Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-03-26

of the north central counties, was ac-
companied by letter which stated that
the blank petition had been received
from q certain prominent railroad at.
tornay with q request that signatures be
obtained to it. This and other facts
connected with the petition aroused q
suspicion that the railroad companies
Were interested in having the new code
crowded through ut this session. Late
last week one of the Des Moines papers
obtained copy Of letter alleged to
have been sent out by the legal depart
ment Of certain trunk line in Chicago.
II advised the party to whom 1t was ad.
dressed that an extra session was not
needed, would be of great expense to
the state, and that the revision of the
code should be completed at the present
session. It also suggested that the re-
o;pient Of the letter should interest him.
self in bringing influences to bear upon
his member of the legislature for the
purpose of pushing the code through as
soon as possible. In order to establish
the genuineness Of this letter tele-
gram was sent to Chicago, and the rail-
road man whose name was signed 70 ii
was interviewed in regard to the
matter. He admitted sending out
such letter, but claimed that
he had not read the code over
and did not know anything in
regard to its provisions. The people
who had read the letter could not see,
however, why the legal department of
. great trunk line should be interested
In the passage Of this code II it's pro-
visions were, as have been claimed,
more severe upon the companies than
the present law. The result wits that
the reports of the house committees ON
the railroad laws have all been recalled
and that part OF the cmie has h~.n re.
ferred to the full c0mnliItra # the
house, which consists III !,l members.
This committee ~ 10 compare the re.
vision carefully with the pre- s.nt law,
and IL is stated By som" II the leading
members OF the committee, that the
prospects are that the present law will
be substituted for these laws i'll the pro.
posed revision.
The trouble that has arisen over this
feature of the eide seems to have in
creased the probability that the revision
will not be completed this session. The
situation in both houses seems to be
about like this: In the senate, while no
one perhaps admits it, the general feel
ing is that it will be impossible to COM
plete the code this session. The COM
mittees, however, are going ahead with
their work ON the code and reporting as
rapidly as they finish a chapter. These
reports go on calendar, but the bills
which pertain to other subjects and
have been reported previously are taken
up in their order, and there seems to be
no extra efforts made to reach these re-
ports on the code. The appropriation
committee are devoting their time to
the hearing and passing upon bills for
appropriations for the various institu-
tions, and this will take up about all
their spare time during the balance of
the session. The other members seem
to have concluded to do the work as il
comes to them with the idea that if
they get through the code all well and
good. In the house there seems to be
two factions; one of these headed by
Speaker Byers is exceedingly DESTROYS
of finishing the work Of revision before
adjournment. 1t has been the ambition
of the speaker during the entire session
to get this work out of the way TO
this end he has invoked every parlia-
tracking dilatory motions and expedit-
ing the work. He has been confident
up to within q few days that the work
can be finished. But there is growing
uneasiness among certain Of the mem
bers which comes with the approach of
spring, and some of them are threaten
ing to rebel. 1t is the speakers belief if
the session can be prolonged until April
Al,oA Il Ix fy,sa lx1
but there are many in either house who
VOW that they will not stay here later
than April 10Th. Although the work
has been we'll advanced in committees,
there has been no agreement between
the two houses ON many of the import
ant features, as, for example, the basis
Of assessment, which La far.reaching in
its effect upon the revenue sections Of
the code.
Launching Of the Iowa.
The legislature has been asked TO ap-
propriate 5000 for the purchase Of
silver service TO be presented to the war
ship Iowa, which will be launched in
Philadelphia. March 28th. Secretary
Herbert has extended an invitation to
Governor Drake and Miss Drake to do
the honors of the occasion, and the lat
ter win break bottle Of champagne
upon the bow Of the Iowa as it glides
from the ways into the sea, at the same
time christening the new boat. Accom-
panying the invitation was the intima-
ton that other representatives of Iowa
would be welcome on that occasion and
it is probable that members of the gov
ernor's staff, and possibly some of the
state officers will attend. Adjutant
General Wright will have charge of
the military party and says that it is
Drake viii f0i be - accompanied s BY Miss
Name, Carpenter her companion and