Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-03-23
THE LEGIsLATURE.
SENATE.

THE LEGIsLATURE.
#2$ @ SENATE.
Des MoineS March 16.--The senate concurreu
in the house amendment to the bill for the eS-
tabishment OF q state department. OF agrlcul-
ture providing that the. year book shall pc
printed in Iowa offices which pay union wages.
drug store permits to sell Intoxicating liquors.
The Cheshire bill for taxation OF express COM I'm,
panies was again before the senate nearly All
day. On o final vote the bill passed, AZ to /.
M HOUSE sas.
The house killed the bill by Black OF Mills to
provide for the election OF members OF the
board of supervisors by the county at large ana
having population of more than 1900 or less
than 40 0G0 The bill by Temple for the creation
of an appellate court to relieve the supreme
and loan association bill had been considered
for some time q motion to refer 1t back to the
committee was carried The senate blil
for inspection of passenger. boats was passed.
The bill providing that savings banks may re-
ccive on deposits money equal to ten times the
amount Of their paid up capital and surplus
was passed --- .
Dcs Moines, March 17-Eight bills were
passed at the morning session. Perhaps the
most important is the measure by MulIan in
creasng the law course in the Iowa schools
from two to three years. Among others were
the following: Increasing the penalty for at
tempted or accomplished train robbery to life
imprisonment: increasing the salaries OF the
assistants of the state library: the house Sol
dierS' Home bill which provides that hereafter
soldiers who are inmates Of the home may re-
tain all of the pension money paid them month
ly, except two classes Of inmates. Those hav-
ing dependent wives or children are to give up
half the pension money for their support, ana
those who have twice been convicted OF CRIME
or of breach of rules of the home are to forfeit
the entire sum, half Of which goes to dependent
relatives If any exist. Kendall's bill requiring
that superintendent and engineers at coal
mines shall pass an examination and
hold certificates of competency was passed.
as was also Garst's bill to require that
on the face of every state warrant there shhil
be indicated the section OF the code under
whose authority it is drawn. 4
HOUSE. H' b.
The house passed the bill by Cowles to pro-
vide for the appointment of a third appraiser
by judge of the district court when u. the ap-
praiser OF the insurance company and the pol
icy holder sustaining loss cnnnot agree Wlthlh
to give owners of real estate jurisdiction over
game and bees found thereon was defeated.
SENATE. ~
Des Mones, March l9.--The Sweet bill pro-
viding that the secretary Of the board of educa-
tional examiners may conduct the examination
tificares and diplomas was passed. The pur-
pose of the bill is to relieve the members OF the
board of educational examiners from the work
of travelling over the state to give such exam
nations Titchpatricl's bill, which prevents
liquor dealers from making a house to house
canvass for orders in prohibition counties, was
passed. Among bills introduced was one by
Porter requiring all notes and mortgages TO
bear the assessors stamp. Lyons bill proVid-
ing three assistants for state dairy commits
SiOner was passed.
Twenty-four bills recommended for indefinite
postponement were disposed of in that manner.
CRAFTS bill to require building and loan asSoc1a-
lions to report to county auditors on january 10
February
bill for county uniformity OF school BOOKS was
passed. "g s'1
SENATE.
Des Moines, March 20.-Another round with
the Cheshire amendment principle OF taxation
has begun in the upper body OF the legislature
To-day the telegraph bill was taken up as q
special order. but had scarcely been read and
briefly discussed when the noon adjournment
was taken. Ball filed an amendment similar to
that urged by him when the express bill was up
Hubbard's bill relinquishing to the United
States government the states title to the acre
OF ground upon which Sergeant Charles Floyd
Is buried, near Sioux City, was passed.
The committee substitute ini for the bill by
Prentis to provide for the incorporation, regu-
lation and government of life insurance corpor-
atoms on the stipulated premium plan came up
as a special order in the house this morning
and the discussion Of it consumed the entire
entire session, numerous amendments being
offered
SENATE.
DES MONIES, March 22.-The senate spent
the day on the Cheshire bill to tax telegraph
companies on the unit basis and the Blanchard
substitute to tax telegraph and telephone com,
panies on the basis now used for assessing and
taxing railroads. Blanchard spoke Tor his SUBJ
stiute and Cheshire against it.
HOUSE
After loading 1t with amendm entS, the mouse
killed the bill by PrcntiS to provide a law for
companies doing business on the stipulated
premium plan of which there are eight IN me
state. Prcntis introduced n bill to prohibit
1,,up1 tarS hai rnn1uatp1 rnnnnrtlOn
with mulct saloons either in the room with the
bar or in q room adjoining The bill by Wilson
OF Washington allowing boards OF supervisors
to offer reward not to exceed 500 for the APP
prehension and conviction of persons guilty of
embezzlement by public officers, murder, man
slaughter, arson, burglary, robbery or rape.
legaliZing act. 1t leeali.eS the business done
under the bogus permits up to February l, 1900.
1T does not revive. the dead petitions Dows
secured the adoption of an amendment elml-
mating the necessity for new manufacture per-
mts in cities whose retail petitions were bogus.
-. SENATE
Des Moines, March a2.After a debate COW
ering the sessions of two days the senate yester-
day Voted on the Cheshire bill for the taxation
of telegraph companies by the mileage unit
rule. 4 he Blanchard substitute, which is prac-
that is, not the Cheshire bill at all-was
adopted by the vote OF rs to 2l This was a
complete defeat for Senator Cheshire and his
followers and for their taxation plan. me
vote on the substitute was the real test. AS
soon as this was adopted the bill passed
with AZ votes in its favor.
...,. ~. HOUSE. .- Era
The house this morning adopted two concur
rent resolutions. The first by Eaton memorial.
ized the Iowa members in congress to further
the passage of the bill introduced by Cong. esS
man Lane for an appropriation of S5,O9OhO by
the government for the centennial celebration
of the Louisiana purchase, which will be held
in ST Louis in 1908. The second resolution, by
Kendall was a. follows: ,. .$as- .
BE it resolved, That the people of Iowa are
unalterably opposed to the establishment Of
any tariff duties between the United States and
any territory acquired as result of the Span
ish- American war, the people of which accepted
the sovereignty of this government without re-
sistance and voluntarily passed under the juris-
diction of its constitution and laws" ~ =
The resolution was adopted without dissent
ing vote after a number of redhot speeches had
been made in it's behalf. The leaders of the
house in the most vehement terms ut their
command opposed the imposition of the Porto
Rcan tariff. The house adopted the joint reso-
luton by Campbell regarding adjournment
after amending it so as to fix the tine for Fri
day, March 80 instead OF Tuesday. April 3.
Senate amendments to bill regarding pension
money of occupants Of Soldiers Home were
concurred ins The bill to regulate practice of
midwifery was defeated Bill requiring that
hedges shall be cut was passed. 49,