Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-03-10
IN THE LEGISLATURE
SENATE.

appropriation for industrial home for blind
ct Knoxville; by Harper, to authorize cities
10 license and tax transient merchants and
peddlers; by Palmer, relative to care of
hospital for the insane; by Phelps, to pro-
vide for drawing of jurors in superior
courts. Phelps offered a joint resolution
proposing an amendment to the state
constitution relating to trial by jury
providing for less than tive We in civil cases.
The committee on constitutional amend
nents presented a majority and minority
report on resubmission, the majority
making no recommendation and the
minority recommending the resolution for
The amendment be passed. Bill authoriz-
ing tax on foreign insurance companies
to sustain fire departments was recon-
mended for passage. Committee on
agriculture reported substitute for
Ericson's bill to prevent the spread of
disease among swine. Ellis made a motion
20 reconsider the vote by which the age of
consent bill was passed yesterday. This
was carried, and he then offered amend
ments remedying the defects discovered
after the bill passed Bill establishing
state board of embalming passed
Adjourned
HOUSE.
resolution by Human, calling on the
auditor of state to furnish the house with
in itemized statement of the expenditures
Of the soldiers and sailors monument COM
mission was laid over. The resolution pro-
viding for submission of prohibitory
amendment to the constitution came up
and consideration at this time was opposed
by Funk On a vote the resolution failed
10 pass, Al to 81. A motion TO reconsider
was laid on the table. These bills were in
troduced: By Griswold, to prohibit sales
and distribution of obscene literature and
pictures by Henderson,, TO appropriate
for Industrial Home of the Blind at Knox
vile; by Ladd, to provide for examination
Of all fire insurance companies; by Nc
Achran, authorizing employment of con-
yicts on highways; by Macarthur, to au-
thorizing cities to tax and license peddlers.
During the consideration of the school text
book bill, to which dozen amendments
were proposed and defeated, the house adj
journed to O'Clock. At the evening ses-
sion large number of legalizing acts were
disposed Of.
SENATE
DIES MONIES, February 2S.--By Cheshire,
to amend laws relative to foreign insurance
companies; by Harper, amending law to
permit board of supervisors of Des Moines
county to assist United States government
in construction of a levy on the Mississippi
river; by Waterman, making an appro-
priation to enlarge Fort Madison peniten-
tiary. Joint resolution for ordering $1,000
copies of the railroad commissioners map
passed. Age of consent bill came up and
Ellis offered an amendment changing section
3 to provide only jail punishment or fine for
any person under Is years who shall
carnally know any female over IA years old
by agreement or consent Of female. A
long and heated debate ensued and finally
upon motion by Carroll the bill was re-
committed. Adjourned.
HOUSE.
Bill to grant pensions to Iowa soldiers
not now drawing pensions from the gov
eminent was reported unfavorably. Reso-
luton requiring of the state auditor q more
definite statement of the expenses of the
monument commission was adopted. The
substitute to both the senate bill and house
bill offered by the committee on schools
and text books, relating to free text books
in our public schools, was put upon its pas
sage under the suspension of rules and the
same was declared passed. The bill pro-
vides that upon petition of one-third OF the
legal voters as recorded at the last school
election the question of free books shall be
submitted, and if majority favor the free
system the board of directors shall procure
h,, CO.. tba ~ ha Hiotrint
empowering judges to keep filled the regu-
lar jury panel which may become exhausted
by challenges, passed. Bill requiring
thirty days before forfeiture of real estate
is made written notice must be served on
the assignee by some person authorized to
serve original notices, passed. Bill requir-
ing two insanity commissioners in counties
having two county seats, passed. Woman's
suffrage bill came up and Funk advocated
its passage as did also Bell, Ladd, Smith,
Ray, Morrison of Keokuk, and others.
White, Lambert, Reed, Van Houten, Cur
ley, Crum and others opposed it. The bill
tional majority.
SENATE.
DEs MONIES, February 29.-These bills
were introduced: By Kilburn, to prevent
and punish taking of orders for intoxicating
liquors and the distribution of such liquors
by Ranck, relative to state militia; by
Blanchard to provide for state scholarship
in state university in each county and
manner of awarding same by Carney, to
provide that cities and towns may supply
water, gas and electric light and power to
inhabitants for reasonable compensation.
Report of code committee on age of consent
bill was presented. A substitute was
recommended for passage which provides
for raising the age of consent to fifteen
fat. It's consideration was made a special
order for Wednesday, March 4th. Water
mans resolution to remove medallions
from soldiers monument was made special
order for Thursday, March 5. A large
number of bills recommended for indefinite
postponement and legalizing acts were
disposed of. Senate concurred in house
bill to authorize trustees of libraries in
cities to levy taxes for libraries.
Adjourned till Tuesday.
HOUSE.
Macarthur introduced joint resolution
at the request of Senator Gear. 1t was a
memorial to congress for the payment to
the state of Iowa of the amount due her
from the government on the sale of mill