Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-04-01
THE LEGISLATURE.
Passage Of the Bill Locating the Su.
preme Court at Des MoInes.


SENATE.
Dies MONIES, March GA large number of
petitions were presented, as follows: BY Par
rott q remonstrance against the passage of
the Knight manufacturers bill from the man
ufacturers of Burlington and Cedar Falls. BY
Hutchinson, remonstrance from the manufac-
turers Of Ottumwa on the same subject By
Schmidt from the manufacturers of Daven-
port on the same subject. BY Casey, from the
| manufacturers and employees at Fort Madison
and Keokuk on the same subject BY Wolfe,
from employees at Clinton and Lyons in favor
! of the bill. By Dodge, aremonstrance against
the passage of the bill from manufacturers at
Burlington. By Reinigcr, circumstances on
ihe same subject from Worth county.
HOUSE.
The bill for an act to provide for holding
persons charged with crime to answer without
the Intervention Of grand jury, was ordered
engrossed. Mr.. Weaver asked leave to call up
H. F. 493, to dispose of section 8 This is the
district court bill, and section 8 relates to the
redestricting Of the judicial districts. He said
he had prepared substitute for the section(3)
and sent it to the clerk to be read. The sub
stitute reduces the number of the districts, as
provided in the bill from nineteen to eighteen
and reduces the number OF judges from forty
five to thirty-nine. After an animated discus
sion and several motions to amend the bill was
ordered engrossed, and finally passed by vote
of 81 to 81.
SENATE.
DIES MONIES, March 24.-Mr. Whaley intro
| duced bill to maintain a soldiers home in
the state of Iowa, and making appropriations
for purchase Of land and the construction of
the necessary buildings.
The following resolution, after some discus
sion, was adopted by vote of 81 to 10:
By Clark-Resolved By the Senate That the
governor be and is hereby requested to furnish
to tina senate, at as early time as possible,all
the information within his knowledge of the
following points:
First--The present condition Of the finances
of the state, including the amount OF the real
deficit If any now exists.
Second-The prospective revenue of the state
for the next benniol period.
Third-As to the number, condition land
distributions Of the insane in Iowa,
Fourth--The number in public and private
hospitals, withany suggestions upon these ques
| tions that may be Of interest to the assembly
HOUSE.
school districts by vote of the electors Of the
district township, was called up, and after
| some debate, was passed. Mr.. Holbrook in
| troduced bill to authorize the people Of an
| incorporated town, situated in an independent
| school district to dedicate plot Of ground on
| the public square for public school house.
| The concurrent resolution for final adjourn
mem April Sd was adopted by vote of 81 to
l 4. 4, snI,
the compulsory education bill was defeated
was adopted. The bill was read a third time,
put upon its passage and lost-yeas, so;
nays, 3S.
| SENATE.
| Dies MoINEs March EXPEDITIONS were pre-
sented as follows: BY Sutton, two, favoring
| the location Of the soldiers home at Marshall
town. By johnson, three petitions on same
subject. By Glass, two petitions favoring Ma
son City. By Sutton, resolution from Abe
Lincoln Post G. A. r., at Council Bluffs, ask
| ing that the soldiers home be located at Mar
| shalltown, the town which has the greatest
number of members of the Grand army of the
Republic of any town in the state. By Catch,
| favorng the Cassatt coal screen bill. By Re
niger, on the same subject favoring the loca-
ton of the soldiers home at Mason City.
HOUSE.
| Mr. Holbrook called up II. F. 66s, and asked
that it be read a third time and passed. A
bill to authorize Incorporated towns wholly
within an independent school district to trans
fer property for school house purposes. Read
third time and passed. The pharmacy bill
was called up for consideration The com
mittee amendments to the bill were consid-
| cred
DIES MONIES, March 27.-Petitions were pre-
scented as follows: By Gault and Huchison,
memorial against change in the judicial sys-
TEN. By Reiniger, petitions Of the G. A. r.
| Post and citizens Of Charles City, Floyd coun-
| ty, asking that the soldiers home be located
at Mason City. BY Catch, for increased ac-
commodatiou for the insane of the state.
Senator Caldwell, from the conference COM
mittee, to whom was referred the medical bill,
HOUSE.
The following bills passed: To legallze GER
tain acts of an independent school district in
Marion county. To provide for drains across
public highways and other purpose.
To authorize the governor to convey or grant
right of way through certain lands in johnson
county. To amend section 242l Of the code,
relating to the filing OF complaints against the
| redorted the result of the conference The
amendments had been amicably settled by the
| Joint committee. The report Of the committee
was adopted and the bill was passed.
| SENATE.
| DEs MONIES, March 27.-The bill passed for
an appropriation of $4,000 for the hospital
for the insane at Mt. Pleasant. Joint resolu-
| ton 6, proposing to amend section l, article Q
Of the constitution, was taken up as special
order. This is the woman suffrage resolution.
| Speeches were made In favor of the adoption
Of the resolution by Senators Clark, Sutton,
Glass, Young, Reiniger and Donnan, and
against It by Senators Schmidt and Carson.
The resolution was adopted by yeas 81, nays
II.
The house passed the bill to amend chapter
| 26, acts Of the Goth General Assembly, relat-
ing to maintaining station houses and con-
nections at points of intersections or cross
| ings of two or more railroads. Yeas 81; nays
| 81. The following bills also passed: Bill re-
lating to the duties and salary of county SUI
perintendents Bill providing that county Of
| fcers, prevented from qualifying on the first
Monday In January, by sickness or other
cause may qualify within ten days thereafter
Bill to prescribe the manner OF selling sui
phate and other preparations of morphine and
for other purposes. The bill known as the
pharmacy bill was called up and discussed at
length. After several amendments 1t was or
| dered engrossed.
| SENATE.
DIES MONIES, March 29-Chambers asked
to have tai EN- up H. F. No. 25, requiring bank
ing corporations to incorporate the word State
in their corporation name, etc. The commit
1 tee on banks recommended that 1t do pass
The bill was taker up, read third time and
passed.
| HOUSE.
| Mr.. Mccarthy moved to reconsider the vote
by which the house refused to engross Fl. f.
4l4. Adopted. The bill 10 for an act to repeal
section 1890 Of the code of 1873, and enact a
substitute, relating to the marriage Of rela-
tives. She bill prohibits the..marriage of first
cousins. A joint resolution was offered by
Mr. Ramsey urging the United States to tax
bonds bank notes, etc.
The Railroad Fight Over.