Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-02-20
THE BILL
DEFEATED
Normal School Measure Kill
ed in the House by a
Vote Of AZ to 10.
THEFEDERAL JUDGESHIP
Davis. of Keokuk, May Withdraw to
become = Candidate for Supreme
Judge = Other Proceedings
OF lows Legislature.

Judge = Other Proceedings
OF lows Legislature.
Des Moines, Feb. 16.-(SpeciaD Tho
bill for one normal school was defeat
ed in the house this morning by vote
Of A to 46. The committee on normal
sahools reported for passage the Byers
amendment reducing the number OF
schools from three to one and recon-
mended that the Warren substitute do
not pass. The substitute provided the
conversion of the Knoxville blind
home into normal school. The house
voted down the Warren substitute and
Warren offered an amendment permit
ting the joint committee to use any
state institution for normal school.
There was lively discussion on the
amendment and it finally carried by a
vote of 4S to "A. The vote was now on
the Byers amendment providing for
the establishment of one school. tt
stood. Ayes, Anderson of Warren, Bals-
er, BarIinger, Bengston, Boyson, Bu>1
chanan, Carr, Carter, Clark of Hamil-
ton, Cold, Conley, Cowles, Cruikshank,
Bows, Eaton, Edwards, Eiker, Furry,
Hasselquist, Hawk, HinlSle, Hughes,
Jaeger, jerks, Kendall, Kirkwood,
Kohtz, Kolo, Let's, Lyman, McAleer,
Patton, Payne, Prentis, Putnam, Sauer,
Stallcop, Stratton, Stuckslager, Theop-
pills, Veneman, Warren, Way, Wilson
Of Washington, Wise, Bowen. The
nays were Anderson of Lyon, Ayers,
Barley, Barrett, Bennett, Black, Blake,
Blakemore, Byers, Clark of Dallas, CO.
burn, Eottrell, Grouse, Davis, Dodds,
Downing, Durham, Graft, Hansmann,
harbert, Head, Hilsinger, Jones, Keck,
Kent, Kerr, Kimball, McCurdy, Nc
CHM, Marshall, Miller of Cedar, Miller
0f Fayette, Myers, Nicolaus, Overfeld,
Rbome, Santee, Scott, Shambaugh, So
k0l, Stewart, Sweet, Temple, Theunen,
Iowner, Wilson of Adair, Wright;
Immediately following the vote By
ers moved reconsideration in the
house of the Hayward bill reducing
the medical examination fee from
$40 to $40 and providing that board
examiners shall go to the colleges and
conduct the examinations. The Furry
hill reducing the rate of interest on
permanent school funds loaned by
county auditors from IS per cent to
mot less than 81 passed. The Tallman
senate bill giving the same protection
20 electric light company wires and
poles as given to- telephone and tele-
graph poles, passed. The Kendall bill,
requiring mine foremen, pit bosses and
hosting engineers to submit to an ex-
animation and hold certificates Of COM
spetency, passed. The following bill
was offered in the house by Sauer, of
dubuque providing that all district
Judges in the state shall visit the state
reformatory and penal institutions
once each year and shall also have
power to remove any minor by them
Sentenced to the reformatory from one
Institution to another or to remove him
Ind sliberate him on good behavior In
the senate the bill to provide that land
lords lien on grain shall be protected
even after the grain has passed out Of
the hands of the tenant farmer was
discussed at length but mo vote was
taken. q a ~
The Federal Jadseshtp.
Des Moines, Feb. 16.-(Special Cor
respondenee. Some gossip about the
federal judgeship for the southern dis
trict has been started by letters receiv-
ed here within the last day or two
from Washington. The judgeship,now
vacant about ten weeks, ever since the
death of Judge John S. Woolson, is APP
parently not much nearer to settle
ment than heretofore. However, it is
! narrowing down to more definite sit
uation. 1t is reported now that only
seven of the thirteen members of the
& Iowa delegation will go into the cau-
Gus that will decide the matter. They
will be Senators Allison and Gear, Con-
gressmen Hedge of the first, Lacey OF
the sixth, Hepburn of the eighth, Lane
of the second, Mcpherson of the ninth,
Hull of the seventh and Deliver of the
eleventh. All of these have all or parts
of their districts in the southern judi.
cial district. Congressman Cousins oil
the fifth district has two counties in
the southern jurisdiction, but he had
declined to enter the caucus. 1t is
stated by the latest reports that Judge
Towner, of Corning, will be supported
in the caucus by congressman Hep
burn, Hull, Lane and Dolliver. Mr..
4 Hedge of the first district, will be fol
Judge j. G. Davis, of Keokuk Con
gresham Mcpherson of the ninth will
support Judge Walker 1. Smith, of
Council Bluffs, and Congressman Lacey
of the sixth will be for Hon. VIM. Nc.
Nett. of Ottumwa. This leaves out oil
consideration the two senators, whose
positions are not defined SO far as can
be learned. 1t is reported that Judge
Davis may ultimately Withdraw from
the race and become a candidate fol
supreme judge 81 the; state at the next
state convention. tits impossible tc
say when the matter will probably be
decided.
Emmert Bill Killed.
The senate yesterday afternoon