The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-03-08
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49, is ,i5fs 5et{te SENATE. ~ ss3
mans bill was. resumed. Garst offered nm 4
amendment requiring that the year book to be
published BY the proposed agricqIsSra depart
which was not concluded ut time of adjourn
ment The senate voted to reconsider the vote
March /. and the resolution now lies on the
table, Lewis introduced o bill providing that
building and lonn companies shall not be per
mitted to charge interest in excess Of per
cent, the legal rate In Iowa.
HOUSE.
The Hughes anti pass bill was taken up as
special order this morning at 1920. Two re-
ports had been submitted The majority report
political conventions Che minority report rec
ommended the passage Of the bill In its original
form. After q hard fight the minority report
vote Of 81 to "a. After hard fight which lasted
during the entire session the bill was defeated
by . vote of so to 49,
SENATE.
Des Moines, Feb. 28.-The appointment Of
Joseph McGarraugh to be custodian of public
buildings was received from Governor Shaw
and the senate went into executive session to
consider 1t. Considerable opposition developed
and committee was appointed to interview
the custodian as to certain reforms. Garst's
providing for the competitive system s Of bids il
handling the year book Of the proposed depart
ment, was adopted, % to %. Alter the salary of
the retary had been fixed ut 81 500 . year the
bill passed with only one vote against It, The
senate also passed q measure to grant q 3O-days
extension OF certificates of Iowa insurance com
pan1es, so that they Will not be compelled to pny
the unconstitutional tax OF per cent.
HOUSE.
f The house, without dissenting vote, adopt
ed the Head resolution offered Monday to have
gated In regard to their individual business con-
nections with building and loan. and insurance
organizations of the state. The Clarke bill
was then taken up and Clarke made an eloquent
address in favor OF Its passage Temple fol-
lowed in an address in opR1,s;ion PIsntss
and after fight which lasted nearly all day the
bill was defeated, As to 49, Immediately follow
introduced resolution directing the speaker to
name q committee of five to report on any
abuses In the offices and If necessary draft bill
by Lyman of Poweshiek by which the state
printer and binder seek to have the law revised,
to remove alleged Inconsistencies, whereby it is
claimed they do not receive pay for some of the
work done.
'Des MONIES, March by o vote Of 40 to 5 the
senate passed the hunters license bill. Com.
favorably the. equal suffrage amendment and
also the resolution requesting Iowa's represen-
tatives in congress to work for law permitting
the election of United States senators by direct
vote. Bill providing for establishment OF o
reformatofy for women at Anamosa was re-
ported favorably. Healy's bill to amend the
HOUSE.
Dunham's resolution instructing the printing
committee to draft a bill making such changes
III the prices to be paid the state printer and
neg %Ry a
would call up the motion to reconsider the vote
by which the anti-pass bill was defeated. Hin
special order for next Thursday prevailed.
These bills were passed: Providing for the
teaching of the elements of vocal music in oil
f1a n CT to- oOt cf< TO
board of veterinary examiners making clear
thatpresidential electors shall be elected by
thestatc at large.
SENATE -
Washington March 2.-Pettigrew secured
the adoption Of a resolution calling on the
president to furnish information relating to
the saloons establ ished in Manila since Ameri-
there. A resolution was offered by Turner, Of
Washington directing the secretary OF war to
inform the senate OF the amount OF money ex-a
pended in payment of travel pay and commuta-
honi "a subsistence to those oficers and men re-
turning from the philippines and what bounty
mept Of soldiers. Adopted. senator Penroses
called up the Quay case and Hoar addressed
the senate In support Of Quay's right to q sent
in the body.
Within two hours after the reading of o spec
ial message by the president, recommending the
hands ali the moneys collected upon Porto
Rican goods since the Spanish evacuation of
the island amounting 70 $1,000 900, to be used
to-day, the house had passed and sent to the
senate a bill to carry out the recommendation.
The democrats opposed the bill because it
erection in the, use of the money. By vote Of
1876 to 129 the house took up the Aldrich vs.
Robbins contested election case.
Des Moines, March 3.-The Titus bill proyid-
ing that the labor of Iowa convicts shall be
utilized in the manufa Of supplies for state
competition with free labor, was reported for
passage by the majority Of the judiciary COM
mittee. A minority report recommended. that
means. The minority report was adopted. The
senate voted to adjourn over next Wednesday
to visit the new asylum ut Cherokee. The
Sokol's bill, providing that county superintend-
ents shall have charge of the distribution Of
free text books, was passed.
HOUSE
These bills passed the house: Raising the
salary of the turnkey and guards ut the state
| penitentiaries; giving cities and towns power
authorizing the approval by the judge Of the
court In vacation Of conveyances and reports of
sales and mortgages made by executors and adj
tendent Of the Soldiers Orphans Home at Day
export from 81 200 to 81 800 per year prohibiting
the use Of gasoline, benzine. napthaand otherex
plosives in tenement houses In cities.
SENATE.
Des Moines, March 5.--McArthur's resolution
memorializing Iowa congressman to support
ruralsmai delivery extension was passed. 9th
er bills were passed as follows: Reducing Off
cial bonds of prison wardens and guards; pro-
yiding for the payment by the state of costs and
fees incurred in prosecutions for escaping from
the penitentaries GORE citing medical practice
act to meet the decision of Judge Gamble, who
held IT unconstitutional because it discrimi-
| uated between classes Of physicians.
HOUSE.
The house voted to adjourn over Wednesday
for the purpose of visiting the Cherokee asylum.
Clarke. OF Dallas. introduced resolution pro-
viding for sine die adjournment on March IL.
Blake introduced q resolution allowing the GOV
ernor TO appoint commissioners. without pay.
TO the Paris exposition to make report on
| matters of interest to tie muteriai resources of
Iowa. +
ACnUITs MINE RIOTERS.
Jury Renders Verdict OF Not Guilty In
Case of the Cariervilie Men.
VIENNA, Ill, March 6.After being
out only seven hours the jury in the
case of the nine Carterville miners
CHARGED with the killinu of Ave na.