Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-04-14

what beds shall be drained. sold, de-
missed or maintained as the property
OF the state. The bill increasing the
labor commissioners salary to 1900
and the deputy's salary to 81 200, and
allowing him factory inspector at
$1,000 was passed. The senate de.
feated Senator Young's bill increasing
the reserve of state and savings
banks.
House-The drainage bill, which
mad already passed the senate. was
passed. The indeterminate sentence
Dill and the bill to stop the sale of
patent medicines containing alcohol
and narcotics were indefinitely post.
poned by the house. The house pass.
ed the senate bill placing bank ex
aminers on an Slow salary, and re.
curing the fees collected from banks,
fixed at from SIS to SIS, to be turned
into the state treasury. The senate
bill appropriating $500 to the heirs
OF Mrs. Fountain and Mrs. Hoch,
killed in an elevator accident at the
capitol, was passed. The bill to main.
tain libraries in partnership with col
i leges and like institutions was passed.
The house passed the bill appropriate
ing money for the state educational
| institutions after a vain effort to
amend it by cutting down the sums
allotted.
The house adopted resolution Of
Tered by the Judiciary commlulee Tor
a commission of both houses to In
] Vestlgate the feasibility of establish
| Ing an educational board of control to
I govern the educational institutions OF
| the state. The resolution was not de-
| bated.
Des Moines, April Senate. The
senate struck blow at the get rich
quick schemes by passing a bill pro-
vidlng that all companies must be
passed upon by the state auditor.
Among bills passed were the follow
ing: To prohibit the posting of liquor
advertisements in the vicinity OF
school houses of the state to provide
that county auditors shall be appointed
by district judges to handle cemetery
funds left by deceased persons Tor
care and maintenance of cemetery
lots; to permit county boards to re-
fund county Indebtedness quarterly
instead of once a year, as now; 20
create pumping stations to aid in the
carrying out of the drainage law of
the state; to permit the licensing OF.
veterinarians from outside of Iowa
without examination; to provide that
cities and towns may acquire land for
establishing garbage sewage disposal
plants and dumping grounds outside
their limits; giving the east side at
Waterloo an additional alderman. At
an evening session the senate spent
three hours in debating the question
Of pardon for Mrs. Kuhn.
House-The house passed the re-
trenchment and reform committee bill
relative to employees of the general
assembly, and cutting down the ex-
pense on this account about $4,000 for
the next session. The house passed
the senate resolution for commits
sion to investigate the ACCESSIBILITY of
establishing a state hospital for con-
sumptives, six only voting against the
proposition. The house also passed a
resolution to investigate the workings
of the indeterminate sentence. The
resolution providing for commission
to inspect the gypsum mines of the
state and to report to the next general
assembly the advisability of enacting
mine inspection laws relative to these
mines, was passed. An appropriation
of $40, 1000 for the Iowa National Guard
camp ground was voted by the house.
Only fourteen voted against the es
adjustment of reformatory for fe
males at Des Moines. 1t carried an
appropriation of $4,000. The senate
joint resolution for the appointment
of commission to investigate the
advisability of board of control for
the state educational institutions was
passed.
Des Moines, April Essentially
vote of 26 to 20 the senate refused
to grant pardon to Sarah Kuhn. Among
number of minor and unlmporLant
bills, the senate yesterday passed an
important drainage bill by Senator
Hartshorn The bill provides for
reversal from the civil law, which
governs matters of drainage in Iowa,
to the common law system. In other
words, it makes it possible and legal
to turn drainage in the direction or
any running water course. The con-
sideration of the bill to raise the sal.
aries of state house employees about
$4,000 was the occasion for biIter
attack on the railroad commissioners
by Senator Young of Lee. The bill
introduced by the committee on re.
trenchment and reform provided for
extra clerical hire in the Office of tne
commission. eve farmers of the sen
ate," said Senator Young, would like
to know where this money is gong.
We cannot see why this commission,
inh {, 1u fol nd
no purpose what ever, should be al
lowed to graft extra clerk hire from
the state" Senator Garst defended
the commission and the bill was
passed.
House-The house voted to request
the senate to recount the vote by
which the Waterloo ward bill was
passed but the senate declined to do
so. The house spent half hour
pleasantly in Fluctuations ana expires
sions of esteem and good will as be.
tween the speaker and the other nine.
ty-nine members. The occasion was
the presentation to the speaker of
very elegant chair. Representative
Kendall occupied the chair and Repre-.
sentative Temple delivered the pres.
entation speech. The speaker replied
briefly, thanking each member for his
kindness and help in making the ses.
sion business-like and pleasant
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Brown-"Don't get gay, or I'll be
forced to pound little sense into
your head" Green-"Hun, 1t would
take dozen men like you to pound
any sense into my head"
"And do you think" he asked, chat
men progress after death?" well"