Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-04-06
STATE LEGISLATURES.
)otnEs of the Lawmakers in Several
of the States.


Springfield. ILL.,. April 3.-The proceedings
the house Friday morning were unevent-
'ul until Mr.. Needles, chairman of the
committee on appropriations called UP
Fuller's bill creating a state board of par
ions and making an appropriation for its
maintenance. Johnson (denl), of White
side, at once objected on the ground that
The bill was not essentially an appropria-
lion bill. Craig (dem.) moved to postpone
the further consideration of the bill for one
week, but this. motion was voted down.
The clerk proceeded to the reading of bills
second time, but the confusion was so
great that his voice was completely
drowned. Pandemonium prevailed for
few minutes, when Selby (rep.) was recog-
aized and made motion to adjourn. The
notion was carried and the house stood
adjourned until next Wednesday morn
Ing at ten o'clock. During the uproar the
speaker ordered the pardon-boa bill adj
vanced to third reading and 1t will prob
ably be called up on that order next
Wednesday. Gov. Tanner Friday morn
preme court at Springfield. The bill was
taken to him by Representative Miller,
to whom the governor presented the pen
used in signing the document.
Des Moines, Ia, April 3.-The house Of
representatives on Thursday afternoon
passed what is known as the Cheshire
amendment to the revenue bill. 1t pro-
vides for the taxation of express, Sleep
Ing car, telegraph and telephone COM
panies on the Indiana and Ohio plan, which
Ia based on their total capitalization and
total mileage. The vote was 65 yeas and
Is nays. The senate defeated the same
measure by vote Of 20 to II. but 1t is
thought 1t will go through the senate the
next time. The house defeated an amend
ment providing for the exemption from
taxation of indebtedness on farm lands
The senate committee for the suppression
OF tntemperance by vote of to voted
10 recommend substitute for the house
manufacturing bill back for passage. The
substitute was prepared by Senator Ellis,
and is more stringent than the house bill.
The senate Is still evenly divided.
Lansing, Mich, April "a substitute has
been reported for the Chamberlain anti
prize fight bill, which prohibits the repro
duction of any prize fight or fistic en-
counter by means OF biograph, vitascope,
kaleidoscope or any such device, and pro-
vides a penalty for violation of not less
than $500 nor more than $1,000 fine, or I'M
prisonment for not less than six months
nor more than two years, at the discretion
Of the court. A substitute has also been
reported for what is known as the w. c. T.
U. anti-cigarette bill, about which there Is
some doubt as to constitutionality. It
provides that 1t shall be a misdemeanor for
the minor under II years purchasing cl-
garettes or tobacco, as well as the seller,
and provides a graded scale Of monetary
penalties for the first, second and third Of
lenses, after which they shall be deemed
incorrigibles and sentenced to Jail or the
Industrial home for boys The house COM
mittee on railroads reported adversely
upon the two-cent fare bill, local taxation
of railroads property and the bill pro-
hibiting discrimination in freight and pas
senger rates. A bill providing for trans
portation of bicycles as baggage was re-
ported favorably, but the railroad COM
panies are prohibited from liability for
damage when they shall have provided
suitable appliances for their protection In
side the baggage cars.