Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-12-28
NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL
Des Moines. December 81, 1900.


Des Moines. December 81, 1900.
Adjutant General M. H. Bycrs an.
nounces that he has determined upon
the three Iowa cities which will pet
the vacant company positions in the
Iowa national guard. They will be
Atlantic, Winterset and Abba. just
what companies will go to these
towns is yet undecided. The three
places vacant are Company A of the
Fiftieth Iowa, which was formerly at
keokuk; Company G Of the Fifty
first Iowa, formerly at Creston, and
Company II of the Fifty-first Iowa,
formerly at Des Moines.
The suprece court has sustained
the constitutionality of the medical
practice act on the very point where
in it was supposed to be weak. and
on which two district judges have de-
clared against it. In the case OF the
state VS.. Blair, from Audubon county.
Judge N. w. Macy discharged the de-
PENDANT, an itinerant physician who
had not paid the state license, hold
ing that the medical practice act re-
quiring this license was unconstitu-
uonal, because it granted certificates
20 practice to physicians who had
practiced five years in the state.
three of which were in one locality.
The supreme court holds that an tin
Grant physician is usually wanting
IN honesty and too frequently a char
latan or quack."
" Fifty-six opinions. the largest number
ever handed down in single day by the
su oreme court, We're filed December 22d.
Among these was nm important decision
in the case of the state of Iowa. appellant,
VS.. Is. +. schlenker, appellee This was an
appeal from the Polk county district
court and decision of Judge C. A. Bishop
in a case in which the de fendant, Des
Aloines milk dealer. was accused of the
crime OF selling milk adulterated with
boracic acid. The court did not hesitate
to speak in terms that reflected severely
on Judge Bishops decision. The decision
OF the supreme court, written by Judge
Dcemcr, was a complete victory for the
state and unfolding of the constitution,
atty OF the statute. In the district court
The defendants motion in arrest of the
Judgment. based on the proposition the
statute was and is unconstitutional was
sustained and he was released. The. state
appealed. ~i
The supreme court has handed
down an opinion affirming the verdict
against II. w. Boeger, in Decatur
county, in which he was assessed 1915
damages for having forcibly Rugged
and kissed Miss Mae Bremen. The
court finds nothing in the twenty-five
alleged errors in the lower trial
which would justify it in disturbing
the verdict, which seems to be right
eous.
The State Equal Suffrage associa-
ton has all it's plans perfected for
the commencement of an aggressive
campaign at the first of the year. A
number of new organizers will be
placed i'll the field, and the work will
be carried on with energy until next
June, when it is the intention to have
every county in the state organized
SO that there may be ninety-nine rep
resentatives from this state at the
national convention, which will be
held at Minneapolis during the month
of June. Those who are interested
in. the work, propose to fulfill the
wishes of the national organizers and
do everything possible to make Iowa
a suffrage state. The headquarters
Of the suffragists are open all the
time, and the work is never allowed
to cease. Literature is being sent
out continually. Mrs. Nellie Nelson:
the corresponding secretary, has;
charge of the work. and in a measure
takes the place of the state chairmen
Of the political parties.
There has been considerable discus
sion among the Commercial Exchange
directors and members of the army
post committee in regard to naming
the army post. No one seems to
know just how the government pro-
ceeds in naming new posts, but it Is
thought any reasonable name the
city might suggest would be adopted.
1t has been suggested that the post
be called Fort Hull, in recognition Of
the work Captain Hull has done in Sc
curing it's establishment. Fort Des
Moines has also been suggested. The
latter meets with more general favor.
1t is thought it will benefit the city
more than any other, giving the town
wide range of free advertising.
Other suggestions are Fort Croker
and Fort Kirlwood. r..