Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-02-05
Work in the State Asse mbly.

very llttle progress mas as yet peel
made toward accomplishing any
thing of Importance by the legislat
i've assembly.
And now another partisan measure
is on foot. The republicans are de
termined to hold sway in this stat.
at all hazards. If they can't get {
majority of votes, it has already beer
proven that they will run in illega
voters, stuff the ballot box and thus
get bogus majority, when they can
as was done last fall. But they are
not sure that they can make that
deal work any more SO they ARE pre-
pairing another way out. Under the
guise of amendment to the Austral
ian ballot law, this legislature will
pass an act to permit the name of no
candidate on more than one. ticket.
That is, if the populists and demo.
Gratis all nominate the same ticket, as
was done last year, it will be allowed
to go on the official ticket only under
one head, thus leaving one or more
parties without ticket in the field.
The conspirators very we'll know that
such plan will prevent a complete
getting together of the reform forces,
as neither the populists or democrats
are ready to surrender their name
and identity to assume that of the
other or new one. If it goes
through, though, there will be some
way found to get over it as the anti
monopoly element proposes to cap
ture this state next fall just the same.
The talk of being able to complete
the new code and adjourn by March
1 is all out of reason if the work is
done as it should be. Under the con-
stitution, all bills must be read three
times before finally passed, and as
each article of the code must be
treated as bill, the whole must be
read three times. which, we are told
will require not less than sixty days
for that alone to say nothing of the
time necessarily consumed in argu.
ments, horse play and wire pulling
There has been another point raised
which will require little diplomacy
to circumvent. All acts go into effect
when passed and published. Suppose
the old code is all repealed by adopt
ing new one and three months time
be needed to print and bind the new
one, all that time we would be work
ing under new code and none in ex
istence. Looks like the assembly will
have to arrange the new code, turr
it over to the printer, go home anG
stay till it is ready, then meet an6
adopt it as whole, in the meantime
leaving the old one to govern.
Friends of the state liquor mani
featuring bill estimate that lowe
sends out of the state each year fol
vinous, malt and spirituous liquor.
not less than $1O,OOO,OOO, and argu,
that it might just as well be kept a
home. and several millions brought
in from adjoining states. The legis
lature has not yet tackled that inter
esting question.
The railroads, not satisfied will
paying taxes on but 10 per cent of tn,
valuation of their property while al
other property pays on 60 per cent
now wants portion of that tax abol
ished. They kick on having to pay !,
little road tax and are trying to ge
the legislature to amend the law t,
that extent. It might be good lde
to turn the state over to the railroad
and be done with it.
And now they say there must be
code editor. That is, after the solon
get through with their work the
must pay some intelligent man bi
salary to figure it out and tell ther
what it looks like.
1t is claimed that the railroads sign
fly willingness to concede the fee
in-transet privilege, but at the sam
time it is discovered that combine
ton of monopolists, that stand i
with the railroads, is buying up a
the corn at about seven cents busf
Ell, so that whatever advantages ma
be derived from the concession wi
inure to the greedy rich while til
farmer can whistle.
When Ex-Governor Boies advoca
| ed the idea OF putting the manage
ment of all the state institutions unde
, one general head and thus reduce e1
penses the republicans made all maj
ner of fun of him, but since this sam
gang has run the state 100000 int
! debt, principally through the exper
ses entailed by these same state il
situations, they feel more like laugh
ing through the other side of the
mouth.
A dozen of eggs in Iowa are wort
as much or more than bushel {
, corn.
The feature of the work in tt
legislature was the visit of the W.
man suffragists to the senate chan
! Der, Friday. A committee OF tire
from the senate went over to tt
suffrage convention Thursday an
formally invited the ladies to hone
the state house with visit. AS tn,
was an opportunity not to be sneeze
, at, the ladies accepted and went in
body. Miss Anthony was given
seat by Lieutenant Governor Parro
and introduced several of her folloy