Annals of Iowa . ived a few blowsabout the face, broke loose frotn Kings grasp, so that he drewa pistol, and was in the act of shooting his adversary, whensome of the bystanders interfered and separated them. Thisbeing the third editor of that paper who had got a whippingfor things they had published, was a source of much amuse-ment with the whigs, and in their bar room discussions it washeld that a whipping was a necessary prerequisite, in orderto qualify an editor to coiuluct that paper. The excitement about bribing members of the legislaturehaving subsided, they comtnenced to think about ha
Annals of Iowa . ived a few blowsabout the face, broke loose frotn Kings grasp, so that he drewa pistol, and was in the act of shooting his adversary, whensome of the bystanders interfered and separated them. Thisbeing the third editor of that paper who had got a whippingfor things they had published, was a source of much amuse-ment with the whigs, and in their bar room discussions it washeld that a whipping was a necessary prerequisite, in orderto qualify an editor to coiuluct that paper. The excitement about bribing members of the legislaturehaving subsided, they comtnenced to think about having anelection for senators; both parties thinking they could getenough of the Opossum vote to secure the election of their ownpartizan. After the exchanging of several messages betweenthe house and senate as to the time, they tinally agreed to gointo joint convention on the eighteenth day of agreement was consummated without there having beenmade any arrangement between the two houses for conduct-. 650 OF IO\V\, iiii^ liiti l)iisiiK\ss of llic, conNciilic)!). AViion tli(. woutinto l-lio r(})i(.S(iiijitivo hall, Ijiilccr, tlic ])iesidinj; ollicei- ol*the , wlio was Jin nnassiuninii: man, had h(dd Bcvcralterritorial ollicos, and had accustoniod himsollto he polite tocveryhody, walked np to tlie .stand for (ho ])nr)) of takingthe chair, to ])rcside ov^^r the joint convention, J>r(>\vn, whohad heen a rnilitaij n)an and accnstorned to give command,already heing in the chair, sternl} refused t(» give it up. Itbeing cpiite an object willi each party to liave the ])resi(lingoflicer, the diflerence in opinion as to who was the })r()])er ofii-cer to preside ovei the joint con\ention, fuith muchfeeling and a spirited debate. Brown having possession ofthe chair, and being sustained by the whigs, retained his po-sition, and he and the clerk of tlie house acted as the ofKcersof the joint convention. When this question was decided, T
Size: 1072px × 2332px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookau, bookcentury1800, bookdecade1870, bookidannalsofiowa09howe
