
Moines - Final Permanent Location-Removal-Third
Constitutional Convention-New Capitol-Case
of Attempted Bribery in First General
Assembly.
By
the year 1844 the population of the
Territory had reached 75,152, and
the people began to desire a State
organization. In October of that year
a constitutional convention was held
at Iowa City, which formed a constitution
defining the boundaries of the State
as follows:
"Beginning
in the middle of the main channel
of the Mississippi river, opposite
the mouth of the Des Moines river;
thence up the said river Des Moines
in the middle of the main channel
thereof, to a point where it is intersected
by the Old Indian Boundary Line, or
line run by John C. Sullivan in the
year 1816; thence westwardly along
said line to the Old northwest corner
of Missouri; thence due west to the
middle of the main channel of the
Missouri river; thence up the middle
of the main channel of the river last
mentioned to the mouth of the Sioux
or Calumet river; thence in a direct
line to the middle of the main channel
of the St. Peter's river, where the
Watonwan river (according to Nicollet's
map) enters the same; thence down
the middle of the main channel of
said river to the middle of the main
channel of the Mississippi river;
thence down the middle of the main
channel of said river to the place
of beginning."
On the 3d of March,
1845, Congress passed an act providing
for the admission of the State into
the Union, but with boundaries different
from those defined in the, proposed
constitution. By this act the State
was to extend north to the parallel
passing through Mankato, or Blue Earth
river, in the
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present State of Minnesota,
and west to the meridian of. 17 deg.30
min. west from Washington. These boundaries
would have deprived the State of the
Missouri Slope and of one of' the
grand rivers by which it is now bounded,
while in shape it would have been
long and comparatively narrow. As
a result, at an election held August
4, 1845, the people of the Territory
rejected the constitution with the
change of boundaries as proposed by
Congress. The vote stood 7,235 for,
and 7,656 against it, being a majority
of 421 against the adoption. On the
4th of August, 1846, Congress passed
an act repealing so much of the act
of' March, 3, 1845, as related to
the boundaries of Iowa, and fixing
the boundaries as now defined. On
the 4th of May of that year a second
constitutional convention had convened
at Iowa City, and after a session
of fifteen days formed the constitution
which was sanctioned by the people
at an election held August 3, 1846.
The popular vote stood 9,492 for,
and 9,036 against the constitution
at this election, being a majority
of' 456 in favor of it. A copy of
this constitution was presented in
Congress, and on the 28th of' December,
1846, an act was passed and approved
for the admission of the State of'
Iowa into the Union.
On the 26th of
October, 1846, an election had been
held for State officers, when the
following were elected: Ansel Briggs,
Governor; Elisha Cutler, Jr., Secretary
of State; Joseph T. Fales, Auditor,
and Morgan Reno, Treasurer. At this
time there were twenty-seven organized
counties with a population, according
to the census, of 96,088.
The first General Assembly under the
State organization, convened at Iowa
City, November 30, 1846., Thomas Baker
was elected President of the Senate,
and Jesse B. Browne, Speaker of the
House of Representatives. As the latter
had been President of the first Territorial
Council, so he was the first Speaker
of the House when Iowa became a State.
The capitol building
at Iowa City being at this time still
in an unfinished condition, an appropriation
of $5,500 was made to complete it.
The boundary being so much extended
west of the limits of the Territory
when the capital was located at Iowa
City, the question of removal and
permanent location at some point further
west began to be agitated, and the
first General Assembly appointed commissioners
to locate the seat of government,
and to select five sections of' land
which had been granted by Congress
for the erection of public buildings.
The commissioners in discharge of
their duties selected the land in
Jasper county, lying between the present
towns of Prairie City and Monroe The
commissioners .also surveyed and platted
a town, to which they gave the name
of Monroe City. Four hundred and fifteen
lots were sold, the cash payments
yielding $1,797.43, being one-fourth
of the price for which they sold.
When the commissioners made their
report to the next General Assembly,
it was observed that their claim for
services and expenses exceeded the
cash received by $409.14. The report
was referred to a committee without
instructions, but the location was
never sanctioned by the General Assembly.
