The Leon reporter., 1900-02-08

DEs Mo1Nks. Feb. 4. ION.


The board Of supervisors on the ,3Oth
granted postponement Of ten days
for further investigation of the saloon
petition by the ministerial association.
This means that the saloons OF Des
Moines will be closed during that por-
iod The investi alton revealed the
fact that out of 4,457 names on the pe-
tition, 293 cannot be found on the poll
books. 25s names are duplicates ana %
are forgeries, afidavits being present
ed to back the statement. The petit
tion, if the statement is correct, re-
duces the petition to 3.997 names or
200 short in names of voters to make it
sufficient. 1t is believed that If any
more discoveries are made the saloon !
men will withdraw their petition and
commence the circulation of another.
Senator Townsend, the democrats
member from Monroe county, in Offer
ing resolution of sympathy for the
Beers, explained that he was not at
all sure that the Beers needed tho
sympathy of the Iowa senate. in view
OF the recent developments in South
Africa, but thought those same devel-
the members to proper view of the
situation there. The resolution was
not acted upon but went over under
the rules.
warm discussion ensued at meet.
ing of the printing and binding COM
mittee few days ago. Clarke. Of Dali
las, appeared before the COMMITTEES in
behalf Of his bill for the abolishment
of the offices of state printer and binder
and was replied to by Temple, of Clarke.
Ayers, Prentis, Temple, Anderson OF
Warren, Hilsinger, Blakemore and
Wilson of Buena Vista were appointed
a special committee to give full inform
alton of the present rates fixed by law
before action is taken. A hard fight
is expected in the committee.
The fight between doctors has been
resumed and will continue the present
session with the same bitterness that
has characterized it in the past. Prem
tbs, of Ringgold, has introduced bill
providing that all superintendent in.
hospitals fc" the insane shall not bo
from the :, ,chool of medicine. At
present the. ..le all allopaths. 1t Is
claimed by supporters of the bill that
more than one-fourth of the taxpayers
of Iowa patronize other schools of med
icine and are entitled to treatment by
representatives of their faith. A bill
somewhat similar passed the house
four years ago and failed in the senate.
Last session it lacked one vote of pass
ing the house.
The house committee on public
officers decided that SC, 100 is about tho
salary for the governor of the state of
Iowa, instead of S4, 100 as at present.
1t decided to report for passage bill
fixing the salary at that figure. The
bill called for salary of Sc 900 but the
committee shaved the amount ST, ,OOO.I
With the $l,100 in perquisites-$ $500
for house rent and $500 for work ON
executive council-the actual salary OF
the chief executive will be $6,1O5, if
the house committees report iSSap-s
proved by the house and senate. ME
bill provides that the cb.MEe snail 20
into effect in 1902, SO that Governor
Shaw will receive the benefit Of tho
change for one year, If the biennial
elections amendment is carried by tho
people, and Governor Shaw remaina
in Office a fifth year. as is probable.
The Muscatine, Upton & Northern
Hallway Company has filed articles Of
incorporation with the secretary Of
state. 1t is organized to build between
Muscatine and Independence by way
of Cedar, Jones, Linn and Delaware
counties The capital is $150,O
Milton Weston, 2. l.. Tobie, o. III.
Lloyd and j.. M. Cole of Chicago, are
the incorporators and officers.
The senate committee on ways and
means, after consideration of the argu-S
ments advanced by the state university
people, unanimously voted to report
for passage the bill of Senator Ball to
extend for five years more the one
tenth mill levy for the university
building fund. President MacLean
and Regents Babb, Ingham, Hilbrook
and Others spent a week in the city
looking after the different appropria-
action of the senate committee is con-
sidered strongly to foreshadow the
passage OF the measure. The house
committee is disposed to be generous
with the university.
The Des Moines Fire Insurance Com
pany has gone into new hands, w. R.
Warfield selling amaiority of the stock
to c. II. Ainley and Theodore Gatchell.
Mr.. Warfeld retires from the presi-
ldency and is succeeded by Mr.. Ainley.l
The company is one of the largest in
Iowa.
One of the most important insurance
bills, by Dows, of Linn, to repeal the
state tax of 1 per cent on insurance
companies, has been recommended for
passage by the insurance committee Of
the house. The new code provides
there shall be state tax of per cent
of gross receipts, in lieuof other. taxes
The supreme court held this state tax
could not be in lieu of other taxes.
Some 's~tntiea sre trying to collect the
usual county, city, township and
| school taxes. The insurance compan-
les object to what they consider double
taxation.
The Sioux City Bar Association has
decided to ask the legislature to allow!
one more judge for the Fourth judicial
district and to cut off Harrison co,Intv