The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-02-14

for the II institutions in their charge.
The board has been invited to appear
before the house committee for
hearing on the recommendation it
has made. This is taken to indicate
that the disposition OF the legislature
is to appropriate, as stated by Senator
Warren Garst, at the head of the SEN
ate appropriations committee: First
for the charitable institutions; next
for the penal institutions; then for
the educational institutions; fourth,
for the improvement of the capitol
building; and last, for extraordinary
purposes such as the St. Louis expo
sition, the ViclSsburg soldiers monu-
ments, the historical building, state
fair improvements, etc.
Change in Salaries Proposed.
A large number of bills to alter sal
aries of public officials have been intro
duced and others are expected.
Among those proposed are the follow
ing.
To increase the salary of the governor
of the prison at Fort Madison from 5000
to $1,000
To increase the salary of the physician
from s4,10O to s7,10o, effective January !,
1904
To increase the salaries of the six SUI
preme judges from $4,000 to 5000.
To increase the salaries of the district
judges from $500 to $4,000
To permit the judges to fix the salaries
Of grand jury clerks.
To fix $l500 as the annual salary of short
hand court reporters, and ten cents per
100 words for transcripting evidence, in
addition.
To pay the county superintendent SAL
airy of $1,5oo instead of four dollars day,
as at present.
To pay the salaries of deputy sheriffs in
counties in which the sheriff earns less
than $1,000; the present law requires him
to hire and pay the deputies out of his
earnings.
To pay county attorneys monthly, instead
of quarterly.
To increase the salary of the secretary
to the governor from sl,5oO to $780,
To increase the salary of the deputy at
torney general from s1,7u to $1,000.
10 authorize supervisors to pay county
recorders in counties of over 10000 people
81, 900.
To Punish Kidnapcrs,
Life Imprisonment is proposed, in
a measure before the legislature, for
children for ransom; and
sentence of 20 years for attempting to
kidnap by enticement. This law is
urged by the women's clubs of the
state on account Of the Cudahy kid
naping case at Omaha last year. 1t
is one of the measures in which the
women's organizations of the state
are particularly interested.
Marriage and Divorce.
The first step toward uniformity
of marriage and divorce laws in the
several states has been taken by the
legislature in the consideration of
bills introduced by Senator Lister and
others requiring six months to elapse
between divorce and remarriage;
providing that divorces cannot be
granted to persons acquiring resi-
dence in Iowa, for causes not grounds
of divorce in the state from which
the litigants come; Furnishing by five
years Imprisonment husbands who
are proven physically able but who
fail to support their wives and chill
dren; and preventing the marriage Of
white persons with persons having
121A per cent. colored blood in their
veins. The last measure was rejected
by the house judiciary committee, be-
cause it provided that in case of pros
ecution the appearance of the ac-
cused person should determine his
guilt or innocence. The bill will APP
pear in another form, probably.
Redistricting Question.
The chairman of the committee on
redistricting senatorial and represent
ative districts are holding daily ses-
sions and conferences with members
in the northern part of the state,
where demand for redistricting ex-
lists on account of excess of popula-
ton. The seven representative dis
tricts which have more than one
county are located in northern and
northwestern Iowa, and some of the
counties in them, alone, are entitled
to separate Representatives under the
constitution. 1t is the common belief
among members of the assembly that
if redistricting of the senatorial and
representative districts can be
reached with reasonably satisfactory
results the demand for congressional
redistricting will not be pressed. 9th
erwise it will.
Biennial Elections.
Senator Harper has introduced a
resolution for an amendment to the
constitution, supplanting annual with
biennial elections in Iowa. This was the
Titus biennial elections amendment of
two and four years ago, which passed
two legislatures unanimously, which
the people adopted at the election Of
1900, and which the supreme court de.
clared invalid on a technicality. No
opposition to it is expected to develop
in this legislature.
Constitutional Amendment.
Three amendments to the constitu.
ton have been submitted to the legis.
lature. One would give women the
right to vote; another would abolish
annual elections and establish biennial
elections; the third would give every
county in the state a member of the
house of representatives and certain
other counties additional members ac.