Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-03-09
IOWA LEGISLATURE.
SENATE.

lies MONIES, Il en- SO.-SIdfSUS W
reconsider the vote by which the board of
control bill was made special order for
Thursday of next week came up. After
discussion lasting an hour and half the
motion was withdrawn Berry introduce
ed q resolution for an amendment to the
constitution allowing the general assembly
to fix the number of jurors in the trial OF Il
case, and providing that five-sixths vote
of the Jury shall be sufficient to find the
verdict in the ease. The bill allowing
county and d trict agricult al societies
$500 per year in certain cases was consider
ed but no vote was reached.
HOUSE.
Blake's anti-treat bill, which provides
that candidates for office shall not treat
voters to drinks of spirituous and malt
liquors. cider or wine, was debated at
great length and finally defeated by close
vote of 80 to AZ. The bill to authorize the
board of trustees of the agricultural col
lege to purchase land for experimental
purposes wcs passed. The house voted 10
grant par6on to James johnson.
SENATE
Des Moines, Feb. 26.-The senate devoted
nearly an entire half day to bill by Bird
of the house to have the state pay the
express on state documents. twas finally
passed. A bill passed to permit the Agri-
for experimental station purposes.
HOUSE.
A motion to reconsider the vote by
which the primary election bill was lost,
carried The bill was then amended to
make it take effect May l. Several pills of
minor Importance were passed Ray In.
PRODUCED a resolution providing for final
adjournment March Is. Eaton introduced
a bill providing for the examination OF the
books of county treasurers. The Dill re-
quiring express companies doing business
in the state to pay per cent OF their gross
earnings into the state treasury, instead OF
per cent, as heretofore, was passed.
SENATE.
Dies MONIES, Feb. 2S-The senate killed
Cheshire's bill proposing to put mulct
tax on gambling houses and houses of pros
titution, in addition to taxes aud fines
which are already paid, by voting to in.
definitely postpone it. The senate spent
considerable time debating Malloy's pro-
position to increase the levy providing for
county insane from II to 219 mills, and II
was not disposed of when adjournment
was taken.
Neitert's bill to pay each member Of the
committee that supervised the printing
and binding of the code $500, was consid.
ereu 1Of u Wnlle, DuU uHdl COHSlucrdblOH
was postponed until Monday, March 18th.
BY vote of IS to 16, the house passed
Joint resolution granting the application OF
Thomas Kelley for pardon. Kelley is an
old man, n years of age, and has been con-
fined IL years formurder. A bill by Penick,
changing the time provision relative to the
revocation of pharmacists permits was
passed. A bill was introduced by Boyd
which proposes to entirely change the sys-
TEN of road working.
SENATE
Des Moines, March 1.-The senate devot-
ed most of it's time to the consideration Of
the Malloy bill allowing a levy for the care
of insane by the various counties. NAL
loy's amendment making the maximum
levy mills was defeated also one by Pussy
fixing it at IL mills. The bill as passed
provides for a levy of / mill. The report
of the committee on the contested election
in the Eighteenth district recommending
the retention of the seat by Emmert was
adopted by vote of As to 0. In executive
session the senate confirmed the appoint
ment of j. ID. McGarraugh as custodian.
HOUSE.
Friends of the board of control measure
in the house succeeded in having definite
consideration of the bill postponed until
next Tuesday at 10 O'Clock This is to give
the senate a chance to take action before
the house has chance to mutilate the
Healy plan, or amend it to death. Three
bills which had been defeated were recon
sidered and passed. The measures so
treated were the one by Nabstedt to reg
ulate the practice of barbering by the
state one by Potter, of Bremen, providing
that fraternal beneficiary societies shall
have membership of at least 250 before
they shall be permitted to do business, and
| another to compel the destruction of Needs
| along public highways.
SENATE.
Des Moines. March 2.-The senate pass
| ed the bill readjusting the plan for state
| aid for county agricultural societies.
| Hereafter each county or district society
shall be entitled to receive from the state
| annually 40 per cent of the amount paid
| out by it in premiums, excluding speed
purses, such amount not to exceed 5000 i'm
| any case.
| Smith, of Harrison introduced a bill
providing for the initiative and referen-
dunn in municipal affairs. Private John DAILY
! formerly member of the Fourth regiment
| of the Iowa National Guari, was voted
| $500, as recompense for injuries receiv-
| ed by the bursting of gan. Barretts
| bill providing for the examination and Ii
| censing OF stationary engineers passed.
| was voted upon, but failed of passage,
while Hinkson's bill to establish four nor
| NAL schools was indefinitely postponed.
| Carr's bill increasing powers of cities and
| towns in relation to streets passed. as did
also the senate bill relating to the sale of
| perishable property, when signed under
| writ of attachment.
SENATE.
Des Moines, March 3.-The senate took
up the board of control bill. On the whole
the proceedings of the forenoon were de-
cidedly satisfactory to the friends of the
| measure. They had one test vote, and
| carried their point 80 to TO- This was on
| the amendment by Ranck, of johnson, the
| one democrat who is not supporting the
| measure, to change the number Of members,
| from three to five. Garst, by request, in
| troduced a bill requiring railroads to sell
| 1000 mile tickets ut $50 The committee
| on public health recommended for indef-
mite postponement the bill licensing
| BARRIERS.
| A bill to take from the warden of the
Anamosa penitentiary the discretionary
| power to dispose of the refuse stone was
| passed. A bill providing that not more
| than three of the superintendent of in
| sane hospitals be of the same school of med
icine was defeated. The bill to abolish
poll tax in cities of 10000 and over was
passed. Rays bill for uniformity of text