The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-02-28

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voters, 800; for each additional 100
voters up to $4,000, $1.5O; for each
100 voters over $4,000 and up to 5O,-
600, one dollar; nothing additional to
be spent for voters exceeding $4,000.
1t is provided by the bill that any
additional expense will invalidate the
election. Sworn statements must be
filed with the county clerk Is days
before the convention and Is days be-
fore the election. Any candidate
failing to file such a statement is to
be made liable to fine not exceed
ing $1,000, and to the loss of his cer-
tificate. 1t is provided also that
treasurers of political committees
shall be required to file sworn state
ments stating how the money is ex-
pended.
OF Interest to Labor,
Among the most important meas
ures which have been called to the
attention of the legislature is that
introduced by Senator Maytag, OF
Jasper county, charging the powers
of the state labor commissioner and
establishing system of factory in
spection in Iowa. 1t is proposed by
Senator Maytag that the labor com
missioner be given full power over
the establishment of proper sanitary
requirements in factories in this
state. At present he has no powers
except those of recommendation.
The new law would give him power
to compel proper methods of santa
ton for laboring people, and in case
of failure on the part of factory
owners and managers to carry out
his recommendations they will be
subject to prosecution by the county
attorney. The present explicit terms
of the law relating to the reports
from employers of labor to the state
labor bureau are to be repealed by
the new law, and the commissioner
is to be given large discretionary
power with respect to the informa-
ton he shall elicit from these en-
ployers for statistical purposes. He
is given power to enforce his inquir-
les also, and to make them effective.
Petition for Pardon.
The only pardon of general inter-
est before the legislative committees
is that petitioned for by Wesley Ell
kins, of Clay county. Ell1ins killed
his father and stepmother on the day
before he was 10 years old, and has
been incarcerated in the penitentiary
for about ~ years. He is reported
to the committee as model pris-
oner, and as having demonstrated
that he repents and desires chance
to lead correct life. Petitions from
1,7oo Clayton county people protest
ing against his pardon have been filed
with the legislature. A large number
Of prominent people from the COM
nunity where he committed the
crime have appeared before the COM
nittee of the legislature to object
TO the issuance of a pardon to him.
They profess to fear that if he is let
out OF prison nc win retor., 10 tho
from which he was TAX
en- to avenge himself upon the peo-
pie.
Will Recover War Claims.
Assurances have been received by
the members of the assembly from
Senator Allison and Secretary of the
Treasury Shaw that Iowa will re-
cover her war claim Immediately. She
has claimed $456,OOO from the feder-
al government on account of inter-
est on funds advanced by her to
equip troops for the civil war. All of
the points in the Iowa case have been
settled by the court except one or
two items, and these disputed points
in all to not exceed 500 1000.
Secretary Shaw and Senator Allison
have both written to the legislature
and to the governor that the remain
ing $43o,000 will be paid to the state
before the end of the present session
of congress. On this basis the APP
preparations committees are consid-
ering the expenditure of this money,
for they understand there is a GER
tainty of its recovery. The ways and
means committee of the legislature
have estimated that the estimate of
the available funds by the treasurer
and auditor of state have been ex-
tremely conservative, and that in
stead of being 100000 it will APP
proximate $s25,OOO. So that the APP
preparations committees feel them
selves justified in considering the
funds available for appropriation to
be in the neighborhood of s1,250,0OO.
An effort will be made to, keep the
appropriations within $2,00O,OOO, and
if this is done there will be no ne
cessity for material increase in the
state levy.
Life Sentence for Kidnapers.
The house of representative has
passed the bill making it an offense
punishable by life Imprisonment to
kidnap children. This bill has been
proposed in the senate and will be
passed by that body. The present
law provides for only short SEN
tence upon conviction of a person of
kidnapping. The legislation was in
dorsed by the mothers congress and
other women's organizations of the
state, and is regarded as response
to the Cudahy kidnapping difficulty IN