Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-01-26
votes IN the house and IA in the sen7
ate, total of SO.
Get Good Positions.


Speaker Bowen announced tbe
standing committees of the house
Wednesday morning. He gave recog-
milton to both sides of the recent con-
test for speaker and United States
senator The makeup of the commit
tees is quite fairly divided between the
two sides, and Mr.. Eaton, DIR. Bowen's
competitor for the speakership, was
given the craftsmanship of the COM
mittee on ways and means, the most
important in the house. Several of
the supporters of Mr.. Eaton, notably
Carr and Stewart, of Polk; Blake of
webster; Stallcop, of Sac, and Hughes,
OIL Iowa, are given good positions as
ehalrmen OF committees, and ex-Speak-
er iTers, of Shelby county, who pre-
ferred not to have chairmanship. is
placed on nearly every important
committee in the house.
Examination for BARRIERS.
The BARRIERS of the state have a
strong organization which thew will
bring to bear on the legislature for
the purpose OF securing the passage
OF some sort of law to require BARRIERS
to pass an examination before they
can practice the tonsorial art. What
ever is asked for will be without ex-
pense to the state. What the bar
oers want to do is to protect them
selves and the public from incompe-
tent men who set themselves up to be
BARRIERS without having the knowl-
edge which they should possess. espe.
a NrJ rs 81,
the care of the face. 1t is urged that
1t is wrong to subject every man who
goes to the barber shop to the danger
OF having some ignoramus act as
means of communicating some dis
case from another mans face to his.
Normal Schools.
The normal school campaign is little
more definitely shaped. About 40 mem
oers OF the house and senate, represent
ing localities that want state normal
schools, held meeting last week and
agreed upon general policy to be
pursued. They propose to pull to-
gether and secure the establishment of
three state normals in different
parts of the state. committee was
appointed to prepare bill to this eff
rect. 1t was agreed that all the lobby
lists for different localities should go
home and that nothing should be done
about locations until after the legisla-
lure had decided upon the establishment
of the schools.
Senator Cheshire, of Des Moines, has
introduced three bills for the taxation
OF telegraph, telephone and express
companies according to theory which
he holds, and which he has supported
in two previous assemblies. The prin-
clple upon which these bills are based
is that the entire property of these
concerns is to be assessed as whole,
the aggregate value is to be ascertained
and each mile of line is to be assessed
the same, no matter where it is To-
Gated. The companies affss4saa4 a uffb be-
to this plan ct adopted by all states.
-fhe States that have the most valuable
lines and most business. assess the
companies locally according to the
value of the lines in these states, SO that
If this system were adopted in Iowa,
the companies would be paying taxes
on the valuation on which they had al
ready been assessed in other states.
Marking of Ballots.
Senator Penrose, of lama county, has
introduced bill proposing to return
to the old system of marking the Aus
tralian ballot, allowing the voter to
mark in the circle at the head of the
ticket for straight ticket and also
to mark in the squares opposite the
names of candidates in another ticket.
indicating vote for those candidates
on that ticket. The present law re-
quires the voter to mark in the squares
opposite the names of every candidate
it he desires to vote mixed ticket. He
can only vote straight ticket by mark
ing in the circle at the head of the
ticket.
Compulsory Education.
Two compulsory education bills have
been introduced, in the senate, one of
them by Senator Garst, of Carroll, the
other by Senator Hayward, Of Scott.
The Garst bill is the one proposed by the
women's clubs of the state, and the
Hayward bill is one of the senator's
own manufacture, which has the in
dorsement of the State Teachers as
ISOLATION. Both bills provide for en-
forcement of the law by. truant Off
GERS having the power to arrest chill
dren who do not attend school.
Free Public Libraries.
The officers of the State Library as
ISOLATION have prepared their bill for
state library commission, and it has
been introduced in the senate by SEN
ator Titus, of Muscatine. 1t provides
for commission consisting of four
members. besides the state superintend-
ent and the president of the university
and the agricultural college, two of
whom must be women. who shall make
it their business to interest people gen.
orally in the state in the establishment
of free public libraries. The commits
sion is to receive no pay except for
actual expenses, but is allowed secre-
tary who is to have salary. The en-
pense of the commission must not en-
coed $4,000 per year. The movement
to secure the establishment of this
commission has strong support in the
legislature.
F. w. BIcKNELL.
Notice of Referees Sale.
Whereas on the 10Th day of December, 1893,
tnat being one OF the days Of the regular De