Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1898-03-18
loWALEGisLATURE.
SENATE.

TO ~ the senate this morning refused 10
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
10 ten minutes,
SENATE.
I Dcs Moines, March la-The senate made
very little progress on the board Of control
bin to-day. An amendment by Pusey, Civ
Ing the board the same power as the dis
tr5ct court to punish for contempt, during
nm investigation conducted by it, 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
6ushiek, Mills county murderer. was
denied. A resolution was adopted hxlng
March "a as the time for final adjournment.
jackson introduced two bills to permit the
manufacture aud sale of liquors when
the statement Of consent Of majority OF
the legal voters is secured. Hinkson in
PRODUCED a measure to prohibit the giving
of passes to state officers by railroad cor
porations. Merriman offered bill which
allows the state dairy commissioner 1000
instead of s., 600 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 We're the one
J 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 SEQ, shall be imprisoned in
the penitentiary not to exceed three years.
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 81 900 for the purchase of 1900 rail
road commissioners official maps. In the
afternoon Senator Byers filed an amend.
the educational institutions in the list OF
institutions that are to be subject to the
board Of control It 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
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 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
of the subject postponed until the next
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
but six sections have been gone over.
The remaining ones will require but few
hours.
The house passed three important bills
thiahorning. Two Of these provided. an
additional Judge for the Eighteenth and
Twelfth judicial districts, respectively,
and the third was Eaton's measure Great
ing state board Of public examiners, who
shall be skilled ACCOUNTANTS, and who shall
not belong to the same political party,
whose duty it shall be to examine county
Offices. especially the Office of county
treasurer.
SENATE.
Des Moines. March 16.--The senate pass
ed a legalizing act enabling Des Moines to
establish an electric light plant. BY
vote of 16 to % the senate defeated the
Hartman amendment to the board OF con-
troll bill. fixing the salaries of the board at
q; SEQ eae!, instead of 5000. as provided
mower 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 80 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 17.-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 vote of - to II,
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 We're
migrated 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 a vote OF 81 to
30. The bill to compensate the members
of the code committee was re-considered
and was again lost. Blakes bill to refund
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 Dies Moines river land
cases. The speaker declared out Of order
the motion by Bull to reconsider the vote
by which the chair was sustained in send
ing the Potter manufacturing bill to the
committee on the suppression Of intemper-
ance. The board Of control bill was re-
eeived and referred to a special committee.
DEATH OF MRS. THURSTON.
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