Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-02-14
for the IA institutions in their charge.

The board has been invited to appear
before the house committee for q
hearing on the recommendations It
has made. This is taken to indicate
that the disposition OF the legislature
is to appropriate, as stated by Senator
Warren Garst, at the head of the sem
ate appropriations committee: First
for the charitable institutions; next
for the. penal institutions; then for
the educational institutions; fourth,
for the improvement Of the capitol
building; and last, for extraordinary
purposes such as the St. Louis expo
sition, the Vicksburg soldiers monu-
ments, the historical building, state
fair improvements, etc.
Change In Salaries Proposed.
A large number OF bills to alter sal
aries of public officials have been intro
duced and others are expected.
Among those proposed are the follow
ing.
h pse the I'll F sr x Of ns Sm 5
to 1890.
To increase the salary of the physician
from A100 to H,100, effective January !,
1901
To increase the salaries of the six SUI
preme judges from 1900 to 5000.
To increase the salaries of the district
judges from $500 to $4,000.
To permit the Judges to fix the salaries
Of grand jury clerks.
To fix 1880 as the annual salary of short
hand court reporters. and ten cents per
100 words for transcr1pting evidence, in
addition.
To pay the county superintendent sal
airy Of $3.50 instead of four dollars day,
as at present.
To pay the salaries of deputy sheriffs in
counties in which the sheriff earns less
than 1920; the present law requires him
to hire and pay the deputies out of his
earnings.
no pay county attorneys monthly, instead
Of quarterly.
To increase the salary Of the secretary
to the governor from 81 500 to s, $780,
TO increase the salary Of the deputy at
torney general from 81 20 to $1,000.
To authorize supervisors to pay county
recorders in counties of over $4,000 people
| $1,000.
To Punish Kidnapers.
Life imprisonment is proposed, in
measure before the legislature, for
kidnapping children for ransom; and q
sentence Of 20 years for attempting to
kidnap by cpticement. This law is
urged by the women's clubs Of the
state on account Of the Cudahy kid
naping case at Omaha last year. II
is one Of the measures in which the
women's organizations of the state
are particularly interested.
Marriage aud Divorce,
The first step toward uniformity
Of marriage and divorce laws In the
several states has been taken by the
legislature In the consideration Of
bills introduced by Senator Lister and
others requiring six months to elapse
between divorce and remarriage;
providing that divorces cannot be
granted to persons acquiring resi-
dence in Iowa, for causes not grounds
Of divorce in the state from which
the itigants come; furnishing by five
years. imprisonment husbands who
are proven physically able but who
fail to support their wives and chill
dren; and preventing the marriage Of
white persons with persons having
12k per cent. colored blood in their
veins. The last measure was rejected
by the house judiciary committee, be-
cause it provided that in case Of pros
ecution the appearance of the &C.
cused person should determine his
u guilt or innocence. The bill will sp'
pear in another form, probably.
II Redfstricting Question.
The chairman of the committee OF
redistricting senatorial and represent.
alive districts are holding daily SEES
sions and conferences with members
in the northern part of the state
where o demand for redistrictipg ex
lists on account of excess OF popula
J ton. The seven representative dis.
tricts which have more than one
county are located in northern and
northwestern Iowa, and some of the
counties in them, alone, are entitled
to separate representatives under tbs
constitution. 1t is the common belle.
,, among members of the assembly tina
if redistricting of the senatorial ane
representative districts can bt
reached with reasonably satisfactor,
results the demand for congressiona
redistricting will not be pressed. 9th
! erwise 1t will.
Biennial Elections.
Senator Harper has introduced /,
resolution for an amendment to tn
constitution, supplanting annual witt
biennial elections in Iowa. This was tn,
Titus biennial elections amendment O
two and four years ago, which passe'
two legislatures unanimously, whicl
the people adopted at the election o
1900, and which the supreme court de
clared invalid on technicality. NJ
opposition to it is expected to develop
in this legislature.
Constitutional Amendment.
Three amendments to the constitu
,, tion have been submitted to the legis
lature. One would give women tn,
fright to vote; another would abolish
annual elections and establish biennia
elections; the third would give ever.
county in the state a member of thl
house Of representatives and certail
other counties additional members, &C
! cording to proportionate population
LEON BROWN.
Remains with Faculty.
J. II. T. Main, who has been actin,
. president of Iowa college, and VIII
: has been superseded by the electio
Of Rev. Dan 8. Bradley, will remain
) with the college, having been electe
to the position Of dean Of the faculty