Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-03-31
IN THE LEGISLATURE
SENATE.

| SENATE.
DEs MONIES, March 1S-HenderSon intro
| duced bill for the better protection Of fish,
and Alexander one to provide for selecting
/ jurors of superior court. Eaton. for the
1 building and loan association committee,
| reported substitute for the building and
| loan bill referred to his committee. 1t is
| practically the same bill that had previously
| passed the senate. Bill regulating payment
| of chaplains of general assembly passed.
| House Dill relating to appointment of
| judges OF superior courts passed. Consider
| ALTON of the soldiers monument resolutions
| was resumed. Ellis favored Waterman's
| substitute. Henderson. Cheshire and Nit
| chell favored tue majority report, while
! Rowen and Bell advocated the passage of
| the minority. The debate was closed by
| Carney and Waterman The Waterman
substitute, after being slightly amended,
| was adopted as follows:
BE it resolved by the general assembly
| of the state of Iowa:
''First-That the commission be directed
not to place upon the monument any me-
dallion portrait of any person, living or
dead, as such special recognition exalts one
| soldier above another of equal or more
deserving record.
to have inscribed upon the monument the
name of each regiment and organization
the number enlisted and the date of its en-
listment and discharge
Lothrop introduced concurrent resolu-
ton for a committee of five from the senate
and ten from the house to consider changes
in monument and enlargement of the
guards. Adjourned.
HOUSE.
fhe entire session was devoted to the
reading and passage of bill to revise,
amend and codify the code in relation to
the rights of property. An attempt was
made by those members still holding the
view that the code can be adopted at this
session TO save time in the consideration of
the bill by having iead by the clerk such
sections only as contain changes from the
old law, and that the bill be called by
sections for amendments, but the motion
was defeated by the opposition and the
reading of the lengthy and tedious report
consumed almost the entire session.
SENATE.
Dies MONIES. March 19.-Mitchell intro
duced bill to legalize conveyances of real
property made by trustees under wills.
Carneys primary election bill came up and
| Carney explained its provisions. The debate
was participated In by Byers, Harper,
Ranck, Pusey, Hipwell, Perrin, Carpenter,
| Garst, Trewin, Benson and Waterman, and
the bill was then passed ,sB5 to 8. The bill
Furnishes fraudulent voting at primary
elections by a fine not exceeding 81 600
or six months Imprisonment in the county
Jail Adjourned.
The military committees bill to remove
| the medallions from the soldiers monument
came up and Bell moved to amend SO as to
provide for the placing in bronze figures Of
| the number of re iment and the dates of
muster in and out. The motion prevailed
| and the change was made. The bill after
| slight amendment was adopted. 1t provides
| as follows:
That victory or peace remain as now
| placed on the monument. Place the four
! equestrian figures on the monument as
| designed, and are now being prepared and
| destroy the record of the commission. In
| lieu of the three pediment medallions pro-
| posed, place a shield the states coat of
| arms, and the national flag Place the
| heroic figure representing the several arms
| of the service as designed and now being
| prepared. Leave off the thirty-two frieze
medallions proposed, and prepare twenty
| eight additional disks and place on each
disk, on a bronze plate, the number of
regiment date of muster in and date of
muster out On east bas-relief, place battle
scene, opening OF the war at Fort Sumpter.
On west bas-relief, place scene closing of
the war, representing the surrender at
Appomattox. On the north and south sides
of the monument, place the history pro-
posed by the commission. There is hereby
appropriated the sum of 5000. or so much
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money in the treasury not otherwise appro-
priated to carry out the provisions of this
act, and the commission is ordered to carry
out the provisions of this act and to com
plete the monument without delay.
Application for pardon Of A. F. Hockett,
convicted of murder in the Mahaska county
courts, for killing his sisters seducer, was
granted, 90 to 4. Crows bill to remove
dam in Des Moines river at Bonaparte was
defeated, SO to 49, Reed introduced a bill
to appropriate for matters pertaining to
launching of the battle ship Iowa. Ad-
iourned.
SENATE
DIES MONIES, March 20.-Junkin intro
duced bill to provide for compensation of
volunteer fire companies. On motion Of
Ellis, the substitute bill for an act exempt
ing from penalties the manufacture sale
and transportation of spirituous, malt and
vinous liquors for lawful purposes, was
made special order for Thursday, March
20. Hotchkiss introduced a bill to provide
for holding district court at Perry. The
substitute bill reported by the building and
loan association committee came up and
occupied a large portion of the forenoon.
1t was passed unanimously A motion to
reconsider the vote by which the bill relat-
ng to the appointment OF members of the
board of health passed was carried, and
after slight amendment it was again passed.
The Funk bill for the taxation Of express
companies was taken up in the afternoon
and was passed, ii to /. Bill requiring all
willow or hedge fences that are not used as
wind breaks for orchards or for ornaments
to be trimmed within five feet Of the ground