Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-02-16
IOWA LEGISLATURE.
SENATE,


veyance of real estate; one by Pussy, APP
propriating S47 400 for Iowas representa-
ton at the Mississippi exposition
and one by Alexander, to indemnify rail-
roads from penalties which may ensue be-
tween January /, 1898, and FEBRUARY l, 1898,
as result of not putting on patent coup
lers. Gorrell's bill to tax mortgages was
recommended for indefinite postponement.
Temple amendment was reported favorably
and made special order for next Wednes-
day, at 1920 a. m. Bill appropriating
which had been deprived of their 500 be-
cause of ruling of the attorney general,
passed.
Des Moines, Feb. 5.--Four bills passed,
only one being important. 1t was the house
bill providing for the reduced rates on
printing and binding taking effect at once,
and passed 40 to 0. Blanchard introduced
bill providing for the purchase and
removal of the Bonaparte dam. Palmer
introduced bill to provide monuments in
memory Of Iowa troops at Lookout
Mountain and Missionary Ridge.
HOUSE
The house. after a warm debate, adopted
Farley's resolution requiring Iowa's repre-
sentatives in congress to use all honorable
means to prevent the passage Of the pool
ing and anti-scalping bills. Senate bill as
signing the present quarters of the
Iowa Agricultural Society to that society
indefinitely passed. The bill granting aid
to district agricultural societies passed.
Hinkson introduced two bills authorizing
the deduction of debts from property liza.
BILE for taxation.
Des Moines, Feb. 7.-Lewis of Poweshiek
introduced bill to grant additional COM
pensation to state printer for certain work
Emmert presented a bill making it manda-
tory for mayors to enforce quarantine in
cases of infectious and contagious diseases
No business of Importance was accom-
plished.
HOUSE.
Stewart of Polk stated that his vote on
the anti-pooling resolution on Saturday had
been wrongly recorded in the journal. He
had voted no and he was recorded as vot.
ing aye. The change which was made tied
the vote, and so defeated the resolution
A resolution was introduced by Hinkson OF
Guthrie requiring the Iowa Trans Mlssis-
sippi exposition committee to make de-
tailed report of the expenditures so far
made by the committee. a bill listing
turtle doves among the game birds was
defeated.
SENATE.
Des Moines, Feb S.-The judiciary COM
mittee's substitute for Rancl1's bill to per-
NIT the use of shorthand notes in evidence
passed the senate. The feature of the
senate proceedings, however, was the in
PRODUCTION by Cheshire of two bills pro-
viding for additional penalties upon the
keepers of baudy and gambling houses.
The sum fixed is 81 900 in each case. Titus
bill providing for biennial elections was re-
committed to the committee for amend
ment. House bill allowing boards of super
visors to increase the salary of the treas
uries in counties over 80, 900 above the pres
ent limit, $500, passed.
HOUSE.
Penick introduced a bill requiring express
companies to deposit s., 900 with treasurers
of each county as security for the issuing
of money orders. Stallcop introduced an.
other anti-pooling bill resolution. Santee
offered bill bringing private banks under
state supervision. Bills passed as follows:
To empower boards of supervisors in cities
of three thousand to fix additional COM
pensation for treasurers; to exempt associ-
ations formed for the manufacture of beet
sugar from the S25 tax; postponing quail
season one month. Hinkson's resolution
calling for statement from the Trans
Mississippi commission was passed
SENATE.
Des Moincs, Feb. 9.-The Temple amend
ment passed the senate this morning by a
vote of 80 to 4. An effort made to have the
bill postponed day had but four support
ers. The bill as passed is the original
Temple amendment which the senate OPP
posed so strongly last year. The commit
tee amendment to cut the word widow
out of the list of benefciaries of relief in
surance was voted down by a large major
ity
HOUSE
Bill authorizing the warden of Anamosa
penitentiary to sell refuse stone from the
prison quarries passed. Bill by Prentis, to
place homeopathic physician in charge of
the hospital at Cherokee was debated at
length A vote on the substitution of the
minority report of the committee for the
majority report, which, had it passed.
would have indefinitely postponed the bill,
resulted in its defeat by vote of 40 to AZ.
The bill was not disposed of when adjourn
ment was taken
SENATE.
Des Moines, Feb. 10.-Bill in reference to
the appointment of police matrons in cities
passed. Lots of business was transacted
but none of real Importance.
HOUSE.
BY vote of rs to 16 the house adopted
the Stallcop resolution requesting the
states delegates in congress to OPP
pose the anti-pooling bill. An effort was
made to have the anti-scalping bill includ-
ed in the resolution, but failed. After its
passage another resolution was introduced
by Kelley, of Audubon, requesting the
same action upon the anti-scalping bill.
Prentiss' bill for homeopathic superin-
tendent at the Cherokee hospital was de-
feated. A bill was introduced by Farley
in relation to passenger fares on railroads
II provides for a rate of two and one-fourth
cents on class A roads, two and one-half
on class b, and two ana three-Quarters on
class G roads. 1t also provides for fiat
rate of two cents on mileage purchased in
amounts of one thousand miles or more
The Smith bill for reduction of the forces
OF the house employees was defeated.
Hinkson's bill for the establishment of
four normal schools in four parts of the
eta "a tal g. III hxr.