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Taxed counties in Iowa rails decision defies justice
In a heated debate, senators argue over railroad bonds and tax relief for indebted counties. Beardsley and Larrabee defend county rights and Corinthian insistence on constitutional limits, while opposition notes bonds’ value rise and state obligations. Debate ends with adjournment and remonstrances filed.
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Pioneer Corps
Iowa
Grand Army of Progress
Free
Republic
Supreme Court
Senate
Muscatine
McNatt
Louisa County
Committee On Ways and Means
Johnson
West
Henry County
Ienry County
Supreme Court of the United States
Patterson
McNutt
Larrabee
Ilinois
Minois
My County
New York
Wnderstand
Virginia
Clements Keokak
Beardsley
Scott
Claussen
Oliver
Bulls
Fellows
Moore
Murray
Yeas
Allen
Bulis
Campbell
Cathcart
Chapin
Couch
Dixon
Donran Dunham
Dysart
Pairall
Griffith
Grimes
Hamilton
Havens
Treland
Keller
Lowry
Mitchell
Newell
Pierce
Smyth
Traverse
Tattle
Yale
Vermillion
Beresheim
Wuerzas
Union Pacific Railroad
Weress
United States
Missoour River
Wuerens
Wuereis
Congress
Union Pacific Railway
Union Pacific Rail
Nebraska
Secretary of State
Williams
Board of Directors
The
Pacific Railroad
Haycock
Omaha
Applegate