The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-02-13
STATE LAWMAKERS.

STATE LAWMAKERS.
Proceedings Of the Twenty-Third
General Assembly.
nut Little Business Transacted In the
Senate-The struggle In the House Over
the Election or Permanent on
Gers still Continues.
SENATE.
DIS MONIES, Ia, Feb. 3.-Tn the SEN
ate on Saturday Senator Mack intro
duced school-book bill providing for
district uniformity and empowering
school districts to purchase where they
can make the best terms. Senator
Groneweg presented bill for local
option law allowing cities, towns or
townships to vote on the question Of
granting licenses for the sale OF liquors.
DEs MONIES. Ia, Feb. A caucus Of
the Republican members OF the Senate
will be held at 3 a. m. to-day to consider
the advisability OF voting for Senator in
the senate to-day, and then the follow
ing day holding joint convention with
the Republican members OF the House
under the section Of the United States
statute which provides that II either
house fail to vote on the day appointed
both houses shall meet in joint conven-
tion the next day and elect q Senator.
DEs MONIES, Ia. Feb. 5.-The Senate
held an afternoon session yesterday and
indulged in an animated discussion.
which was precipitated by Senator
Bolter. who presented memorial from
the Grand Army Post at Sibley which
condemned the action of the Senate in
defeating soldier candidates for Senate
Offices and electing civilians. Sem
ator Woolson objected to it as
improper in its language. Price.
Schmidt and Catch joined in
the debate. Senator Finn raised the
point that the memorial was not proper
matter to 60 upon the journal Of the
Senate, and this point the chair sus-
tanned. At Republican caucus in the
evening the following nominations were
made: E. c. Mcmillan, of Marshalltown,
warden Of the Fort Madison prison; Mar
1uis Barr, warden Of the Anamosa pris-
on; G. HI. Ragsdale, State printer; Otto
Nelson. State binder.
DEs MONIES, Ia, Feb. Elm the Sem
ate yesterday no business was attempt
ed, but number of important bills were
6led with the secretary. Among the
number was one by Senator Kegler re-
lating to taxation Of telegraph and
telephone lines, identical with the
bill passed last session and
vetoed by Governor Larrabee on the
ground that it was an injustice to the
corporations owning those lines, and
one by Senator Meservey providing for
the establishment of weather and crop
service under supervision of the Board
Of Agriculture. cooperating with the
signal service at Washington, for the
benefit of farmers and shippers.
DEs MONIES, Ia, Feb I'm the SEN
ate Thursday q number of petitions
were presented, among others one from
the Improved Stock Breeders Associa-
tion asking that trusts be investigated,
and that stricter laws against adultera-
tion of food be enacted. A number
of important bills were placed
on file. Senator Reininger in
troduced an antitrust bill that forbids
any combination to prevent full and
free competition in purchase or sale of
school books, fence wire, grain binding
twine, goods, ware, merchandise or
other commodities, and provides for a
fine Of not more than $1,000 for vio-
lation of the law. BY Senator Engle,
bill forbidding any person sell
ing or giving any cigars. cigarettes
of tobacco in any form to any person
under 80 years of age except on order
of parent or guardian. by Senator
Schmidt, a bill fixing rates of passenger
fare at two cents per mile on class A
roads, three cents on class B roads, and
three and half cents on class roads.
Children under II years of age half fare.
DEs MONIES, Ia. Feb. 8.-The Senate
met yesterday morning and the follow
Ing bills were placed on file: BY Vale,
to compel railway companies to provide
uniforms for their employees free OF
cost to them; by Catch, to ex-
empt homesteads to the value of S5N
from ordinary taxation; by Mattoon,
providing that the executive coun.
Gil the Superintendent of Public In
struction. the president of the State
University and the president of the
State Normal School shall constitute Z
State Board of School Book Com.
missioners, said commissioners to
contract for school hooks for eight
years from September l. 1890,
the party making the contract to
supply the books to file bond for $780,.
600, the school districts to vote on the
question Of supplying textbooks free to
pupils or at actual cost, and when once
having selected series Of books it is
not to be changed for eight years ex.
cept by vote of three-fourths of the
electors of such district. Adjourned to
ESQ p. m. next Tuesday.
HOUSE.
| DEs MONIES. Ia, Feb. s. In the
House on Saturday after taking seven
ballots that were but repetition Of the
forty-one that preceded them, so far as
failure to elect speaker is concerned,
Mr.. Bent (Dem.) moved to adjourn un.
til 2:3O p. m. to-day. Mr.. Walden
(Rep.) said he understood that the
Democrats had resolution which they
wished to introduce, providing for the
Inauguration of Governor Bois. The
Republicans, he said, would not oppose
such measure. They were not here as
obstructionists, they were simply up
holding principle. Under the admin
istration of the Republican party the
State had grown and prospered greatly
and the Republican party had banished
5000 saloons from Iowa, and did moi
propose to allow them to return. Mr.
j Holbrook (Dem.) said that he had heard
nothing of such proposition as Mr.
| Walden referred to, and he did not be
lieve such resolution was in existence
/ Governor Boies was in no hurry to be
! inaugurated, he said, and the Demo
Gratis were in no hurry to have the
Inauguration take place. In fact
they were pretty we'll satisfied with the
present Governor, although they diff