The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-11
.SOLONS TO MEET
IN THIRTY DAYS
STEP TO BE TAKEN
FOR BIENNIAL ELECTIONS.
Cummins' Term Likely to BE Three
Years Instead OF Two-statc Mar
shall Leagues Bill One OF the Most
Interesting Phases OF Legislation to
BE Presented Another Campaign
for Equal Suffrage.
Snacial to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Des Mones. iowa. Dec. 11-The .thir-
tieth session of the Iowa legislature viii
convene Jan. H. Because of, the small
amount Of proposed Legislation it is con-
ceded that the session will not be longer
than eight or ten weeks. -; rs,
The biennial election. law. once sub
mitted to the people OF Iowa and approved:
will be resuh1nitted next fan. The addi-
ton of the biennial election amendment
will keep Governor Cummins i'll office I'M
til 1906, mailing his present term three
Years instead Of two. If the amendment
is adopted the next state election will be
held in the fall of 1906 and the officers Sc
lected at that time will take their seats
in January. 1907. All county officers in
the state whose terms expire in 1905 would
lie retained an extra year. a
State Marshal League Bill.
| a hot fight will be precipitated by the
| fathered by the Iowa State Marshal Law
league. The league embraces about 100
| clubs. Most of these have been organized
during the past year by A.. G. Rankin,
! known as tile NFoulder Orator. The bill
has been drafted by William D. Milligan,
F.. NJ. Chaffae and r.. S. Walker, directors
and officers in the league. The attitude
OF republicans the past decade presages
defeat for the bill at the outset
| 1t is -purposed under the new law to
/ divide the state into five districts, over
each of which a marshal shall have, super
vision for the enforcement of the existing
! liquor laws. No liquor laws,sit may be
! mentioned, are proposed for passage by
! the present legislature, except the amend
ments which the Iowa Anti-Saloon league
asks to the pharmacy laws. + !
j The proposed enactment provides that il
, case, the sheritfs or county attorneys .fai
10 enforce the liquor laws the district
| sci and prosecute. taxing the costs to de-
PENDANTS i'll action. when, convicted and tc
4 the county when not convicted. A stated
salary is proposed for each marshal, Thei,
/ deputies are to work by the month and the
special deputies by the day.: .s,..,,,r ,, /.
i A strong temperance sentiment in ba ok
/ ing up the proposed marshall law. because
the fnulct saloon law is not enforced il
many counties. = - - ~. .-,.-
| Politicians say that to pass the proposed
! law would mean a renewal of the fight or
lrepublicans,1. made at the time Governor
Boes was elected as a; democrat and tina
many: Of the close counties would be los
in the next election.
~. Equal Suffrage Again. .sa .rs
!, The legislature viii again wrestle Will
the wonlan's suffrage bill. Lobbying *
already beins, done by the state agent
Miss Daisy Deighton. For twenty-five
wears the wonie en- Of Iowa have been clam
!orng for a chance Ito vote. Twice the
bills presented by the, association have
passed tiles house, but were; killed in the
senate. r..E...;
! van interesting. contest before the ;legis-
| lature will he the effort to concentrate. the
work of the state schools under one board
of regents. a bill with this purpose was
Ipresen, ed two, years, ago, but met witt
small favor. ~ ~ SLASH.
The Iowa Hun1a ne society will ask te
be made q state board under state. Con
troll with an office at the .capitol.t.an fo1
an annual appropriation ofts5,000. 81
Senator Warren Garst has been selected
to present the bill for juvenile courts ii
Iowa. This bill is asked by, the Mothers
| Congress of Iowa. - So: 81
/: State Auditor Carroll will ask for the
| passage of o bill establishing a department
of insurance. - IN. q e-s.ssar,. -
:, More Needed for the Fair.
/ The Louisiana Purchase Expos tion com.
mission will ask for large increase in the
appropriation granted by the last; legisla
iture. The sum was fixed two years ago
! S125. 900. The state appropriated S1S3,
/ 900 for the Columbian exposition. Score
| tary Freeman Conway has indicated tina
4 it Will take s25o.000 to give Iowa prope,
representation IN, St. Louis. OF the $125.
900 already appropriated all but $42.50'
!, has been apoprtioned for buildings ant
! grounds. ..#