Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-02-12
Iowa Legislature.


Gov. Cummins and the 400 members Of
the State Legislature visited Cedar Falls
on Thursday on special train furnished
by the Chicago Great Western Railway
to attend the dedication of the new
normal school building. The exercises
began at o'clock. President Seerley de-
livered his address. He was followed by
Gov. Cummins and members of the Leg
islature. A grand banquet had been ar
ranged for the visitors and the town was
in gala attire in honor Of the distinguish
ed visitors, the business houses being dec
Grated in the colors Of the normal school
purple and gold.
The little vacation taken by the mem
bers of the Legislature was responsible
for a number Of vacant seats In the
House Friday morning. Those who were
present had little business to offer, only
FIVE bills being introduced during the ses-
sion. The most important of these was
that Of Pipher of Cass asking that $780,
600 be appropriated for the establishment
Of an additional normal school, and pro-
viding for joint caucus Of the Senate
and House to be held within two weeks
after the passage of the bill. In the
Senate considerable time was devoted ~
a concurrent resolution offered by Cross
ley for the Senator of Woodbury., who
was absent, in the form Of memorial
to Senators and Representatives in Con-
gress in reference to the Hoar bill now
pending there. Its purpose is to stop the
present method of enjoining strikers and
interfering with their rights of peaceable
assemblage. Bills were introduced as fol-
lows: BY Young of Lee, making an ap-
preparation of $S5,750 for the peniten-
tiary at Fort Madison; also to amend the
code In relation to the compensation OF
officers and employees in the Fort Madi-
son MISUNDERSTANDING the salaries Ct
the physician from $50 to 500 month.
as recommended by the Board Of Con-
troll. An amendment to the code provid-
ing for the punishment of kidnapers was
introduced by Allyn. Life imprisonment
is the penalty attached for kidnapping and
twenty years imprisonment for threaten
ing to commit the crime.
There We're fully as many vacant seats
in the Senate chamber on Monday as
were occupied, and business proceeded
in somewhat lackadaisical way. Petit
tons We're introduced by Crossley, ask
ing the repeal of the tax ferret law; by
Hayward that foreign insurance com.
panies be placed on the same footing as
all other companies in the matter of
taxes. The committee on appropriations
reported favorably the bill to appropriate
$4,000 to the additional employees. A
bill was introduced by Hayward to
amend section 1888 of the code relating
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insurance companies. The present law
taxes Iowa insurance companies per
cent on their gross earnings; those com.
panies outside of Iowa, within the Unit.
ed States, 21a per cent, and foreign COM
panies 3la per cent. This bill will cut
down the foreign companies per cent,
making them 2h per cent. This change
was recommended by the treasurer Of
State In his report for 1890. A bill by
Arthnud Inns for its purpose the repeal
of the law which permits taxes in aid Of
railways. The bill by Blanchard now
pending seeks to extend the privilege now
enjoyed by townships of voting tax
for railway building to trolley lines also.
This would repeal the law which Blanch-
ard seeks to extend.
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A bill was introduced Tuesday in the
upper house for the purpose of authoriz-
ing the formation of a securities company
similar in many ways to the Northern Sc
curities Company. The bill attracted
great attention for the reason that it was
rumored the measure was made under the
direction of the Northern Securities Com
pany as means of escape should the
Supreme Court decide that its present
position is untenable. The bill was intro
duced by Senator Hubbard and it's title
reads: "a bill for an act to authorize and
empower railroads of the State to trans
act business, lease or purchase the stocks,
bonds or securities of railroads in other
States" The bill created much comment
| in the lobbies