The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-02-06
THE LEGISLATURE.

Des Moines. Jan. 29.-Senate.-The
senate adopted rule prohibiting en-
ployes or itself or its committees from
lobbying members; spent two hours
debating the Blanchard bill to extend
authority to vote taxes IN aid of rail-
roads to the electric trolley lines pro-
jected between cities; and listened to
the reading of the womans suffrage
constitutional amendment. Senator
Garst introduced a bill to extend the
time OF making the railroad assess
ment from, March 25 to August 1. SEN
ator Spaulding proposed bill COM
peillng the listing of mortgages for
taxation, the real estate covered by
them to be exempted to the extent of
their equity.
House.-In the house the normal
school bill was referred to lne appro-
priations committee, after two unsuc-
cessful efforts by Warren to have the
report of the normal school committee
ADOPTED This committee recommend
Gu it for passage. Important bills
were introduced as follows: BY Co.
burn, making it crime for a tenant
to sell grain on which his lanulord had
a lien, without written order from
the landlord; appropriation bills for
the institutions at Glenwood ana Ft.
Madison; bill repeating the penalty
for omitted taxes; by Cummings, pro-
vidlng for three terms of the supreme
court each year, and salaries of $4,000
for the judges, and a bill increasing
the salaries of district judges from
$4,000 to $4,000; by Haselquist, ex-
empting the property of soldiers from
taxation to the amount of $500 wheth-
er personally or realty; by Meservey,
providing that moneys and credits to
the amount of $1,000 belonging to
neads of families should be exempt
from taxation.
Des, Moines, Jan. 31.-Senate.-Sen-
ator Harper introduced joint resolu-
-on No. S, the biennial election amend
no material changes in lnis resolution
no material changesin this resolution
from that of Senator Titus. 1t pro-
vides for the session of the legislature
following the adoption of the amend
ment, which was omitted in the Titus
enactment BY practically a straight
party vote the senate Friday referred
to it's federal relations committee
resolution endorsing the Senator Hoar
bill for the restriction of injunctions
issued against strikers. The resolu.
ton was introduced at the request of
the railroad employees organization
and was championed by the demo
Gratis, who demanded immediate con-
sideration.
Allyn introduced a bill making pun
ishment of kidnapping for ransom
life imprisonment; and enticement
twenty years. Senator Hartman in
troduced bill to have 10000 maps
printed for distribution by the rail-
way commission and the senate passed
the measure at once. Adjourned till
Monday.
House. bills introduced
were the following: BY Piper, to es-
tablish and equip normal school and
to provide for the location of the same;
100000 to be appropriated, after
which location of school is to be de.
cided by joint convention of the as
sembly; by Secor, to repeal chap
ter 8, title XVI, and provides that all
institutions for the care of friendless
children shall be placed under the
jurisdiction Of the board OF control;
the board to have the power to inves-
tigate and report on the institutions,
and the institutions to be required to
make annual reports to the board; by
Secor, to prevent cheating by sale
of adulterated and misbranded foods
ana TO create the ONCE OF state food
and dairy commissioner.
Des Moines, Feb 3.-Senate-No
business of Importance was trans
acted. Arthaud's bill to repeal the
statute permitting the voting of aid
to railways, and Hayward's bill to re-
move the 1 per cent discriminating
tax on foreign insurance Companies
were the only measure proposed
House.-Larrabee Of Fayette intro
duced resolution endorsing the
Hoar bill regarding government by
injunction, and moved that it be re-
ferred to the committee on federal
relations, which was done. Warren
of Marion offered an amendment reso-
luton regarding the st. Louis ex-
position restricting the appropriation
for that purpose to 100000. Four
bills were passed, one of them provid-
ing for semi-annual inspection Of
mines. Several bills were intro.
duced, one by Wilson appropriating
100000 for state arsenal and ad
jutant generals building
ONE HUNDRED ARE DEAD.
Terrific Dust Explosion in Honda
Mine.