Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-02-18

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 II
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
eralize the present law allowing the
manufacture of liquor in the state.
They have not determined upon tho
form of the bill, but it will not be an,
elaborate ONE, and they hope by maxi
ing it only slightly amendatory Of the
present law to secure its passage. Tho
republicans. however, seem to be pretty
well 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 the squares opposite the names of all
candidates for whom they desire to
vote, has been reported without recom-
mendation, and will be the occasion Of
lively debate on the floor.
Far from Being Settled.
The Temple amendment con troversy
is far from settled. The senate passed
the bill by Senator 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. Il
contains plain provision permitting
settlement by the employee with the
company after the injury is received.
There is no such provision in 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 10
Endorsed by x-RepresentativeT 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 employer
as being a clearer and better bill.
Neither Mr.. Cook nor the house railway
committee was willing to accept 1t, how
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 substitute for
the Hobart bill, and deadlock is on
between the two houses ON this ques-
ton.
VIII 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 a 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 tho
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 I'M
der the contract without completing II
according to the specifications, This
will probably end the whole matter, as
a 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.
i r w RTCKNEIL