Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-04-07
NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL
Des Moines. MARCH n. 1904.

II the present plans OF the members
VI the house and senate committees
On federal relations are carried out,
iowa will appropriate about $4,000
for the purpose of exhibiting the. food
products that can be made. out OF
Iowa corn at the Lewis and Clark ext
i position to be held at Portland after
the ST. Louis fair Commissioner Nc
.saacs of the Lewis and Clark exposi.
ton has been talking with the leglsla.
tors relative to moving the Iowa ex-
| hibit at ST. Louis. to Portland, in its
entirety. Mr.. McIsaacs appeared be-
fore the joint meeting of the commit
tees on federal relations and explain
ed his plan, but it has not met with
| favor. The legislators are of the
| opinion that the plan of appropriaring
| small sum of money for the purpose
Of exhibiting Iowa corn food products
| would be much more preferable and
more advantageous to the Iowa farm
ers. 1t would give an opportunity for
the world to know what is possible in
Iowa corn. The wonderfully diverse
products that can be made out or
corn, are not generally known. As
explained by such experts as Profess
sor Holden at Ames, the great mine
of wealth that is inherent in corn,
would be published abroad. The men,
bers of the committee have not fury
made up their minds on the, subject,
but are waiting to hear suggestions
from other members of the legislature
and from their constituents, before
coming to decision.
The Iowa coal operators state that
this state faces dire calamity should
strike be decided upon by the min.
ers. The miners claim that they have
made all the concessions to the opera
tors they can reasonably be expected
to make. In turn the operators claim
that while the miners nave Conceded
to the general reduction Of 5.55 per
cent in wages for the actual mining
OF coal, they desire to reimburse
themselves for this loss by making
the operators pay for it on the day
wage scale. .. ...s
An extradition law brought out by
the case of Mrs. Dye of Boone, who
was accused of sending poisoned candy
L D.,
has been passed by the senate. The
bill was a substitute for the measure
drawn by the encouragement at re-
quest OF Governor Cummins. 1t pro-
yides that in case of any person per-
forming an act in this state to do in
Jury to the property or person of an
other, whether in the state or not; it
shall be held as though the act was
actually consummated in this state.
Or if the act is committed outside the
state and results in injury to the per-
son or property of another in another
state, the guilt shall be the same as
consummated in this state.
Probably the present legislature will
make a change in the assembly rules
so as to reduce the committee mem.
Oership to about one-half, and, as a
consequence, there will be very much
better working committees in both
houses. The larger committees of the
house have twenty-eight members. In
New York and other states commit
ices have less than half that number
The rules may be changed so as to
abolish some Of the junior committees
Or consolidate them. The committee
work, so the members say, is SO con
dieting that members can attend tc
only small part Of it.
The senate and house committee OF
the legislature have definitely settled
Upon the rejection of the application
Of Sarah Kuhn, the Keokuk county wo,
man. young and beautiful, who was
pnnyirfna 0f no nF hnr hnc.
band. Frank Hall, an old man who
Is near deaths door, is the only con.
vict out Of the sixteen who applied for
pardon who has achieved the boon.
He murdered his young wife, in fit
Of jealous rage, the murder being
thought by some to have been justi-
fable. All others, including the Rains
bargers, were not considered as nav
ing worthy case by the commituee
on pardons.
The house quickly turned down the
motion by Ofhll of Jasper county for
reconsideration of the vote by which
the bill to appropriate $125,000 for the
establishment and maintenance of
hospital for inebriates at Knoxville
vas passed the day before. Rep-esen-
.ative Chassell made a strong argu-
ment in favor of the measure and
against the motion to reconsider the
vote. He moved to lay the motion
TO reconsider on the table and this
carried, 81 to 33. The bill had passed
the day before by vote of SIS to So.
The governor recommended it in his
biennial message SO that it Is believed
that it will be signed by him. In the
afternoon the motion was taken from
the table and was defeated, SO to "a.