Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-08
THE LEGISLATURE.


SENATE.
fses Moines, Jan. s0-McArthur's bill provid.
ing that extracts Of the code may be published
with the consent OF the executive council, was
nassed hobart bill making use OF blasphem-
Gus language an indictable offense, and Porter's
bill making q Dotarlal seal primn facle evidence
Of the compliance with the statutes OF the state
In which the seal was attached. were also
passed
Joint resolution providing for an amendment
TO The constitution making elections biennial
instead OF annual, was recommended for pas
sage. The resolution was made special order
for Thnry Among bills rss snsr,e seG o
turkeys and guards In penitentlaries; by Ba-
ker, to provide better facilities at private rail-
road crossings Bin raising salaries OF county
recorders, placing them ON the same basis as
auditors, was passed
SENATE
Des Mones, Jan. Si.--Blanchard introduced
q resolution providing that % Joint session OF
the two houses OF the legislature be held In the
hall Of the house next Friday morning at ii:5O
for the purpose OF e;ectng state printer anu
tional institutions not under the board OF con-
troll The resolution went over under the rules
Two bills o. minor impor.en ,s Sers P @-s,
a bill making all inmates OF state INSTITUTIONS
wards of the STATE: another bill to provide for
this support and still another providing an an
nual appropriat on for contingent and repair
fund by Allyn, bill 10 amend the code so that
the state printer and binder will be required 10
the secretary OF the executive w iNppib
concerning oil expenditures and materials;
ny Bishop; to prevent desertion after seduction
and marriage.
Bills were introduced o. follows: BY Blake,
appropriating $500 for building q state arse
nal; also making the pay Of the ediutant gen.
eral So 100 In tine OF war and 1900 in time OF
peace and providing him with record clerk az
ii zoo per annum; bv Hinkle, providing for
equal suffrage: by Dows, Permitting sale OF
Jones' appropriatinP $4,000 to pay for trans
porting troops from San Francisco to Iowa; By
Black, providing for election Of supervisors by
voters Of the whole county instead OF electors
of various districts
Des Moines, Feb. i.-Blanchard's resolution
for joint convention TO elect binder ana
printer and trustees Of institutions came up.
An amendment by Lambert, striking pr inter-
and binder FRI IN the resoluttn n, was defeated. q
TO "a. The resolutit n was adopted Hurns bill
relative to proceedings in criminal cases, was
passed Bills were introduced as follows: BY
Hobart, providing for a state board Of dental
examiners; by Lister, providing for the correc'
tion OF the code SO IL will be possible FOR for
eigners TO dispose OF property which they own
in the state: by Perrin, making mutilation Of
the United States flag misdemeanor.
HOUSE.
Myers bill providing that landlords must
record leases with county recorder in order to
make same enforceable against innocent pur-
chasers and Sauers' bill extending time Of clos.
ing polls at elections fIom To O'Clock, were
passed. Allyn's joint resolution, authorizing
the executive council TO pint and bind extra
copies Of the report OF the board OF control; was
passed as was also the Titus constitutional
amendment providing for biennial elections,
Bills were introduced os follows: BY Dows. 10
regulate the administration OF trusts by savings
banks and loan and trust companies doing bus
iness under the laws Of Iowa; by Jones, Tor the
protection Of birds and game; by Graf, provid-
Ing that assessors shall report 70 the county
auditor on the stocks Of building md loan asso-
Citations in January instead q February, us I'M
der the present law; by Theunen, raising the
salary OF the chief executive officer OF the Sol
dier's Orphans Home at Davenport from sl,sOO
to u 200 per year.
SENATE.
Des Moines, Feb. 2.-Twenty-one senator's
voted against the confirmation OF Col. IL. IL.
Rood in executive session this morning. 1t
needed but seventeen votes 20 refuse TO confirm,
All the democrats but Young. Ball and Bolter
voted against confirmation Bolter was absent
or would have voted with the majority: Nine
republicans voted with the minority as follows;
Healy, Garst, Cheshire, Smith, Craig, Cfossley,
Hopkins, Hubbard and + inch. Several meas.
ures passed the serse, including HayTard,s
bill to change the Ia Iegarding medical stu
dents. so that M exs hing board is sent to
each institution, and vents admitted 10 Prac:;
yvos a0s nv Harriman t,iny asnai tment of
agriculture. II consoh p the state, district
and county fairs, the Feather crop service,
dairy commissioner and State veterinarian I'M
der one department
house.
The house after spending the entire morning
sessiC discussing the question of electing state
printer and binder in JOINT convention to-day,
VI d down the propositisn by vote Of 81 TO ID.
The fi"ht was over concurrence in the senate
resolution 10 elect these officers ut the same
time the trustees OF the educatio nal Institutions
are elected. Clarke Of Dallas and Blake OF
Webster led the fight against election. Elk
Speaker Bvers and Eaton OF Mitchell wanted TO
elect the O. Ulcers and then abolish them, Temple
of Clark was aguinst voting down the election
and against abolition. After the afuendment
striking out the words printer" ana binder
had carried. Byers introduced d res olution post
pOning the date OF the joint convention TO elect
trustees Of the educati Jnal institute ms " ii 10
next Tuesday, and the same prevailed
SENATE
Des Molnes Feb. 3-The bill extending the
one tenth mill building tax for the state Uni
veTsity for i've years was unanimously passed.
Ten new bills came into the senate, making l76
new measures rp 70 date Mullan introduced
one TO extend the law course In the State Uni
versity from two TO three wears, and require an
equivalent course In oil other schools for admis-
sion to the bar Of the state; Wilson, one against
convict labor; HnZletCn, 70 regulate and tax
distributors Of advertising matter and employ
ment bureaus; Cheshire, TO allow cities 70 pun
ish gambling. and by Mcintyre 10 exempt from
taxation property the income OF which Is given
10 literary scientific. sh.>sitable or benevolent
institutions. Senate concuriet in house reso-
luton to elect trustees OF state Institutions on
Tuesday.
HOUSE.
Sweet OF Bremen Intro duced bill which calls
for IN amendment TO the laws OF the twenty
seventh general assembly, providing for the
election OF the members OF the state board OF
control by the general assembly. in Joint con-
vention. II takes all power of appointment
from the governor save that he may with the
endorsement ofthe senate, remove q man under
certain conditions and may suspend member
when the assembly is not In session, but this
suspension must be confirmed by the senate
when II convents Among bills introduced
were o half dozen bearing on insurance. Three