Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-02-17

settled by the house this week, the
woman suffrage, mortgage taxation,
and the bill allowing counties to re-
ceive interest on deposits in banks.
They are all set for special orders ON
| Tuesday. Mr.. Ladd, the manager of the
| woman suffrage cause in the house, is
confident that it will pass. The bill to
| tax real estate mortgages will probably
be defeated, many members taking the
position that it would fail of it's pur-
pose, because there is no way to prevent
money loaners from compelling the bor-
ROVER to pay the taxes on mortgaged
land. either directly, by requiring him
TO do so in the contract, or indirectly,
by raising the rate of interest. Law
yers also claim that the law would not
reach securities, because many OF them
are held in other states, and that it
would only result in relieving mort
gagged real estate from taxation.
The Liquor Question.
The democratic members of the legis-
lature have determined to introduce
and champion bill to amend and lib
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manufacture of liquor in the state.
They have not determined upon the
form of the bill, but it win not be an.
elaborate ONE, and they hope by max
ing it only slightly amendatory Of the
present law to secure its passage. The
republicans, however, seem to be pretty
we'll united against any legislation of
this character.
Political Bills.
The bill to allow the polls TO be kept
open until seven p. m, instead of re
quiring their closing at six p. m. as at
present has been favorably reported by
the house committee on elections. The
bill to regulate primary elections has
been reported to pass, and the bill doing
away with the circle at the head of the
ticket, and requiring the voters to mark
in thesquares opposite the names of all
candidates for whom they desire to
vote, has been reported without recon-
mendation, and will be the occasion of
a lively debate on the floor.
Far from Being Settled.
The Temple amendment controversy
is far from settled. The senate passed
the bill by Sena tor Hobart, of Cherokee,
which is somewhat different from the
house bill by Mr. Cook. of Montgomery.
The Hobart bill is the one which was
voted for in the senate last year by the
friends of the Temple amendment. 1t
contains a plain provision permitting
settlement by the employe with the
company after the injury is received.
There is no such provision i'm the Cook
bill, but it's author claims that it is not
necessary, because only settlements
made in advance of injury are provided
against in the bill, and this position is
Endorsed by eX-Representative Temple,
of Clark county, the author of the orig
inal Temple amendment. The Hobart
bill, however, is now Endorsed by the
representatives of the railway employees
as being a clearer and better bill.
Neither Mr.. Cook nor the house railway
ever, insisting that their bill, having
| been passed first and sent to- the senate
should have been treated with more re-
spect. They claim that the. two bills
are the same in meaning and effect. The
house railway committee therefore re-
ported the Cook bill as a substitute for
| the Hobart bill, and a deadlock is on
between the two houses on this ques-
! ton.
Will Drop the Matter.
The soldiers monument question was
discussed by the military committee of
the senate, which is composed of old
soldiers, and it was decided by vote
| OF five to two that nothing further
should be done about the matter. Some
| members desired that investigation
should be made to ascertain why the
executive council had permitted the
| medallions to be, placed upon the monu-
ment, when the legislature last winter
ordered them removed and tablets Civ
| ing the name, date of enlistment and
| date of discharge of all Iowa regiments
substituted in their place. The COM
mittee in the house had made some in
| vestigation, and this shows that the
law passed by the last legislature abol-
| ishing the monument commission pro-
| vided that the executive council should
| complete its business and carry out all
| existing contracts. One of these con-
tracts was for the placing of the medal
lions upon the monument. and it was
| done by the contractors without the adj
vice of the council. The contractors
| could not have received their pay IN
der the contract without completing it
according to the specifications. This
will probably end the whole matter, as
large majority of the members believe
it would be unwise to further agitate
the matter. The legislature will not
provide for any dedication of the monu-
ment, at least not at present, but will
let the controversy quiet down.
F. W. BICKNELL.
| GRAIN TO THE GULF.