Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-03-14
appointment. 7. ". Mccurdy. q n

Moines, and II. C. Murphey, OF Des
Moines, are candidates for the ap-
pointment.
For labor commissioner there are
now five active Candidates.
Now Law.
The legislature passed without any
opposition the measure proposed by
Gov. Shaw and Gov. Cummins and the
state executive council, extending the
time for making the assessment Of
railroads from March IS to August /.
This measure has been signed by the
governor and is now law. Hereto
fore the assessment OF railroads has
been made before the assessment OF
other property Of the state was known,
so that it was impossible to equaltze
the value Of railroads as related TO the
value OF other property. The law re-
quires the executive council to equal
ize the assessment OF all property ez-
cept railroads during the month Of
July, so that it is now possible under
the new law for the council to take In
to consideration the value Of all kinds
of property, including railroads, when
it equalizes values in the month of
July.
The Reformatory Bill.
Much difficulty was experienced by
Senator Emmert, author of the Ana
mosa reformatory bill, in securing Its
favorable consideration by the senate,
and it was only after material changes
had been made in the bill that it was
able to be favorably considered after
it had been passed once and recon-
sidered in order to permit the offering
of amendments which changed its
form. In it's original form 1t took
away from judges the right to de-
termine the length of sentence under
any circumstances. With the amend
ments offered and adopted the length
of sentence to which persons commit-
ted to the reformatory and the prison
shall be subjected is fixed by the court,
and not upon the motion of the officers
| of the institutions. The right to par.
don and parole from the reformatory.
as we'll as from the penitentiary, "a
lodged specifically in the governor, In
| stead of in the board Of control.
INDECENT Children.
| Representative Calderwood, Of
Scott county, has introduced two very
important measures relating to the
care of INDECENT children. He pro-
poses in one measure to prohibit the
caring for children between the ages
of two and 16 years in poorhouses in
this state. 1t is estimated that there
are $50 children of this age confined
in the pauper institutions kept by
counties. Representative Calderwoed
also proposes to make the children ip
the orphans home at Davenport
charges upon the state, instead OF
charges upon the counties from which
| they are sent. The board of control
| is authority for the statement that in
the case OF friendless children coun-
ties more frequently send them to the
reform schools, because ta,e state
pays the expenses of the inmates OF
those schools, than it does to the Dav.
export home, where the counties them.
selves would have to pay the expense
of keeping the children SO sent, It fe
to remedy this condition that 1t is pre-,
posed to make the children in the or
phans' home charges against the state
treasury and not against the treasu-
ries of the counties. 1t is thought that
this will save large number of chill
dren from the stigma of having beer
Inmates of the home for indigeAt chill
dren.
Salaries of Omciais.
4 Considerable juggling with refer
i ence to the salaries of public officials
is being INDUCED in in the legislature
Bills were introduced providing fol-
the payment OF salary of $4,000 to
district judges instead OF 500. WheI
| this bill went to the house COMMITTEES
it cut the salary from $4,000 to $1,000
| When the house took the bill up II
raised the figures from $1,000 to $500
| When the bill went to the senate com
mittee, this committee cut it from So,
1 500 to $4,000. Members have notified
the committee that amendment
would be offered on the floor to re
store the salary to $1,000. The i'm
preston prevails that in the end thu
| measure will be so adjusted as to pa,
the judges So 200 or s., 300 year.
4
Memorial to Consresa,
A matter of greater import has con'
to the attention of the legislature il
the form of memorial to congress
This resolution has been introduced
/ in the senate by Senator Trewin am
affects the action of congress upon thu
4 interstate commerce law. Senate,
Trewin's resolution IS us follows:
"Whereas, 1t is generally believed tina
the effectiveness of the interstate copa
merce law has been seriously impaire
by certain decisions of the federal court
| and that the law in Its present state ]
practically imperative in remedying tn
evils of the transportation service of tn
country, which was the purpose of Its en-
| actment; and
.tWhereas, A bill designated as H.
S.3T and S. r. 3,575, known as the Nelson
Corliss BILL is now pending In the tW
houses of congress to amend the intel
.. state commerce act by comforting upon tn
mowers for the purpose of enabling 1t
enforce the provisions of the act, and gil
ing Its rulings immediate effect pendir
review by the courts; therefore, be 1t
tResolved, by the senate, the house col
, | curing, That the senators and fepreseH
: | atives in congress from this state be an
,, are hereby respectfully requested to giy
> such measure careful consideration. an
to use their efforts In every proper wa
.. to secure Its early enactment, or the er
: actment Of some other measure which WI
aAoiD '1s LEON BROWN.
From Maple Leaf.
3 NJ mr. =, 1r1u MoroI ~ 1919