Excerpt from Journal of the House of Representatives of the Nineteenth General Assembly of the State of Iowa: Which Convened at the Capitol, in Des Moines, Iowa, January 9, 1882 State had a population of only ninety-three thousand people. Now nearly two millions of happy and prosperous people reside within her borders, blessed with a prosperity that has been assured largely through wise and liberal legislation. This great increase in population has been fully equaled by the development of the State in all the ma terisl elements that assure prosperity to the citizens. All the great interests that have developed and grown up in our State are represented here. And I trust and believe that each will receive at your hands due consideration in the enactment of such laws as will tend to give permanency to the present prosperity that abounds within our commonwealth and encouragement to every interest. In the discharge of my duties, it will be my aim to give to every interest just and fair recognition. And I sincerely trust that our la bors here will tend to effectuate the good and prosperity of the people of the State. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.