The money paid by purchasers was mostly
refunded. Meantime the question of
re-location continued to be agitated
at each session. In 1851 bills were
introduced in the House for removal
to Pella and Fort Des Moines, but
both of them failed to pass. At the
next session a bill was introduced
in the Senate for removal to Fort
Des Moines, which was' also defeated
on a final vote. In January, 1855,
the effort proved successful, and
on the 15th of that month the Governor
approved the bill re-locating the
seat of government within two miles
of the Raccoon Fork of the Des Moines,
and providing for the appointment
of com-
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missioners for that
purpose. Under this act the commissioners
made selection of the present site.
A temporary building- was erected
by an association of citizens of Des
Moines, or Fort Des Moines, as it
was then called. On the 19th of October,
1857, Governor Grimes, having been
advised that the building was completed
and ready for occupancy, issued a
proclamation declaring the city of
Des Moines the, capital of Iowa. The
officers with the archives of the
State removed during the fall and
winter, and on the 11th day of January,
1858, the Seventh General Assembly
convened at Des Moines.
Meantime a third constitutional convention
had been called to frame a new State
constitution. It convened at Iowa
City, January, 19, 1857, and adjourned
March 5th of the same year. Francis
Springer, of Louisa county, was chosen
President. The constitution as adopted
by this convention was approved by
the people at an election held August
3d of the same year, the vote being
40,311 for, and 38, 681 against it.
It took effect by proclamation of
the Governor, September 3, 1851. In
this constitution the location of
the seat of government at Des Moines
was made a part of the fundamental
law. In 1868 an amendment was made
to this constitution, striking the
word "white" from the clause
defining the qualification of electors.
The whole vote cast by the people
on this amendment was 186,503, with
a majority in favor of striking out,
of 24,265.
The first capitol
building erected in Des Moines being
inadequate for the growing wants of
the State, being too small and not
sufficiently safe, an act was passed
and approved April 13, 1870, providing
for the erection of a new one. The
following were constituted a Board
of Commissioners to have charge of
the erection: Grenville:M;. Dodge,
of Pottawattamie county; James F.
Wilson, of Jefferson county; James
Dawson, of Washington county; Simon
G. Stein, of Muscatine county; James
O. Crosby, of Clayton county; Charles
Dudley, of Wapello county; John N.
Dewey, of Polk county, and William
L. Joy, of Woodbury county. The Governor
was also constituted a member of the
Board, and President ex-officio. A.
R. Fulton was elected Secretary of
the Board. It was provided in the
act that the plan to be selected should
not be for a building exceeding in
cost $1,500000, and the sum of $150,000
was appropriated to commence the work
In the fall of 1870 excavation for
the foundation was commenced, and
on the 23d of November of the next
year, the ceremony of laying the corner
stone took place. Gen. N. B. Baker
was chief marshal of the day, and
Governor Samuel Merrill delivered
an appropriate address.
The Board of commissioners
experienced many difficulties in finding
stone, especially within the limits,
of the State, that had been sufficiently
tested for a building of such magnitude.
The law required them to give preference
to material obtained in the State,
price and quality being equal, and
they desired to comply with, the spirit
of the law. As a result, however,
some material was placed in the foundation,
which being exposed, during the next
winter, was affected by the weather,
and the next season it was necessary
to remove a portion of the foundation,
involving a large additional expense.
The Fourteenth
General Assembly convened in January,
1872, and in March a joint committee
was authorized to examine and report
upon the character of the material
used. They reported that unfit material
had been placed in the foundation,
and recommended its removal. An act
was passed at this session appropriating
$100,000 for the work in 1872, and
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$125,000 to be used
annually thereafter for the prosecution
of the work, but the whole cost not
to exceed the limit of $1,380,000.
