Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-02-06
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Among the other bills of interest that
were introduced last Saturday was the
Democratic caucus local option bill. 1t
is bill providing for township option
in the sale of liquors. The question of
such sale shall be submitted to the
voters on petition of one third of those
who voted at the last general election
held in such township or city. In case
the proposition to license such saloons is
defeated another election on the subject
may not be held inside of two years, ex-
cept upon majority petition. The an
nual license fee is $500, one.half to go
to the county, the other half to the city
or township in which the saloon is 10
Gated In addition the city or township
may impose as much larger q fee as
they see fit The city councils and
boards of supervisors are given the au-
thority to regulate the saloons and to
prescribe the hours and days during
which the saloons may be operated
There is no possible show Of this bill
passing either house. It will be re-
ported by the committees for indefinite
postponement, and will receive the votes
of none but the Democratic members.
This will, however, allow them to go on
record on this question, which is APP
parently the object of the bill.
Senator Hipwell also introduced a
Democratic manufacturing bill, which
is brief and to the point. 1t permits the
manufacture of intoxicating liquors of
all sorts in any portion of the state and
allows their sale upon the premises in
quantities of not less than four gallons,
though such liquors are not to be drank
ON the premises. This bill will I'M
doubtedly keep company with the local
option bill Gcoted above in the legisla-
tive waste basket.
No Hope For Manufacturing Bill.
In spite of the hopes of the friends of
manufacturing. the prospects for the
passage of any bill to reopen the brew
cries and distilleries in this state, seem
to be growing less and less. A promi.
nent Republican senator, who was one
of the strong supporters of the mulct
law two years since, gave the writer his
ideas of the subject as follows: lit
doesn't seem to me that the friends of
manufacturing should push us fellows
who stood between the lines two years
ago too closely. The mulct law seems
to be giving quite general satisfaction.
It is working all right, and so far as I
am concerned, 1 am willing to let this
session pass without any additional leg
islation on the temperance question. I
favored manufacturing two years ago,
and | admit there is logic in the argu-
ment that what is sold in Iowa should
be permitted to be manufactured here,
but you must remember that this Estate
is now i'll the changing conditions from
prohibition to mulct, and perhaps it is
better to let matters remain as they are
for few years.
Interests Newspaper Men.
Senator Rowan (Wright) has intro
duced bill that is Of interest to all
newspaper publishers. 1t has to do with
the selection of newspapers to publish
official county proceedings. The pro-
visions of his bill, which is an amend
ment to the present law, Is that the
printing shall be awarded to the two
papers having the largest number Of
bona fide yearly subscribers living with
in the county, who have subscribed for
and ordered the paper, paying, or prom
Using to pay, their own money there
fore. at regular advertised rates. The
publishers are given the right of appeal
from the decision of the board of super
visOrs to the district court. This bill,
he thinks, will prevent the padding of
subscription lists.
Both houses have adopted Senator
Funk's bill prohibiting fishing in houses
on the ice i'll winter time and fishing
with more than two lines and hooks for
each person.
Code Revision.
The senate committee on ways and
means, who have been considering that
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that all property shall be assessed at its
actual cash value and compels the as
SCISSOR to swear to such assessment, have
been having considerable trouble over
the constitutional question which it
brought up. The constitutional imita-
ton of indebtedness of cities is per
cent on the assessed valuation. On a
cash valuation this would be largely in
creased, and permit greatly increased
expenditures ON the part Of cities. The
committee did not think it wise to open
this door and so decided that if possible
statutory limitation of Indebtedness
below that provided by the constitution
should be adopted. A subcommittee, to
which this question was referred, re-
ported yesterday afternoon to the full
committee that such statutory hmita-
ton could be legally enacted, but this
would leave the opportunity for the
legislature to be besieged at each ses-
sion by Hobbies from the cities asking
that the limit be raised, so that they
| could spend more money. The upshot
may be that the present system of as
sessment will be continued.
Nearly everybody has of late been
taking a shot at the soldier monument.
The old soldier members of both houses
have presented resolution that no me-
dallions containing the features of any
soldier living or dead be placed upon
the monument for the reason, they say,
that it would have tendency to exalt
certain persons at the expense of others
whose record may be as good or better.
In the house Saturday Representative
Grow (WapellO) offered resolution
that the statue of victory which crowns
the monument be replaced by the statue
of soldier with his gun at shoulder
arms. In his speech in support of the
resolution he characterized Carl Rohl-
Smiths statue of victory as ian over
grown female with . bunch of tobacco
in each hand" There was considera-
BILE discussion over the resolution and
the temper of the house was clearly
shown when motion was made to
| table the resolution The vota stood