Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-04-29
DES MONIES LETTER.
WORK OF SOLONS REVIEWED BY
JULIEN RICHARDS.
Manufacturing Amendment IL Finally
Out Of the woods-Governor Drake Will
Sign tho Amended Mulct Law-State win
Publish the Code-strinEent Laws.

DIES MONIES, April 26.-[Special. +
After being passed back and forth be-
tween the two houses for several weeks
the manufacturing amendment is finally
out of the woods and the mulct law is
amended to allow manufacturing of in.
toxicating liquors i'll Iowa under re-
strictions as to statement of consent
practically the same as are required for
the sale of liquors ut retail. On
Wednesday the house took up the ques-
ton of concurrence in the manufacture
ing amendment as PASSED by the senate.
It will be remembered that the house
several weeks ago passed manufactur-
ing amendment, but the senate refused
to concur in it, and adopted All amend
ment of its own. The amendment was
adopted by vote of yeas, 70; nays, "a;
receiving exactly constitutional ma.
joritv, and it was realized that if man.
ufacturing amendment was to be finally
adopted it must be one that the senate
could agree to, hence when the amend
ment was finally passed by that body
fort was made to prevent any change in
the house. However, it was discovered
that the language of that part OF the
amendment referring to the collectibility
of debts incurred by reason of the man
ufacture, sale or transportation of any
liquors named in this chapter" would
legalize debts contracted for the pur-
chase of liquors over the bar. To this
the house objected strenuously, and
when the matter came up for discussion
on Wednesday last, Representative
Martin offered an amendment providing
that the collectibility of such debts
should only refer to the manufacture,
wholesaling and transportation of
liquors as provided in this chapter.
This amendment was adopted in the
house by vote of yeas, 81; nays, 80.
All the other amendments adopted by
the senate were agreed to by the house.
On Thursday the amendment went back
to the senate for concurrence, and the
final vote by which the senate agreed to
the Martin amendment concluded the
legislation on the subject of manufact-
uring.
Hurst an Exception.
The vote by which the senate con.
Cured in the amendment with regard
to collectibllity of debts for the manu-
facture, sale at wholesale and trans
portation of liquors was as follows:
Ayes, Alexander, Allyn, Bonson, Car
penter, Carroll, Cheshire, Craig,
Downey, Druet, Ellis, Ellison, Overall,
Funk, Garst, Harper, Healey, Hipwell,
Hobart, Lothrop, Penrose, Pusey,
Ranck, Riggen, Trewin, Upton, Water
man, 26. Nays, Bell, Berry, Carney,
Ericsson, Gilbertson, Gorrell. Hartman,
Hotchkiss, Hurst, Junkin, Perrin, Ser
geant, Young, IL. Of the Democrats all
voted in favor of concurrence except
Senator Hurst, and the Republicans only
added enough votes to the Democrats to
give the 26 votes necessary.
Governor Drake will sign the amended
mulct law, including the manufacture
ing provisions. In talking on this sub
ject he said: II am glad the Martin
amendment was adopted. 1t doesn't
seem to me that the prohibitionists
should kick against the bill as now
passed. The mulct and manufacturing
features will only effect counties where
public sentiment favors the sale and
manufacture of liquors and I believe
that in the interior counties the enact
ment of this law will strengthen prohi-
bition for this reason: When any law
is not enforced in any considerable part
of the state it has tendency to cause
people to become careless in other parts
of the state, and on that account | be-
ieve that the amendment to the law as
passed by the legislature will provide
for its enforcement where public senti-
ment is against prohibition and will also
strengthen the law in other sections of
the state"
The house refused to agree with the
senate bill abolishing the state oil in.
spector and placing the inspection OF
oil under the supervision of the board of
health. The house, however, provided
for reduction of the salary of state oil
inspector from $4,000 to 81 800. The
senate on Saturday took up the house
bill and amended it in many particulars
making it almost the same bill as orig
inally adopted in the senate. There
will be conference committee on the
bill before it can be agreed upon by both
houses.
Publication of Code.
The house passed the senate bill pro.
viding for the state publication of the
code. An attempt was made to substi.
tute bill providing that the code should
be edited by Chancellor McClain and
published by Callaghan & Co. of Chi
cago. They agreed to furnish codes fol-
purchasers at So per copy and to the
state for distribution among the officers
at $2.S5 per copy. The substitute was
voted down and the original bill passed,
requiring the publication to be done by
the state, the work of printing and
binding to be done by the state printer
and binder, and the annotating and
editing to be done by committee under
the supervision Of publishing commit
tee Of three from the house and two
from the senate, to whom shall be added
the president Of the senate and the
speaker Of the house. The members oil
this committee are to be selected by the
two houses in joint session. The names
most frequently suggested for this com
mittee are Senators Ellis and TrewiI
and Representatives, Hayes, Evans ant
Dowell. Among those who have beer
suggested for the position IF editor NJ