Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-02-11
THE LEGISLATURE.

lowing: To regulate employment OF
child labor; making 1t possible to
withdraw permits to sell intoxicating
liquors,
House.--Valued policy and uniform.
ity of text books measures, introduced
by the democratic Representative
Sankey in the house were the
features of the day. The house passed
a resolution by Powers and amended
by Weeks providing for an inyesti-
cation into the feasibility of using the
labor of Iowa convicts in making bind
Ing Irvine to be sold at cost to the
farmers and in building good roads.
A resolution by Nichols, which pro-
yided that no appropriation bills
should be introduced after March /,
went over under the rules.
Des Moines, Feb. 1.--Senate.-Ihe
senate appropriated $4,000 for the fish
and game warden to make good its
failure to do so two years ago. A
memorial of respect to the memory
of the recently deceased mother OF
Governor Cummins was passed by
both houses.
House.-McAllister of Linn intro
duced a bill requiring voters to exer.
else their right OF suffrage, or sur.
render the right for two years. Rep
resentative Greene yesterday intro
duced a bill providing for the exemp.
ton of not to exceed seventy-flve per
cent Of the wages OF heads OF families
after ninety days. Representative
Hollembeak proposed law giving
boards Of supervisors power to in
crease the road tax to two mills and
the township road levy tc six Mills.
The limit now is one and four.
Des Moines, Feb. 2.-Senate.-Sen-
ator Young introduced bill prohibit.
ing boycotting; Dowell introduced
q bill changing the code relative to
compulsory attendance at school, max.
ing the necessary attendance twenty
four weeks instead of twelve and
making provision that they shall be
the first twenty-four weeks of the
year; Hayward introduced a bill
which Is likely to create considerable
discussion. Wife desertion is a ques-
ton which has been considerably
agitated in Iowa of late. Hayward's
measure would compel husbands to
support uOoCl fIhS anu
children if capable of so doing, or
otherwise to take a Jail sentence.
House--The house passed the de-
flciency fish and game bill passed
by the senate, carrying an appropria-
ton of $4,000 to cover the expenses
Of the department during the past
two years. Among bills introduced
were these: Creating the office OF
commissioner of vital statistics; TO
prohibit keeping children in poor
houses and authorizing the board OF
control to remove them.
Des Moines, Feb. S.-Senate.-The
bill increasing the maximum sentence
of persons convicted Of assault to COM
nit murder was passed. The senate
acted favoraply upon the report OF the
committee on appropriations, making
the $4,000 appropriation for the re-
pair of the capitol available to the
capitol commission at once. The same
sum has already been expended.
Among bills introduced were these:
Providing for fine OF $40 for willful
trespass; creating a juvenile court in
each county OF state.
acknowledgements Shaffer OF
Fayette introduced resolution men,
orializing the Iowa delegation in con.
gress to work for an increase of the
pay of rural mail carriers to 1920 the
second year and $3.50 the third. They
now get 5000. Among bills introduced
were these: To compile roster OF sol
diers; to establish a sanitarium for
70 mi oil
ton.
Des Moines, Feb. 4.-Senate.-Six
bills were introduced yesterday after
noon, the most important of them be-
ing the measure offered by Brooks,
which asks an appropriation OF
$4,000 to De used in erecting per.
manent agricultural hall in which
shall be displayed farm, horticultur
al and dairy products during the
state fair. The Durham bill, which
relates to the right or inheritance OF
a child born after the making OF a
will, passed without dissenting vote.
House.-The interesting feature OF
the session was the passage OF the
Temple amendment guaranteeing to
each county one representative.
Des Moines, Feb. 5.-Senate-Six-
teen bills were introduced, the largest
number by Senator COPYRIGHT, who
fathered the legislative measures
which were recommended by the
league Of municipalities at the re-
cent meeting with the joint senate
and house committees on cities and
towns.
House-The house concurred in the
resolution of the senate to adjourn
over Feb. 1916 to permit sub-com-
mittees of the appropriation COM
mittees to visit the state institutions.
Representative Skaters concurrent
resolution, memorializing congress to
raise the wages Of rural mail car
riers to a grade of $500, 1920 and $3.50
for the first three consecutive years
was adopted without division. The
bill carrying a deficiency appropri-
alton for the fish and game depart
ment, made necessary because none
was made last session, was passed.
The sentence bill to increase the
maximum sentence of persons con-
victed of murderous assaults from
| ten to thirty years was passed with
out opposition. Harris bill, providing
| for licensing all "itinerant specialists.
such as dentists, aurists, occulists,
opticians and eye doctors" was pass
ed.
The King of Italy Is small In stat
ure. and painfully realizes his dwarf
ish appearance. At court receptions,
the floor is often sloped imperceptibly
inward to the point where his ma1es-
| ty is standing, so that he may not