The Board were required, however,
to direct all their action with a
view to the completion of the building
for $1,500,00O. The same act placed
the work in charge of a Board of commissioners
consisting of five members; including
the Governor, who was also to be President,
ex-officio. The following were constituted
the members of the new Board: John
G. Foote, of Des Moines county; Maturin
L. Fisher, of Clayton county; Robert
S. Finkbine, and Peter A. Dey, of
Johnson county, and the Governor,
as above stated, Ed. Wright was appointed
Secretary by the Board. This Board
proceeded with the work in accordance
with the general plan adopted by the
former Board, and when completed Iowa
will have one of the finest and most
substantial capitol buildings in the
Union.
Having presented
a brief review of the legislation
in regard to seat of government, which,
as we have seen, was inaugurated by
the first General Assembly, we return
to that session. The contest between
the two political parties for ascendency
was at that time a very earnest one,
and especially in view of the election
of U. S. Senators. The two political
parties in the legislature were nearly
equally divided. The friends of the
several candidates were present at
the opening of the session to take
part in the lobby branch, in behalf
of their respective favorites. Keokuk
county was represented in the House
by Nelson King, a Whig although his
county at that time was regarded as
Democratic. Gen. A. O. Dodge, of Burlington,
was the prominent Democratic candidate
for Senator, and the name of J. O.
Hall, also of Burlington, was likewise
favorably mentioned. On the afternoon
of December 9th, Mr. King, of Keokuk
county, by consent of the House, rose
in his place and made a statement
to the following effect: That since
he had presented his credentials,
and taken his seat as a member, he
had been approached by several different
persons relative to the casting of
his vote for United States Senators;
that several distinct propositions
for the payment of money and other
reward had been offered him, if he
would vote for certain candidates,
or either of them, as might be determined
upon, which determination was to be
made known to him previous to casting
his vote for United States Senator;
and that the said parties offering
thus to reward him for his vote, had
promised to secure him from all blame
or suspicion, by procuring written
instructions from his constituents,
urging him so to vote. He further
stated that one Marshall had the day
previously given him a five dollar
note on the State Bank of Ohio, and
told him to call on him at any future
time and he would give him one hundred
dollars, or any amount he wanted.
He said that Marshall had also, surrendered
to him two receipts for indebtedness
- one for legal service while he (King)
had resided in Lee county, and the
other in discharge of a claim of two
dollars, and fifty cents, held against
him by one William Stotts. Mr. King
having concluded his statement, Mr.
Stewart Goodrell, then a member of
the House from Washington county,
moved the appointment of a committee
of' five to investigate the charges
made by Mr. King. The committee was
subsequently increased to seven, as
follows: W. J. Cochran, of Lee county,
Stewart Goodrell, of Washington county;
Alfred Hebard, of Des Moines county;
Andrew Leach, of Davis county; Samuel
Whitmore of Jefferson county; John
L. Morton, of Henry county, and Robert
Smyth, of Linn county. The committee
commenced their investigations on
the same day that Mr. King made his
statement. Marshall was arrested,
and various, witnesses were com-
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manded to appear before
the committee to give evidence in
the case, and the investigation which
was commenced on the 9th of December,
1846, appears not to have ended until
the 19th of January, 1847. Not until
the 4th of February was any report
made to the House, and then it did
not show that the committee had arrived
at any conclusions. The report and
testimony were ordered to be laid
on the table, subject to the further
order of the House. The report was
never called up. On the same day that
Mr. King made his original statement
to the House of the attempted bribery,
a resolution tendering him a vote
of thanks, was laid on the table.
Near the close of the session (Feb.
24) this resolution was called up,
and a substitute offered for it by
Mr. Smyth, of Linn, censuring both
King and Marshall. The original resolution
and the substitute were both laid
on the table, and that was the end
of the bribery case, which excited
a great deal of interest among the
politicians and people of the State
at that early day in her political
history. It should be stated that
Mlr. Marshall was not a member of'
either branch of the General Assembly.
The developments on investigation
were generally understood at the time
to be quite as damaging to the party
making the charge as to any other
person. The legislature adjourned
without electing United States Senators
at that session. The next General
Assembly elected George N. Jones,
of Dubuque, and Augustus O. Dodge,
of Burlington. A. Clinton Hastings,
and Shepherd Leffler, represented
the State in the 29th Congress, 1846
to 1847, being the first Representatives
in Congress from Iowa.
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