The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-11-15
NOTES FROM THE CAPITAl.
Des Moines. November Is. 1900,

Des Moines. November 10. 1900.
The state board Of control will be-
gin work Immediately upon the
formulation of rules and regulations
governing county institutions In
which insane persons are maintained
The last legislature passed meas
ure giving the board the power to-
make rules and regulations, and to
ENFORCE them, their violation beinR
sufficient to give the board power.
to remove the patients in the county
institutions to the state hospitals;
provided, however, that the matter
could be taken to the courts by in
lerested persons and there adiudi-
Gated. A systematic examination
a.he county asylums has been made
by the members of tie board. This
work has just been completed. The.
information obtained will be CLASH.
fed and the work of making the
rules undertaken this week. The
work may consume considerable
llme. Inc board anticipates no par
tlcular di1,iculty in inducing the
county arrangements to conform to-
their recommendations. 1t is learn
"a, incidentally, that the principal
COMPLAINT against the county insti-
ttitions as they are managed now,
the paucity of attendants. More.
lttendahts will cost more in salar-
es. move in this direction will
work both ways. The counties.
'argely, took patients from the state
hospitals to save money; the hir-
ng o. new attendants will Increase
the expenditure, on account of the
county insane; but 1T will afford
more salaried places.
BY the decision of the voters Of
the state of Iowa, at the election
yesterday, the state constitution is
amended to the extent that elections
n Iowa shall be held every two years
instead OF every year. By this de-
c:sion, the district courts of the
state are affected. In the year 1901
there will be no election, ind conse-
quentiy, according to the provisions
cf the code, there will be no tales
men for jury duty selected. Auditor
'Aargrave of Marshall county first
raised this important point. Each
year 500 names are selected from
receptacle in the office of the clerk
of the courts, and from these names
the jurors are drawn prior to each
term of court. 1t is the duty Of tina
auditor to apportion these 500 names
among the various voting precincts.
and the Judges of election are re-
quired to send in the number APP
portioned to their precinct. There
Will be no election in 1901 and CON
sequently no election board to make
Il selection of these names. AS no
provision is made for either grand
or petit jurors beyond the specified
tlme, the county courts would be
without jGrymen until the next gen
eral election, in 1902. The point rails
ed will soon ccme before the attor-
ney general for a decision. and if he
sustains the opinion held by the
above named auditor. the question
will come up before the state legis-
lature. which does not meet until
January, 1909, about the first or sec
nnd week in the month. In order to
make provision for the iuries, it NAV
be necessary to call the legislature
in special session. so that the Jury
men may he selected by the first OF
January, 1902, as the law provided.
Harry West. owner of the packing
house properties, has received letters
from the eastern gentlemen who will
be associated with him in the forma-.
ton OF new company to operate
the plants, saying they will be in Des
Meines in the next ten days Tt is
Expected that soon after their arrival
arrangements will be completed for.
he opening of the house and keep
rig it in operation continuously. Mr..
Vest said it would not take week
from the completion Of the details
preliminary to opening the. house.
He says that it has been kept in first
class rerair. and that 50 far as the
machinery is concerned it could be
cut in operation at it's full capacity
in twenty-four hours. if the working
force WAS ready and there were hogs
on hand to make run. He says it
will take some days to get crew to-
@ether and to commence to get hogs
coming to Des Moines. He expects
the house tn be in full operation not
late. than December 1.