Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-03-09
KILL STOCK SHIPPERS BILL
Proposed act to Regulate Ship
ments Indefinitely Postponed.
CHILD LABOR BILL VOTED DOWN
Lower House Defeats Measure 20 Pre-
vent Employment of Juveniles in
Factories by Decisive Vote-BiII for
State Examiners Killed.

vent Employment OF Juveniles IN
Factories by Decisive Vote-Bill for
State Examiners Killed.
Des Moines. March S.-The DeLano
hill to regulate the shipment OF live
stock on railroads was beaten in the
house committee on railroads Thurs
day afternoon. The committee by
viva voce vote decided to recommend
the bill for indefinite postponement.
The committee also decided to mete
out the same fate to the Doran bill,
which was the substitute recommended
by the stock shippers to the DeLano
bill. This afternoon the committee
will give hearings on the other bills
now before the house requiring that
railroad companies give return passes
with shipments of live stock. The
features of the DeLano bill that were
especially opposed by the railroad
men were those requiring the main
tenance of an average speed of twenty
miles per hour with stock shipments
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ton; also the requirements in regard
to furnishing cars and the giving of re-
turn passes with shipments. There
have been a number of the general
managers of the trunk lines before the
committee in opposition to the bill
and a number of shippers also ap-
peared and argued in opposition to It.
The delegates to the stock shippers
convention, which has been in ses-
sion in Des Moines for several days.
were at the meetings of the commit
tee and many shippers favored the
portions of the bill relating to the
passes and also to the requirement in
regard to speed and the provision that
live stock shall have the preference
over all other sorts of freight. There
is a bill in the senate, presented by
Senator Bruce, which has many of the
features of the DeLano bill, which are
considered by the shippers as favor
able. This bill has not been consid-
cred by the committee as yet
Defeat Child Labor Bill.
The house killed the child labor bill
Thursday On roll call there were
but thirty-seven votes in favor of the
bill. Two members who voted in the
affirmative changed their votes and
moved to reconsider the vote by which
the bill failed to pass, but the motion
was defeated, and thus the bill was
disposed of. The opponents of the
measure held that while some such
legislation might be needed in.the met
ropolitan cities, there was little call
for it as yet in Iowa. 1t is probable,
however, If the friends of the measure
had been content with part of their
demands a bill of some sort might
have passed, but the bill as it passed
the senate was considered too drastic.
1t was thought to impose too many
restrictions and was believed that ii
would work a hardship in the case Of
poor people to whose livelihood and
comfort their children contribute ma
terially.
The freak" bill, proposing an exam
ihotiOh diOh6 llllCo piOpOoCu ny a
state director of marriage reform as
condition to secure a marriage IL
cense, having been disposed of in COM
mittee. a modification is proposed in
the bill introduced in the senate pro-
viding for state director of marriage
reform who shall prepare book of
instructions for those contemplating
matrimony, such book to be published
by the state and furnished free to
each couple to whom a license Is is
sued.
Trap shooting is doomed. The SEN
ate has passed the bill already passed
by the house, prohibiting shooting at
any bird or fowl as a test of marks
manship or for sport This bill was
called up in the senate by Senator
Garst and in answer to a question as
to whether turkey shooting was in
cluded in its prohibitions, he stated
that that sort Of sport unquestionably
was prohibited by the bill 1t passed
the senate without a dissenting vote.
Knocks Out Trap Shooting.
The coroners jury spent the good
part of the past week investigating
the question. of responsibility for the
terrible accident on the senate ele-
vator by which Mrs. A. Hoch and Mrs.
DR.. Fountain were killed. The ele-
vator and machinery were given a
thorough inspection and the outcome
was that the accident was probably
caused by nervousness on the part
of the elevator tender and was made
possible by the fact that there were
no inside doors to the elevator cage.
The elevator tender was one of the
session employees and was without
any experience in regard to running
elevators previous to the beginning of
the session. AS the law provides that
the state can not be sued it mas been
proposed that an appropriation be
made to the heirs of the. people who
were killed, but nothing has as yet
been decided upon.
The senate by adopting the report
of the committee on insurance killed