Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-01-22
GET DOWN TO WORK
FLOOD OF BILLS AND RESOLU
TIoNS BEGINS.

Railroad Companies in the State
Legislative Visit to State University
New Rule in Legislature.
Des Moines, Jan. 21.-The general
assembly this week settled down to
real work. The opening week was
| largely taken up with the routine OF
organization and the inauguration GER
emonies. The committees were an
nounced at the opening of this week
and the food of bills and resolutions
began. One of the first resolutions
presented provided for the elimination
of the word male" from the suffrage
section of the constitution and Mrs.
Evelyn H. Belden of Sioux City and
Miss Daisy Deighton OF Shenandoah
are here to see that no member of
either house fails to hear all the argu-
ments to be made in favor of equal
suffrage.
Before adjourning over last Sunday
the house adopted resolution offered
! by Representatives Kendall, which is
| calculated to hasten action on the APP
preparation measures and also to hast
en- final adjournment, for it will be
| difficult to hold the assembly together
after the appropriation bills are
passed. This resolution provides that
no bill carrying an appropriation shall
be introduced after Feb. 20. The meas
ure is intended not only to hasten &C.
| ton on the important appropriation
| bills, but to prevent hasty action,
such as is often taken when appro-
priation bills are introduced near the
! close of the session. Mr.. Kendall's
resolution is only a beginning of the
program mapped out by the house
| leaders. AS soon as the house bust
| to press other resolutions, making the
appropriation bills for the chief state
institutions special orders for early
days, thus checking further delay.
Trip to State Normal and University.
The general assembly has already
determined to break the monotony of
| legislative life by series of junkets.
Invitations have been accepted to at
| tend the dedication of the new Liberal
Arts building at the State University
at Iowa City, Jan. %, and the new
main building of the State Normal
school at Cedar Falls, Jan. 80. SEN
ator Dolliver will make the dedicatory
address at Iowa City and Governor
| Cummins at Cedar Falls Besides
these trips, concerning which action
has been taken, it is generally under
stood that the assembly will later in
the session visit the new hospital for
insane at Cherokee, the finest institu-
ton of it's kind in the west and one
of the most modern in the country,
and the State Agricultural college at
Ames. A visit may also be paid to
Knoxville, where it is proposed to es-
tablish an additional normal school
using the vacant building constructed
by the state as an industrial home
for the blind, an institution abandoned
two years ago.
Nor will these junkets furnish the
only diversion to the members So
cial life in Des Moines promises to be
more brilliant than during any pre-
ceding session of the general assem-
bly,. Governor Cummins has hand
some home and having to large eX-
tent abandoned his private law prac-
tice to enter upon political life, it
9, will be a source of pleasure to him and
to his accomplished wife to fulfill all
the social duties that naturally fall to
them by virtue of their position. A
considerable proportion Of the mem
bers of the assembly have rented
houses for the winter and brought
their families to Des Moines and each
of these homes will naturally be a
social center Des Moines itself has
rapidly developed socially and there
are indications that the aloofness
which characterized the attitude of
local society towards members of past
general assemblies will not be so much
in evidence while Mr.. Cummins is
governor. During the past week din
ners and receptions to Ex-Governor
and Mrs. Shaw, Governor and Mrs
Cummins, Senators Allison and DOLL
yer and other notable visitors have
| been frequent.
Governor Cummins' Inauguration.
The exercises accompanying the In
duction of Governor Cummins and
| Lieutenant Governor Herriott into Of
fee last Thursday afternoon were
characterized by unusual brillancy and
due degree of the pomp and circum-
stance that obtains on such occasions
even on IT, democratic soil of Iowa
The weather was perfect and great
crowd had gathered from all quarters
of the state. The military feature of
the parade, although not elaborate
was effective. Five crack companies
of the National Guard were here and
the scene, rs Governor Shaw and Gov.
ernor-elect Cummins marched at the
head of the procession from the east
front door of the state house, was
striking. he battalion had been
drawn up facing the building ard as
the two distinguished men appeare 4
the trumpets sounded loud and clear
the generals march and the soldiers
came to present arms. The colors
were dipped and the surrounding hills