The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-03-06
THE LEGISLA URE.

luton memoralizing the Iowa dele
| cation in congress to support
the Nelson-Corliss bill giving the
interstate commerce commission ad-
ditional powers. The Iowa state
senate passed resolution for the
submission of the woman suffrage
amendment to the constitution, We'd
nesday, by vote of % to 16, and
without word of debate Senator G.
S. Allyn of Ringgold county was in
charge of the bill, but contented him
Self with moving it's passage after
reading the Colorado official endorse
| ment of the measure. No other SEN
ator evidenced desire to speak. The
senate defeated the bill to abolish
days of grace. Senator Healy gave no.
tice of his motion to reconsider the
passage of the reformatory bill passed
Tuesday. He moved the reconsider
alton because the law takes the parole
away from the governor and lodges it
in the board of control.
House.-When the senate resolu-
zion memoralizing congress to pass
and requesting the Iowa delegation in
congress to vote for the Hoar bill in
restriction of injunctions issued dur
ing strikes was taken up by the house
| Wednesday, Durham of Delaware Of
fered substitute expressing conf
dence in the delegation and whatever
action it may take with reference to
this subject. An extended debate dur
ing which republican members at
tackled and defended Senator Hoar re-
tute by vote of 40 to 40. Among
hn fo11
| Furry, providing Jail sentence or a
fine as one of the penalties for per-
| jury; by Edwards, requiring tele-
phone and telegraph companies to re-
port to the executive council instead
of to the auditor of state for purposes
of taxation.
Des L4oines, Feb. 27.-Senate.-The
senate passed the bill to appropriate
$1,000 to buy supplies for the Tama
Indians, whose blankets, ETC., have
been burned on account of infectious
disease. This money will be refunded
by the general government Senator
Harper brought up the biennial cleo
tons constitutional amendment. Sen
ator Hubbard explained that the reso-
luton is in precisely the form it was
formerly. The resolution was adopt
ed, forty voting for and Bishop. Cross
ley, Hogue, Spaulding and Wilson
voting against. Senator Lewis said
he was opposed to biennial elections
but is not opposed to submission.
Senators Brighton, Emmert, Fitch
patrick. Hobart and Townsend were
absent. Senator Trewin resumed his
argument for reconsideration of the
measure creating the reformatory at
Anamosa. Following his address
COPYRIGHT attacked the constitutions
atty of the measure.
House.-Whiting called up Hogue's
DILL to compel railways 20 furnish
freight cars. This bill was passed by
the senate but was recommended for
definite postponement by the house
committee on railroads. The bill was
recommitted. The bill by Cummings
increasing the salaries of district
judges to $4,000 was taken up. The
bill Originally placed the salary at
$4,000. but was amended by e com
mittee on compensation of public Of
ficers, making it $1,000. Cummings
spoke at some length in favor of the
bill. hughes moved to amend by
making the salary $780, The amend
ment carried by vote of 81 to 33.
and the bin passed. Hurns DILL Civ
ing the locad boards of health power
to enforce quarantine and n neces-
sary to remove the parties infected.
forclble removal to be upon order of
court. and the costs be charged to the
person quarantined if financially able:
IT not county to pay and tax one-third
to township where case existed. was
passed.
Des Moines, Feb. 2S.-Senate.-Both
nouses passed the bill changing the
time of assessing the railroads from
March Is to August 1, and the time of
requiring their reports from February
Is to April 1. without opposition, and
Governor Cummins Immediately sign
ed it SO that 1t Decame law by publ
cation at once. Both houses passed
the express bill requiring reports to
be made to the executive council in
stead of the auditor of state and this
was signed by the governor at once
and becomes law at once Senators
Trewln, Whipple and Porter and Rep.
resentatives Payne. Hamann and Bar
ker were appointed code commission.
ers to superintend the codification of
eral assemblies. The senate passed
the bill to give Cedar Rapids and OF
tumwa power to improve their rivers
within the city limits. The senate
voted not to concur in the house sub.
stitute to the senate resolution re.
Questing the Iowa congressman to
vote for the Hoar bill to restrict the
issuance of injunctions in labor dis
putes. The house substitute was an
expression of confidence in the dec
laration.
The senate railroad committee voted
TO report for passage the Hubbard
merger" bill. There was no opposi-
ton in the committee. The ..4l gives
Iowa railroads power to build and own
extensions and to own, control and buy
other railroads and to own, buy and
control the stocks of other railroads
in states not adjacent to Iowa, having
already the right to do these things in
states adjacent to this.
House.-1n addition to passing the