Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-07-09
NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL
Des Moines. July 3. 1eoa.

F. s. Dunshee has appealed the Gig.
arctic case from the state supreme
court to the supreme court of the
United States. The original package
law is in controversy The case which
was carried up from one of the south
ern states involving this point was de-
cided against the cigarette people by
federal supreme court but since then
there has been change in the person
mel Of the court and as the decision
before was by divided bench the
idea Is that there may be better
show in the Iowa case. The case is
known as Cook VS.. Marshall county
1t was for the recovery of mulct taxes
paid to the state for the sale of cigar
cites in Iowa and the court of Iowa
held that the state had the right tc
collect it.
The board of control has prepared
recapitulation Of the reports as tc
the insane in county hospitals and
private institutions in the first half
of 1903. 1t shows at the time of the
inspection by the inspector of the
board there were 46S males and 436
females, total of 904 in the county
asylums. The total In private institu
tons was 174 males and 300 females,
total Of 474. The grand total Of in
sane in county and private institu.
lions is given as 1873. The reports
to the board show there are 3,340 in
sane in the state hospitals. From
this, it appears, there are about
AIS insane in Iowa.
The regular quarterly count OF mon.
ey in the state treasury has just been
made. The report showed as follows:
Endowment fund, $685., 1859; gener
al revenue, s1,570,47S.SS university
special tax, $3,93S.53;, state college
special tax, s30,7O104; state norma
school special tax, $16,645.7S; total
S2,2SS, 220.12. The actual cash on
hand was $79,1S7.S7.
The council also ordered the sum of
$11, 908.15 to be repaid to the heirs Of
Geo. w. Lowell of Jones county. This
was collected as collateral inheritance
tax from the estate and was after
wards found to have been Illegally col.
lected and not due the state. The dis
trict court of Jones county held the
sum should be repaid.
William E. Curtis. the noted cores
pendent of the Chicago Record-Her
aid, who attended the republican state
convention, wired his paper as fol
lows: Governor Cummins represents
the sentiments of the republicans OF
this state and is actually conservative.
The younger element, the coming gen.
Grafton, are even more advanced in
their ideas than he, and while Sena'
Allison's persuasive influence has been
sufficient to hold them down for a
good while, they will net be held down
much longer. Mr.. Allison agrees with
them; he agrees with Governor Cum
minis that the present tariff law should
be revised and the schedules of dht
les readjusted to the changed condi
tons of commerce and industry that
have occurred sincethey were adopted
seven years ago, but after his thirty
| years experience in tariff legislation
he knows much better than they that
| there is no use In attempting the inn
possible, for majority of the senate
republicans will permit. no tinkering
with the tariff, although it is probable
that majority of the house believe
that an early revision is advisable and
necessary.
| Mr.. Allison's argument is that the
| agitation of the subject would dis
turb the prosperous condition of the
country; that It would create an ap
prehension In the minds OF the manu-
| featuring interests, and that the un'
certainty as to what might be done
in changing duties would cause sus
pension of affairs that would be next
to disastrous. He sees no hope for
any, action by congress concerning
the tariff until the next presidential
election. But he admits that the pub
lie sentiment In the west, and par.
ticularly in Iowa, can be restrained no
| longer than that. In the meantime he
advocates conservative action to pre-
vent agitation and the use OF phrase.
ology in the platform which cannot be
misconstrued or misinterpreted."
According to statement of mem.
Der of the Iowa railroad commission
ers. that body will shortly investigate
| the causes of the wreck which oc.
| Cured on the Illinois Central between
Waterloo and Raymond. few weeks
ago, in which several lives were lost
The commissioners believe the wreck
was largely due to the curve and
grade on the Illinois Central at
| that point, which they think is great.