Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-04-09


insurance companies, and on the 10th
the taxes will begin to come in from the
various counties which will give the
state treasurer quite large fund. II
has not been necessary to endorse any
| of the state warrants "Not paid fol
! want of funds" but it would have beer
80 hal the auditor issued the orders as
rapidly as the acquisitions came in.
To Adjourn April II.
It has been definitely decided that the
code will not be finished at this session
Senator Waterman's resolution provid.
ing for an adjournment April 9th, until
the second Tuesday in January, 1897,
was called up in the senate ON Friday.
Senator Berry offered an amendment
providing for vacation Of two weeks
/ and that the assembly should reconvene
and finish up the code. There We're
only votes cast in favor of this propo.
sition to 40 against it. Senator Cheshire
moved as an amendment that the Cen
eral Assembly adjourn sine die at noon
on Saturday, April 18th. This amend
! ment was carried by vote of 36 to IL.
The resolution was messaged over to
the house and Immediately taken up
and passed by vote Of 81 to 81. Rep
resentative Funk, however, tied string
to it by filing q motion to reconsider
He stated afterwards that it was simply
for the purpose of controlling the reso.
luton in case it should be found within
a day or two of the prescribed time for
adjournment that some matter of i'm
portance could not be finished by the
18th, in such case the resolution could
be reconsidered and adjournment de-
lova6 for N dow p,-f xxyn This OFF otro ~
disposes of the code for the present,
and as there are no provisions for an
adjourned session it will rest with the
governor as to whether the code shall
be taken up again before the regular
session of 1898. 1t is estimated that
the expense of the code revision thus
far, not taking into account the time
the legislature has spent upon it this
session, amounts to about $35, 900. In
addition to this the commission has bills
before the legislature for $4,000 for
extra services.
If adjournment takes place on the
18th the legislature will have been in
session 80 days, and estimating the ex-
pense of the session at $3.50, 900 in the
aggregate, the daily expense has been
about 81 1855. In case Governor Drake
calls an extra session the salary of the
members for such session, which will
be governed by the amount received for
this session, will be SOIL per day.
Thus far it is understood that Governor
Drake has not expressed any opinion in
regard to the necessity for an extra ses-
sion, but it is believed that he will call
one for next winter as the amount the
state already has invested in the code
would practically be lost if the further
consideration of it goes over till another
regular session, when the legislature
will be composed largely of new men.
Among the important bills that have
come up during the past few days and
been disposed of was the bill by Kill
burn comforting suffrage upon women.
This bill had been laid ON the table at
one time during the session through q
mistake of it's author and he was
allowed to call it up again by unani-
nous consent. The bill only received
% votes in the senate and was declared
defeated. Both houses have passed a
bill providing that the supplies for state
institutions and the materials for the
construction of state buildings shall be
purchased on contracts to be supervised
by the executive council. In all con-
tracts of this nature preference is to be
given to Iowa products, all other things
being equal. This was the outgrowth
of the contest over the purchase of coal
for the insane asylum at Independence,
when complaint was made because the
contract was let to parties in Southern
Illinois when Iowa parties offered to fur
nish What Cheer coal. A pure food bill
by Van Houten (Taylor) has passed the
house. 1t prohibits the importation or
sale of adultered foods or drugs in the
state, but allows colored vinegar to be
sold, provided it is marked "colored" or
Gambler" vinegar The house passed an
important bill by Brady, providing that
actions to set aside deeds given for tax
sales, provided such deeds are filed prior
to January [, 1876, must be commenced
within one year from passage of this
law.
To Increase House Membership.
A resolution by Temple (Clarke) pro-
viding for the submission of a constitu-
tional amendment to the people has
been passed by the house. 1t has TODD
with the changing of the constitutional
provisions in regard to membership of
the house and senate Under the pres
ent constitution membership is limited
to 80 in the senate and 100 in the house,
which makes it necessary that several
counties in the more sparsely settled
sections of the state should be included
in one representative district. The reso-
luton provides that the membership of
the senate shall remain as now, but that
in the house, each county shall have
representative. In addition to this at
the apportionment following each Gen.
sus ratio shall be determined by divid-
ing the aggregate population of the state
by number of counties; then each
county containing a population of three
fifths or more in excess of this ratio shall
be entitled to two representatives.
This would give, the nine counties
| which have two representatives at
| present the same number as now
and would give Wapello county an
additional representative. The present
population of Iowa under this resolution
would give the house 100 members, and
the resolution provides that at no time
shall the number in the house exceed
115. The object is to give each county
representative and 1t Is heartily en-
dorsed by the members from the smaller
counties.
The house pretty emphatically de-
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