The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-11-07

eltes unless ne pays u TAX OF 40
month, or $500 year. Alarge number
of tobacco dealers in this city pay the
tax, but in most places they are un-
able to stand the high license. This
has SO reduced the business of the
American Tobacco company that it
attacked the law and sent it's New
York attorney here to present objec-
lions to the supreme court. The prin-
cipal objection is technical in its ma
ture. 1t is claimed that the statute
bears title which classes it among
the criminal laws of the state, where
as, it is purely a taxing measure with
an incidental penalty. This, it is claim
ed makes it unconstitutiona and it
is attacked on that ground.
May Levy Special Tax.
The supreme court has decided that
city may enter into a contract I'M
der which it can levy special tax for
the payment of the cost of erection
of a municipal water works plant, al
though the debt thus incurred, if con-
sidered debt in the ordinary sense,
would be prohibited by the state con
stitution. The constitution provides
that no municipality may incur an in
debtedness in excess of five per cent.
of its assessed valuation. Under the
supreme court decision this applies to
ordinary debts and not to contracts
for the erection of municipal plants.
Man Lobbyist.
The woman sutfra gists are consider
ing the ACCESSIBILITY of Inning man
lobbyist to present their claims before
the next legislature. This has. never
been done before. Heretofore women
have done the lobbying, but it has
been unsuccessful. Formerly Mrs.
Evelyn II. Belden was the most infiu-
entdal lobbyist, but she has gone to
Washington. Miss Daisy Deighton, of
Shenandoah, then undertook the
work. She was in the last assembly,
but the movement there failed, also.
1t is possible that when the legis-
lature of 1904 meets man will be
asked to take charge of the work, and
to try to get through the legislature
resolution for the submission of the
woman suffrage amendment to the
constitution, to the people.
Teachers Wages Increased.
Reports from county superintend-
ents which the state superintendent
OF schools is now receiving show that
there has been general advance in
wages paid teachers in many of the
counties in Iowa, especially to male
teachers. There are now about 30
600 teachers in Iowa, of whom 1000 are
men. The proportion of men is low
because the average salaries paid have
been low. A better condition seems
now to be coming in. The average
salary for men heretofore has been
$40 month, and of women $50. This
is for nine months work. SO they
receive, therefore, on the average, for
years work: Men, $500; women,
$27O.
Another Claim Cnse.
S. ]. Lothrop, of Sioux City, who
was instrumental in the recovery of
war claim amounting to $780, 900, and
which has been added to the United
States court of claims in another case
involving about $4,000, and which is
based on claim for raid committed
by the Indians about the time Of the
Custer massacre. Martin V. Boughton
is the claimant. He was cattle herder
in 1877 and lost a large number
through Indian depredations. The
question appealed is whether the In
dian war ended at the time shown by
the proclamation of the government,
or before. If the depredations were
committed during the war Boughton
cannot recover.
New Publication
The board of curators of the State
Historical society has decided to dis
continue the publication of the Iowa
Historical Record at Iowa City and
beginning in January the society will
issue quarterly publication, to be
known as the Iowa Journal of His.
tory and Politics. This will be de-
voted more to the progress of the
state in political way, as an organ
lied community, while the Iowa An
mails, published at Des Moines, by the
state historical department, of which
Hon. Charles Aldrich is the curator,
will continue as the principal his
torical publication of the state.
Opened His Omce.
Secretary f. r. Conway, of the st.
Louis exposition commission for
Iowa, has established his offices at the
capitol building in Des' Moines, and
will proceed to take care of the bust
ness coming before the body from
this time forward His salary is $1,000
year. He has been Informed that
one of the features of the fair at ST.
Louis will be the ablishment of
hotels in their entirety, representing
the hotels of the different nations. In
former fairs inns and that sort of
thing have been maintained in the
various villages of the different ma
tions, but never have hotels in their
entirety been established on the ex-
position grounds as they will be at
ST. Louis. The plans for the Iowa ex-
hibit have not yet been made.
Knew George Washington.