Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-02-10

day morning. A large reception,
will be held at the brides home
west Of town.-News Letter.
Our Des Moines Letter.
From Our Special Correspondent.
This has been a busy week down
here at the Capitol. Many new
bills has been introduced, COM
mittees have been meeting and the
Thirtieth General Assembly is really
getting down to business. OF course,
the chief business still is the intro
duction of bills, and it might be
said with perfect propriety, Of max
ing bills there is no end. The num-
Der introduced up to this time in the
Senate is a hundred and twenty
three, while the House which seems
to manage things with more quick.
ness and dispatch, has to its credit
hundred and sixty five. OF these
probably two thirds will be killed
in Committee while number will
meet similar fate when they come
up for debate.
The Senate has passed an impor-
tant rule in regard to appropriation
bills. Heretofore these bills often
meaning the expenditure of thou
sands of dollars Of state funds, have
been rushed before the Senate dur
ing the last two or three days of the
Session and have thus been allowed
to pass with almost no discussion.
According to this new rule, the bills
must be reported to the Senate be-
fore the first Monday after March
18th and must be considered by
the Senate sitting as a Committee Of
the whole. The purpose of this
new rule is to enable the Senate to
give consideration to the spending
Of the states money and is in accord
ance with the ideals of Lieutenant
Governor John Herriot who is some
thing of a watchdog of the treasury.
1t is an approach in the direction Of
the methods of doing business in
the United States Senate.
The appropriations for the state
institutions will not be made until
a thorough investigation of their
needs has been made. The Senate
and House have decided to adjourn
on Friday of next week for the pur-
pose of making this investigation
possible. 1t will be done by the
members of the appropriations com.
mittee Of both houses, one member
of the Senate Committee and two
members of the House COMMITTEES
visiting each institution.
Several important bills have been
taken up for discussion and have
already passed the Senate. The
first one was the measure introduced
by Senator Saunders of Potta.
wattamie increasing the penalty fol
assault with intent to commit muir.
da4ptromL the present limit Of twote
ten years, to ten to thirty years
1t was pointed out that under exist
ing laws, greater penalty may b.
inflicted on a man who suggests
such a crime than to the one VIII
actually commits it. The punish
ment to the latter should certainl,
be greater even if the murderer i
unsuccessful in his attempt. So tn
Senate decided and the amendmen
passed without a dissenting vote
) 1t will probably pass the House al
, so.
Another important measure pass
, ed unanimously by the upper hous
was one in relation to wills. Unde
y present statute, if father makes
, will and child is born thereafter
= whether it be before or after tn
! death Of the father, the will is in
validated and the property is divid
ed according to law, the wife receiy
). ing one third and the children Al
eequal share of the rest. The ne,
statute would prevent such an Oh
tire readjustment of the estate, 70
it provides that a child SO Dor
:. shall receive merely prorated shar
of the estate. This will be of bene
l fit chiefly to an aged wife that
husband may wish to make specia
: provision for, or for an invalid chill
or cripple who deserves, as the faith
er feels, more consideration tha
his stronger and more able-bodie
! brothers. Under this new law, tn
. wish Of the father need not be in
!, validated even by the birth of
= child after the making of the viii
This bill was introduced by Senate
Durham of Buchanan and Delaware
who is one of the ablest men in tn
: Senate and who presented in fin
; manner his reasons for changin
! the law. Senator Courtright q
. Blachhawk also made stron
! speech in favor of the measure, civ
\ ing from his personal experience,
. an instance where the adoption of
, ! child after the making of will in
! validated it SO that the wife who wa
9 really entitled to the whole pre-
perty, received instead but a thirc
3 the Supreme Court holding that til
u adoption Of a child after the maxim
!. of the will was the same in effect a
u the birth Of a child would be.
> this passes the House as it probabl
= will, it will prove one Of the import
: ant bills of the present session.
IL Senator Courtright introduced O
4 Friday seven bills, by request, al
!, of them measures suggested by tn
u Committee of the League of low
. Municipalities which met in De
! Moines recently. All of these bill
= aim to give the smaller cities al
0 incorporated towns rights and privi]