Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-03-23
IOWA LEGISLATURE.
SENATE.

| DeS MONIES, March 1l.-By vote or 81
to 20 the se1Ate this morning refused to
adopt the Lewis substitute providing for
| the election of the members of the board
of control instead of their appointment.
| On motion of Druet, speeches on amend
ments TO the bill must hereafter be confined
| to ten minutes.
| SENATE.
Des Moines, March 1.-THE senate made
very little progress on the board of control
bill to-day. An amendment by Pussy, Civ
ing the board the same power as the dis
| trict court to punish for contempt, during
an investigation conducted by il, was
adopted. Bell offered an amendment TAX
ing the Soldiers Home from the control of
the board. Laid over.
| HOUSE
| Bill to prohibit the importation of swine
having died of infectious diseases passed.
The application for pardon of Theodore
| bushiek, Mills county murderer. was
| denied. A resolution was adopted nxlng
March "a as the time for final adjournment.
Jackson introduced two bills to permit the
manufacture and sale of liquors when
| the statement of consent of Il majority of
| the legal voters is secured. Hinkson in
| troduced measure to prohibit the giving
| of passes to state officers by railroad corr
| porations. Merriman offered bill which
| allows the state dairy commissioner S., 900
instead of $1,000 for expenses and gives
him deputy for field work.
SENATE.
Des Moines, March 14-Nine bills were
| passed in two hours at the morning ses-
| sion. Among the more important mea-
| sures passed by the senate were the one
| by Macarthur providing that oil inspectors
| may appoint deputies in certain cases with
| out extra cost to the state; by Ellison pro-
| viding that persons over IS years Of age
| convicted four times of larcency, and
where the value of the property SO stolen
| did not exceed $50, shall be imprisoned in
the penitentiary not to exceed three years,
| while others convicted of burglary, forg-
cry, etc., shall, after the second conviction
| be sent up for not less than Is years ;
| another by McIntire to require applicants
| for second-class teachers certificates to
| be examined in didactics; and to appropri-
ate 81 600 for the purchase of $1,000 rail-
road commissioners official maps. In the
| afternoon Senator Byers filed an amend
ment to the board of control bill to include
| the educational institutions in the list Of
| institutions that are to be subject to the
| board of control 1t went over. The ses-
sion was dull and uninteresting.
| HOUSE.
Business in the house dragged because Of
! the absence of nearly one-third of the
| membership, and the session was devoted
| largely to passing legalizing acts and
| adopting resolutions of coincidence and
memoriam. The resolution for the pardon
| of Wesley Elkins, serving a life sentence
| in the penitentiary at Anamosa for the
| murder of his father and mother in Clay
| ton county, ten years ago, at a time when
| he had attained the age of only 12 years,
was withdrawn and further consideration
nj no nj nayf
session of the general assembly, two years
| hence,
| SENATE.
| Des Moines, March 15-The senate made
| such rapid progress on the board of con-
| troll bill that vote may be expected by not
| later than the last of this week. and it is
| possible it may come by Thursday. All
but six sections have been gone over.
| The remaining ones will require but few
| hours.
The house passed three important bills
| this morning. Two of these provided an
| additional judge for the Eighteenth and
| Twelfth judicial districts, respectively,
and the third was Eatons measure Great
| ing state board of public examiners, who
| shall be skilled accountants, and who shall
not belong to the same political party,
offices, especially the Office Of county
| treasurer.
SENATE.
Des Moines, March 16.-The senate pass
ed legalizing act enabling Des Moines to
establish an electric light plant. BY a
vote of 16 to % the senate 'defe ated the
Hartman amendment to the board of con-
troll bill, fixing the salaries of the board at
81 800 each instead of $1,000 as provided
in the bill Instead of giving the governor
power to designate who shall be the chair
man of the board, the bill was changed so
that the chairman shall be the member
whose term is nearest expired. An amend
ment by Bell to strike out the Soldiers
Home from the provisions of the bill was
defeated. Just before adjournment Lewis
filed substitute for the whole bill
HOUSE
The house after considerable discussion
this morning passed the committee substi-
tute bill appropriating $4,000 for an exhi
bit and the erection of an Iowa building at
the Omaha exposition. The vote stood SO
to 30. Hinkson and Potter offered amend
ments reducing the amount, but they were
defeated The bill to permit the practice
of osteopathy was under consideration,
but went over without action.
SENATE.
Des Moines, March 11.-After discus
sion lasting over thirteen legislative days
the senate this morning by vote of 81 to
16 passed the bill creating board of con-
troll for all the state institutions except the
state university, the agricultural college
and the normal school. The previous
question was ordered by n vote of "a to IL,
thus preventing consideration of Lewis's
substitute. To Druet belongs the credit of
securing the adoption of the only amend
ment to which the trainers of the bill were
not especially favorable 1t provides that
in purchasing supplies preference shall
be given to local dealers, providing the
cost to the state is the same. Aside from
this no amendments OF Importance were
ingrafted this morning. House resolution
recommending the pardon of James John
son was adopted.
The house passed the bill to permit the
practice of osteopathy by vote of 81 to
30 The bill to compensate the members
of the code committee was re-considered
and was again lost. Blake's bill to refund
moneys to purchasers of land from the
state, which land the state had not the
right to sell, was passed. These claims
are known as the Des Moines river land
cases. The speaker declared out of order
the motion by Bull to reconsider the vote