Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-01-25
LEGISLATIVE, PROCEEDINGS.
SENATE.

1 Des MoineS, Jan. 16.-After the prayer tho
| tenantgovernor and q motion prevailed that
| the senate proceed to vote on the selection OF
United states senator Inc rep PUBL ns
| Fred White. Bills were introduced as follows:
| To provide plan OF compulsory education; to
| authorize school districts to accept charitable
beouests; regulating pay OF miners; to Tx hour
| OF closing polls.
| The house session was almost wholly taken
| up by the senatorial election. The vote re-
suited: Gear 70, White 10, absent 4. No other
| business Of importance was transacted.
SENATE.
| Des Moines, Jan. l7.-Memorial services were
| held irsthe senate in honor of the late ex-Gov-
| ernor Cyrus c. Carpenter. Governor Shaw and
Ex-Governor LarrGbee were present and spoke
briefly OF Mr.. Carpenters life and work. Sena-
| tors Bolter and Healy also briefly eulogized the
| dead statesman. Bills were introduced as fol-
lows: Providing for license fee Of $40 for every
person who desires to hunt In the state of Iowa;
| providing for the appropriation desired by the
Iowa State College OF Agriculture; providing
| for the taxation OF mortgages and other real
| estate liens; providing for compulsory educa-
| tom providing for the taxation OF telegraph
companies on the principle of the Cheshire
| amendment. Aresolution passed providing for
the election OF state binder and printer ut todays
| joint session, "a to 10.
| HOUSE.
Speaker Bowen announced the standing COM
| mittees of the house. The senate resolution
| providing for the election OF state printer and
binder at today's joint session was defeated, 80
|
amend the law in regard to cutting weeds on
public highways; to prohibit the leasing and
| contracting of penitentary convicts; to amend
| the law in relation to the time Of closing the
polls at elections; authorizing the appointment
of monument commission TO erect granite
monuments on the battlefelds of Shiloh, Chick
| amauga and Lookout Mountain and to provide
| for the payment OF necessary expenses OF same;
relating 70 the rate OF interest to be charged In
| loaning the endowment fund of the State Agri-
| cultural College; TO convert the industrial home
| for the blind at Knoxville into state normal
school,
| JOINT SESSION.
| There was n sharp fight over the question OF
| the election of state printer and binder ut the
| joint session and resolution providing for such
election was laid on the table by viva voce
vote. Senator Gears election was confirmed
by the joint convention md In presence OF the
| convention his certificate OF election was made
out and signed by the president of the senate
and speaker Of the house
| SENATE.
Des Moines, Jan. 1S-Resoiutions were adopt
ed on the death OF Senator Malloy,' "a member of
| the last assembly. These bills were introduced:
| BY Titus prohibiting letting of convict labor
| by contract and providing for its utilization
| otherwise; by Titus to establish state library
commissions; by Mcintyre, TO provide for the
| cutting of weeds on public roads; by Hobart
| to make use of blasphemous or obscene language
| "a misdemeanor instead Of an indictable orense;
by Macarthur, to establish parole system for in
mates of Iowa penitentiaries by Porter to de-
fine place Of bringing action against any incor-
| pOration, company or person operating or main
| tanning u coal mine; DIV Lister, 10 antnu laws
relating TO loans OF the permanent school fund;
| by Mellen, to appropriate Sl6,b0O for teachers
and IS 1000 for contingent, both annually, for the
| State Normal School at Cedar Falls; also
$21 800 for biennial period and Sl0OOO for
buildings; by Perrin, to appropriate 600 for
finishing and furnishing the new state histori-
| cal building; by Penrose to provide that county
authorities may withhold taxes or other money
due the county from claims presented to the
county.
