Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-03-06
SUCCESSOR ID LARRAB[E.
Judge Robinson, of Sioux City,
Chosen to Fill Vacancy on
the Board of Control.
THE NOMINATION is VERY SATISFACTORY
Bills to Lesalize Saloon Petitions and
Requiring That Full Amount of In
surnnce Policies BE Paid Favor
ably Reported-Opinion by the At
torney General.
Especial Correspondence

ably NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. by the AZ.
torney General.
Especial Correspondence
Des Moines, Ia, Feb. 26.-William
Larrabee's place on the board of con-
troll has at last been filled. Judge Gift
ford S. Robinson, of Sioux City, who
retired from the supreme bench last
January after l2 years of service, was
appointed by Gov. Shaw last Tuesday
and accepted the appointment. The
nomination was generally satisfactory
and there was no opposition to its con-
firmation by the senate Friday morn
ing. The new member has had a large
experience in public affairs in Iowa,
having served in four legislatures. He
has lived in Iowa since 1870. coming
here shortly after the war, in which he
served as private in the One Hundred
and Fifteenth Illinois infantry. He
began to practice law in Storm Lake,
Buena Vista county, Ia, in 1870 and
lived there until after he was elected
| to the supreme bench in 1887. lie has
been mayor of Storm Lake, county at
|
member of the house in the Sixteenth
| general assembly. He was senator in
| the Nineteenth, Twentieth and Tween
| ty-first general assemblies. In the lat
| ter session he was chairman of the
judiciary committee, and for two ses-
sions served on the appropriations
committee, so he has had previous eN-
perience in dealing with state institu-
| tions.
| To Pay Full Amount.
The bill requiring insurance COM
panies to pay the full amount of the
policy regardless of the value of the
property insured was reported to pass
by minority of the senate insurance
committee. Only seven members of the
committee We're present when the bill
was acted upon, and four of the seven
SO as to apply only to buildings and
not to the contents thereof. After the
meeting eight of the 10 members OF
the committee signed minority re-
port recommending the indefinite post
ponement of the bill. The bill has a
strong support, growing out OF the
prejudice against insurance companies
on account of their unfair methods OF
settling losses, and it is quite likely tc
/ become a law.
Saloon Petitions.
The bill to legalize the mulct saloon
petitions procured prior to October 1
1897, when the law was changed, has
been favorably reported in the house
and seems to have fair chance O
, passing. The argument uaed in favo
t of it is that the saloon keepers in goo'
faith complied with the law as it eS
). listed up to that time and that there j
i, oA- reasonMhY they should be punishe'
i because of mere Technical III T ct itipn r
t bill is opposed on the grouI,r s.i..---,-
{ new law plainly requires new petitions
according to the holding of the su
, lpreme court, and that the saloon keep
ers should not be allowed to continue
: to do business upon old and imperfec
: petitions. The only anti-saloon bill
now pending in the legislature is tn
: one by Senator Wallace, of Hardin, Pre-
hibiting saloons within five miles Q
i any educational institution. A bill b
:. Downing. of Davis, requiring ten day
O published notice of intention to circr
late a mulct petition has passed tn
e house.
Feel Encouraged.
L The friends of the state normal hi
announce that they feel encouraged t
u make another attempt to secure it
passage. They say that they have 81
& cured at least six votes that We're eithe
cast against the bill when it came u
= the first time or were absent, and tina
n had the same effect. On the other hant
: some who voted for it will not do S
ri again. The outcome is uncertain
Those who are looking after the u
G. claim they can pass it through tt
le house, and that they have from q
80 votes for the one school bill in tt
l senate.
IL Convict Labor.
ly The policy of hiring out the convic
lie in the state penitentjaries to outSit
y, contractors at the best rates that CT
n, be secured will probably be continue
err Senator Titus, of Muscatine, Introduce
o. bill to prohibit the continuance
u this practice, but the bill does not me
a. with general favor. The board of co
IN troll is very strongly in favor of co
tinuing the present policy, because
does not require an investment of ca
: ital in manufacturing plants and it
an easier way of administering t
business affairs of the penitentiari
The board says there is no other pr;
teal way of employing the convicts
present, and that they come into co
petition with free labor less under t
present plan than they would if e
ployed in manufacturing articles
use in other institutions. The bill W
considered at some length by the $,
ate judiciary committee, but by a
vote failed to be recommended to pa
An Opinion.
Attorney General Remley, in reply
heterogeneous contained in reso
# ton passed by the senate Februar.
4 has submitted a lengthy opinion clai
o ing that certain building and loan
% sociations and insurance companies
d violating the law and that others
- pursuing policies that should be T
hibited by law. He claims that II
s. are fattening themselves, especially
building and loan associations, at
= expense of the poor stakeholder, ;
that exhorbitant salaries and extra
ted CANT expenses are allowed to eat
of the legitimate profits of these C
I;lV Germs leayinu lift lie or nothing for