Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-02-07
THE LEGISLATURE.

IAA1I AASASLfA OR<A-s
pes Mciaes, Feb. 3.Seante-No
business of Importance was trans.
acted. Arthaud's bin 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
ducel a resolution endorsing the
Hoar bill regarding government by
Injunction, and moved that 1t 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 'Siils were intro
duced. one by Wilson appropriating
100000 for state arsenal and ad.
jutant generals building.
Des Moines. Feb. 4.-Senate.-
Among bills introduced were the fol
lowing: BY --ayward, to convert the
Knoxville home for the blina into
giving a standard form Of official
bond this is designed to compel
surety companies to give straight
bonds instead of insurance policies;
Garst, by request, prohibiting farm
ers' fire, hail, windstorm, tornado
and accident associations from is
suing paid up policies; by Alexander,
to require the assessment Of prop
erty in special charter cities at 25
per cent of it's actual value; by Alex
ander, to allow savings banks to ac-
cept twenty times their capital stock
in deposits.
Appropriation bills were proposed
as follows: For ST. Louis, $25O,000
for Clarinda, s69,7OO; for Knoxville
reformatory, $4,000; for completing
historical building, 100000. The
senate appropriations committee de-
cided to report favorably the bill
giving Cherokee $13S,000 for furniture,
etc.
House-Warren's resolution to
limit the st. Louis appropriation to
100000 was sent to the committee
on appropriations, which is equivalent
to killing it. Bill to permit city of
Des Moines to lend $4,000 to the
water works company was passed. A
resolution accepting an invitation to
visit Knoxville on the 18th was car
ried. A number of bills of Importance
were introduced.
Des Moines, Feb. 5.-Senate.-The
bill for an emergency appropriation
or S13S, 200 for the completion, equip
ment and furniture Of the Cherokee
insane hospital was passed without
opposition Among bills oduced
were the following: BY Hubbard, to
provide a department in one Of tie
hospitals Of the state for the treat
ment of dipSOmaniacs, lnebriates and
persons addicted to excessive use Of
narcotics; by Smith, requiring reports
o. railroads to executive council to be
uniform, and to cover gross and net
earnings on business originating in
Iowa, out Of Iowa, terminating in
Iowa, or out of Iowa wholly outside
or inside Iowa.
Housewife house today memor-
allied congress to pass the Lacey
bill to indemnify the states for pay
ments made on account OF purchase
of swamp lands at $1.25 an acre. This
includes about 1000, 900 acres in Iowa.
English introduced a bill providing for
reports to be made by railway COM
panies to tue executive council The
plan outlined is practically the same
as that outlined by Governor Cum.
| Minis in his inaugural. ..
Des Moines, Feb. 6.-The senate &C.
copied an invitation to visit Knoxville
| and inspect the abandoned home for
| the blind buildings on the 18th. Trew-
| ms bill to codify and republish the
session laws since 1897 passed. Ken
| dall's resolution for commission to
| investigate recent mine explosions in
Iowa was adopted. Among bills in
troduced were the following: By
Hopkins, to appropriate $4,000 to
erect on state fair grounds, fire proof
stock pavilion 175x225 feet, with a
show ring 170x120 and a seating ca
! pacity of 1900; by Young Of Washing
| ton, to appropriate $35, 900 for monu-
ments to Iowa troops at Lookout
Mountain and Missionary Ridge; a
commission to locate position to be
named from the eleven Iowa organiza.
tons in the battles of Chattanooga.
The Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Ninth, Tenth,
Seventeenth, Twenty-ffth, Twenty.
sixth, Thirtieth and Thirty-frst Iowa
regiments and First Iowa battery
were there.
House.-Wise offered joint resolu-
| ton to amend the constitution by pro-
viding for biennial elections. A large
number of bills of minor Importance
were introduced. Carter filed a motion
to consider the action OF the house
in voting to request the Iowa delega-
ton to vote for the Lacey swamp
land bill.
ENGLAND'S SCANDAL.
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