| HOUSE
lnffn NV linn hon inst nnti NO hn
| printing committee, to provide the house with
information as to rates charged by the state
printer and state binder passed. Another reso-
luton. by Clark, of Dallas, was adopted. 1t pro-
vides that the chair appoint committee of
| three to call on the board of control and secure
all the information possible as to the cost OF
| printing and binding, and the saving, II any,
| made by the board in letting the work to the
| lowest bidder; the said committee TO report
| within ten days. Hawk of Jasper, introduced a
! Joint resolution providing for an amendment to
| the state constitution for the use OF voting
machines, and another instructing our represen-
| tativeS in congress to work for an amendment
to the federal constitution to elect United States
| senators by direct vote fthe people. Bill per
hitting independent school districts TO accept
| requests passed. Bills were introduced as fol-
| lows: By Veneman to make appropriations for
Iowa State College; by Wise, to provide for the
State Normal school at Cedar Falls; by Santee,
in relation to increasing the governors salary;
| by Bows. to appropriate 40 for the supreme
court contingent fund; by Clark, OF Hamilton,
| to provide for the furnishing Of .the state his
| torical building: by Kirkwood to transfer Har-
| rison county from the Fourth TO the Fifteenth
judicial district and provide additional judge for
| the latter; by Koontz, relative to larger appro-
| priations for the State University; by Buchan-
| an, for the establishment of three additional
normal schools; by Clark, of Hamilton, TO amend
the section of the code relating to the Russian
thistle; by Furry, relative 10 the rate of interest
on permanent school fund loaned by county
auditors.
Des Moines, Jan. Ex-senator Hubbard intro
duced bill providing for an appropriation OF
| $4,000 for the erection OF a monument to the
memory OF Sergeant Charles Floyd, who was
member of the Lewis and Clark expedition, ana
| who was the first American soldier to die In the
| Louisiana purchase after IL came into the pos
session Of the United States. The grave is sit
uated on a high bluff a few miles below Sioux
| City. Hubbard also introduced bill providing
| a stock Of goods in bulk without first notifying
his creditors Other bills were introduced as
follows: By Cheshire, that telephone companies
| shall be assessed on what Is termed the unit
mileage plan; also another bill providing for
similar method of taxation for express com
by for so tSr an
home ut Davenport; by Hubbard providing FOR
the sale and purchase of water works; by Will
| son TO provide for the protection of game, fowls
and birds; by Ball, to appropriate $1,000 for
| the State Historical society; by Allyn, to pro-
vide for the Improvement OF streets and the
| construction of sewers; by Lewis, to do away
| with the payment of attorney fees TO lawyers
appointed by the court to defend INDECENT Grim
| mails Upon recommendation OF the committee
| on appropriations the senate passed q bill al
lowing the supreme judges Si,440, which thev
paid bailta who served N the supreme court
| HOUSE.
| An invitation was received from the Polk
| county board of supervisors asking the members
| of the house TO visit the county asylum for the
| insane and the invitation was accepted. Clark
| OF Dallas, Wilson OF Washington, and Blake OF
| Webster were appointed a committee TO ascer-
tain the prices paid for printing by board OF con-
| troll Senate bill appropriating 81, 400 for SUI
preme court contingent fund passed. Bills
were introduced as follows: BY Thuenen; max:
ing appropriation of S56, 100 for the Soldiers
Orphans Home at Davenport; by Way, appro
priating 81 800 for the publication and distribu-
| tion OF 20, 900 railroad commissioners maps; by
Harbat to provide for the collection OF personal
| taxes; by Venneman TO levy "a tax for necessary
| buildings for the State Agricultural College; by
Jones, in relation to the marking OF ballots; by
| Boyson, relating to the time In which mortgages
| must be Cancelled; by Theophilus, to establish a
| state BARRIERS examining board; by Koontz to
appropriate s. 900 for the state historical society:
by Buchanan, in relation to library tax in cities
| OF the first class
Dcs Moines. Jan. 2O-The Titus amendment,
providing for biennial elections, passed with on
| ly one dissenting vote Lambert OF jackson,
who had o like measure up in the house two
years ago, introduced bill in the senate to-day
providing that the Offices Of state printer and
binder shall be abolished and the printing and
| binding let by competitive bids TO offices where
the union scale of wages are paid, unless such
Offices pool the prices. The bill TO allow the
trustees OF the state agricultural college TO use
the discretion In the amount OF interest paid on
endowment fund loans at that school The sen
ate also passed Balls bill providing that the
state university may use ground originally up
propriated for building an observatory.
| HOUSE.
The house held brief and unimportant SEES
sion. Bills were introduced as follows: By
Carr, providing for the Improvement OF the
river front within the corporate limits OF Des
Moines; by Myers, requiring landlords to record
| leases
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American Military Expedition Sails From
| Manila.