Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-03-22


osition to enact a law to prevent child |
labor in Iowa was defeated by the
house Of representatives IS to 35. This
measure was gotten through the senate
after long and brilliant fight by SEN |
ator Dowell, Of Polk county, but failed
in the lower house. 1t provided that !
no child under IA and no child under
16 who is under FIVE feet in height and
less than sixty pounds, should
ing the time which the compulsory |
school law requires children to be in
school. The measure had the support
of the women's club federation of the
state, the w. c. T. u, the federation
of labor and many kindred organiza-
tions. Representative Head proposed
q substitute for the measure which was
defeated, requiring all cities of the first
and second class to furnish employment
for all children under sixteen. He said
100 children were ruined for want of
work to one by overwork.
Opposes Many Measures.
The house of representatives the
past week took a determined stand
against every effort to create new
places and new commissions and
boards. When the proposition to give
the state labor commissioner several
factory inspectors, came up, it was
killed, but an effort will be made to re-
consider the proposition. The house
defeated the bill to create good roads
commission to cost $4,000 year. 1t
killed the scheme to appropriate $5,-
600 for the League Of Iowa Municipal
tiles, which money it was proposed to
spend in investigating the subject of
public utilities publicly and privately
owned. The house also has taken a
strong stand against permitting taxes
to be increased, by allowing the maxi
mum levies to be increased.
Defeats Examinations.
The senate defeated the Newberry
bill which provided for the eXamina-
ton of the offices of county treasurers.
This measure gave the auditor of state
the power to appoint three expert &C.
countants to go about examining the
books of county treasurers at least once
a year. The senate did not take kindly
| to the expense that was involved. 1t
was Senator Newberry's idea that the
enactment of such law would result
| in stopping the defalcation of county
funds. Efforts have been made to pass
the measure In several preceding ses.
| sions of the legislature. The defalca-
lions of county treasurers in Iowa have
been so few, however, that the assem-
blies have never thought it essential
to pass the bill
To Inspect Homes.
One of the very important measures
passed by the house Of representatives
and which the senate is expected to
adopt without a fight gives the state
board Of control supervision over all
homes which care for friendless chill
dren. It also extends this supervision
to all classes Of "lying-in" hospitals.
It gives the board power to send agents
to visit and inspect these associations
and homes and requires annual reports
from them OF the business done, the
number Of persons cared for, their dis
QOSlIlOus GSCs i AS lASdSulO Wd5 lASSA-
gated by the Iowa Humane society, Of
this city.
Cannot Be Extradited.
According to the law in Iowa, as
found when South Dakota tried tc
take Boone woman back there to be
tried for murder of another to whom il
was charged she had sent poisoned
candy, person who committed muir
der that way could not be molested
since the extradition laws provided tina
only fugitives from Justice could bt
exTadited. Governor Cummins prompt
ly called the attention of the Legislature
to the fatal defect and the assembly
promptly proceeded to change the Law
to meet such cases. However, the new
law can have no effect on the cas-
which called the attention of the au
thorities to the defect.
Agreement Expected.
Iowa operators believe that there vii
be no strike of coal miners in-the cas-
which will affect the situation here
The miners and operators of Iowa wer'
in session on the subject Of scale, ant
the miners demanded the scale of las
year, while the operators ard disin
clined to grant 1t. But an agreement