Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-01-30
THE LEGISLATURE.

| order Mr.. Herriott announced the
standing committees Of the senate.
The senate then proceeded to election
of two United States senators. Sen
ator Blanchard nominated Senator
Allison for lie long term and Senator
Lambert nominated Judge e. H. Thay-
er of Linton for the democrats.
| Senator Allison received sc votes and
Thayer 10. whine four were absent.
senator Allison was declared duly
elected on the part o. the senate.
Senator Hubbard then nominated
Senator Dolliver for the short term
and Senator Lambart nominated John
]. Seerley of Burlington. Dolliver re-
ceived 36 votes and Seerley 10. four
being absent or not voting. Mr.. Her
riott then declared senator Dolliver
elected to the United States senate
on the part of the senate.
After the introduction of bills and
concurrence in house messages. the
senate adjourned until 10 o'clock We'd
nesday.
House.-The house proceeded at
once to the election of United States
senators. Durham, Of Delaware.
nominated Senator Allison for the
long term and the nomination was
seconded by Hamann of Davenport.
Langan, of Clinton, nominated Judge
1nayer, of Clinton. and Dodds. OF Des
Moines, secon led the nomination. The
vote resulted: Allison. SO; mayer.
| 16; absent. 2. The speaker pro tenn.
then declared William B. Allison
elected on the part of the house to
the United States senate for the term
beginning March 4, 1908. Temple, Of
| Clarke, nominated Jonathan Prentiss
Dolliver for the term ending March
4, 1907, in a brief eulogistic address.
Kerr, Of Grundy, seconded it. Jaeger.
OF Des Moines. seconded by Walters.
of Tama, nominated John ). Seerley
for the short term. The vote stood:
Dolliver. SO; Seerley, 16; absent. 1.
Senator Dolliver was thereupon de-
clared duly elected to the United
States senate for the term named on
the part of the house. Jones. Of Ma
haska. announced a concurrent reso-
.u.ion, which was adopted, providing
for a meeting with the senate IN joint
convention at noon Wednesday. jan
uary %, for the election o. United
States senators. Later the senate
concurred in the resolution. At p.
m. the speaker announced the stand.
ing committees of the house.
Des Moines. Jan. 22.-Senate.-
Aside from the Introduction Of bills,
no important business was transacted.
Bills we're introduced to fix the county
superintendent salary at $1,000; to
create a commission to fix the boun-
daries OF western Iowa; to repeal the
law requiring lists of building and
loan stockholders to be furnished as
SCISSORS; to reduce the interest on
county warrants from to per cent;
to make the park commission laws
applicable to cities of $1,000 in order
to take in Burlington. The appropria-
ton bills for the state educational
institutions we're introduced in both
houses as follows: State normal.
$175,600; state university. s363. 900 and
$4,000 additional annual support;
agricultural college. $4,000 and
$4,000 annual additional support.
House.-The house voted to permit
the introduction Of petitions only
when the subject of them is being con-
sidered. Bills were introduced In the
house as follows: To substitute cleo
trocution for hanging; to elect super
visors by counties instead Of super
visor districts: to enact q primary
law; to require the state treasurer
to deposit state money at not less
than / per cent; to establish a nor
NAL school at Knoxville; to establish
reformatories at Anamosa. Kendall
introduced several very important
mining bills.
Joint Session.-William B. Allison,
of Dubuque. and Jonathan P. Dolliver,
Of Fort Dodge, were at a joint session
| of the senate and the house Of the
| Twenty.ninth General Assembly held
at noon today in the hall Of the house
of Representatives, elected over e. II.
| Thayer and John J. Seerley to the
| United States senate, the former for
full term of six years beginning
March A, 1903, and the latter to fill
| out the unexpired term caused by the
| death of the late John H. Gear, which
| began March 4. 1901. The vote was
| the strict party vote. Five members
were absent. leaving but las votes in
| the two houses, of which Allison and
| Dolliver received 119 and Thayer and
Seerley 26. At the joint session. John
r. Carter, Of Sioux City. was elected
| editor of the Code supplement; Der.
nard Murphy. of Vinton. state printer.
and Howard Tedford, OF Mt. Ayr, state
| binder The vote on these officers was
practically the same as that on United
States senator.
Des Moines. Jan. 24.-Senate-Allyn
introduced bill to create state
commission to examine auctioneers
and issue certificates to those who
pass; provided that those who have
practiced Ave years and can produce
a certificate of good character may be
admitted without examination. Por-
| ter proposed law, requiring an eight
hour day on all public work. on work
AIDED by the public, and in coal mines.
A compulsory free text book law was
introduced by Hazleton; a law to aid
the state to recover s456.000 from the
| fe.eral government on account Of
money furnished during the civil war
| to equip troops was introduced by
Senator Hubbard; and appropriation
bills for Clarinda so3,50o and council
Bluffs $4,000.
House.-Bills were introduced as
follows: BY Anderson Of Warren. to
prevent a white person from marry
ing a person having as much as one
eighth part Of negro blood; by Bsaler
of Linn, giving savings banks right to
lend money outside OF state; by Ham
ann of Scott. to appropriate $75.200 to
Soldiers' Orphans home at Daven.
port; by Powers. for the combining
of and transporting pupils to schools
too small to maintain separately; by
Sweeley of Woodbury., giving cities
right to own or to regulate telephone
systems as to changes for service, etc.;
by Wilson of Washington. to repeal
the law relative to the teaching Of
music in the public schools; by Camp